I fought with this one for awhile.. just got progressively worse. I was worried the car would not start with winter coming.
Long story short, I went through most of the issues in the form here; good maintenance anyway, but: - alternator, battery, timing, plugs, ignition, fuel, filters - you name it. The car had no codes.
I found the problem somewhat by accident when I gave the otherwise-looked-ok main ground cable a good tug and it tore apart in my hands, at the connector. It had completely rotted through in a way I have not seen with copper cables before; usually there's lots of green nastiness; this just turned into brown sludge. The end where it mounts to the transmission/rear block area was to blame; the battery area looked completely mint.
I replaced the ground cable with a 4G heavy duty piece, and redid the starter supply cable while I was at it.
Presto chango, the car starts like new now - total fix, maybe $30 and two or three hours to make up and change the cables. You can get pre-made ones at Walmart.
I haven't seen it in block letters here, so:
CHECK THE GROUND AND STARTER SUPPLY CABLES IF YOU HAVE SLOW START ISSUES.
I would replace them as a matter of fact anyway - after what I saw, particularly if your car is in a winter climate.
Long story short, I went through most of the issues in the form here; good maintenance anyway, but: - alternator, battery, timing, plugs, ignition, fuel, filters - you name it. The car had no codes.
I found the problem somewhat by accident when I gave the otherwise-looked-ok main ground cable a good tug and it tore apart in my hands, at the connector. It had completely rotted through in a way I have not seen with copper cables before; usually there's lots of green nastiness; this just turned into brown sludge. The end where it mounts to the transmission/rear block area was to blame; the battery area looked completely mint.
I replaced the ground cable with a 4G heavy duty piece, and redid the starter supply cable while I was at it.
Presto chango, the car starts like new now - total fix, maybe $30 and two or three hours to make up and change the cables. You can get pre-made ones at Walmart.
I haven't seen it in block letters here, so:
CHECK THE GROUND AND STARTER SUPPLY CABLES IF YOU HAVE SLOW START ISSUES.
I would replace them as a matter of fact anyway - after what I saw, particularly if your car is in a winter climate.