Hi, Please don't flame if this is the wrong spot for this question. I've Googled and haven't found anything similar.
I bought my Mach '04 about 1 yr. ago. Since then it's stalled about 5-6 times. The first time the guy at the dealer drives it around the lot (1-2 min. tops) and there was nothing wrong and that I didn't properly use the clutch or that it was just a fluke. I have been driving manual transmission cars/trucks since I learned to drive. His attitude irritated me. It was in 5th gear on an open road. No clutch involved when it happened.
Next 2,600-3,000 miles it happens again.
I tell the dealer about it on the next oil change. They keep the car 3 days. Used a scanner while driving it down the road. Decided that the Idle Control Valve is defective. They replace it.
Next 2,500-3,000 it happens again. I tell them about it on the next oil change. Everybody in the service department seems stumped.
Time goes on and the next few times it consistently stalls within 700 miles of needing an oil change. I don't know if there is a sensor problem or what, but this is what I see happening each time. I'm not a mechanic, that's why I took it to them.
Everything is stock. I don't plan on leaving it that way ;-) But I love my Mach and I don't want to replace it. I just feel stressed that usually I'm open an open road (above the speed limit) or sometimes on a curve when this happens and the lights come on, power steering and brakes go out and all I can do is gear down or put it in nuetral and crank it again. After that is does fine.
What worries me is that one time I was entering congested area and my only option was to immediately put the clutch in and restart at 45 mph. Somebody...anybody....I'm desperate for ANY ideas.
Thanks for any help.
I bought my Mach '04 about 1 yr. ago. Since then it's stalled about 5-6 times. The first time the guy at the dealer drives it around the lot (1-2 min. tops) and there was nothing wrong and that I didn't properly use the clutch or that it was just a fluke. I have been driving manual transmission cars/trucks since I learned to drive. His attitude irritated me. It was in 5th gear on an open road. No clutch involved when it happened.
Next 2,600-3,000 miles it happens again.
I tell the dealer about it on the next oil change. They keep the car 3 days. Used a scanner while driving it down the road. Decided that the Idle Control Valve is defective. They replace it.
Next 2,500-3,000 it happens again. I tell them about it on the next oil change. Everybody in the service department seems stumped.
Time goes on and the next few times it consistently stalls within 700 miles of needing an oil change. I don't know if there is a sensor problem or what, but this is what I see happening each time. I'm not a mechanic, that's why I took it to them.
Everything is stock. I don't plan on leaving it that way ;-) But I love my Mach and I don't want to replace it. I just feel stressed that usually I'm open an open road (above the speed limit) or sometimes on a curve when this happens and the lights come on, power steering and brakes go out and all I can do is gear down or put it in nuetral and crank it again. After that is does fine.
What worries me is that one time I was entering congested area and my only option was to immediately put the clutch in and restart at 45 mph. Somebody...anybody....I'm desperate for ANY ideas.
Thanks for any help.