I've recently purchased a 1.6 petrol Zetec Focus (73,000 miles, manual transmission) which has been running fine up until recently when I've noticed it starting to idle roughly. I had just assumed the car was in need for a service so I booked it in for a full service last week. Unfortunately the new oil, spark plugs and filters have not done So I suspect that is a red herring, maybe a side effect of the diagnostic process. You need to be able to read the error code (DTCs) as soon as the problem happens. Some codes go away very quickly, while others last a long time. Forscan is ideal, as it reads almost all known Ford codes. 1. Name: john. Ford Model: fusion 1.6 automatic titanium. Ford Year: 2009. UK/Ireland Location: Greater Manchester. Posted April 21, 2021. Could anyone tell me the correct procedure when parked at traffic lights,to leave in drive with the hand brake on or put into neutral with handbrake on, Thanks in advance. Quote. O3cX. Thanks for advice..the car in my case is a used one with 112 000 km and its engine was replaced already when it hit 80 000 km because of faulty cams or something like that.. and what I have read about the 1.5 ecoboost engines (aswell about 1.0 and 1.6 ecoboots engines) is that they can have some serious problems and Ford was because of them in court in the US.. yeah, I almost definitely going Loss of engine power – the 1.6 petrol version of the Focus, built between January 1999 and January 2000, may exhibit engine cut outs, which are caused by a malfunction in the engine management software. 4. Oil filler cap problem – many 1998-2004 models had a oil filler caps which worked loose and allowed oil to drip onto the exhaust heat shield. 5. 2020 Ford Focus. 1.0 EcoBoost 125 Active X 5dr. £13,757. was £13,957. Details. Ford Focus II 1.6 petrol - Misfire. Two weeks ago had the same problem, mainly in 2nd/3rd gear (below 3000 Rpm) car would misfire with a gentle judder, EML came on then went off, had spark plugs replaced as badly corroded, and mechanic said there was fluid in the Had my 2010 1.6 TDCI Focus for around 6 months, it had its 6,000 mile service a few months back at local Ford dealer, probably done around 55,000 miles. This morning, within about 2 minutes of leaving the house I had a Engine Malfunction Warning flash up on the led information panel (which puckered up my b*m hole a bit). Posted June 19, 2017. My son in law just passed his test and bought a 2005 focus 1.6 zetec. The car looks great with full service history, drives nice and appears well maintained, only it has a starting issue. When it's running, it runs sweet, no loss of power, ticks over nice and quiet. Getting it started is the issue.

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