Guest 04XR6T Guests Posted 25/10/05 12:25 AM Share Posted 25/10/05 12:25 AM Has anyone else experienced a problem, very intermittent, that appears to cutout a couple of cylinders and restrict the revs to about 3000rpm?We have a 2004 XR6 Turbo.Then after a few minutes, it goes back to normal.This has only happened a couple of times and is not reproducable.My wife has had it about 5 times, but I've only seen it once.CheersRobert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veczar Gold Platinum Member Member 1,081 Member For: 20y 8m 1d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 25/10/05 12:55 AM Share Posted 25/10/05 12:55 AM Sorry to ask the obvious but its not traction control is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shockF6 Member 478 Member For: 19y 4m 23d Location: Melbourne Posted 25/10/05 01:02 AM Share Posted 25/10/05 01:02 AM a trip to FOMOCO for a PCM reflash may be in order Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAP No boost, no bottle, just my foot on the throttle! Lifetime Members 7,935 Member For: 21y 13d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 25/10/05 01:10 AM Share Posted 25/10/05 01:10 AM It could be one of several things, but I would suspect it is either Traction Control or limp mode.You will be able to tell if it is TC as the orange TC (right side looks like a orange wheel with smoke coming out of the tyres) will flash and cause the motor to run rough for a short time.Limp mode is cause by the engine detecting a problem and cutting the motor back to prevent any damage. Usually it will not return to normal until you stop and start the car.I think it is Traction Control, just find wet grass or a nice private road when wet and try to break traction, if you see the orange light flashing that is the TC trying to stop wheelspin. If this feels the same as the problem you have mentioned, then you have found the cause. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 04XR6T Guests Posted 25/10/05 03:46 AM Share Posted 25/10/05 03:46 AM Traction Control!!!!!! I'm not driving like yer mum.Traction Control light is always on when I'm driving as I turn the damn thing off all the time. Except when in a downpour. TC just seems to cut power.It sounds more like the limp mode as discussed.The problem as I experienced it was driving in a straight line and the car would not accelerate above 3000rpm and felt like it was running on 4 cyl. Really rough.Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ford_Power Member 798 Member For: 21y 10m 27d Posted 25/10/05 03:50 AM Share Posted 25/10/05 03:50 AM (edited) Overboost causing it to go into limp mode? Edited 25/10/05 03:50 AM by Ford_Power Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzie Member 71 Member For: 20y 17d Gender: Male Location: Canberra Posted 25/10/05 09:39 AM Share Posted 25/10/05 09:39 AM had this problem with my 2004 model too, it usually happened when I gave her some good hard acceleration.reflashed PCM and its all good now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 04XR6T Guests Posted 26/10/05 02:10 AM Share Posted 26/10/05 02:10 AM Is the Reflash something they automatically do at a service, or do you need to ask for it?Is it covered under warranty?I drive the T harder than my wife, and I've only had it happen once.She says it's happened about 5-6 times now.CheersRobert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81CJH Member 204 Member For: 19y 5m 10d Gender: Male Location: Brisvegas Posted 26/10/05 08:43 AM Share Posted 26/10/05 08:43 AM They do the reflash automatically, but to my knowledge there's only been one map "correction " been made by Ford, and they've had that out for a while, so there's every chance it's been done. Besides, I seem to remember that overboost thing happening around 4000-4500rpm on mine, not 3000.Did you buy the car new or second hand?Another possibility might be fuel. If for example you were running it on std ULP and got a dodgy batch occasionally, it could cause this; escpecially if it's when you're on boost.Of course you can get bad tankfull of any type of fuel... I filled up work's turbo diesel Patrol yesterday, at a brand new servo with new in-ground tanks, and it was dodgy as. Had to drive it like yomamma or it'd surge & carry on like nobody's business....even made the engine light come on twice.Anyway it's just a suggestion. It's highly unlikely you'd get a bad tank of fuel that often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lambda09a New Member 14 Member For: 12y 5m 4d Posted 31/10/14 05:29 AM Share Posted 31/10/14 05:29 AM I've had this issue since I purchased the car. I've had it serviced every 6 months and ford workshop have looked at it. They replaced the coils-problem still there. Then they said it might be my wastegate but honestly I don't really wanna keep spending hundreds or thousands of dollars in them guessing. Also it hasn't been throwing any fault codes. Has a slight miss at idle and I can hear the exhaust popping when decelerating going down a hill, not sure if this is related or not. Plugs were replaced not long ago by ford and gaps were checked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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