Why the occasional pause when starting?
 

Some ppl have been reporting a short delay between pressing the start button and the engine cranking. So far, no one has been able to figure out what triggers the delay. Does anybody know? Do you have a theory? Please post any answers or guesses.

LMBmikeZ posits that it's the car doing an extra self-check. Sounds reasonable to me, but what is it checking and why doesn't it get checked every time?

does anyone care? :confused:

enough to start a thread, apparently :icon17:

I'd just leave it at self-check and be done :ugh2:

re-booting the mass transducers, and magnamometers.

id be more concerned about nails in my tire without me knowing...

now everyone's paranoid and will check their tires tonight.

fixed

:tup:

:icon18: I know I don't care as long as it starts!

ROFLMAO

So I'm a bit obsessive about these things. Yes, it's not like it really matters, but I want to know. Sue me!

This is a general forum, so just imagine an embedded video by Lily Allen or Cee Lo Green here. :P

The slow start I once thought was because of short trips and the battery not getting a good charge. After 30 minutes on the track I got gas and it happened in front of a stranger who said " Can't be, it did not get enough of a charge"

He did not even know this had happened before.

I have noticed in the last week or so that sometimes I have to press the brake pedal just a little bit harder after I press the start button for the sequence to begin. I don't know if it's a problem with the brake switch or perhaps the brakes themselves? It's not a big deal, but I did start noticing it lately.

As someone speculated on another thread, could this have something to do with removal of the Steering Lock Fuse or bypass of the lock?

That was my first thought, but, according to LMBmikeZ (see link above), the pause is present in cars that still have the fuse.

To create a dramatic startup if you have a nice sounding exhaust lol! :tup:

this only happened to me after i removed my fuse, somewhere around 26,000 miles