2006-10-13 16:29:35 · 8 answers · asked by tito c 3 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Makes ➔ Lincoln
It's probably to recalibrate the speed sensor in your trans. The dealer should be able to do this for you.
2006-10-13 16:32:30 · answer #1 · answered by ron k 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Navigator is designed to run on 17 inch wheels. And a computerized transmission is trying to turn those wheels a certain number of times per minute (rpm of the wheels not the engine) in order to maintain a certain vehicle speed. This also affects your spedometer. When you change the wheel size by 7inches in diameter (give or take based on the size of the tire) you make the vehicle travel farther per revolution of the wheel. So the wheels have to turn fewer times to achieve the same vehicle speed. But, if the wheels and the transmission don't match up, several things can happen: your spedometer may be off; your transmission tries to change gears at the wrong speeds; or you may damage something along the line.
2006-10-13 16:38:28 · answer #2 · answered by BAWAGS 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because the speed sensor and the wheel sensors are reporting different signals. You will not be resetting the transmission you will be teaching the ECM how far your vehicle travels per each revolution of the wheel so that It can tell you accurately how fast you're going and how far you've gone, and to operate the antilock brakes with confidence that it's speed signals are in fact reflecting real world real time events. That is to say the ABS module verifies it's sensor reading with the reading from the veh.speed sensor in the transmission. This, of course, is redundant but it's the only way to catch a bad sensor if it gives an erroneous signal.
oh and by the way, YOU will NOT be able to do this yourself.
2006-10-13 16:46:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually you can.. the whole key is to pick a wheel and tire that is not overly wide and with an overall TIRE diameter that is not too much larger than the original wheels and tires... for instance, a 235/50R-18 tire is about 27.5" in diameter.. so you could shop around and see if you could locate a 24" tire with a diameter in the 29-30" range.. and it should be close. I believe the photo of the Mustang attached has had some wheel well work done along with modified suspension, but if you want that wild, waaaaay too big wheel look on a later model mustang... it can be done most likely.
2016-05-22 00:21:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your odometer/speedometer/cruise control is operated off transmission speed. Changing diameter of the wheels changes this mix, and will result in incorrect information being sent to the computer. just do it!
2006-10-13 16:33:51 · answer #5 · answered by seeitmiway32 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i own a repair shop,and what it has done is thrown the speed ometer out of whack it cant detect the speed of the vehicle now,and it will continue to do this until you take it and have it re-calibrated ,i think the dealer will have to do this one because a regular scanner will not do this,its a complicated job if you don't have the proper equipment to do it with,id have it done as soon as possible ,good luck i hope this help,s.
2006-10-13 16:40:33 · answer #6 · answered by dodge man 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have to agree with Bawags on this one out of all the answers u got so far his is right on the money.....By changing the size of your wheels everything is thrown out of wack...You should take your Baby to a ford dealership A.S.A.P before u screw up your car.Good luck!!!
2006-10-14 04:12:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i really do know this answer........ its your teansmisson, the comp. cencers cant do that big of a tire on the timing belt lincoln can reset it to 24 in rims
2006-10-13 16:37:47 · answer #8 · answered by movebytch78 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋