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Car Jumping in 1st and 2nd gears

B1977 · 2009-07-05 19:29:55

Ford fiesta 99 1.25 starts jumping for a few seconds when being changed from First to 2nd gears.Any ideas what could be wrong and its not due to bad driving,cheers

05-07-2009 7:29pm

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B1977

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Ford fiesta 99 1.25 starts jumping for a few seconds when being changed from First to 2nd gears.Any ideas what could be wrong and its not due to bad driving,cheers

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#2 05-07-2009 8:19pm

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Sound like youve a mis-fire

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#3 06-07-2009 6:25am

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does it also do it if you put your foot down in a higher gear from a slow speed?
could be an engine/geabox mounting gone.

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#4 06-07-2009 8:18am

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pred racer wrote: »

does it also do it if you put your foot down in a higher gear from a slow speed?
could be an engine/geabox mounting gone.

A faulty lambda sensor can cause that. Any garage that has a diagnostic rig (Advance Pitstop etc) can check it in minutes and replace it if necessary.

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#5 14-09-2009 4:39pm

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It was the ignition coil

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#6 14-09-2009 9:19pm

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Well done for posting back the fix. It may well help someone else! Ta.

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