2004 Ford Mustang missfire/no acceleration

Tiny
JPESA1
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  • 2004 FORD MUSTANG
  • 3.9L
  • V6
  • RWD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 122,000 MILES
It has a horrible bucking and missfire when accelerating, it also backfires under the hood. As of now it will barley accelerate at all! Autozone code reader brought up codes- p0306 and p0316 and 316 is crank sensor defective according to autozone computers. Any ideas! Please thanks
Thursday, December 18th, 2014 AT 12:56 AM

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Tiny
WRENCHTECH
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First, understand that there are no codes that tell you anything specifically is defective. They merely tell you that a situation occurred within a specific circuit and that needs to be troubleshooted by a tech to determine the actual problem.

Second, P0316 has nothing to do with a Crank Sensor. It means "Misfire on start up"

You likely have a weak coil in cylinder #6. In that situation I would change at least that one coil, preferably all of them and all of the plugs. Use only Motorcraft brand plugs in that car.
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Thursday, December 18th, 2014 AT 2:22 AM

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