DeepSea117
04-13-2007, 12:37 PM
This has probably been the one most frustrating problem I've had, and I couldn't figure out what is after almost two years of having the car.
The car's battery light will turn on right before the stall, and only stepping on the accelerator will save it. (Sometimes it stalls despite gassing it.) This happens during warm or cold weather, car warmed-up or not, night or day. I had my car checked, because a week ago, it had stalled THREE times in a parking lot at night, after sitting for a couple of hours. Always during low-speed turns. The first time this occurred was over a year ago, during stop and go traffic on the freeway. As soon as I tried to switch lanes, the engine stalled (low speed steering happened then too.)
I explained that to the Ford dealership as I left the car overnight. I've stated a couple of times to the supervisor what happened over the past year and a half, and they couldn't find anything wrong. Finally it occurred in front of them, just after the supervisor told me they found no computer codes indicating anything wrong. The mechanic pulled forward out of the stall in a low speed turn (I was watching), and I see him stop. I hear the car start again, and I'm like A-HA! I pointed it out to the supervisor and he had this look of disbelief. He said "we just checked it!" They promised to lend me their "black box" as soon as it gets in.
Anyone have a solution to this? The IAC was replaced about a year ago, but the stalling still happens. Is this because the dealership mechanics don't know what they're doing? This is around the 4th time I'd reported this, and usually during the regular inspections, and each time they said nothing was wrong. It felt good to finallly have it happen to one of their mechanics, in their own lot right before they handed the keys to me.
The car's battery light will turn on right before the stall, and only stepping on the accelerator will save it. (Sometimes it stalls despite gassing it.) This happens during warm or cold weather, car warmed-up or not, night or day. I had my car checked, because a week ago, it had stalled THREE times in a parking lot at night, after sitting for a couple of hours. Always during low-speed turns. The first time this occurred was over a year ago, during stop and go traffic on the freeway. As soon as I tried to switch lanes, the engine stalled (low speed steering happened then too.)
I explained that to the Ford dealership as I left the car overnight. I've stated a couple of times to the supervisor what happened over the past year and a half, and they couldn't find anything wrong. Finally it occurred in front of them, just after the supervisor told me they found no computer codes indicating anything wrong. The mechanic pulled forward out of the stall in a low speed turn (I was watching), and I see him stop. I hear the car start again, and I'm like A-HA! I pointed it out to the supervisor and he had this look of disbelief. He said "we just checked it!" They promised to lend me their "black box" as soon as it gets in.
Anyone have a solution to this? The IAC was replaced about a year ago, but the stalling still happens. Is this because the dealership mechanics don't know what they're doing? This is around the 4th time I'd reported this, and usually during the regular inspections, and each time they said nothing was wrong. It felt good to finallly have it happen to one of their mechanics, in their own lot right before they handed the keys to me.