Delayed Engine Start

[R01k]

2014 Mirage ES CVT - 52K miles

Hello guys.

In the last weeks when starting cold the engine functions on what feels like a low power state for a few seconds and then switches to normal operation. At first it happened sporadically, but the frequency of each occurrence has been increasing to now being almost every time it starts cold. Subsequent starts immediately after one of these dragging starts produces a normal behavior. But if the engine is let rest for a few hours, the same issue occurs.

This is a video of a delayed start. The drag is between second 0:11 and 0:16.


This video is taken immediately after the one above. The engine behaves fine then.