hey guys, well basically last night a went out to my car as normal and tried to start my car and it tried to turn over then cut out, tried again it started so thought nothing of it, went a short drive 5 mins max to my friends house, was there for an hour got in my car started it again this time it started but sounded like it was missfiring only for a few seconds then sounded like its normal self running fine, took it for a good run car still performing well then today no starting problems at all anyone any ideas what could of caused this? is it common on fiesta st not to start 1st time? its a 57 plate 18k miles full service history thanks

i would say clean your throttle body and see if it happens any more,

or it might have just been a little bit of moisture in your engine bay, if its working fine now dont worry about it

anything like this could be anything mate get it in the garage you could have a sensor gone or something worse still.

it's very hard to diagnose a problem like this unless with a Diagnostic kit

but there are a few things you can do to try and prevent it, like i said before, it might have been a few things but starting with the free things are better than giving ford £40 to say we cant find anything wrong

I remember once I started it up and it was idling terribly and an engine light came on. Turned it off amd restarted and it was fine ever since!

My issue with my '09 , you will have to scroll down....

http://www.fordfiestast.co.uk/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=347377&an=0&page=4#347377

intresting article kev thanks for that, does anyone think a 57 plate will need the ecu update i know the earlier models had this has anyone with a facelift model had to have this done?

Im having a few starting issues too, when the car is cold it starts first time, however if I start it cold drive for literally only 5 mins stop and start I have to give it quite a bit of throttle to get it going, it then ticks over a bit lumpy too, ive heard about and ECU update may be needed, should really kick myself up the arse and look into it I suppose!!.

Could be a sensor gone, maybe new spark plugs or maybe ya throttle body needs a clean?

Ive had new spark plugs the week after I brought it (2 months ago) so thats one thing ruled out lol.

done it since?

Mine did this and a warning light came up something like "engine malfunction" I sh*t myself!!

Turned it off and on (scientifically proven way to solve 99% of all problems) and never had a single problem since- weird

Yeah was a weird one- running like a charm now no problems at all (hope I haven't jinxed that)

hey guys, well thought i had got rid of this problem but its happened twice today again, anyone know if a 2008 st would need an ecu upgrade? the engine seems fine no management light on, just this unsual starting problem think i mite need to get it on the diagnostic machine

I think it was the earlier cars that needed an update, yours should be ok.

you wouldn't need an update at 2008 i wouldn't have thought

well you never know my parents have just brought a prius not to long ago now it's an 02 plate i think and its been serviced regulary it's in great condition for the milage it's done.

we thought it was up to date, wrong Toyota had it for 3 days installing updates, it had 6 missing updates, i guess it was the pre-facelift mind you.

Apparently it drives like new now lol