# My 1998 vw cabrio immediately stalls immediately

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-1998-vw-cabrio-immediately-stalls-immediately/28753>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** cabrio, volkswagen\
**Created:** [April 5, 2009, 3:02am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-1998-vw-cabrio-immediately-stalls-immediately/28753 "2009-04-05T03:02:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![gkochanowski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b9e5f3/32.png) [@gkochanowski](https://community.cartalk.com/u/gkochanowski)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2009, 3:02am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-1998-vw-cabrio-immediately-stalls-immediately/28753/1 "2009-04-05T03:02:21Z")

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my 1998 vw cabrio stalled out while driving on the freeway (boy, that was fun!). it will turn over (for a second), but immediately stalls out. i’m not sure if it’s an electrical (ie. ignition) or a fuel related issue.  
  
  
  
 any help would be much appreciated.

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**Author:** ![hellokit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6a8cbe/32.png) [@hellokit](https://community.cartalk.com/u/hellokit)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2009, 3:06am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-1998-vw-cabrio-immediately-stalls-immediately/28753/2 "2009-04-05T03:06:45Z")

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Neither am I. One has to check for these fine qualities (of spark, or fuel). Can you do that? It would help ever so much\>

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**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2009, 10:38am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-1998-vw-cabrio-immediately-stalls-immediately/28753/3 "2009-04-05T10:38:12Z")

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Lets see, it runs until you release the key? I would bet on the ignition. I don’t know about a 1998, but in the old days, the ignition ran on 12 Volts when the key was on for the starter and dropped back to 6 when it was running with the key in the run position. My guess that dropping resistor is blown.

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A quick check of a wiring diagram should verify the possibility and a little testing verify the problem. If so you should have a cheap fix.
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**Author:** ![gkochanowski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b9e5f3/32.png) [@gkochanowski](https://community.cartalk.com/u/gkochanowski)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2009, 3:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/my-1998-vw-cabrio-immediately-stalls-immediately/28753/4 "2009-04-05T15:32:41Z")

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thanks, i’ll check that out.