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I just got a call from my dad who is in Key West visiting my aunt. Apparently she has been having problems with her Taurus stalling (or sometimes almost stalling.) The stealership has looked at the car several times and has dumped a couple thousand bucks into the car to no avail. The problem sounds EXACTLY like a coil-pack, as I learned from my 97 SHO. The car quits occasionally under acceleration... the tach drops down to practically nil. Sometimes the car will recover, other times it will stall altogether. It doesn't throw any codes or light up the SES light.
Now my question is... has anyone else had coil-pack problems on the Duratec? Do they seem to favor the rear cylinder bank, like the SHOs do? How hard is it to replace the coil packs?
I'm thinking she should ask the dealer to do a load balance test. That might pinpoint the faulty coil.
Now my question is... has anyone else had coil-pack problems on the Duratec? Do they seem to favor the rear cylinder bank, like the SHOs do? How hard is it to replace the coil packs?
I'm thinking she should ask the dealer to do a load balance test. That might pinpoint the faulty coil.