09 Ford Focus 1.6TDCI - cutting out when driving or not starting

[steve0493]

Hi I am wondering if anyone can help me with a fault on my ford focus

I have been driving it and it has been cutting out, the dash flashed with engine malfunction, power steering malfunction and transmission malfunction, with the red indicator flashing and a loud audible alarm

It has been to a garage and they seem to not have a clue, have tried a brake switch and said they had cleaned up some electrical connections but the problem still occurs

Sometimes the car won't start and the red indicator flashed and nothing happens, sometimes I also lose the mileage reading and it is replaced with dashed lines

I have found that if I hit above the IC, the car starts or restarts if it cuts out during motion

I have attached copies of the forscan codes I obtained tonight after doing some research on here

Can anyone point me in the right direction? Do i need to get the IC repaired?

I would really appreciate anyones help in getting this sorted and getting rid of this annoying intermittent fault

Thanks

Steve

after IC module forced reset.txt

log engine off.txt

log engine on.txt

[Dave Catherall]

Change fuses under bonnet and see if any are missing, sounds like the problem I had when I first bought mine. If it's not that you'll probably need to get an auto electrician to have a look at it.

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[steve0493]

Thanks for the reply. I will test the fuses and see whats what. I'm an industrial electrician by trade and work with electronics at times so would prefer to work through it myself if it turns out that I end up chasing the fault round the car. Don't want to spend an absolute fortune if I can help it 

[DJ_Andy_M]

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[Tdci-Peter]

On 09/08/2016 at 5:59 PM, steve0493 said:

Sometimes the car won't start and the red indicator flashed and nothing happens, sometimes I also lose the mileage reading and it is replaced with dashed lines

I have found that if I hit above the IC, the car starts or restarts if it cuts out during motion

Almost certainly IC fault. Very common. The CAN bus goes there, and the bad connection in the IC mucks everything up.

See: http://www.fordownersclub.com/forums/applications/core/interface/file/attachment.php?id=40491

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