Rough Start - Something Seems Wrong

zero610

Was hoping someone could help me with this problem.

After the car has been running and is warm, if I leave it sitting 2-4 hours and come back and try to start it, it seems like it struggles to start. Basically there is a long crank and it continues until the engine finally turns over and starts. There have been a few occasions that the engine didn't start and I have to press the ignition button again. It is definitely embarrassing when sitting in the parking lot trying to start a 2009 car that sounds like it is having trouble.

I've taken it to the dealer and they were basically no help - saying that sometimes a long start is "normal" and they pointed me to a page in the owners manual that talks about having trouble starting, you need to apply some gas, or some BS like that.

When starting cold or still hot, engine starts up fine - it is just that 2-4 hour window that gives me the problems.

Any ideas? It just doesn't seem right that I would be having starting troubles like this. Thanks in advance.