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- From: jeffd@ex.heurikon.com (Jeff Durst)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Ford Tempo Hesitates/Stalls
- Message-ID: <2024@heurikon.heurikon.com>
- Date: 21 Jan 93 01:14:56 GMT
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- Reply-To: jeffd@heurikon.heurikon.com (Jeff Durst)
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- Organization: Heurikon Corporation, Madison, WI
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- I bought a 1991 Ford Tempo GL brand new and back in November
- it started to intermittantly hesistate when warm at stop lights
- or stops signs. It is always on acceleration that this occurs.
- It has also stalled three times since December 3.
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- I have had it into the Dealer twice now for this problem, the first
- time they clain to have found a vaccuum leak at the fuel pressure
- regulator and they also cleaned some emissions stuff, the second time
- they said they found the base idle speed was low, so they adjusted it.
-
- I asked them if they really feel they solved the problem, he said
- no. I asked where do we go from here, he said basiclif the problem
- happens more frequently so that they can recreate it they will then
- be able to do more for me. Until that time I'm SOL.
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- When I got home from the dealer the #!?/ car stalled when I pulled
- into the driveway after sitting for a couple of minutes in drive.
- I called the dealer right back and they repeated their position.
-
- I saw the Ford 800# on TV last night and decided to try it. The
- guy I talked to said he could not force the dealer to look at the
- car again until I can produce the problem for the dealer. It wasn't
- until I threatened that if I was in accident due to the problem
- I would sue FMC that he said he would force the dealer to take another
- look.
-
-
- I told him that I didn't feel that another go around with the dealer
- would solve the problem and want to pursue the matter with FMC
- instead of screwing around with the dealer. He said the dealer is
- best qualified and has the resources to fix the problem. I aske
- if there was anyone else I could talk to a FMC and he said no.
-
- So it sounds as though I'm screwed.
-
- Does anyone know where I can turn next? Anyone had a similar problem?
- I am seriously thinking of new Toyota.
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- jeffd@heurikon.com
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