Hi, started car yesterday morning. It was frosty and car had been stood for two days as I took my motorbike for it's MOT the day before. Car is mostly used every day and there were no signs of any problem when I parked it up.
The car started up ok on EV but when I turned the heater on ond the ICE started it sounded awful so I stopped the engine immediately.
Quick check of the web made me belive it was the rough running that can happen on cold mornings so started the car again as I needed to get to work.
The problem occured again so I called the rescue service. 30 miutes later with the mechanic looking on I started it again and the problem was still there. He could not pinpoint the problem and his bet was a cam problem but added it reminded him of a Cortina crank problem.
The mechanic was obviously not going to do any work on a hybrid car and it was taken to the dealer. Thank god for EV mode to put car on trailer.
At the dealers the car still had the engine problem. The manager said he had never known a faulty Hybrid engine but was concerned it sounded terminal!
It will be few days before they take a look for the problem.
If it is only the cold start problem I am aware they can update the inlet manifold to resolve this.
However, I suspect it may be more problematic as the rough start issue appears to be of short duration. The problem on my car felt like it was misfiring badly with horrendous vibration. If this was the known cold start problem I believe it would have soon settled to normal running.
Both the rescue man and the dealers first thoughts were that there was no Oil in the engine!
Car has had regular servicing and never used a drop of Oil in 43000 miles. Last service 2 months ago.
I now have at least a few days to worry about what is wrong. Thank goodness for the 5 year warranty.
Any one else had this problem?
Any thoughts on what it could be?
Thanks
Gerry