# Trouble with tune price?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/trouble-with-tune-price/34843>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** chevrolet, venture\
**Created:** [August 10, 2009, 5:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/trouble-with-tune-price/34843 "2009-08-10T17:34:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![darrellwlee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/57b2e6/32.png) [@darrellwlee](https://community.cartalk.com/u/darrellwlee)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 5:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/trouble-with-tune-price/34843/1 "2009-08-10T17:34:29Z")

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instead of paying $650.00 for a tune up, could you tell me why my chevy venture 03 with 177,000 miles does not start the first time i crank it? it takes at least two to three times to start?

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**Author:** ![mcparadise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mcparadise/32/32_2.png) [@mcparadise](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcparadise)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 5:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/trouble-with-tune-price/34843/2 "2009-08-10T17:37:31Z")

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Try this: Turn the key to “on” and wait 5 seconds. Then turn the key to “start.” See if that makes a difference and report back.

$650 is a lot. What are they proposing to do for $650, and where are you taking the vehicle?

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**Author:** ![darrellwlee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/57b2e6/32.png) [@darrellwlee](https://community.cartalk.com/u/darrellwlee)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 8:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/trouble-with-tune-price/34843/3 "2009-08-10T20:40:55Z")

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thanks for the tip; that works pretty good if the car has not sit for more than 30 minutes, is this something i should be concerned about?

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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:** [August 10, 2009, 9:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/trouble-with-tune-price/34843/4 "2009-08-10T21:37:34Z")

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```
 My guess is mcparadise was thinking it might be a fuel pump. It sounds like he was right.

Now about $650 for a tune-up. There is no tune-up on a modern car. There are maintenance that needs to be done that some people call a tune-up and everyone seems to have their own idea of what should be included. Let us know what that $650 includes.

In the owner's manual you will find a list of the maintenance items that should be done and when. Unless that includes a timing belt, it seems rather high. You may be about due for your second timing belt at that mileage.
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**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2009, 9:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/trouble-with-tune-price/34843/5 "2009-08-10T21:38:21Z")

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This would be a likely indication of problems with the fuel pump.  
If the fuel filter was not changed every 30k miles or so, you could have put a lot of extra stress on the fuel pump.