Suzuki Swift 1.5l starting issues

[Captain Jack]

Not a 406 issue, or even a French car issue but no one seems to own any here any more!

My wife's Swift has sometimes some issues starting the car when it's used a lot for short journeys visiting patients. It always starts fine from cold and seems to start ok warm after doing a long trip....

My thinking is that she's simply flooding the engine and it does start after a few tries.

Car is 2009 model and is serviced regularly...did it since she got it 3 years ago. Stealers can't find any issues.

Any ideas?

[jasper5]

Try starting the car with the accelerator pedal half way down.

[Captain Jack]

Thanks John - will try. Just for my own benefit, what does that do? I remember doing it on my dad's 405 and that did help it start but I guess the 405 didn't have a fly by wire throttle..

[jasper5]

Should open the throttle body to give more air as the engine turns.....with luck.
Worth a try anyway.

[Welly]

Might be the Crank Sensor? (not 'seeing' the engine turning over). What's the Battery like?

I just did a very brief Google and the Suzuki Forum seems to point to an ECU re-flash for a "Hard Start" issue down at the Main Stealership and may be related to temperature.

[Captain Jack]

Battery seems fine.. would the crank sensor issue be evident all the time, rather than just after doing a couple of short runs?

[OllieNZ]

If it's the crank sensor and pouring cold water over it fixes it, then you need a new sensor. Apparently this is a fairly common issue with the later jimny engines but I'm not sure how closely related your swift engine is to these

[Captain Jack]

Ironically, it hasn't done it since I last posted! Any idea where the sensor is on this engine?