saiyangt
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Hi there everyone, I'm hoping you can help me diagnose an issue I'm having.
So far 3 dealers I've taken the car to haven't been able to replicate the issue, but it's certainly there.
My car will periodically continue to accelerate on its own.
It's always at low speeds, and happens exclusively in low gears (primarily 1st and 2nd).
It's especially bad when cold - almost every morning when I first accelerate, if I let off the gas the car will continue accelerating at a moderate speed for 1 - 1.5 seconds.
It only happens the first 1-2 times each morning/cold start. Sometimes it won't happen at all, but it does more often than not.
Since the conditions for replicating the issue are kind of tricky, no Ford dealer has been able to replicate. I will ask for a technician to ride with me so that I can drive it myself and show them - In the mean time I'm looking for your guidance.
The dealer did, however, check the transmission oil levels and inspected for contaminants - Both of which were fine.
They also stated they used monitoring software to view transmission behaviour while driving and found it normal.
I'm kind of at a loss now in terms of what this could be. Surely something this unsafe can't be normal behaviour of the car.
What could this be?
Dirty/failing throttle body? Throttle body position sensor? Undiagnosed transmission issue?
Any help would be much appreciated!
So far 3 dealers I've taken the car to haven't been able to replicate the issue, but it's certainly there.
My car will periodically continue to accelerate on its own.
It's always at low speeds, and happens exclusively in low gears (primarily 1st and 2nd).
It's especially bad when cold - almost every morning when I first accelerate, if I let off the gas the car will continue accelerating at a moderate speed for 1 - 1.5 seconds.
It only happens the first 1-2 times each morning/cold start. Sometimes it won't happen at all, but it does more often than not.
Since the conditions for replicating the issue are kind of tricky, no Ford dealer has been able to replicate. I will ask for a technician to ride with me so that I can drive it myself and show them - In the mean time I'm looking for your guidance.
The dealer did, however, check the transmission oil levels and inspected for contaminants - Both of which were fine.
They also stated they used monitoring software to view transmission behaviour while driving and found it normal.
I'm kind of at a loss now in terms of what this could be. Surely something this unsafe can't be normal behaviour of the car.
What could this be?
Dirty/failing throttle body? Throttle body position sensor? Undiagnosed transmission issue?
Any help would be much appreciated!
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