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- From: norcott_bill@tandem.com (Bill Norcott)
- Subject: Re: Ford Tempo Hesitates/Stalls
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.030956.22874@tandem.com>
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- Organization: Tandem Computers, Inc.
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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 03:09:56 GMT
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- In article <2024@heurikon.heurikon.com>, jeffd@ex.heurikon.com (Jeff Durst) writes:
- |>
- |> 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.
- |>
- |> 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.
- |>
-
- You should not have to recreate it for them, if it happened recently
- the trouble code for the problem is stored in the cars computer.
- Ask them to run the engine diagnostic and tell you what codes the
- computer spit out. I am surprised they did not do this immediately.
- It could well be that the idle speed control system is screwing up,
- this happened on my '87 before. Make sure they take a specific action
- and record the results, such as "Engine computer diagnostic run,
- revealed codes: XXX". Don't let them refuse to take the car into the
- shop and run the diagnostics. Also, don't let them get by with just
- adjusting crap, tell them to start swapping out components until they
- find the problem if that's what it takes them.
-
- Don't take this lying down and also don't blame the car, blame the
- dealer. It is under warrantee and it is their job to fix it even if they
- have to replace the entire engine CPU and all the sensors to do it.
- I fixed mine myself the car now has 85,000 and starts and runs
- perfectly & now I'm getting 27 MPG as well.
-
- Even if the basic warrantee runs out all engine control systems are
- covered by the federally mandated pollution control warrantee on
- all cars.
-
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