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What to do if you get engine malfunction message?

What to do if you get engine malfunction message?

Though experience, the best thing to if these messages appear is to stop, switch engine off, wait a minute or two and restart the car. In most scenarios this will reset the ECU, clear LHM and the other driver messages although these will still be logged for diagnostic machine purposes.

Is there an engine malfunction message on my Ford Fiesta?

I recently bought a one-year-old Ford Fiesta with 3,000 miles on the clock. The message “Engine malfunction, seek assistance” is regularly displayed on the dashboard. If I switch the engine off then on again, the message goes away. Should I worry? A.

Why does my Ford Focus say engine malfunction?

Last week I had the message ‘Engine Malfunction’ come up on my dash, but the engine icon wasn’t illuminated and the car drove fine. Having called the AA they pinned it down to a faulty emissions additive tank level sensor, which he found was now working again, then cleared the message on the dash.

When did the engine malfunction light come on?

Bought a Focus 1.6 TDCI 2008 last week, bad news the engine malfunction light came on ,no idea what it could be as I never owned ford. 3 weeks later…

When did the engine malfunction warning come on?

Had my 2010 1.6 TDCI Focus for around 6 months, it had its 6,000 mile service a few months back at local Ford dealer, probably done around 55,000 miles. This morning, within about 2 minutes of leaving the house I had a Engine Malfunction Warning flash up on the led information panel (which puckered up my b*m hole a bit).

Is there an engine malfunction service now message?

When I got back into it 4 hours later to go to work, an Engine Malfunction Service Now message appeared right at start up. Had no choice but to drive it like this. Arrived at work Turned car off and on, and the message no longer appeared.

Last week I had the message ‘Engine Malfunction’ come up on my dash, but the engine icon wasn’t illuminated and the car drove fine. Having called the AA they pinned it down to a faulty emissions additive tank level sensor, which he found was now working again, then cleared the message on the dash.

What should I do if my Ford Fiesta engine malfunctions?

Hopefully it stored a code in the computer and the service department can pull it. Going though the same thing with mine. Ford found nothing in the computer, drove the car for a while and it came back on. Drove to the dealer without turning it off and were able to figure what was wrong (I hope).

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Ruth Doyle