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Old 11-03-2007, 03:06 PM
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anyone know why my engine went into failsafe mode after about 5 minutes from leaving my house when i was barely going 25....i dont ever beat on it...change the oil every 3 g's, i have the brenspeed 93 tune, i got it back home then reinstalled the 87 tune thinking that i could have bad gas for the 93 tune....there were no codes thrown....after the reflash it statrted up fine and i drove it today with no problems....anybody ever get a failsafe out of nowhere for no reason
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Old 11-03-2007, 04:34 PM
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not sure why you got the failsafe that time.

there are a whole bunch of sensors working to
keep your engine happy and healthy and maybe
once in awhile, the PCM sees an erroneous
signal and try's to protect your engine.....
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Old 11-03-2007, 04:35 PM
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mine did it because of a bad throttle positioning sensor on the throttle body. It was throwing tb codes and the dealer fixed it under warrenty. GL
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Old 11-03-2007, 04:48 PM
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My car has only stalled while at a stoplight 3 times. No "failsafe" or codes thrown up. It has started right back up everytime. I dont know what the hell it is. No way anyone is gonna know what your situation is either. I run a shop, and can tell you if no light is on, a scan tool wont be able to help. OCCASIONALLY, a code can be pending. But if you have started your car more than a few times after it happend, that pending code may no longer be stored in the ECU. Only way for a shop to verify, and correctly diagnose a problem is that it must be acting up while they have it. Otherwise its just educated guessing.
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Old 11-03-2007, 04:49 PM
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I went into failsafe once long ago before the mods....turned it off and then back on, never seen "limp" mode since
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Old 11-05-2007, 07:09 AM
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well so far so good after 2 days....can bad gas have that kind of effect to put the engine in failsafe mode?
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Old 11-05-2007, 08:17 AM
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Never had it happen to me but I would assume if you were running a 93 octane tune and got some really bad gas one of the million sensors might have thrown a code and shut you down.
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Old 11-05-2007, 10:25 AM
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Haven't happened to me. Hope it was just bad gas.
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