# 2004 Ford Escape delayed start

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-ford-escape-delayed-start/45153>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** escape, ford\
**Created:** [February 26, 2010, 5:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-ford-escape-delayed-start/45153 "2010-02-26T17:45:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![cjharger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@cjharger](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cjharger)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 5:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-ford-escape-delayed-start/45153/1 "2010-02-26T17:45:43Z")

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Starts fine after it has been sitting all night. After that if the car sits longer than 1 hour it has a delayed start. But, if I am on errands and makings lots of stops and car sits less than 1 hour it starts right up.