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2016-04-21 17:50:11
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2004 Ford Focus LX
Heres some issues I've had before.
Radio doesn't work. It seems like it works almost flawlessly during cold weather, and then nearly never during hot weather. Last year it was sporadic during Summer. This current Spring it hasn't worked at all, except once and even then, it shut itself off shortly after coming on.
A few months ago, I had a stalling issue. I thought it was either bad gas or a fuel pump mishap, but it turned out to just he exposed wire from the battery hook ups touching some other metal piece in the car, causing it to shut down. I sealed it up and fastened the battery in tightly so that it wouldn't move.
What I am dealing with now:
Again, I'm having a stalling issue. The battery is still tight and sealed so its not the same cause. In addition to the stalling, sometimes when I push down on the gas pedal, it seems like the car has problems running gas through the system. Like, the car will accidentally push more gas than I intended and cause the car the jerk forward. That happened a few times one day a couple of weeks ago. Then I pulled into a lot somewhere shortly afterward, and the car completely shut down on me.
It started up just fine and I was able to park properly. I drove back home and didn't have that issue again that day. I figured it was just bad gas. Since then, I've filled the tank up a few times, and again this last Tuesday, I had similar issue with the car jerking forward, accelerating on its own. On the drive up the dirt road back home, the car legitimately accelerated on its own. I know for sure because I had my foot on the brake instead of the gas when it did.
Now I'm afraid its the fuel pump. I'm waiting on my financial aid refund so I can drive the car down to a mechanic and have them check it out... I don't know jackshit about cars and my conclusions came from shit I read on google. What do you guy's think may be going on?