Rick, your post came up the first time I tried to quote you, I read all 12 of them. Now there is nothing.

 

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My truck started bogging down and losing all power above 1900 rpms, like there was a dead, no power band above that rpm range. As soon as the rpms would reach that area, the truck would just basically completely go dead (still running, but idle rpms), regardless of which gear I was in, and throttle response suffered badly at lower rpms. I replaced my CPS that very evening, which was stock still at 126,000....and whammo. Problem fixed. Also, fuel economy jumped up 1 mpg. The darn cps paid for itself in a few fillups.

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When my cps went out it just quit. It was like someone flicked a switch while I was doing about 40 mph on a busy street with no shoulder. It would not restart at all and I had to get towed. I've got one in the glove box now.

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I had mine die while in light traffic at 65 MPH and towing a 13,000# fifth wheel. You are fortunate that it started back up for you. Mine started, went into gear and it died for good.


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During driving (only ever happened while under 50 mph) the engine will spazm or cough. its the only way i can discribe it. it literally happens for about 1-2 tenths of a second. There is visible black smoke immidiately afterwards and no abnormal tendancies after the event. I do have a 80hp tune (edge evo). i checked and wiggled and so on the wiring going into the valve covers with no avail. iv never heard of a CPS being intermitant like this but i did get a spare just in case. i though tit may have been air getting in the lines when low on fuel but it does it when full Help please!

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Does the motor momentarily cut off for a split second?

Mine did that off and on for over a year. It was my CPS.
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The cough at 60 with a SES light sounds exactly like the symptoms I had when my CPS acted up. If you don't have access to a good code reader I'd pick up the $25 CPS from Ford and swap it out. If that's not your problem then put the old CPS in a ziplock bag and keep it for a spare.

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It was the cam posit. sensor (CPS). It was my brothers truck, 1999 with original sensor and 134,000 trouble free miles. I was surprised he got away with running it like this for like 4 days in the rain stalling numerous times.
I asked him what he paid at the dealer for the sensor and it was 67 bucks. I forwarded the link on how to install to his computer and our nephew who is a carpenter NOT a mechanic....installed it in about 15 minutes (laying in a puddle

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The original problem was that the vehicle would start, run for 20-30 seconds, then cut out. It would not restart for an hour or two, then it would repeat the cut out. There was no service engine light or other warning lights and an AutoZone scanner showed no codes. The WTS light came on and went off normally, but came back on as I cranked the engine after it stalled. I guess the problem with a faulty CPS is that they die in stages and with no uniform pattern.

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For the last couple months my truck has been having a problem 1 or twice a week. While traveling down the road sounding fine it seems to shudder like the engine cuts off but immediately picks up again. Twice I have either been sitting at a stop light or slowing down to a stop and the engine cuts off completely. It fires right back up but it's not fun trying to stop this thing with no power brakes or steering.
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The engine started dying occasionally just off idle, like when coming to a stop, taking off or going around a slow corner. It also sputters now and then when taking off under light throttle. I programed the Edge back to stock and it went away, but now it's sputtered a couple of times, again just off idle, with the stock tune. So, I'm wondering what might be causing it, something that the chip makes worse
It turned out to be the CPS. I had replaced the CPS with the new spare that I carry, but it was the cheapy $16 one. It was either a bad CPS, or the cheap ones won't
work right for the '96 and older trucks. Put in the $90 CPS and the truck runs perfect


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My '95 pwrstroke w/5 speed manual, just started occasionally stumbling at idle, like it's going to die, but recovers. Sometimes you can feel it at lower rpm's but never under load. Any thoughts?

Mine did that periodicaly for almost a year. In my case it was the CPS.

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My 1999 7.3L Super Duty F-350 Has a intermittent loss of accelerator pedal response and no acceleration while moving down the road. It does not happen sitting still. Mine also has No codes. Have had it checked by 2 mechs and 2 ford dealer not help. The problem is gone after turning the key off and restarting the engine. But it is very intermittent problem but a big confidence issue.

I’m having a second problem when the engine is cold, it starts fine and runes good no problems for 2-5 mile then the engine bucks hard 1-3 times. Only once it died and I had to restart it while going down the road. No service engine light if it only bucks once but if I get 2-3 bucks I’ll get the light. If the engine is warm I won’t have any issues. If I don’t use it during I see the problem on my way home from work. Morning temps 70-75 deg. and afternoon temp 80-90 deg in SC. This will happen at 35 MPH and at 65 MPH so I’m thinking it’s not the accelerator position sensor(on the pedal assembly) Does anyone know is there a cycle the motor or CPU goes through from a cold start to normal operating temp condition? Has anyone had these issue

13 Delay wipers causing it
mine was doing the same thing. Is it only doing it when raining? i thought the two were linked, but it ended up being a bad cps.
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It was telling me I was bad ....
One of the posts was an office document & I didn't know it ....

 

Heres a couple post's that were CPS ..Not

OK, here's the long version of my deal--still not 100% sure what's going on, but yesterday on the way home from work--minding my own business doing about 50 mph--truck just shuts off. I've had this sort of thing happen before about 40k miles ago, so I'm thinking CPS--when I didn't get tach movement after trying to restart it I just knew it was CPS.

Last night while the truck slept in the spot I rolled into, I got on here to find out that Ford now sells them for a reasonable price--great news!

So this morning I hop on the motocycle and get two CPSs (I know should've did that last time). Replaced it, she fired right up, and after loading my motorcycle in the back I took off to work--problem solved.....or so I thought.
About the time I roll in the parking lot at work--dead again! Same symptoms. No tach needle--and this time I noticed my WTS light did not come on (could have been true yesterday--was too focused on the tach needle to notice).
At quitting time, I crawl under the truck with the new spare CPS and this time it does not fix it! Still no start. I started checking fuses and all were good. Then I get to the relays. There are three in a row with identical part numbers 1)PCM power relay 2)blower motor relay, and 3)Injector Driver Module Power Relay--just guessing, but I get lucky on the first try by switching the PCM and blower motor relays--dang thing fired right up! Checked the blower and it sure enough it doesn't work. So now I'm heading to the local auto chain store to get another relay--all the sudden I notice the blower starts working! Guess what I was experiencing was an intermittent bad relay.
Now for my questions:
Would anything have caused this relay to go bad--in other words is it merely a symptom of another problem? Truck is 2000 F350 with only 94k miles--is a bad relay normal?[/FONT][/COLOR]





I had some issues with my 96 w/5speed a while back but due to the cold weather waited to fix it till now. Had code 0344

I had the cps go. replaced that, truck runs. Drive 32 miles and dies.

After doing some more diag, replaced the ipr. Had code 1283. Bad solenoid. Pulled the fuel filter cannister to do it so I changed out the rotted hoses with the blue Ford ones.

Started and drove fine for a couple of days then started getting a check engine light at startup for 60 to 90 seconds. After it went out had full power and drove good. Started cutting out while drivin at any speed. Just a second or so and back to full power. I thought I was going to rip the yoke off the rear end. Hooked up the Genesys while driving to watch the data stream. when it cut out the icp would drop to 2psi. The light comes on and the computer goes into limp mode. Turns out the icp was leaking oil through the body of the icp into the electrical connecter. I guess it was causing an intermittant open like it was unplugged which is why the computer was still letting the truck run in limp mode. Had code 1280.

I only put another 30 miles on it since but no light at start up and no more cutting out.

 

Bump.

Stewart

 

This is great guys... Ill start putting them all together after the holiday....

 

Wait Nolan.. Mine started cutting out after about a mile after startup, truck would die, CEL and all the lights would come on in the dash. I would hurry and crank it and it would start back up. Had the recall replacement about a year ago with the Gray and the truck seems to run rough just a little bit, not as smooth as it used too. Prolly gonna get the black CPS to see what that does. Happy Thanksgiving to you all.

 

Ok Nolan, you read my other thread, so you already know the symptoms I had. A brief, split-second hiccup while cruising at freeway speed and while accelerating up to freeway speed.

Well, after reading about their wipers being on "intermittent," and having their trucks hiccup by two members over at The Nation, I drove my truck today with the wipers on "intermittent" and sure enough, not 5 minutes down the freeway and my truck quit on me.

I'll change the CPS out tomorrow.

Stewart

 

Im actually shocked on this one!!!! I knew there were some random things that happened because of a bad cps... But to have your wipers make your truck run rough and or die is amazing!!!!! This is the kinda stuff that i am talking about...

 

On my truck, 99, we were headed out of the hills in fairly heavy traffic labor day weekend. Pretty much letting it idle in 2nd all the way out. All was running great until I noticed it was hard to turn. Looked down and saw that it had died, just flat died, no previous issues. Started it back up and continued the way home with out problem. I orded a new black one and it has been in ever since. Knowing they had issues from reading this site, didn't hesistate to get it changed. Now I have two spares, another black one and the orignal one that was in there.

Two of my buddies were complaining about their trucks just up and dying, one was a 2002 the other a 2001. Both cured with a new CPS.

 

I wonder when Ford is gonna find out that wht they thought was a fix is actually turning out to be a friggin monster. I hope they go back to the original CPS, but then again when they realize how much this is gonna cost them, I'm thinking we're just screwed.....

 

Mine had all the symptoms of CPS problem, cutting out several times before just quitting all together. Crawled under to start changing it and found out that it had just come unplugged. Plugged it back in, put a small cable tie around the connection and it's been running fine for about a year.

 

That makes one wonder how many are deamed bad due to bad or corroded pins/connectors?

 

It is my understanding that ford sent out a recall for the cps and will reimburse you for the ones that you have replaced in the past if you have a reciept

 

Yes, that's old news.

The problem is the CPS module they're using as the replacement. Some have reported problems after having them installed.

Stewart