chip problem?

[ayrz00]

key guys, hopefully somebody has an answer for me. my problem is that my car seems to lose power at any given time going at any speed. for example, i'm going 65mph, the speedometer will suddenly drop to zero, the rpm's will stay accurate and the car will act like it's in neutral. i'll step on the accelerator, the mph will stay at zero, but the engine and rpm will rev. the car will then suddenly seem to jump back into gear, the mph automatically go back to 65. this problem lasts about 5 to 8 seconds and sometimes will occur a couple times in a twenty minute drive or not at all. the car just seems to die, but with everything working except the speedometer and the accelerator. also cruise control surges when set so i don't use it. my 00 has 32,000 miles with an automatic, a diablo chip, and a full bassani exhaust. the chip and exhaust were both installed at the same time approx. three yrs. ago. problem happened maybe once or twice last year, but happens all the time now. any help will be greatly appreciated. thanks, mike

 

[GoldnGT]

Well.. easy solution. pull the chip and see if it still does it. If it doesn't.. there ya go. if it does.. leave the chip out and go get it taken care of under waranty.

Mike

 

[1ba96gt]

When I first got my car I had a lot of problems with my instrument cluster. If you pull it out the back looks like a gold circuit board(don't know how to explain better) and its basically the wiring for your instrument cluster. The little wires, that are really like little thin strips on metal may be losing contact with each other every now and again making the speedo to quit reading properly. Its only a guess though.

 

[2002BLGT]

pull the chip and see what it does , if it clears up , try cleaning the chip REALLY GOOD with alcohol and re install it and see what happens then

 

[noyolastang]

I used to have a similar problem in my old '97 gt, except that the cluster worked fine, but it did that thing where it just went to neutral and bang back on to drive.. Obviously, that turned out to be a transmission problem (They said it was because of accelerating in an abrupt manner). Well, I hope this is not your problem, but maybe it helps a bit.. Good Luck!

 

[ayrz00]

well, i pulled the chip and went for about a half hour drive. the speedometer still drops to zero, but at least now it will accelerate instead of a feeling of it being in neutral. i guess i'll try cleaning it and put it back in, but if that doesn't work i'll just say goodbye to the chip and live with the speedometer dropping. of course when the speedo drops it kicks off the cruise control. and since my gt is 4yrs old and ford has a crappy warranty (3yr 36k) i'll probably do without their sometimes unknowledgeable service. thanks guys. mike

 

[1ba96gt]

What part of Illinois are you from? Are you near Chicago at all?

 

[2002BLGT]

well, i pulled the chip and went for about a half hour drive. the speedometer still drops to zero, but at least now it will accelerate instead of a feeling of it being in neutral. i guess i'll try cleaning it and put it back in, but if that doesn't work i'll just say goodbye to the chip and live with the speedometer dropping. of course when the speedo drops it kicks off the cruise control. and since my gt is 4yrs old and ford has a crappy warranty (3yr 36k) i'll probably do without their sometimes unknowledgeable service. thanks guys. mike

If its just the speedo giving you the problem I would say the most likely problem if you are not having computer problems would be either the vehicle speed sensor of something fugged up in the instrument cluster

 

[ayrz00]

i live right outside of springfield.
well, i thought it was a chip problem because when the speedo suddenly dropped to zero and i step on the gas the car wouldn't go. it would just rev as in neutral. now with the chip out and the speedo drops the car will now accelerate.