Check Engine Light

Tiny
STUGOLD
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Check Engine Light just came on. Have since noticed that when at a stop (with vehicle in gear) the engine sounds like it's "missing" and the engine also makes light rattling sound at the same time. 2 months ago I had a tune up, fuel injection cleaning and all intake valves replaces as was having an idling issue. Any ideas?
Monday, June 23rd, 2008 AT 1:43 PM

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Tiny
DOCFIXIT
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This guide will help you get the codes

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/checking-a-service-engine-soon-or-check-engine-light-on-or-flashing

Come back with codes and will see what we can do.
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Monday, June 23rd, 2008 AT 1:53 PM
Tiny
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Had it scanned and was told that it came up #6 Ignition Coil. What is a reason retail cost I should expect to pay to have it replaced? What causes this to go bad? Should I expect that coils #1-5 are soon to follow?
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2008 AT 2:05 PM
Tiny
DOCFIXIT
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Not sure what the cost would be I can estimate about 1 hr labor @$90 plus $75 coil.
You have three coils each coil fires two plugs. Why they go down? There electronic they do what they do. Heat from engine, vibration, firing thousands a minute, 79K miles and @8yrs. Service would be a few reasons. So can't speculate on the other two.
Good luck
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Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 AT 6:41 AM
Tiny
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Vehicle had misfire and illuminated check engine light
Vehicle not misfiring now. Light still on.
Had vehicle scanned showed misfire cylinder #3. No repair, but also no misfire--engine runs smooth and has full power. Will Engine light shut off itself after a number of cycles? If so, how many start/stop cycles?

Thanks
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Monday, July 6th, 2020 AT 5:50 PM (Merged)
Tiny
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Most likely it will
if PCM see all OK and no more misfire 50 or so drive cycle and not key cycle
my suggestion is that it may need a tune up and or weak coil
you can reset the codes and PCM by disconnecting the battery if no OBD2 scanner available
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Monday, July 6th, 2020 AT 5:50 PM (Merged)
Tiny
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Thanks very much for information and super fast response
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Monday, July 6th, 2020 AT 5:50 PM (Merged)
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Computer problem
2001 Ford Escape 6 cyl Four Wheel Drive Automatic

As I mentioned above, my check engine light came on, so I scanned it, finding the code to be P1507- idle air control under speed error. What do you think could be the problem?
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Monday, July 6th, 2020 AT 5:50 PM (Merged)
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Hi there,

You may have a vacuum leak around the IAC or the IAC motor is faulty.

Mark (mhpautos)
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Monday, July 6th, 2020 AT 5:50 PM (Merged)
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MADMIKE1735
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Is it idling roughly? If so, I suggest either cleaning the IAC, or replacing it entirely.
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Monday, July 6th, 2020 AT 5:50 PM (Merged)
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KWEBB089
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Check engine light is on.

I have a variety of different symptoms:

1. Rough Idle - extremely loud "clunking" noise.
2. Stalling - at first only when the car was cold, now even when it's warmed up.
3. Little to no power when I accelerate - especially after reverse.
4. Little to no brakes when I first start to drive - amount of force required to brake is extremely high.
5. Upon starting, RPM jumps to 3000, then drops and bounces between 500 and 1500.
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Monday, July 6th, 2020 AT 5:50 PM (Merged)
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Lets start with what is the exact code numbers you have not code descriptions?
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Monday, July 6th, 2020 AT 5:50 PM (Merged)
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KWEBB089
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I believe it was P0350. I already had the ignition coil replaced, because that's what the mechanic said was wrong. Check engine light went off, but it came back on the next day. I took it back into the mechanic and they replaced it again, telling me either the coil they replaced it with may have been defective; however, they also said if it happened again it is probably the computer and that is a $700 repair. Well, it happened again. When I first took it to them only symptoms 1 and 3 were happening. Since then it's gotten progressively worse. I guess I just wanted a second opinion before I spent $700. A friend of mine is a mechanic and I asked him what he thinks, he said it sounds like the MAF sensor and to have it cleaned and/or replaced.
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Monday, July 6th, 2020 AT 5:50 PM (Merged)
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KWEBB089
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It was actually P0352, not P0350.
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Monday, July 6th, 2020 AT 5:50 PM (Merged)
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SATURNTECH9
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Sounds like the guy replacing the coil is guessing the computer is a expensive guess. Is he willing to pay for the computer if it doesnt fix it?Without testing some Thing's cant tell you whats going on does the coil spark when it runs poorly?
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Monday, July 6th, 2020 AT 5:51 PM (Merged)
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My 2001 Ford Escape XLT idles rough and sputters when started in the morning in the cold (30deg). I can quickly warm up the engine in about 5 minutes and it then runs fine. Check engine light only tripped once with a cycinder 2 misfire code but symptoms are constant when engine is cold. Is it possible ignition coil is faulty only when engine is cold? What else could check.
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Monday, July 6th, 2020 AT 5:51 PM (Merged)
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Have the computer scanned for code/s-you have a problem within the engine management system that caused the CEL to turn on-This is your starting point of diagnosis, finding out what's going on.

Go to Autozone or Advance Auto and get scanned free-
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Monday, July 6th, 2020 AT 5:51 PM (Merged)
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Or how about paying for the coil thats not the issue?
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Monday, July 6th, 2020 AT 5:51 PM (Merged)
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The only code that showed was cycl 2 misfire. That code has been erased and all is clear now. I bought an OBDII scanner. Check engine light is not on right now. I replace the IAC valve already and the engine temp sending unit to no avail. Only chokes when engine is cold.
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Monday, July 6th, 2020 AT 5:51 PM (Merged)
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CJ MEDEVAC
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I've been thru the bad ignition coil thing with my wife's '03 escape.....wanna read more of that, here's that story......i had absolutely no codes show up after scanning it on several different occasions with different scanners

........or you can skip down below this and read about the "stalling issue" i had before the skipping issue

this was an issue with her's that i worked on hither and yon, for months

i promised myself, i would figure out the cyber controlled critter without the help of a "pay mechanic".......technology has went overboard...i'll keep my 2 jeeps that are 36 and 67 years young

reckon my symptoms are sorta the same as yours?

i had input from here also....ended differently

disregard all of this, if we're not on the same country road

thought i'd sling it out there, for observation anyway....open for any questions with mine....hope it's simpler than mine!

i went thru same deal w/ '03 ford escape 3.0 v-6

repetitive, fast hesitations (stumbles), lasting 1-2 seconds, varied in how far the "sets" were apart, it was more evident climbing a incline, while slowly administering gas....random or none on level ground......every now and again at idle, but very seldom.

---no codes/ no cel --- (cleaned 1st, and/ or replaced the following

new plugs............then "genuine plugs".....bah-hum-bug!!!, nothing wrong with the other new ones, i just installed!

boots and springs

air filter

maf

egr

a new iac for sheets & giggles! ....prevent-maint...if for nothing else!

performed mega vacuum leak searches several times.

fought with wife many times over situation, 2+ months!

i really hated taking off the "plenum" so many times to access the other 3 cylinders.......my old jeeps are so much ezer to tinker with

each part seem to fix it for a day or two....i did not mind replacing the suggested parts, as i am all for "pm" and she's got 100,000 miles on her rig.

the final cure was #3 misfiring (lucked into the correct cylinder) my mission was gonna be to swap a new coil pack down the line, till it stopped

#3 was the ticket!

i had tried to get the technical school to ride me with their portable machine---things did not work out, with their schedule.

i went to a salvage yard to get a used pack ($10) to swap around to figure out which was bad, then buy a new one, if the "donor pack" solved the problem.

so happened, the salvage yard guy had a machine, he found a stored code, it said #3 had misfired.....my little code scanner could not tell me that, or the others i tried!.....i think his was a "snap on"

runs perfect now, with the new $79 coil pack!

if it had not been for the stored code, i was gonna "one at a time" swap the coil w/ the 1st ez 3 to find the misfiring one......if it happened to be one under the "plastic plenum"

the tentative overall plan was to take off and replace the plenum one time only!!!---but swap the "3 good" front coil packs to the rear.....then "test" the 3 ez front ones (relocated from rear) one at a time with the "donor coil pack"

the stored code made it ez on me, locating the bad pack
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.the "stalling thing" is in this link below

https://www.2carpros.com/questions/2005-ford-escape-every-day-crank-suv-high-idle-usually-after-30-minutes

.......and yes, "a124" still works, i just checked

keep us posted on progress

the medic
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Monday, July 6th, 2020 AT 5:51 PM (Merged)
Tiny
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Check and test the TPS and MAF sensor
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