I just had my 2003 Thunderbird in for service. The problem was limp mode. It was acting in the monring and I was able to turn off the car and when I restared it, the problem went away. The codes on the car were 2110 and 2107. There were no mis-fire codes which would point to the
COP's. The codes pointed to the
throttle body.
I told the Lincoln dealer that this is a typical issue with the
COP's. I even printed out the forum messages and gave them to the service people. He said that unless the computer shows a mis-fire code, it is a
throttle body issue. They cannot just change out the
COPS's unless they get some type of error codes.
They replaced the
throttle body. The bill was $800. I picked up the car and as started the car to drive home and the limp mode was back. I drove the car immediately back into the dealer.
Lincoln gave me a loaner and had the car for three days. When I picked it up Lincoln told me they replaced all the
COP's and put another
throttle body on the car. When they put the
COP's under stress, they found the
COP's to be failing.
I have had the car for 2 weeks and the limp mode came back again today. The codes are
P0133 which says it is a oxgen sensor. The car is now back at the dealer to see what the problem is. I am driving another loaner.
I wanted to tell other people about this because I want you to be aware of getting a
throttle body replaced when I believe it was the
COP's all the time. Befroe you get the
throttle body replced, see if you can get the dealer to stress test the
COP's.
I will keep you posted with the new problem.