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Stops suddenly and starts only after waiting for 15 min or more

Tiny
ABBI
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Hello, I have a 99 beetle that works fine when I first drive it in the morning but then suddenly it just decide to stop and not to start again anywhere at anytime. Last time, it just died in a drive thru. However, when I wait 15 to 30 min it starts again. I took it to the garage and he ran the tests on it, he's saying that it showes its a sensor and exhaust problem and want me to replace them both. I cant afford changing the exhaust now, plus I had the exhaust problem for years now but the car never use to do that. Do you think its possible that both problems are related? And what if I changed the sensor only?
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Wednesday, April 25th, 2012 AT 2:51 PM

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Tiny
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I wouldn't think exhaust could cause it. If it's supposedly a sensor we would have to know which code was indicated.
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Wednesday, April 25th, 2012 AT 4:22 PM
Tiny
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The usual culprit in stalls and wait to starts is the crankshaft position sensor.
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Wednesday, April 25th, 2012 AT 4:45 PM
Tiny
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That's the one he mentioned-the crankshaft sensor. Do you suggest the I only change that sensor?
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Wednesday, April 25th, 2012 AT 5:43 PM
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Wednesday, April 25th, 2012 AT 8:06 PM
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If that sensor doesn't do it i'd get a power supply relay. I've never seen a crank sensor intermittantly fail.
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Saturday, July 7th, 2012 AT 12:51 AM

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