I deliver pizzas with my passat and i will drive it for a week then out of the blue it wont start. i wait a half hour and it starts like nothing happened.
When it won't start do you get a click at all from the starter or not?
SOURCE: car won"t start. starter turns. Happened once before. started after 30-45min.
I would start by banging the bottom of the gas tank while you are cranking it over. If this causes it to start, replace the fuel pump. If it still doesn't start, there is a valve on the fuel rail on the top of the engine (you may have to remove plastic cover). Remove the plastic cap on the valve, and while you have someone cycle the ignition to the run position from the off position, depress the center tab on the valve and see if gas comes out. If it doesn't, replace the fuel pump. If it does, let me know and I will help you further. (note: replace fuel filer at same time.)
SOURCE: 2000 VW Beetle dies occasionally and won't start for a while
run a scan tool on it and make sure there are no codes, if there is codes address those problems first, if no codes.. next time it won't start check for fuel preasure. it is probably a fuel pump getting ready to go out or they may be a large amount of something other than gas clogging the pick-up sock at bottom of fuel pump.
SOURCE: 2000 2.0 vw shutt down after running 20 min
Replace the fuel pump relay, it's easy and cheap.
SOURCE: i have an 03 merc. sable. 58000 miles. drove 22
I've had the same thing happen with my '03 Sable. at around the same milage. THe one thing is that it only happened when it was cold and damp like early sping in MIchigan. I changed the plugs and wires and seems to be ok now. I'm at 70K and the transmission has gone out! Getting harder to beat the FORD drum when they keep pumping POS vehicles out like this!
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