I bought the car in sept 2001, shortly after the starter stuck on after starting at a rest stop and burned up before I was able to disconnect a battery wire. I was able to call a tow truck to pull me down the highway and restart the car to get back home (1200 miles, never turned it off again).

Once home I had the starter replaced with a quality reman. The problem never occured again until today. I was leaving to get new tires installed when the same problem occured. I was able to grab a 13mm wrench and remove the battery cable before any damage occured (ran for less than 30 seconds)

Now keep in mind this is over 60,000 miles later, without any starter problems, and the same thing occurs again. Is the solonoid built into the starter? is there possibly somthing wrong with my ignition? I am sure the problem is either a live short into the solonoid from the key, or a dead solonoid that somehow got stuck in the on position. has this happened to anybody else, and what should I check first? Hooking the battery back up and the starter still comes back on, although it does not catch the flywheel (just freewheels)

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Matt
2003 Jetta Wagon TDI 145,000MI
1999.5 Jetta TDI 287,000MI
2001 Suzuki SV650S 26,000MI
2008 Yamaha Vino 125 11,000MI
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