Hi Guys
Advice please my s-max has started to flash engine malfunction light its only happened twice in the last 4 days , any advice what this could be ????
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Started by ronnie-m, Feb 11 2013 05:54 PM
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Posted 11 February 2013 - 05:54 PM
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Posted 11 February 2013 - 06:00 PM
Hi Guys
Advice please my s-max has started to flash engine malfunction light its only happened twice in the last 4 days , any advice what this could be ????
Ronnie
Hi Ronnie,
Welcome to the forum.
Unfortunately without having the fault codes read it could be any number of things.
does the car drive or behave any differently?
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Posted 11 February 2013 - 06:13 PM
Hi stef
No nothing seems to have changed , it came on , on Friday night on way home from work then when I turned the engine off it never came on again until I was driving home from work tonight , i don't know what to do or if I should just book it in to a garage.
No nothing seems to have changed , it came on , on Friday night on way home from work then when I turned the engine off it never came on again until I was driving home from work tonight , i don't know what to do or if I should just book it in to a garage.
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Posted 12 February 2013 - 03:04 PM
Whats the mileage of the car? can you offer more details? fuel, transmission, year, engine, trim etc?
I wonder if you have a clogged DPF?
I wonder if you have a clogged DPF?
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Posted 12 February 2013 - 07:59 PM
go to the ford etis home page,type in your vin or reg number and that should tell you whether it has a dpf or not.
mine does this every now and then,with mine it seems to do it if i dont let the engine warm up a tad before i plant my right foot.
then once ive turned the engine off i might not get it come up again for a couple of weeks or so.
mine does this every now and then,with mine it seems to do it if i dont let the engine warm up a tad before i plant my right foot.
then once ive turned the engine off i might not get it come up again for a couple of weeks or so.
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Posted 13 February 2013 - 10:08 AM
If the light is on, drive slowly to a Ford garage and get the fault read.
If the light is flashing, stop and don't move it any further or you could be looking at a blown engine. Get it recovered to a dealer.
If the light is flashing, stop and don't move it any further or you could be looking at a blown engine. Get it recovered to a dealer.
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