Marky Posted February 17, 2006 Report Posted February 17, 2006 Hi all....had the battery off today to get to the plug on the abs module, puteverything back, started up (after a few turns of the engine) then drove homewith no power at all!! Manula says 'take a drive for 5 miles for the ecu to recalibrate'...driven 15 miles still no good! Has it gone into safe/limp mode?If it has is it a vag.com job to get it back? Phoned fords...absolutely uselesss!!!Sorry for the garbled post...got a two year old insisting on helping me type !! Thanks in advance.. Quote
Marky Posted February 17, 2006 Author Report Posted February 17, 2006 Sorry...battery fine....no pulling power from the engine..no acceleration at alldangerous to drive actually!! Quote
mumof4 Posted February 17, 2006 Report Posted February 17, 2006 lol..that explains it then....wondered what had happened...sure you didnt dislodge something?? Quote
Marky Posted February 17, 2006 Author Report Posted February 17, 2006 Oooooopppss!! Having taken the battery out and checked the connections at the back it appearsthat in my haste to finish the job I hadn't pushed home a connector all of the way! However...scanning through the TIS disc I found this entry under 'Battery Disconnection'.... When the battery has been disconnected and connected, the stored idle and drive values contained within the powertrain control module (PCM) will have been erased. The following steps must be carried out to allow the PCM to relearn these values. Start and run the engine at idle for three minutes. When the engine reaches normal operating temperature, increase the engine speed to 1200 rpm and maintain for approximately two minutes. Drive the vehicle for approximately five miles/eight kilometers of varied driving. I hope the above may be of use to someone but please heed the moral of thestory...don't rush and re-check all of your connections!!! Quote
bigdaddy Posted February 18, 2006 Report Posted February 18, 2006 :rolleyes: :) :) :) :) :D sorry had to be done :D Quote
mumof4 Posted February 18, 2006 Report Posted February 18, 2006 you mean i actually gave out the right advice?????oh my...(preening now)...im impressed. :) :) :rolleyes: Quote
Marky Posted February 18, 2006 Author Report Posted February 18, 2006 Continue preening Mo4! :rolleyes: Thanks for that Bigdaddy :) :) :) Quote
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