Hi,
2006 Ford Focus 1.6 petrol automatic (100ps) with 53k miles.
About a week ago my mother's car refused to start for a few turns, then started. Apparently the dash said "acceleration reduced" and threw some red warning lights, and it went into limp mode. She drove it about a mile to the shops, stopped it for about half an hour, and when she returned it was ok again. Apparently "some lights came on again" a couple of days later but no dash warning or reduced power. It's been ok since.
The owners handbook says that particular dash message signifies an EAC fault (Electronic Accelerator Control). Googling it comes up with people getting charged a fortune at Ford and still having the problem. Others suggest anything from wires wearing through, to requiring a new ECU, to squirting some wd40 on the accelerator pedal electronic contacts. A lot of the info I found related to Fiestas tho, not Focuses.
A code reader shows no fault codes stored, nor any snapshot data from the fault. The MIL is off and the car is running fine as usual.
She's had the car for about 6 years and it's been home serviced at the correct intervals by my extremely competent but recently deceased father. It's not had any problems during their ownership except a lambda sensor was replaced soon after the car was purchased, and it got a new battery about a year ago.
It only really gets used to go to the local shops about a mile away nowadays, but I try to give it a run as much as I can.
Any help appreciated.
2006 Ford Focus 1.6 petrol automatic (100ps) with 53k miles.
About a week ago my mother's car refused to start for a few turns, then started. Apparently the dash said "acceleration reduced" and threw some red warning lights, and it went into limp mode. She drove it about a mile to the shops, stopped it for about half an hour, and when she returned it was ok again. Apparently "some lights came on again" a couple of days later but no dash warning or reduced power. It's been ok since.
The owners handbook says that particular dash message signifies an EAC fault (Electronic Accelerator Control). Googling it comes up with people getting charged a fortune at Ford and still having the problem. Others suggest anything from wires wearing through, to requiring a new ECU, to squirting some wd40 on the accelerator pedal electronic contacts. A lot of the info I found related to Fiestas tho, not Focuses.
A code reader shows no fault codes stored, nor any snapshot data from the fault. The MIL is off and the car is running fine as usual.
She's had the car for about 6 years and it's been home serviced at the correct intervals by my extremely competent but recently deceased father. It's not had any problems during their ownership except a lambda sensor was replaced soon after the car was purchased, and it got a new battery about a year ago.
It only really gets used to go to the local shops about a mile away nowadays, but I try to give it a run as much as I can.
Any help appreciated.