Hi,

I have recently bought a 1998 Ford Focus with a 1.8 zetec petrol engine. Shorly afer I bought it, I began to experience what can only be described as cruise control. My car of course is not fitted with such a device but it does seem to cruise at 45 to 50mph on a flat road with no throttle applied. If I slip into neutral and coast then the RPM increases to between 3500 and 4500 and when i come to a standstill, drops down to idle speed. What is even worse than this is when going downhill and you select a lower gear to allow the engine to add to the braking effect, you can feel the car start pulling away at a great rate of knots.

The car has been into the garage on a number of occations and undergone a number of tests. Each time I have been told that nothing can be found. Has anybody any ideas?

Regards,
JP

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Strange. Just to make sure, look at your throttle body. are there just 1 or 2 cables that are attatched to it?

I agree...definitely check the t/b. Since you bought it used, someone may have tried to port it and did a piss-poor job, it could be hooked up wrong, or just sticking like some aftermarket ones did because of the screw adjusted improperly. Or, it may just take a spritz of WD40 to get it working.

Sounds like a sticky t/b or throttle cable. Good Luck

Well, that sounds like fun. Sounds like nothing I've ever experienced. If I hear of something, you'll be the second to know. The first, of course, will be me.

Peace

check the cables at the firewall and spray some wd in there...talk to ultegra about this...lol

http://www.alldata.com/TSB/19/001950DJ.html



http://www.autosafety.org/article.php?did=297&scid=37


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