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Open Help Requests for Ford
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| 1992 Ford E-150 Econoline XL 5.8L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Misfire, Poor Fuel Economy, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FDEE14H6N This vehicle came in running rough at highway speeds and at idle, hot or cold. Needless to say it has not been maintained. I tuned it up and repalced a bounce of vaccuum lines and a thorough going over. there is still a misfire on bank #1 causing the 173 (lack... Trouble codes: 173 (Lack of HO2S Switch Rich Bank 1 koer), 538 (Insufficent Rpm Change Dynamic test koer), 632 (TCS did not change) |
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| 1994 Ford Escort LX 1.9L speedo cable VIN: 1FARP11J8R Ford Techs, this car had a clutch put in it at another shop & right after that oil started dripping on my friends shoes. it is coming out of the speedometer cable at the speedometer head & running down until it drips off duct work or panel near pedals. I found... |
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| 1997 Ford F-250 XL 7.3L Poor Idle Quality VIN: 1FTHX26F8V diesels are not our strong suit. any help on what to look for would be very helpful. this truck has no high idle on start up. is this normal for these power strokes or not. if not what controls the idle. i've looked on all data and did not find any info that h... Trouble codes: 344 (cam sens), 1746 (epc sol open circuit) |
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| 1998 Ford Windstar GL 3.8L Electronic VIN: 2FMZA5147W The vehicle had multiple abs codes allcleared out or repaired except u1009. Also had multiple engine code all cleared out except p0340 even after replacing the cam sensor, found wiring to be intact. |
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| 1998 Ford Taurus SE Comfort 3.0L Cooling Systems VIN: 1FAFP53S2W When vehicle reaches normal operating temperature, a thumping noise begins to sound around coolant hoses. There does not seem to be any coolant related restrictions, however, noises continues to sound. This noise is also only detected when at a stop position a... |
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| 1998 Ford Expedition Eddie Bauer 5.4L Stall VIN: 1FMPU18L7W Problem only occurs in gear, drive or reverse, with brake applied. PCM is not commanding TCC lock up. Occurs multiple times a day. Will sometimes stall immediately after shifting. Will sometimes stall while waiting at red light. Occurs hot or cold. |
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| 1998 Ford Taurus SE 3.0L vent\defrost temp VIN: 1FAFP57U5W i am a help request virgin so bear with me on this 1st time post- the problem child of the month is a taurus which just a couple days ago started blowing cool out vents\defroster-flushed cooling system (again) & heater core-blows hot when selector is on floor ... |
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| 1999 Ford F-150 Lariat 5.4L radiator VIN: 1FTRX17L7X we are seeing repeated failure of this rad. flush coolant each time with fresh Quaker state green measured .25 volts in coolant eng. running grounded rad core and got .7 volt! with batt disconnected, rad. core to coolant measured .5v anyone seen this before? t... |
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| 1999 Ford F-150 4.2L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FTZX172OX Hi guys' I have this 99 f150 that seems to be running lean only for the cust.. It has been in twice for 171 & 174 codes for lean condition. I have cleaned the MAF and checked all the basics. When I drive it, all seems good,but when the cust gets it back, these... Trouble codes: P0171, P0174 |
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| 2000 Ford Excursion XLT 6.8L driveline VIN: 1FMNU40S1Y any help would be greatly appreciated on this truck. and keep in mind this is a 2wd v10 excursion. |
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| 2000 Ford Mustang GT 4.6L No Start, Stall, Misfire VIN: 1FAFP45X6Y car starts fine most of the time,but sometimes it will start and stall,sometimes it will keep runing but will backfire&acts like it is running out of gas or out of time,turn key off and try again starts fine.scope cam sensor no signal when acting up, unplug se... |
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| 2003 Ford Escape 3.0L Exhaust sensors I am collecting information regarding the replacement of HEGO/CMS sensors used in the exhaust system. Ford utilizes Bosch and NTK sensors which have a crush-type gasket to minimize any leakage of gases. For any exhaust system repair that requires their removal... |
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| 1999 Lincoln Town Car Executive 4.6L high idle VIN: 1LNHM81W6X customer complaining of high idle ,stated that ever since he got car back from body shop the engine has been racing.he had hit a parking lot curb and damaged the front bumper,which had to be replaced .no other damage was reported.i checked for codes there were... |
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| 1997 Mercury Mystique 2.5L No Start, Stall, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1MELM66LOV vehichle stalled on interstate at cruise speed. would restart and die. after several attempts had it towed, started and ran ok when arrived at repair facility. drove car back home without further trouble. while driving home check engine light came on (code p04... Trouble codes: P0420 |
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Fixes & Summaries for Ford
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| 1988 Ford F-150 Custom 5.0L No Start VIN: 1FTDF15N7J We have fixed this problem. I have to tell you a little history on this truck before I tell you what was wrong. Two weeks ago, the truck came in behind the hook with the same problem (gas fouling plugs right away). After spending a few hours on this truck, mys... |
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| 1989 Ford E-150 Econoline Custom 5.0L No Start VIN: 1FTDE14N0K Well I had several good suggestions. They included checking the tps(possible clear flood mode), checking battery voltage while cranking at the fuel pump. The problem was that the coolant sensor would only go down to 140 degrees so the engine did not have enoug... |
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| 1993 Ford E-350 Econoline 5.8L Poor Idle Quality, Hesitation, Misfire First let me thank Timothy from Wisconsin and Scott from Michigan for telling me to go back to basics. Once I hooked up an emissions machine and saw the high hc, I went back to spark. As I stated in my update, spark was arcing out of the #1 spark plug wire. I ... |
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| 1996 Ford Crown Victoria 4.6L MIL Lamp on Hello Friends at IATN. Well as per all of the replys I recieved. Bank 2 IS drivers side. I think it is safe to say Bank 1 is ALWAYS The Side Of # 1 Cylinder. I would like to thank These members for their additional Information. Larry [...]... |
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| 1999 Ford F-350 Super Duty XL 7.3L Diesel VIN: 1FDFX46F6X Thanks to all the eighteen replies I got. I'll tell you about them as soon as I tell you a little story first. As you know we sent this truck to the dealer to have them diagnos it and then they called us and said it was ready for pick up. Sent the car wash kid... Trouble codes: P1280 (ICP circuit out of range low), P1140 (Water in fuel), P1247 (Low Turbo boost pressure), P0500 (VSS Econoline), P1000 (Test incomplete more driving required). |
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| 1997 Lincoln Town Car 4.6L Poor Idle Quality, Cuts out, Stall VIN: 1LNLM82W82 We had replaced the mass air flow sensor prior to posting this repair. After we recieved our replys we replaced the I.a.c. motor which had recently been replaced. We anticipated a defective unit. So far the vehicle has been gone for 2 weeks. If it should retur... |
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| 1997 Mercury Sable LS 3.0L No Start, THEFT FLASHING VIN: 1MELM53S5V How many times must I learn this lesson-Don't ASSUME anything. The car is a 1997 model, the transeiver was ordered for a 1998. The parts look physically identical but are not interchangable. Also, the waveform that the PATS module transmits to the tranceiver i... Trouble codes: B1681 (PATS transiever signal no recieved), B1600. |
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