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Old 02-27-2016, 12:17 PM
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Originally Posted by ispencer View Post
I'm going to look at a 2003 4.4 this weekend. Looks to be a nice car, so will report back after I've looks at it.

A few cars I've seen advertised have said they have transmission problems. Light in, and it either needs a gearbox replaced or a sensor... They don't offer much information other than they can drive the car a short way before it goes into limp, low power, mode. I'm not considering these cars in my search, but was curious to see if this was common, and what I should watch for, if anything, when I'm looking at cars. Any advice on this one guys?


My X went into limp mode periodically. It turned out to be an electrical gremlin which was resolved by replacing the alternator. As I understand, that's a common solution to transmission errors.

Whatever you do, get a PPI done by an Indy shop. Have them check the electrical/charging system and for smoking exhaust on idle (if you go with an N62).


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