#576694
Postby Watis » March 18th, 2023, 4:02 pm
I've had a Kuga which experienced a similar problem.
Accelerating up a hill, the dashboard display showed an 'engine malfunction' warning and the engine lost a little power. The reduced power, say 90% of normal, meant the car remained drivable, unlike the usual 'limp home' mode. But fuel economy takes a 10% hit too
Once home, I checked the manual - which said that the vehicle should be taken to a dealer immediately! The warning must cover a multitude of faults, some serious and some less so.
My preferred independent garage found the warning was from the DPF pressure sensor. To their credit, rather than just replace the DPF - at who knows what cost - they said that they thought that the problem was a faulty sensor, because they could perform a manual regeneration. They replaced the sensor and all was well...
... Until, a few months later, when the same problem reappeared. Another new sensor and manual regeneration. No charge though, as it's still under warranty.
And, would you believe it, a few weeks later, the problem is back again! This time, the garage suspected their third party sensors were dodgy, so fitted a genuine Ford sensor, performed another regeneration, again under warranty, and handed the car back.
Success! There was no further occurrence of the problem between last summer and my selling the car earlier this year.
An honest garage is worth their weight in gold!
Watis