vodavoda

2015 911.1 GT3. Sat during winter undriven for 3 months. Fired it up, and went on longer drive, no problems. A couple weeks later, fired it up. Start up sounded bad and the Engine Control Fault Permission to Drive dash warning came on. Went through the normal sequence of letting it sit, etc.,, fault did not clear and still had same unusual sound when started. Took it to dealer for the 2 year service and was told that it had misfire "which is common when a car sits for a while and no big deal. We cleared did the service which included the plugs, so you are good to go." Drives as it should now.

So, is this common? It has never happened before in my years of ownership and 12K miles of driving.

Larry Cable

news to me

Cay_PI

Maybe you got some humidity into the ingnition coils or something.. could be. If its not high-rev-missfire and doesn't come back, I wouldnt worry.

TPG

Drive it hard and find out

Palting

I wouldn't say it is common. The plugs needing replacement are more likely the cause of the misfire.

dgoldenz

I had this happen once and they swapped the plug from one side to another and it fixed it. This also seems to happen if the car is low on gas, dealer told me to never let the tank go below 1/4 full.

Airbag997

Check the oil/oil pan for fine metal flakes, which is indicative of the lifters eating themselves.

vodavoda

No mention of the gas being low as a cause, but it was under 1/4 tank

vodavoda

Will do next oil change. Plan is to first drive, drive, drive, and then drive it some more.