# Car dies after 30 seconds

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-dies-after-30-seconds/90329>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [June 20, 2015, 12:12am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-dies-after-30-seconds/90329 "2015-06-20T00:12:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![donfrench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@donfrench](https://community.cartalk.com/u/donfrench)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2015, 12:12am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-dies-after-30-seconds/90329/1 "2015-06-20T00:12:27Z")

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I start the car - a 2001 Ford Focus 4 cyl DOHC. It runs fine for 30 seconds then stops, as if it is no longer getting fuel. I can’t start it again for a couple days then the same thing happens over again. FWIW, I parked the car for 8 months before this happened and only started it once in that time. But it ran fine then and before I parked it. What can this be?

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**Author:** ![missileman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/missileman/32/1366_2.png) [@missileman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/missileman)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2015, 1:11am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-dies-after-30-seconds/90329/2 "2015-06-20T01:11:46Z")

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Have your fuel pump pressure tested and your fuel filter replaced by a good independent mechanic. Your Focus should be running in short order as this sounds like a simple fuel starvation problem.