# VW Passat won't start

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/vw-passat-wont-start/49524>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** volkswagen, passat, start\
**Created:** [May 28, 2010, 10:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vw-passat-wont-start/49524 "2010-05-28T22:22:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![geopac19](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/geopac19/32/1851_2.png) [@geopac19](https://community.cartalk.com/u/geopac19)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 10:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vw-passat-wont-start/49524/1 "2010-05-28T22:22:35Z")

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My wife’s 2000 VW Passat 4Motion station wagon periodically refuses to start no matter how long one cranks it. After a short interval,as little as five minutes, it starts right up. In an earlier posting someone with the same symptoms suggested a fuel pump/pressure problem but didn’t confirm the diagnosis. Any bulletins on this? What diagnostics can be run?

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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:** [May 28, 2010, 11:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vw-passat-wont-start/49524/2 "2010-05-28T23:11:37Z")

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What diagnostics can be run?

Fuel pump pressure test.

Did you get a CEL? (Check Engine Light)