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TXBOLTMAN · 04-01-2011, 08:31

MY TAURUS HAS A BAD MISFIRE/HESITATION WHEN PUSHING ON GAS PEDAL. A MONTH AGO, I HAD SOME CODES AND WAS TOLD TO REPLACE COIL PACK FROM AUTOZONE... EVERYTHING WAS FINE. ONE MONTH LATER, IT STARTS AGAIN. THIS TIME I AM ABLE TO GET PASS 20 MPH BUT CANT PUSH THE GAS PEDAL VERY HARD OR IT STARTS JUMPING. I TOOK IT BCK TO AUTOZONE AND THEY GAVE ME THESE 2 CODES.. MY RESEARCH POINTS TO "CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR" ANY THOGHTS, AND IF SO ON SENSOR, WHERE THE HECK IS IT.:)))

IN DESPERATE NEED OF HELP..

**R.S.LOGAN** · 04-01-2011, 08:43

Dont know if this helps you ,

Ford Questions - 2004 2-valve 3.0L ford taurus hard start when cold and some - JustAnswer

Sterling_Six · 04-01-2011, 18:13

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Originally Posted by TXBOLTMAN

MY TAURUS HAS A BAD MISFIRE/HESITATION WHEN PUSHING ON GAS PEDAL. A MONTH AGO, I HAD SOME CODES AND WAS TOLD TO REPLACE COIL PACK FROM AUTOZONE... EVERYTHING WAS FINE. ONE MONTH LATER, IT STARTS AGAIN. THIS TIME I AM ABLE TO GET PASS 20 MPH BUT CANT PUSH THE GAS PEDAL VERY HARD OR IT STARTS JUMPING. I TOOK IT BCK TO AUTOZONE AND THEY GAVE ME THESE 2 CODES.. MY RESEARCH POINTS TO "CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR" ANY THOGHTS, AND IF SO ON SENSOR, WHERE THE HECK IS IT.:)))

IN DESPERATE NEED OF HELP..

Hello and good day:

P0300 means there is a random cylinder misfire.

P0316 Misfire Detected On Startup (First 1000 Revolutions)

There is a TSB out on this issue (common problem). You need to take the car in, this maybe set by a bad cylinder head. [COLOR=green !important][COLOR=green !important]Compression [COLOR=green !important]test[/COLOR][/COLOR] needs to be run on the [COLOR=green !important][COLOR=green !important]car[/COLOR][/COLOR] to see if the head is leaking. Here is the actual TSB: LINK

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