Long cranking before the engine starts
- Symptoms
- The engine cranks for a long time before starting, often after the car stood
- Likely cause
- A leaking fuel injector was found in the owner report.
- Fix
- Have the injectors and fuel pressure checked. Replace a leaking injector.
- Applies to
- All
- Related fault codes
- P0201, P0202, P0203, P0204, P0171
- Confidence
- low
Sources
Related problems on this car
- CVT judder or shudder after a fluid change
- Vibration after drive shaft work (inner CV joints)
- P0977 on the 1.3 automatic
- Ticking noise on a cold start (1.3)
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