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Old 08-06-2008, 06:39 PM   #1
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Default Auto trans problem!

Coming home from a family outing today,20 minutes from home my auto started to become erratic for no reason and locked itself into 3rd gear in drive, then the speedo stopped working and the engine started to rev. I pulled over and turned the engine off, waited 5 minutes but the problem is still there. Any ideas before I take it into an auto transmission place. The car has done 90000 kms.

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Old 08-06-2008, 07:10 PM   #2
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Coming home from a family outing today,20 minutes from home my auto started to become erratic for no reason and locked itself into 3rd gear in drive, then the speedo stopped working and the engine started to rev. I pulled over and turned the engine off, waited 5 minutes but the problem is still there. Any ideas before I take it into an auto transmission place. The car has done 90000 kms.
Could be any one of a dozen things although the last time I had something similar it was the main power relay
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Old 08-06-2008, 07:37 PM   #3
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sounds like you have lost speedo drive gears, auto goes into limp home mode when you loose speedo pulse.

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Old 08-06-2008, 08:30 PM   #4
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Thanks guys,will it be safe to drive another 10 kms to the auto repair place in limp home mode?The car is still under extend warranty from ford but the dealer is 30 kms away.
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Take of easy, as it takes of in 3'rd then should be ok.
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Old 08-06-2008, 08:50 PM   #6
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Thanks PURSUIT-250.
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Old 10-06-2008, 01:22 AM   #7
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UPDATE: Had the vehicles computer scanned for any transmission fault codes and speed sensor fault code was present.The sensor was replaced and now i have 4 forward gears plus the speedo all working again.
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Old 10-06-2008, 11:13 AM   #8
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I had a similar problem. All outer pieces of the trans were replaced, inducer, speedo etc. and still happened. they sourced the problem to faulty cluster so I got a second hand one and now its all sweet. Its been at least 6 months now and its all working good.
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