2001 Ford Escort radio skips and service engine soon light

2001 FORD ESCORT
76,000 MILES • 4 CYL • 2WD • AUTOMATIC
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WHITNEY T
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Hello, i just got a 2001 ford escort and it has 76000 miles on it, runs great but reves alittle when im ideling. sence i got it the radio skipped every once in a while when i truned the car to hit a bump. but today it skipped really bad and the cheak service engine soon came on. Id reallly like to know what this means or get an idea seeing how i just bought the car.
Jul 3, 2010 at 1:48 PM
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RASMATAZ
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Have the computer scanned for code/s-you have a problem within the engine management system that caused the CEL to turn on-This is your starting point of diagnosis,finding out what's going on.
Jul 3, 2010 at 2:07 PM
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WHITNEY T
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I got the code, it p 171 and shutt off the light then put some cleaning stuff in my tank and it seemed to help. any idea what that code means?
Jul 5, 2010 at 10:25 PM
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https://www.2carpros.com/trouble_codes/obd2
Jul 6, 2010 at 3:13 AM
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