My Passat 1.8t died on the freeway, no noise, just shut off

Asked by Dylan Jan 04, 2019 at 01:26 AM about the 1999 Volkswagen Passat 4 Dr GLS 1.8T Turbo Wagon

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

When driving down the freeway (luckily in the
far right lane!) my car just shut off and went
slowly to a stop. (Again luckily I could get to
the shoulder) tried to start it and it just spun
the starter with no other engine components
making any sound. No cranking of the
engine, nothing. Just a spinning noise from
my starter. Is this a timing belt that has
broken? And if so, why didn’t I hear anything
snap or pop or anything like that? Purely just
stopped running, peddle went to the floor.

3 Answers

Mike answered 5 years ago

Check the oil level/ top off to last row of dots open the air intake box/remove filter. let her get ice cold leave air intake box open check your batterie volts should be 12 start it up close intake box with the screws drive to auto zone buy air intake filter if it doesnt help your problems are mechanical or a vac leak or a fuel pump bad or out of gas .

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holding answered about a year ago

Shut your car off then start it again it should fix it. And try unplugging the throttle body plug with the car off but key turn to accessory power!

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