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Limp Mode - Reduced Power
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1997 Ford Aerostar
JOANIEMOO860
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1997 FORD AEROSTAR
6 CYL
2WD
AUTOMATIC
187,000 MILES
My transmission will only work in 2nd gear and reverse, I believe its called limp mode, how can I fix this problem?
Friday, June 13th, 2008 AT 11:25 PM
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MHPAUTOS
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Hi there,
Thank you for the donation.
The first thing you will have to do is do a scan and extract any fault codes, do this and re post and we will see what we can do then.
Mark (mhpautos)
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Saturday, June 14th, 2008 AT 4:52 AM
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So it could be something else besides the tranny causing it to go into limp mode?
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Sunday, June 15th, 2008 AT 4:12 AM
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