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 Post subject: car losing power and not changing gear
Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2011 12:10 pm 
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new to forum having problem with my 3v 5.4 my car loses power when it gets to 5200 rev and does not change gear just dies and leaves you hanging for 5 or 6 seconds when over taking till it changes gear ford has had the car for 2 weeks and have no idear whats wrong and trying to tell me that its normal i have had 2 other cars with this motor and they did not do it any help or thoughts on it would be great ps i want my car back
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 Post subject: Re: car losing power and not changing gear
Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2011 5:02 pm 
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will it shift into the next gear after the engine dies? and when you say it dies, do you meen you have to restart it?
have you tried resetting the computer?
any mods AT ALL to the car?

 

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 Post subject: Re: car losing power and not changing gear
Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2011 6:21 pm 
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the engine just loses power for 5 seconds then it changes gear ford put a new computer in it and a new module on the box and a new inhibiter switch and now they are trying to tell me its normal they are crazy no mods all stock
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 Post subject: Re: car losing power and not changing gear
Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2011 7:45 pm 
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Sounds like your injectors are using more fuel than they are getting..... or the exhaust system has hit its limit.

Meaning : Either Feul Pump, Regulator, or Filter... OR....
The Cats.

Been using E10 or any other crap fuel? - id try the fuel filter

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 Post subject: Re: car losing power and not changing gear
Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2011 7:48 pm 
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these motors are electronically limited to 5200 rpm i believe.
so you are hitting your rev limit but the gears arent changing.. mm sounds like somthins not interacting with the box and computer properly

 

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Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2011 9:18 pm 
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Yeah thats a fair call. Sounds like your running it in manual mode?
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 Post subject: Re: car losing power and not changing gear
Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2011 9:44 pm 
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problem happens in manual and auto mode
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 Post subject: Re: car losing power and not changing gear
Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2011 10:02 pm 
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Is this only at WOT or even at part throttle??

Does it do it every time or only some of the time?

Will it change earlier if you force the change in triptronic??

Are all your wheels and tyres of the same rolling diameter??

Sounds like a dodgy sensor or something of that order to me.

 

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 Post subject: Re: car losing power and not changing gear
Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2011 10:33 pm 
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happens part throttle every time it gets to 5200 if you lift your foot off it will change and you have power again the car is all stock i have had the car for 2 days ford has had it for 4 weeks and 5 days its not showing any faulty sensors
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Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2011 10:42 pm 
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is it a 6 speed auto? - Perhaps something is interfering with CANBus?

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Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2011 10:54 pm 
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no 4 speed be nice if it was a 6 speed
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 Post subject: Re: car losing power and not changing gear
Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2011 12:25 am 
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Did the dealer test the car on a dyno?
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 Post subject: Re: car losing power and not changing gear
Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2011 9:43 am 
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no they dont have a dyno i brought the car at mitsubishi they gave the car to ford at cardiff to fix it which i was happy about at first but the head machanic still thinks there is nothing wrong with the car even when it is dangerous when overtaking leaves you stuck out on the wrong side of the road going nowhere its very strange that no1 has had this problem i have had 2 other cars with the same motor and this one i have now is the quietest and smoothest one ive had untill you hit the rev limit its driving me nuts
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Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2011 12:32 pm 
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it sounds like the shift point for your box are out.
have you got a upgraded diff with higher ratios? as i have and this happens to mine.
but i know its from the rev limiter so i dont worry aboutit too much as this will be fixed when i get it dyno tuned.

 

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 Post subject: Re: car losing power and not changing gear
Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2011 1:52 pm 
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no its all standard does yours do the same????
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