# Car starts easily in cold weather but struggles in warm or hot weather

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-starts-easily-in-cold-weather-but-struggles-in-warm-or-hot-weather/64780>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [May 18, 2011, 11:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-starts-easily-in-cold-weather-but-struggles-in-warm-or-hot-weather/64780 "2011-05-18T23:16:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![JoeHahn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/34f0e0/32.png) [@JoeHahn](https://community.cartalk.com/u/JoeHahn)\
**Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 11:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-starts-easily-in-cold-weather-but-struggles-in-warm-or-hot-weather/64780/1 "2011-05-18T23:16:01Z")

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I have a 2000 Saturn that starts up very quickly and wasily when the weather is cool or cold but struggles to start when the weather is warm or hot. Any idea as to what may be the cause of this?

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**Author:** ![cigroller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c68b51/32.png) [@cigroller](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cigroller)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2011, 12:50am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/car-starts-easily-in-cold-weather-but-struggles-in-warm-or-hot-weather/64780/2 "2011-05-19T00:50:42Z")

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Define “struggles to start.” You turn the key and…