zintkala
Active LVC Member
Hey Y,all,
I know I been gone for a few months or more. Figured I'd give you all an update on whats been going on and maybe get some advice.
First off I moved from Charlotte, Nc to Long Island, Ny two months ago. Went back to work for a former employer, left my hot roomate and all of her drama back in NC. I have only had 2 1/2 days off. 100 hour weeks. Crazy busy considering the economy. Also having a lot of trouble with my car.
Started right before I moved from Charlotte. The ever familiar shudder between 40-60 mph. Coils! No codes but the Check Advancetrac light would also come on. Two trips to the dealer to only be told that there was nothing wrong. Car was running still running good 95% of the time. Ran a 9.32 1/8th mile last time out in march. Took it back to the dealer again who informed me that the battery was bad and was only putting out 10 volts. Starving the PCM. So new Motorcaft battery. $109 Good price.
Moved to NY. Car is starting to run much worse and is now shifting funny. ABS problems and the Check Advancetrac light is on most of the time. Trip to Smithtown Lincoln Mercury. Flash it back to stock, drove it for a few days so that it had a drive history and took her in. I get her back 4 days later with a new steering rack, Yaw sensor for the Advancetrac, Valve body, Tranny Solenoid pack, and new NGK Laser iridium plugs. While they were checking the coils they put them in for free, they also did a front end alignment when they put on the steering rack again for free "since they were already in there". Good guys, very small shop and very personal service. I recommend them if you are here on Long Island. All under warranty thank god.
I get 3 miles form the shop and the Check Advanctrac light is on and I now have an intermittent problem with the right front brake. It will drag and occasionally the pedal will get very firm and there will be a metallic grinding sound and a clicking that you can feel through the pedal when coming to a stop. Back to the shop the next day. This time the tech rides with me and datalogs on a laptop. It is showing no codes before we start but he immediately sees 4 coils dropping out. Tech tells me that he has seen this before where a coil will go into an open loop the feed back will make the ABS control module freak out. Changing the coils should fix it.
Get the car back with new coils 1-4. Asked why the didn't just do all 8 and was told that ford won't let them even though they know they should. Get 2 miles and the Check Advancetrac light is back on and I now have an intermittent shudder at very light to light throttle. Problems with the brakes are getting worse. Can't get it back to the dealer for almost two weeks because of them being booked and my schedule. I also pot holed my passenger rear rim. Tore the sidewall out of the Nitto and minorly flatspotted the rim.
Get it back to the dealer to find the two of the new coils and 1 of the stock ones had gone bad. Also found out that my extended warranty had expired a few days earlier. Regardless of them not comepletely fixing it on previous visits, I was now on my own.
The car gets a new set of Accell 1432 coils, K&N Typhoon intake, 4 new bosch 02 sensors, an oil change and the rear gear lubed, all synthetic.
Find alot of metal on the drain plug in the rear end. Not making any noise but it looks like she'll be getting a T-loc sooner than later. First off she feels STRONG. Much stronger than when I ran a 9.32 1/8th a couple of months ago. Breaks the tires loose from a stop much easier than before. She might be a legitimate 14.1 car on the 19's now. Second the trans now shifts much softer than before. In track tune i used to get rubber in 2 and 3 all the time. Now she doesn't even squeek in 2nd. Not saying that is neccessarily bad, just an observation. Trans is much better behaved. Car runs very smooth for a couple of days then.
I now have a very nasty intermittent vibration. Feels like coils. But it's not. Coils test perfect. Have constant abs problems. It also has an intermittent detonation problem. Usually at light to very light throttle or on initial tip in. Sometimes at full throttle also. Back to the dealer today. We take it for a half hour drive and he datalogs it. I was able to show him all of the issues. He comes up with almost nothing. The coils are perfect, injectors all test fine, all the sensors show good. We get a code for a bad Yaw sensor, but it was just replaced, a VIN number mismatch on the ABS control module and a BUS control failure on the ABS module. He wants to put a new one on but they are Big $$$. They are going to get back to me tomorrow. They are trying to get Ford to pay for it and were talking to District today to try to get it approved. Tech says he's never seen one act like mine before. Thinks it will fix the brake and Advancetrac issues but has no guarantee about the detonation or rough engine problems. Says he doesn't know what is going on at this point.
We'll see how it all works out. Anyone had any of these issues before?
I know I been gone for a few months or more. Figured I'd give you all an update on whats been going on and maybe get some advice.
First off I moved from Charlotte, Nc to Long Island, Ny two months ago. Went back to work for a former employer, left my hot roomate and all of her drama back in NC. I have only had 2 1/2 days off. 100 hour weeks. Crazy busy considering the economy. Also having a lot of trouble with my car.
Started right before I moved from Charlotte. The ever familiar shudder between 40-60 mph. Coils! No codes but the Check Advancetrac light would also come on. Two trips to the dealer to only be told that there was nothing wrong. Car was running still running good 95% of the time. Ran a 9.32 1/8th mile last time out in march. Took it back to the dealer again who informed me that the battery was bad and was only putting out 10 volts. Starving the PCM. So new Motorcaft battery. $109 Good price.
Moved to NY. Car is starting to run much worse and is now shifting funny. ABS problems and the Check Advancetrac light is on most of the time. Trip to Smithtown Lincoln Mercury. Flash it back to stock, drove it for a few days so that it had a drive history and took her in. I get her back 4 days later with a new steering rack, Yaw sensor for the Advancetrac, Valve body, Tranny Solenoid pack, and new NGK Laser iridium plugs. While they were checking the coils they put them in for free, they also did a front end alignment when they put on the steering rack again for free "since they were already in there". Good guys, very small shop and very personal service. I recommend them if you are here on Long Island. All under warranty thank god.
I get 3 miles form the shop and the Check Advanctrac light is on and I now have an intermittent problem with the right front brake. It will drag and occasionally the pedal will get very firm and there will be a metallic grinding sound and a clicking that you can feel through the pedal when coming to a stop. Back to the shop the next day. This time the tech rides with me and datalogs on a laptop. It is showing no codes before we start but he immediately sees 4 coils dropping out. Tech tells me that he has seen this before where a coil will go into an open loop the feed back will make the ABS control module freak out. Changing the coils should fix it.
Get the car back with new coils 1-4. Asked why the didn't just do all 8 and was told that ford won't let them even though they know they should. Get 2 miles and the Check Advancetrac light is back on and I now have an intermittent shudder at very light to light throttle. Problems with the brakes are getting worse. Can't get it back to the dealer for almost two weeks because of them being booked and my schedule. I also pot holed my passenger rear rim. Tore the sidewall out of the Nitto and minorly flatspotted the rim.
Get it back to the dealer to find the two of the new coils and 1 of the stock ones had gone bad. Also found out that my extended warranty had expired a few days earlier. Regardless of them not comepletely fixing it on previous visits, I was now on my own.
The car gets a new set of Accell 1432 coils, K&N Typhoon intake, 4 new bosch 02 sensors, an oil change and the rear gear lubed, all synthetic.
Find alot of metal on the drain plug in the rear end. Not making any noise but it looks like she'll be getting a T-loc sooner than later. First off she feels STRONG. Much stronger than when I ran a 9.32 1/8th a couple of months ago. Breaks the tires loose from a stop much easier than before. She might be a legitimate 14.1 car on the 19's now. Second the trans now shifts much softer than before. In track tune i used to get rubber in 2 and 3 all the time. Now she doesn't even squeek in 2nd. Not saying that is neccessarily bad, just an observation. Trans is much better behaved. Car runs very smooth for a couple of days then.
I now have a very nasty intermittent vibration. Feels like coils. But it's not. Coils test perfect. Have constant abs problems. It also has an intermittent detonation problem. Usually at light to very light throttle or on initial tip in. Sometimes at full throttle also. Back to the dealer today. We take it for a half hour drive and he datalogs it. I was able to show him all of the issues. He comes up with almost nothing. The coils are perfect, injectors all test fine, all the sensors show good. We get a code for a bad Yaw sensor, but it was just replaced, a VIN number mismatch on the ABS control module and a BUS control failure on the ABS module. He wants to put a new one on but they are Big $$$. They are going to get back to me tomorrow. They are trying to get Ford to pay for it and were talking to District today to try to get it approved. Tech says he's never seen one act like mine before. Thinks it will fix the brake and Advancetrac issues but has no guarantee about the detonation or rough engine problems. Says he doesn't know what is going on at this point.
We'll see how it all works out. Anyone had any of these issues before?
