Adding Grounds To Fix Vader’s Hot Start Problem

[@Ehxo-]

What happens with my '14 ss 1le is after driving and gets to just under operating temp it will start, however it is a very hard start which puts it into service stabilitrak mode. Will adding these 2 extra grounds solve my issue or will I end up having to add an extra heat guard like you did?

[@DylanLustick]

You really won’t know until you try it. My suggestion is, if it’s in your budget, to replace the starter with an oem one, add the grounds, and add the starter heat shield. Now, if you don’t feel like doing all that, then you can just do what I did and do one ground at a time and see what works best. But if you’ve got headers or an old starter, it’s probably on its way out anyways and you might as well replace.

[@Ehxo-]

@@DylanLustick Okay thank you. I’ll look into the new starter as well as the heat guards. I still have the stock header manifolds and it still hard starts. My battery is testing good so I know it’s not that.

[@ChicagosM0stWanted]

I sued Chevrolet for this last year (2022) and they settled back in March of this year (2023)....

[@itsboostedmoe]

how did you do this and what was the settlement, cause this has been an issue with mine for over 2 years. its seriously annoying.