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Open Help Requests for Ford
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| 1988 Ford Escort LX 1.9L Stall VIN: 1FAPP2194J Hi Guys! Got a headache from scratching my scalp on this one. This car comes in with a stalling problem when started. sure enough, it will start and die out several times. It will stay running longer each time before it dies. We checked and replaced the most ... |
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| 1989 Ford E-150 Econoline Custom 5.8L Engine VIN: 1FTEE14N9K I hate to post on something that should be simple. We have been fighting this van for about a month now with a squealing noise. It doesn't occur all the time. When it first came in, the water pump was leaking. We replaced it, and at that time installed a new A... |
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| 1992 Ford F-150 Custom 5.0L trans VIN: 1FTEX14N9N Truck is stuck in second gear we removed upper shift cover trans internally looks good. Placed shift assm in vise it appears to be the cause. Any ideas on what may have failed? thanks in advance. Ed |
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| 1994 Ford E-250 Econoline 5.8L ccd hick-up VIN: 1FDHE24HA2 Primarily when hot at idle the spout/pip "hick-up" and one or two firing events are missed or way out of sequence!It will happen cold or at cruise just more common at hot idle in gear. This has been on going for over a month. The original problem was a bad mis... |
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| 1994 Ford E-250 Econoline 5.8L No Start VIN: 1FTF524H1R This van was towed in with a no start. Customer claims he saw smoke leaking out from the PCM. It did smell burnt, but we tested for spark & fuel anyway. Lab scope revealed no PIP signal until I removed the SPOUT connector...then we had spark at the coil, but s... |
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| 1994 Ford Mustang GT 5.0L r.r. speed sensor VIN: 1FALP42TXR Customer stated that after a very hard braking action, the ABS lite came on and stayed on. Scan test revealed code 32, R.R. Speed Sensor malfunction. Mitchell test sequence and harness connector diagram seemed improper, in that the test connections referenced ... |
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| 1994 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer 4.0L Stall, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FMDU34X9R Greetings fellow techs, My customer complained that this vehicle's engine would shut off at cruising speed. "Very unsafe". I test drove the vehicle and have not experianced any problem. I pulled a dtc 543. I have gone thru all the test except the one where you... Trouble codes: 543 (Fuel pump circut open battery to ecm) |
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| 1995 Ford F-150 Special 5.0L Poor Idle Quality, Surge VIN: 1FTEF15NSX This is my uncles truck and now sitting in my driveway, I'm really a european tech and have little Ford experience. He has brought it into 3 shops icluding a local dealership but no one has been able to fix it. The problem is this, occasionally after the truck... |
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| 1996 Ford Probe 2.0L no start VIN: 1258796321 i am posting this for a friend he r.rd head had valve job done and replaced timing belt it will not start has good fuel presure has spark injecter pulses scanned every thing looks good on scanner no water or diesel in fuel converters not plugged it is fouling ... |
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| 1996 Ford E-350 Econoline Club Wagon XLT 5.8L Brakes VIN: 1FBJS31H7T Hi everyone, I hope you,re all having a better week than I am. I've replaced almost every thing on this van and it still pulls right when braking. I'm going to start replacing parts that I've already done but in the meantime I thought I would see if anyone els... |
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| 1996 Ford Explorer XL 4.0L Poor Idle Quality, Surge, Misfire VIN: 1FMZU34E4W Hi guys I need some Ford help here. This 96 Explorer came in.It surged @ idle when the temp. was below 30. I replaced the spark plugs and cleaned the injectors. That didnt help. My Genisis pathfinder had a fix to replace the plentum gaskets and now it runs a l... |
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| 1996 Ford Contour GL 2.0L timing belt VIN: 3FALP6537T car was brought in for lack of power. it would idle fine, but when accelerated it would fall on it's face. boss said to tear down and check timing belt. i wasn't convinced that was the problem because it showed good vacuum. i removed timing cover, lined up cra... |
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| 1998 Ford E-250 Econoline 5.4L Starting VIN: 1FTNS24L3W we bought this vehicle from salvage auction with a hit to the right side headlight bucket. we replaced the sheet metal air condition box the dash had to be removed for the welding. we placed all the parts, vehicle cranks but to start we had power to the fuel p... |
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| 1998 Ford E-150 Econoline 4.2L Surge, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FTRE1420W Several codes - PO340 cam sensor ck fault. PO171 system lean bank 1 PO174 system lean bank 2 PO300 random misfire. Erased codes and they came back after driving two times. Test drove felt like engine miss, could hear spark knock with engine cover off. Check d... Trouble codes: P0340, P0171, P0174, P0300 |
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| 1999 Ford Taurus SE 3.0L shift VIN: 1FAFP53U3X we have ck all grounds, and connections everything is connected, we are trying to find if pcm could have shorted out when customer entered trunk with remote with no grounds hooked up thank in advance for any assistance you may be able to give me. John |
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| 1999 Ford Windstar 3.0L No Start VIN: 2FMZA51UXX Customer complains of usually occuring no start hot or cold, and believes the problem is fuel system related because engine cranks over normally and after several attempts will finally start. We have not experienced any problem while in our shop. Is there a co... |
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| 1999 Ford Explorer Sport 4.0L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Poor Fuel Economy, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FMYU24X6X I have a Ford explorer. It originally came in with code P0171(system lean, bank 1)and P0174 (system lean Bank 2). Could not find anything that looked bad, but put 2 new o2 sensors in it. It came back next day with the light back on and the customer complained ... Trouble codes: P0171 (Bank 1 too lean), P0174 (Bank 2 too lean) |
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| 1999 Ford Explorer Sport 4.0L oil pressure gauge VIN: 1FMYU22E2X In the morning on initial start-up. Engine will not idle. once started,there is no oil pressure showing on the oil pressure gauge, engine will have to run at 2000 rpm for 15 minutes before it begins to idle well. Oil pressure builds up 2 minutes afterwards. Af... |
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| 1991 Lincoln Town Car 4.6L Rear air susp. VIN: 1LNCM81W0M New customer came in today with a town car that thinks it is a funny car. Rear air suspension is fully inflated and will not come down to normal level. Car has standard front suspension. Customer tried used control unit with no change before bringing car in. c... |
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Fixes & Summaries for Ford
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| 1993 Ford F-150 XL 5.8L Stall VIN: 1FTEX14HXP the magority of replies said to check trans filter. droped the pan and sure enough the filter had fallen to the bottom of the pan replaced filter and all is well. thank you very much to all who replied |
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| 1997 Ford F-150 XL 4.2L No Start, blows the pcm fuse VIN: 1FTDX1722V The problem was the wiring harness at the passenger side near the exhaust manifold. The harness had been moved because of the transmission work done. You could not see it, you had to run your hand along the harness to feel it. Four replies, two hit it on the h... |
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| 1997 Ford Explorer XL 4.0L Hesitation, Surge, Cuts out, Misfire VIN: 1FMDU34XXV A very big thanks go to all who responded to my reply. It was as most of you thought. The fuel filter was plugged up. I also did an alcohol test and found out that they are using to much fuel line drier in it.Most of you should have heard a very loud pop early... |
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| 1999 Ford Taurus LX 3.0L transaxle VIN: 1FAFB52U4X One person sent a reply stating that what I had was a tans. job,one sent a bulletin # about ripped reverse clutch seals,and one asked if I had scanner data.There were no codes. The customer said she didn't have the money to fix it so I may never know what was ... |
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| 2001 Ford Econoline E350 Super Duty 7.3L Surge, Cuts out, Stall VIN: 1FDXE45E01 well i could eliminate fuel because there is three buses in service for this outfit and only one acts up. the problem is i never had enough time at once to properly diagnos this problem. i did manage to get a fuel pressure gauge back on and a vaccuum gauge bef... |
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| 1995 Mercury Grand Marquis GS 4.6L Side Windows VIN: 2FELM74W0S I would like to say thank you to the 7 techs that took the time to answer my call for help. 3 techs (Nick from Ohio, John from Ontario, and Leonard from Arkansas) were right on the money. The other 4 tech had good answers but what they stated as cures were goo... |
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