This is the third or 4th time this week the engine has gone into safe mode when flooring it to either pass or to accelerate after turning a corner. Today it happens twice. The second time the engine light came on. Each time it happens I pull off the road, shut it off, wAit a couple of minutes, the restart it. Today, the engine light stayed on. About a year ago, this was happening int the SST mode and was generally losing 2nd or 3rd gear. The shop finally found the bad coil and replaced it. This year's events started 3 months ago. On one occasion, I pulled into the company parking lot and it simply died in the lane, in the middle of parking lot traffic. After towing it to the local dealer, the could not verify any faults. They diagnosed a dirty fuel control box and charged me $450 and sent me on my way. Since then, I've had these reoccurring event getting more frequent up to today. I think the dealer ripped me off for $450 and will probably try to do the same if I take it back again. I even pull out the letter from FoMoCo about the extended warranty on the coi issue. What do you suggest I do? Ask for a meeting with Ford's District or Regional service rep?
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Absolutly, and demand a reading of the computer codes they are stored for a considerable number of events and should show the code for an ign coil. Don't let them tell you that it needs parts that you have to pay for. Your warr. is 50K miles or 100K miles for ign coils.
