Ford Quick Tips: #19 Common Causes For Engine Hesitation Ford Vehicles

Best fix for engine hesitation problems on Fords-
In this video I go over the most common causes for an engine hesitation on newer Ford vehicles.

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[jonebert]

This worked fantastically. My hesitation was caused from a very small seating problem when the air filter was changed properly. Just reseated it and the hesitation vanished. Cheapest fix I've ever done! Thank you.

[joesc]

Always the best. I am a retired Ford dealer mechanic, I wish I had a guy like this training me in the 1970's.

[dennisluttrell]

I am a professional mechanic working at a local garage and I greatly appreciate your video you help this old man keep up with all the new stuff thank you

[daboo]

I have found over many years of professionally wrenching on cars, that these style of air boxes with the tabs on one side and retainer clips on the other side, a light coating of silicone on the air filter seal helps in putting things together easier ( be careful not to overdue it as too much if a good thing could he bad for the MAF). I am a GM owner and mechanic for almost 40 years and enjoy your videos as they are spot on for cause and effect of problems as well as repairs. Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge.

[DAMIX]

I must say that my hat is off to this guy. There are a lot of mechanics on YouTube but most of them are not clear and educated like this guy.
So, BIG THANKS, I learned a lot. Subscribed for more.

[traznevroz]

This is my 1st go at something mechanical & how lucky am I to find you so quickly! Everything you explained is what's going on with my ford! It actually made sense to me who has no prev mech experience.. I'm just hoping to wing it with logic & reasoning before I say have at it mechanic magician! Thanks Ford tipper dude!

[armesisp]

Just had this problem on my Escape V6 (Same car), fixed it by changing 2 faulty ignition coils and all the 6 spark plugs, on top of that they also cleaned the MAF sensor and flushed out the air intake system. Now the car runs very well.

[j.maxwaddell]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge. This was the exact cause of my vehicle hesitation. The air box had broken clips on the MAF side allowing air to be sucked in creating the turbulence. Clamping this area down now has the engine running smooth at ideal and NO HESITATION ANYMORE on takeoff such as a red light. Thanks again. Great information...

[dannyl]

Thank you!
Just today, I found a cheap crap air filter like that one, except this one did not have the screen and it actually collapsed and fell down in the box which left the lid so lose that the clips fell down. I replaced it with a good filter and cleaned the MAFS with CRC. This was on a 2.3 and now first gear works like you would expert. Thanks for everything that you do to help everyone.

[deheinsite]

I have been trying to figure out why my truck was hesitating and saw this video and exactly what you described was wrong with my truck. Someone (either oil change guys or emissions check guys) did not reinstall the clips and the wiring harness cap was not correctly installed. Fixed my problem and saved me a lot of time and dollars. THANKS!

[ReclusiveMountainMan]

Wish you worked at my local Ford Dealership. You're a damned good mechanic. Tips appreciated. Thank you.

[bfeamber]

OMG this video was a life saver. Saved my daughter in laws and my ford expedtions. Hers would start then shut down. Mine had a surg at take off. Ok I took my mass flow sencer off mine and put it on hers the truck started and ran but then had the surge. So after watching this video I looked that both of them closer. Lol hers had a spider in it and mine had one of the prongs smashed in it. So took spider out and straightened mine out and both are running perfect. Just to show everything happens for a reason...Thanks again...

[sek]

My car was hesitating during acceleration. No check engine light. First they thought it was a vacuum leak so the "fixed" that but it was still hesitating. Dropped it off at the mechanic again today. It was a bad coil. Running great now!

[Johnnykgb-nsa]

I appreciate your video's that cover the most common mistakes you see when servicing the Ford vehicles. Very helpful. Thank you, Johnny

[nicholaswoodhams]

4:00-5:02 Was really helpful in understanding how it might just be an issue as simple as a loose airbox cover. I paused and checked the car.. sure enough, the hose had come loose from the airbox. Thank you!

[Anonymous-itjw]

Great tip. It's too easy to think you have a major problem, when it's a dirty mass airflow sensor, or the other simple things he pointed out in the video. As insurance, since you're already under the hood, check to be sure all the wires involved look good and that the sockets and pins on the connector to the throttle body are clean, and the connector is properly connected to the throttle body and locked in place.

[ufohunter]

Thank you for this I just changed my fuel injectors and ran well for a week or two then had a problem after watching you I went and checked and realized I never tightened my intake hoses works great

[ronaldellison]

I wish you were in my town. I've been trying to find out what's going on with my expedition. Hard to find someone that knows what they're doing.

[JohnnyCab]

This may be an older video but this made me fix my gas pedal flat spot . I did some valve repairs a few months ago and when putting my air filter housing on my 2008 Ford van didn't know that the map sensor sealing plug was pulled out allowing extra air into the air housing causing the engine to have a flat spot on acceleration. Reinserted the plug and it fixed it, runs great again.

[ArmandoLopez-dfdd]

Great video, very informative, as always. Just want to share something, this happened to my truck after an air filter change, went to neighborhood Auto Zone, guess they don't carry Fram anymore, so I bought what they had in a blue box, can't remember the brand, truck started hesitating to start right away, took me a couple of days to figure it out, got old Fram filter out of the trash, shook it real good and put it back on, PROBLEM SOLVED!! Fram or Motorcraft only from now on.