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Originally Posted by ember1205
Not sure what your description of "slow to start" is, so this may not be the same...
If my car sits for a period of time, it will sometimes crank for a long time before it catches. And, when it does start, it will backfire and run like garbage for about ten seconds while the fuel "catches up" with the rest of what's going on.
When this has happened, I have simply turned the car off immediately, waited about five seconds, and cranked it over again. Zero issues.
I have also tried holding the start button until the car goes into service mode (everything powered on but car not running) as a way to try and pre-pressurize the fuel rails but it didn't help.
I haven't gotten a CEL out of it.
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Thanks for the reply. That's exactly what I mean. The car will crank (the engine will turn over) for several seconds without the engine firing. Before when I'd had the issue it would crank for 4 or 5 seconds and then finally start. On Saturday it cranked for 5 seconds or so, but did fire and then stopped cranking. When I tried to crank it a second time it turned over for 4 or 5 seconds and then the engine started, but the check engine light came on. I've never had a car with a fuel injected engine take so long to start once I pushed the start button or turned the key after sitting for a few days.
The first time I had to wait for it to crank I thought it wasn't going to start.