# 1994 Geo Prizm Rough on Starting

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/1994-geo-prizm-rough-on-starting/35036>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** prizm, chevrolet\
**Created:** [August 14, 2009, 2:21am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1994-geo-prizm-rough-on-starting/35036 "2009-08-14T02:21:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![mervbudge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@mervbudge](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mervbudge)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 2:21am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1994-geo-prizm-rough-on-starting/35036/1 "2009-08-14T02:21:27Z")

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My mother-in-law’s Geo Prizm is difficult to start and run rough for about a minute after starting. After that it runs fine. I took it to an Acura dealer but they didn’t know what was wrong. The car has about 35000 miles (yep, 35000!). Any thoughts on what the problem is?  
  
  
  
 Thanks  
  
 Merv