serviced as soon as possible. This ind icates a
possible problem with one of the vehicle’s
emission control system s. You do not need to
have you r vehicle tow ed in.
If the light tu rns on and off at one (1) second
intervals while you are driving the vehicle, it
means that the engine is misfiring. If this
cond ition persists, dam age could occur to the
engine or catalytic convertor. Have you r vehicle
serviced at the first opportu nity. You do not
need to have you r vehicle tow ed in.
If the light tu rns on and off on rare occasions
while you are driving, it means that a
malfu nction occurred and the cond ition corrected
itself.
An exam ple of a cond ition which corrects itself
occurs when an engine ru nning out of fuel
begins to misfire. In this case, the Check Engine
Warning Light may tu rn on and will then set a
Diagnostic Trou ble Cod e ind icating that the
engine was misfiring while the last of the fuel
was being consu med. After refu eling, the Check
Engine Warning light will tu rn off after the
vehicle has com pleted three consecu tive warm
up cycles withou t a misfire cond ition occurring.
A warm up cycle consists of engine start from a
cold cond ition (engine at am bient tem peratu re)
and ru nning until the engine reaches norm al
operating tem peratu re.
On the fourth engine start up, the Check Engine
Warning Light will tu rn off as soon as the
engine begins to crank. It is not necessary to
have the engine serviced .
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| Categories | Ford Escort Manuals, Ford Manuals |
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| Document Type | User and Operator's Vehicle Manual Guide. Free Auto PDF Manual Download |
| Model Year | 1996 |
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| Publisher | ford.com |
| Wikipedia's Page | Ford Motor Company |
| Copyright | Attribution Non-commercial |
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