Renee Johnson
Member
Hello--this is my first post. I have a 2001 2 x 4 Sport Trac with about 77,000 miles on it....just went out of warranty (of course!). Over the past 3 years I have had to replace the idle air control three times....and now I think it is coming again.
Friday I was in the middle of my town at a red light and as I slowed to stop the poor thing started shaking and just died ...right in the turning lane. I put it in park, restarted just fine, ran just fine, put my foot on the brake to shift to drive and CLUNK ...died again :blink:. I had to call the cops to get me out of the intersection, which the nice policeman did after trying it about 20 times, it decided to run in drive. I went directly to the dealership, and they told me they didn't know WHAT it could be! No error codes, nothing...BUT (I got a laugh out of this since they kept looking at me like I didn't know what I was talking about) the owner of the dealership drove it around the block, it happened to him, and he came back after 20 minutes a believer.
What can this be? I ran a can of Seafoam through it yesterday, it hasn't done it since, but it was an on-off sort of thing on the way home Friday night. It sometimes does it when I slow to stop, sometimes not. The dealership swears it is the idle control and ordered the part.
Anybody else ever have this happen? Please help..the dealership service people think I am a very ignorant lady and have taken me for a ride before!
Thanks,
Renee
Friday I was in the middle of my town at a red light and as I slowed to stop the poor thing started shaking and just died ...right in the turning lane. I put it in park, restarted just fine, ran just fine, put my foot on the brake to shift to drive and CLUNK ...died again :blink:. I had to call the cops to get me out of the intersection, which the nice policeman did after trying it about 20 times, it decided to run in drive. I went directly to the dealership, and they told me they didn't know WHAT it could be! No error codes, nothing...BUT (I got a laugh out of this since they kept looking at me like I didn't know what I was talking about) the owner of the dealership drove it around the block, it happened to him, and he came back after 20 minutes a believer.
What can this be? I ran a can of Seafoam through it yesterday, it hasn't done it since, but it was an on-off sort of thing on the way home Friday night. It sometimes does it when I slow to stop, sometimes not. The dealership swears it is the idle control and ordered the part.
Anybody else ever have this happen? Please help..the dealership service people think I am a very ignorant lady and have taken me for a ride before!
Thanks,
Renee