# 1998 Ford Mustang won’t start

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-ford-mustang-won-t-start/117565>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** mustang, ford\
**Created:** [May 17, 2018, 3:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-ford-mustang-won-t-start/117565 "2018-05-17T15:50:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![JohnCraft](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5e925/32.png) [@JohnCraft](https://community.cartalk.com/u/JohnCraft)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 3:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-ford-mustang-won-t-start/117565/1 "2018-05-17T15:50:36Z")

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We have a 98 mustang v6. The car turns over but won’t start. It seems like the fuel pump. Or fuel pump kill switch. Not sure want to do???

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**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2018, 3:55am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-ford-mustang-won-t-start/117565/2 "2018-05-18T03:55:07Z")

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Try this.

Turn the ignition on so the dash come on for two seconds, and turn the ignition off.

Repeat this a half dozen times, and then try starting the engine.

If the engine starts, I see a new fuel pump in your future.

Tester

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**Author:** ![eddo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/eddo/32/2594_2.png) [@eddo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/eddo)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2018, 7:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-ford-mustang-won-t-start/117565/3 "2018-05-18T19:24:53Z")

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> [@JohnCraft](#):
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> Or fuel pump kill switch.

Have you checked to see if this car has a fuel cutoff inertia switch?

according to a quick google search: The inertia fuel shutoff switch is located on the LH side lower back panel in the luggage compartment, is manually reset.  
To reset the inertia fuel shutoff switch , press button on top of inertia fuel shutoff switch

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**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2018, 12:12am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1998-ford-mustang-won-t-start/117565/4 "2018-05-19T00:12:34Z")

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Good ideas above. If they don’t pan out, the first task is to determine if it is a fuel or spark problem. Either connect up a spare sparkplug to one of the wires and see if you get a spark during cranking; if a good healthy spark, you know you likely got a lack of fuel problem. Or spray some starter fluid into the air intake and see if it will run briefly then stall; if so you got spark ok.