Hey everyone, thought I'd run this through here and see if anyone has had this problem yet.
I've had my MS3 since Dec of last year and have not had any problems at all until about 3-4 weeks ago. The problem started whenever I would fill the car up with gas. Basically I usually drive until I'm pretty low, right before or right when the gas light comes on, but not beyond that since I figured out that you can't get very far after the gas light comes on anyways. I would then start the car and it would immediately die. I did this a few times and the car would barely turn over and stall. I then started it a few times and ran the RPMs up to 2-3K for a few seconds and let off and it would stall. Only after running it constant for 2-3K for about 10 seconds or so would it go back to normal and not stall.
I would then drive the car and it seemed normal, no starting issues at all after that. Then I got gas again a few days later and the same exact thing happened. I let it go one more time and the same thing happened ... but no starting issues at all except when I filled up.
So I bring it to the dealer and they have my car for a few days since they can't figure it out. They end up checking the spark plugs and found a couple fouled ones so they replaced all of them and they also flashed my ECU with the cold-start fix. The car then didn't have the problem at all until just a couple days ago when I filled up and this morning I got a CEL finally ... never got one at all since I have owned the car including the problems that started 3-4 weeks ago.
I have an appt. next week so they can do the ECU recalls and look at this problem again. They told me that they would probably replace the fuel pump if the problem came back.
I've had my MS3 since Dec of last year and have not had any problems at all until about 3-4 weeks ago. The problem started whenever I would fill the car up with gas. Basically I usually drive until I'm pretty low, right before or right when the gas light comes on, but not beyond that since I figured out that you can't get very far after the gas light comes on anyways. I would then start the car and it would immediately die. I did this a few times and the car would barely turn over and stall. I then started it a few times and ran the RPMs up to 2-3K for a few seconds and let off and it would stall. Only after running it constant for 2-3K for about 10 seconds or so would it go back to normal and not stall.
I would then drive the car and it seemed normal, no starting issues at all after that. Then I got gas again a few days later and the same exact thing happened. I let it go one more time and the same thing happened ... but no starting issues at all except when I filled up.
So I bring it to the dealer and they have my car for a few days since they can't figure it out. They end up checking the spark plugs and found a couple fouled ones so they replaced all of them and they also flashed my ECU with the cold-start fix. The car then didn't have the problem at all until just a couple days ago when I filled up and this morning I got a CEL finally ... never got one at all since I have owned the car including the problems that started 3-4 weeks ago.
I have an appt. next week so they can do the ECU recalls and look at this problem again. They told me that they would probably replace the fuel pump if the problem came back.
