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03-14-2014, 10:22 AM
Car is a 15 month old 2012 GX with 20k.
This AM, in cold, but not extreme (-15) weather, I started the car up, which went just as usual. My car was stuck in a snow bank, and I forgot to disable the traction control. As usual, the freakin' electronics cut off all the fuel when it encountered a slight resistance (pity!) and I pressed the clutch to avoid stalling. Well, after about an extra second or 2, even though the clutch had been fully engaged, the engine ended up stalling anyway instead of idling. I guess the electronics reacted too slowly to allow enough fuel to idle.
The odd part is, after that, the engine wouldn't start at all! It would just crank and crank... I cranked for about 4-5 seconds, let it rest 10-15 seconds, even turned the ignition completely to OFF and On again, waited for all the sensors to load up, and then crancked another 4-5 seconds and the motor would turn and even kind of start faintly but as soon as I stopped cranking it, it would stall again. It's like no fuel was reaching the combustion chambers :WTF:
Finally, as a last resort, and because it was not possible that the engine was flooded, I cranked it again and gave it gas myself, and it started. But that whole scenario was just too odd. Was this phenomenon normal? First time I ever seen this on any car but that's also the first car I own that has direct injection.
The whole time, no "check engine" or any other warning lights came on.
Did I mention how bad of a job the traction control does in snow banks? :bang
This AM, in cold, but not extreme (-15) weather, I started the car up, which went just as usual. My car was stuck in a snow bank, and I forgot to disable the traction control. As usual, the freakin' electronics cut off all the fuel when it encountered a slight resistance (pity!) and I pressed the clutch to avoid stalling. Well, after about an extra second or 2, even though the clutch had been fully engaged, the engine ended up stalling anyway instead of idling. I guess the electronics reacted too slowly to allow enough fuel to idle.
The odd part is, after that, the engine wouldn't start at all! It would just crank and crank... I cranked for about 4-5 seconds, let it rest 10-15 seconds, even turned the ignition completely to OFF and On again, waited for all the sensors to load up, and then crancked another 4-5 seconds and the motor would turn and even kind of start faintly but as soon as I stopped cranking it, it would stall again. It's like no fuel was reaching the combustion chambers :WTF:
Finally, as a last resort, and because it was not possible that the engine was flooded, I cranked it again and gave it gas myself, and it started. But that whole scenario was just too odd. Was this phenomenon normal? First time I ever seen this on any car but that's also the first car I own that has direct injection.
The whole time, no "check engine" or any other warning lights came on.
Did I mention how bad of a job the traction control does in snow banks? :bang