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SMAX Zetec 2.0 TDCi 2010 Plate - Why will my car struggle to start 1 time in 50 without obvious reason? (see video)

Car will start fine 49 out of 50 times but without obvious reason it sometimes struggles to start (as seen in video). This can be on a cold start or a warm start. Happens in warm, cold, wet and dry weather.

Video of car trouble

Bought the car a month ago - full service history - local mechanic gave it the once over (after we noticed this issue) and said that everything looks good.

It has had a new battery (installed after the original one failed a week after purchase) so I doubt this is the issue.

It has been plugged into two separate garage's computers for diagnostic with no errors recorded. Two garages could not find a fault (they didn't witness the starting problem - I have only just managed to capture it on video). Any ideas?

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