Violent start up

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Technical Discussion' started by Superdrol, Mar 15, 2010.

  1. Superdrol

    Superdrol Member

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    I turned on my car today and it started up somewhat violent. The gas kicked in an there was some brief shaking. I forgot to take my foot off the brake once I hit the power button but I did not engage the car at all. It was still on park I just kept the brake pressed bc I was looking at my phone.


    Is this an engine knock ? Just curious.
     
  2. tumbleweed

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    A lot of our cars seem to have this problem. Here are a couple of threads:

    http://priuschat.com/forums/gen-iii...eshooting/72095-violent-shaking-start-up.html
    http://priuschat.com/forums/gen-iii...troubleshooting/70128-rough-engine-start.html