Got in my RA today after work, turn the key, starter is going but car is not starting. WTF! so I turn the key off, wait a sec, and try it again, after like 3 secs it coughs, cranks a couple more times, and then it starts. Anyone else had this happen? and does anyone might have a clue what happened?

 

Yeah had that happen to me twice. That was like three weeks ago though, hasn't happened since.

 

That was happening a lot with the base Lancers back when they came out. My old GTS would sometimes take 3 times to start when I first got it

As for my Ralliart, havent had the problem yet

 

this seems to be quite a common issue...there was a thread about this starting issue before.....i wonder if it';s our starters that suck or is the stock battery being too weak...

if you have the cash get an Optima battery or something and see if you ever run into this starting issue again or not....

 

I think some other people had the same problem w their RA. Dealer ended up doing a reflash and it was fixed. If it keeps giving you a problem, bring her in to dealer.

 

I had this happen once. Took about 20-30 seconds to get started. Was a bit worried, but haven't had it happen since.

 

yeah this happened to me too. There is a reflash available from mitsubishi to fix this.

 

I wish that was available to the Midwest. I asked my dealer and they don't have any flashes yet.

 

nonono, dealer cant take my ttp tuning away o.O Ill deal with the random long start

 

the dealers have a flash that fixes the starting issue but it isn't a recall?

 

FastKey communication error.

 

A lot of the time that happens due to the evap system not working properly

 

This makes alot of sense becuase this afternoon it was very moist where I'm at and I had a hard start.