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Old Oct 19, 2006 | 05:32 PM
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Recently my car has had trouble starting at random times. It may fire up perfect 9 times in a row and then all of a sudden it won't start the next time. Sometimes I've had to crank it about 6-7 times before it started. It does no good to try and keep cranking if it doesn't fire right away. I just cycle the key and try again if it doesn't start right away. When it does start it does it perfectly like nothing is wrong. Once running there are no issues. Any ideas??
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Old Oct 19, 2006 | 08:12 PM
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Does it do it only when its hot or cold? After it's sitting for a few minutes or an hour or more?
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It doesn't seem to follow any type of pattern. Some times its on a cold start while others its warm. I would say its happened more often when its cold though. I scanned for codes yesterday and got a code for the A/C clutch...don't know how that relates to the starting problems. My A/C works fine although the other day it wouldn't kick on until I cycled the key once.
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My car had the same problem, I disabled the VATS system and it is perfect now.
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Have you checked fuel pressure durring those times?
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No, I haven't checked the fuel pressure. What would cause the pressure to be different? Like I mentioned, once its running it runs flawlessly.
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My car had the same problem, I disabled the VATS system and it is perfect now.
Did your car ever throw any codes when you were having the problem?
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Never any codes, I thought it was my fuel pressure too, but that was fine.
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