# 2007 Volkswagen Beetle starts & shuts down

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2007-volkswagen-beetle-starts-shuts-down/126399>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** beetle, volkswagen\
**Created:** [October 8, 2018, 5:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2007-volkswagen-beetle-starts-shuts-down/126399 "2018-10-08T17:01:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![patricckwalsh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/67e7ee/32.png) [@patricckwalsh](https://community.cartalk.com/u/patricckwalsh)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2018, 5:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2007-volkswagen-beetle-starts-shuts-down/126399/1 "2018-10-08T17:01:00Z")

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car starts for 1/2 second and shuts down, all electric works except dash, fuel ,rpm blinker, etc

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**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2018, 6:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2007-volkswagen-beetle-starts-shuts-down/126399/2 "2018-10-08T18:48:53Z")

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Are you quite certain you have enough fuel?

1/3 of a tank, or more?

Do you have another key to try?

It sounds like either a fuel problem, or the pcm may be seeing an unauthorized starting attempt

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**Author:** ![patricckwalsh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/67e7ee/32.png) [@patricckwalsh](https://community.cartalk.com/u/patricckwalsh)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2018, 11:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2007-volkswagen-beetle-starts-shuts-down/126399/3 "2018-10-08T23:46:26Z")

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thanks my other key fixed it