New Mk7 Engine malfunction?

[Jezclayton]

I get the same engine malfunction light on cold mornings and tend to ignore it. My previous van was a Vauxhall Vivaro which always seemed to have one or more warning lights on, so got used to ignoring them. Felt a bit embarrassed when I visited the dealer one day and there was hardly any oil in the engine

Clayton

[truckdoctor]

Yes ,mine does it as well on cold mornings , i take no notice of it .Is it really to do with glow plugs ?? .I wasn't sure it had glow plugs ,i'll check the light out and wait for it to go off before starting

[V184]

Mine does it to

[linus]

Mine does it to
Mine does it to

Mine also

[cliff]

I have joined this club too

[Tdci_boy]

Mine has done it once so far in 13,000 miles, must admit I never wait for the glow plug light to go out, never did on either of my Mk6 vans either, it will probably come back & bite me in the ass now.

[madmark]

i think you lot are just showing off with your gadgets ,outside temp and stalks etc etc i have none of them no my top of the range mk6!

[Tdci_boy]

You could well be right, you would not believe the toys I have in my Mk7 GLX, just added HID Headlamp bulbs, every one should do that little upgrade, so easy my Dog could have done it.

[morgan]

Where did you get your bulbs,and how much did they cost?

[Mike]

I have a HIDS4U kit that I took out of my MK6 if anyone's interested.

Oh and my MK7 does the 'engine malfunction' thing when the temp is near freezing.

[Tdci_boy]

This is where mine came fromhttp://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... :IT&ih=008

Very good, very quick on delivery

[parastormtosser]

mine does the same,was told it was the"brake fluid reservoir cap" ,only trouble was after brooklyn ford spent 4 1/2 days changing it,after having to drill/break the locking wheelnuts off because they couldnt supply me with a locknut key,it still does it,its booked back in now for a third and final go.the "man"said to ignore it but when the engine lets go i wonder which engine malfunction light i should have checked,

[HUD1303]

THINK YOUR SELF LUCKY THATS ALL THATS HAPPENED MY NEW TRASIT DONE 100MILES BEFORE THE POWER STEERING PUMP BROKE THEN AFTER 500MILES IT NEEDED A NEW GEAR BOX AND BETWEEN ALL THAT ITS NOW ON ITS FORTH DOOR SEAL TO TRY AND STOP WATER COMING IN AND THE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON

[lostpaul67]

Hi All,
Just joined today and what a great place for info, I have a T260 130bhp GLX in Tonic on a 56 plate.Bought for £13k in Nov06 with 3500 miles from local dealer (ex-demo)
First of all what a brilliant van loved it like one of my kids but now if Ford don't sort out its problem its getting jammed throttle and going through the showroom doors.
At 2 months old started getting red light,beep,engine malfunction so off to dealer worried I had bust it, got the usual apologies and was told nothing wrong but fault codes found and reset, phew worry over, ha ha ha really. Twelve months later on and after maybe doing this once or twice a week it has now manifested into 30+ times a day, I have to just touch the throttle and accelerate slower than a taxi driver to finally get upto 70mph whilst watching every other van ever made come flying past me and then without pressing the throttle any more or less comes that goddam beep from the dash and the people driving behind who want to know why I lifted on a straight road for nothing bloody obvious.
Could go on all night about this but to cut a long story short its been back into Ford about 10 times the latest being today when with great fanfare they announced they knew what was wrong and fitted an apparently rare at this time EGR valve, well, nice warm engine approach the road with much trepidation, first gear,second gear and BEEP,RED LIGHT,NO POWER,ENGINE MALFUNCTION!!!!! 100 yards off the Dealer forecourt, normal engine restart and a very short trip back to the dealer who had the most amazed look on his face and has now promised to speak to Ford Technical on monday. Starting to think my old 230,000 mile Courier van could come back.

[coconut]

, first gear,second gear and BEEP,RED LIGHT,NO POWER,ENGINE MALFUNCTION!!!!! 100 yards off the Dealer forecourt, normal engine restart and a very short trip back to the dealer who had the most amazed look on his face and has now promised to speak to Ford Technical on monday. Starting to think my old 230,000 mile Courier van could come back.

Does it suddenly lose all power when the turbo cuts in?