My last question asked about the Oxygen Sensor and the PCV Valve on my car. I've been asking around, trying to figure out why my gas mileage is so bad right now (more details are on my last question), and I went and got the car scanned again. This time the scan pulled up a code that said that the air intake temperature sensor on my car has gone bad. The guy also said the words "ambient" and "high output". However, when I called the dealer to check prices on ordering the part, they told me that my car, a 2000 Ford Focus (SE), doesn't have an Air Intake Temperature Sensor. I don't know what else to do, and $70 a week in gas is killing me. Does anyone know for sure? I could go and look on my intake manifold, but I need to get this problem solved!
2006-07-25 08:57:19 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
This car doesn't have an air intake temperature sensor. Did you change your pcv valve yet? Also, many places that can do scans don't always know exactly what the problem is. They tell you what their software says it is, however sometimes their software is a bit outdated. The best thing to do is to get it scanned again, and take the scan code to the dealer. They can then tell you what is wrong. How many miles does your Focus have? Sometimes they start to fall apart after a certain amount of miles (usually 80,000 or so). It might be time to just trade in, before other major problems start showing up.
2006-07-26 16:12:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it has an air intake temparture sensor. The dealer was wrong. It's often the same part as the coolant tempature sensor, though not always. It's generally a resistor style sensor. The AIT Sensor and the oxygen sensor faults are enough to severly hurt your fuel economy.
I had to struggle with Saturn to get one for my car. It's always a power battle at any dealership when you have boobs, they think you don't know squat. The first excuse was the car didn't have one. Ok so what's that thing in my air box? Is it just there for laughs? So they no longer make them, the guy says. You're kidding right? Then give me a coolant temp sensor, it's the SAME PART, SAME PART NUMBER. Uhh we can't do that. Why not? Do you not want to make the 20$ you're charging for a retarded little sensor?
What codes is it throwing? Google those codes and make sure they're telling you correct codes for the correct thing.
2006-07-25 09:02:52 · answer #2 · answered by sovereign_carrie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
how about instead of spending $70 dollars a week in gas, the headache and stress its giving you and the possibilty of damaging you car anymore than what it already seem to be, why don't you just take it to your dealer and have a qualified technician look at it and fix it. this would be the most logical choice to me. I see this day in/ day out with so many people, they get all bent out of shape when 8 times out of 10 it is something simple and fairly reasonable to fix. you just have to weigh what more important to you
2006-07-25 14:14:49 · answer #3 · answered by cyclelover36 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it quite seems like your idle air manage valve, im approximately ninety nine% certain it's given that ive had the specified equal predicament and ive obvious it a pair instances on the storage in which i paintings. you would most of the time take it to a automobile materials retailer like autozone and feature them plug within the code reader to make certain. whether it is you will be competent to only take it off and blank it out, if it needs to be changed it must be round one hundred greenbacks for simply the side. Good success
2016-08-28 18:06:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋