Author: Valkyrie_Kuga
Subject: ALL Limp Home Mode / Engine Service Now info
Posted: 10 Jun 2014 at 9:04pm
Yep, same problems with my year old 163bhp Kuga Mk2 AWD, 11,000 miles.
Perfect just driving the car, however hard I push it 3 up even, but put my relatively small caravan on the back, try to go up a bit of a hill - I'm in Wales so loads around - and 'Hey Presto' Engine malfunction light and the very, very dangerous 'limp mode' kicks in leaving you doing about 30 mph on the M4 with a caravan on the back of the car and various juggernauts up your backside or trying to storm past you ! Not nice ! Oh yeah, and usually raining - Wales again !!!
OK, AA fella [Ford Assist] found Mass airflow code fault - caravanning holiday now cancelled and £350 lost - but I'll be contacting Ford about that later !- went back to Ford who moved the airfilter itself around in the airbox a little and thought it was the problem as it was out of line a bit - I was scepticle - caravan on the back, no change when towing - same problem !
Back to Fords who changed the airfilter - tested the car/caravan combo again - you got it ! - still the same !
Back to Fords who then took a load of pictures for the main Ford Engineers and now they're changing the 'Intercooler pipe' today !
Hopefully that'll be it but they seem to be clutching at straws a bit.
I'll find out tomorrow if they actually found a physical fault with the intercooler pipe before swapping it - I would hope so !!!
If I get the car back tomorrow I'll be towing tomorrow night and let everyone know how I got on !
I'm also towing for holidays at the end of this month but have totally lost confidence in this otherwise superb car ! I'm just dreading towing the caravan - maybe should have kept my Shogun ! This has been going on for about a month. Oh yeah, Ford Director who had the car before me said it towed fine - only difference in car is the first service completed !
Ref limp mode - most times, but not all, stop for a few minutes and it returns back to normal. When it doesn't, you're stuffed !
Ref Bridgend Ford staff though - superb to be honest. Very helpful, keeps me informed, gutted that they can't find the fault yet but working hard on it. Thanks especially to Tom, Dean, Rob & Jess.
Mike
Subject: ALL Limp Home Mode / Engine Service Now info
Posted: 10 Jun 2014 at 9:04pm
Yep, same problems with my year old 163bhp Kuga Mk2 AWD, 11,000 miles.
Perfect just driving the car, however hard I push it 3 up even, but put my relatively small caravan on the back, try to go up a bit of a hill - I'm in Wales so loads around - and 'Hey Presto' Engine malfunction light and the very, very dangerous 'limp mode' kicks in leaving you doing about 30 mph on the M4 with a caravan on the back of the car and various juggernauts up your backside or trying to storm past you ! Not nice ! Oh yeah, and usually raining - Wales again !!!
OK, AA fella [Ford Assist] found Mass airflow code fault - caravanning holiday now cancelled and £350 lost - but I'll be contacting Ford about that later !- went back to Ford who moved the airfilter itself around in the airbox a little and thought it was the problem as it was out of line a bit - I was scepticle - caravan on the back, no change when towing - same problem !
Back to Fords who changed the airfilter - tested the car/caravan combo again - you got it ! - still the same !
Back to Fords who then took a load of pictures for the main Ford Engineers and now they're changing the 'Intercooler pipe' today !
Hopefully that'll be it but they seem to be clutching at straws a bit.
I'll find out tomorrow if they actually found a physical fault with the intercooler pipe before swapping it - I would hope so !!!
If I get the car back tomorrow I'll be towing tomorrow night and let everyone know how I got on !
I'm also towing for holidays at the end of this month but have totally lost confidence in this otherwise superb car ! I'm just dreading towing the caravan - maybe should have kept my Shogun ! This has been going on for about a month. Oh yeah, Ford Director who had the car before me said it towed fine - only difference in car is the first service completed !
Ref limp mode - most times, but not all, stop for a few minutes and it returns back to normal. When it doesn't, you're stuffed !
Ref Bridgend Ford staff though - superb to be honest. Very helpful, keeps me informed, gutted that they can't find the fault yet but working hard on it. Thanks especially to Tom, Dean, Rob & Jess.
Mike
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