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Open Help Requests for Ford
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| 1991 Ford Taurus SHO 3.0L No Start VIN: 1FACP54Y2M Looking for some help from you Ford guys. I have a SHO that crank no start. has no spark. has pwr to coil pack and ign module. no signals form cam or crank sensor. found 8.3v on pin 16(IGN GRD) of pcm. Pcm grds are good (20,40,60). I can jumper the IGN GRD ckt... |
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| 1994 Ford F-150 XL 5.8L Unknown VIN: 1FTEX15H6R Vehical has a shutter on acceleration from a stop when more 1/4 throttle or more is given. Vehical has a vibration that always seems to be there. It is more noticeable at 48km/h and then again at 103km/h. Tires have been balanced. Two out of three u-joints hav... |
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| 1996 Ford Windstar GL 3.8L Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 2FMDA5142T van came in with 2and 3 cyl misfire codes.did wires and plugs van ran fine for a week customer came with same complant mil light was on same codes.Van was runnig fine at the time.Changed upper intake gaskets did not change anything from this point I dont know ... Trouble codes: P0302, P0303 |
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| 1997 Ford Contour GL 2.0L Stall VIN: 3FALP6533V Please tell me why ford contours are like stepping in dog doo, you just can't get rid of all of it!!This car's problem is stalling hot, only while going into rev or drive. Restarts fine, drives fine, it doesn't stall at stop lights, engine and trans performanc... Trouble codes: P1705 |
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| 1997 Ford Explorer XL 4.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FMDV24E9V we used smoke machine to look for leaks. canister purge valve vents smoke although alldata says it's normally closed. smoke stops when we power the valve. is this correct? tank and cap hold pressure. how do we test vapor managment valve? need help, thanks, Dou... Trouble codes: P0455 (evap large leak) |
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| 1997 Ford F-150 XL 4.2L Electronic VIN: 1FTDX1723V po755 code is back truck neturals out at stop signs you have to move shifter down to 2nd or 1st gear to get it to take off form a stop jasper reman tranny new pcm new range sensor all data on data stream looks good i am really lost here please help |
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| 1997 Ford Probe 2.0L No Start VIN: 1ZVLT20A6V We have an intermitten no start [no spark] once every couple of weeks, but every time we try to run down the no-spark condition it cures itself before we can check it out...funny thing is we cannot get the mil lite to spit a fault code even when the distributo... |
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| 1998 Ford F-150 4.2L no power in drive VIN: 1FTX1725WN this truck cam from an exhaust shop with the cats removed because of blockage.the truck still had no power after the exhaust was removed. i scaned for codes and found p0340. i inspected the cam sensor and found it had come apart and the sync half moon was bent... Trouble codes: P0340 |
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| 1998 Ford Ranger Splash 4.0L Poor Idle Quality VIN: 1FTYR14X7W Good morning to all.Need some help from the Ford experts here.Customer brought in a 1998 Ranger 4.0 with complaint of rough idle,stalling and MIL on.Found code for DPFE sensor and upon inspection sensor was melted.The rear tube on the sensor had come off and f... Trouble codes: P0505 (iac circuit), P1456 (dpfe sensor) |
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| 1999 Ford F-350 Super Duty Lariat 7.3L Starting VIN: 1FTWW33F4X Hello- This truck has an extremely intermittant slow crank/no start condition. It has done this only 2 times in the last 2 months but it is a work truck and that is not acceptable. It always starts just fine by the time it get towed in. The last time it did i... |
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| 2000 Ford Crown Victoria 4.6L Excessive Emissions, Poor Fuel Economy, MIL Lamp on VIN: 2FAFP71WXY This is only one of several Crown Vics with high fuel pressure. Problem came on suddenly 2 weeks ago and now we are seeing no less than 3 Fords per day with MIL on and high fuel pressure. Fuel pressure regulator allows psi to exceed specs, turns on MIL. Tappin... Trouble codes: P0172 (system too rich bank 1), P0174 (system too rich bank 2) |
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| 2002 Ford Taurus LX 3.0L ignition key VIN: 1FAFP55202 Need help from the Ford Techs out there- I have a customer with a 02 Taurus- She needs another key made for the car- I am told I can order the key from the VIN code but then the car needs programmed to the key for a fee of $70. - Is there any way to get key pr... |
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| 1992 Mercury Grand Marquis LS 4.6L MIL Lamp on VIN: 2MELM75WXN No drivability problems with this vehicle, runs fine. Has a reccuring check engine light with fault code 124. Have replaced TPS,IAT and MAF sensors. Fuel pressure is normal, no problems with EGR system or PCV system. Have done everything except a decarbonizati... Trouble codes: 124 (TPS in range failure) |
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| 1996 Mercury Mystique GS 2.0L transmission shifting VIN: 1MELM6536T hello out there lests hope you guys can help with this one have 96 mercury mystique in my shop now we dont normally do any trani work but this is a very good long time customer car is having problems shifting through the gears 1-2 3-4 well cant get it to 3rd s... |
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Fixes & Summaries for Ford
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| 1990 Ford E-350 Econoline Club Wagon Custom 7.5L guages VIN: 1FDKE30G8L Hey Guys Thanks for the replies. I had a 89 van come in with the same instrument cluster ( I dont think that they changed it for like ten years)So I did a quick switchero to see what would happen. All of the guages read right on, around the R and O of the norm... |
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| 1995 Ford E-350 Econoline 7.5L abs module? VIN: 1FDKE30GSH Everyone suggested the abs module was defective. We suspected the same. Only problem now is customer has declined repairs. Financial problems. Thanks to all that replied. Next time we will know what to do. Thanks |
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| 1997 Ford F-250 Lariat 5.4L automatic headlights/gauges VIN: 1FTFX28L6V I continued the wiring search after the post,along with a few test drives to try and recreate the problem. Seven Kind replies were each studied. Three of them pointed at the TSB water leak to the GEM . I errored in my first Post by saying no applicable TSB's I... |
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| 1997 Ford Escort LX 2.0L cyl. head VIN: 3FALP15P6V I recieved 14 replies including one from Isreal.(how cool is that? I love the iatn)All said the problem was the valve seat dropping out of the head.Several said I (or the customer)was lucky the guide did not break up and destroy the engine. I posted this hel... |
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| 1999 Ford F-350 Super Duty Lariat 7.3L Cuts out, Stall VIN: 1FDWF37F7X thanks to both john's,david,sean,rick,sam.nick,bert, and mark. cam sensor was the problem and truck is fixed. iatn is great. |
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| 2000 Ford F-150 Lariat 5.4L flush code 29 VIN: 1FTRX07LXY Thank you all you guys for the very valuable info, There were 7 responds all them actually pointing to wrong RCM. And sure enough, that was it!. I need to mention that after installing the right module, i started the truck, and then i had a new flashed code ... |
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| 2000 Ford Excursion XLT 6.8L driveline VIN: 1FMNU40S1Y First off all i would like to say thanks to all who replied, seems we had a very odd car on our hands after countless attempts of diagnosing we started installing new parts and after new bearings did not fix this one we took the carrier out and ran just the dr... |
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| 1996 Mercury Mystique GS 2.0L No Start, Poor Idle Quality, Stall, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1MELM6539T Got many replies ranging from high oil pressure to sticky valves. Some suggested different types of chemicals such as Sea Foam. I decided to try the chemicals first. So far the customer hasn't had any more problems. Thanks again Mike Trouble codes: P0301. |
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