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brummieandy119
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Hi all I recently brought a 51 plate fiesta 1.3 & need a bit of advice when its driven a low spped it seems really lumpy and sluggish and when I took it on the motorway it struggled to get up to 70 and the engine management light came on I reset the engine management light so didn't get a diagnostic. It also only does about 30 to the gallon around town any ideas how to improve it would be welcome . thanks in advance

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    How did you reset the light without reading the code ? Personally think it needs the fault codes reading. But a common problem is the coil pack.

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    I took the battery off for a couple of hrs. I look into changing those cheers

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    I should say a code reader to see what the fault is and then get the code and check whats at fault.

    The normal code reader aint that much just to reset and get the code number.

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    Hi all I recently brought a 51 plate fiesta 1.3 & need a bit of advice when its driven a low spped it seems really lumpy and sluggish and when I took it on the motorway it struggled to get up to 70 and the engine management light came on I reset the engine management light so didn't get a diagnostic. It also only does about 30 to the gallon around town any ideas how to improve it would be welcome . thanks in advance

    1 - Has the car got any modifications? - eg k&n cone filter, modified exhaust? - that could mess things up if not done right

    2 - When was the car serviced? if you are not sure, best to service it now - a fresh air filter set of plugs, oil and filter change can make a big difference to performance/ economy, and needs doing periodically anyway (ie - you wont be replacing parts you dont need to/ wasting money)

    3 - I drive a very special car - it accelerates faster than a Ferrari 30-70 in top gear - even from 30 in top it will take full throttle and just lunges forward - i drove a little 1-litre car for someone and i though it was broken - i had to change down just to go up hills, it took ages to accelerate - the owner said there was nothing wrong with it. Moral - if your last car was a Veyron you might find a 1.3 Fiesta a bit gutless and underpowered and thats might be the way it is

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    Cheers all I think over the weekend change the coil pack & give it a service see if that works. Thanks again

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