2nd Gear Frozen in Time

[TheGreenOne]

So, I was doing a little *ahem* spirited driving today and noticed a glitch. I was redlined in 1st, shifted hard into second, stomped on the gas, the tires chirped, and then......nothing. The car seemed to freeze. I was stuck at right around 3k rpm, the pedal was to the floor, and nothing was happening. I had to push the clutch in and let it out again and it was back to normal. Anybody ever witness this or have any idea what might've caused this? I have a feeling it have something to do with the traction control or torque limiter or something.

 

[obsandrew]

I have not experienced this in my fiesta. Sounds like the ecu, Trans c/u went into some sort of a limp/protection mode. I know it's not exactly relevant but the German cars I work with will limit revs if fluid Temps get to hot or the tcm/dme don't get the proper inputs and outputs via can bus. That's alot of systems working together ecu, tcm, abs, esc, who knows what else. Anyone of them has a "glitch" you could definitely end up in a limp mode. Your probably on the right track about the torque limiter coming in to play.

 

[TheGreenOne]

The weird thing is the gauges all read fine, and this is the first time this has happened. I let my buddy drive it the other day and he redlined gears 1-4 and nothing. Same when I test drove it. When I popped the clutch again, it went right back to normal.

 

[masonsturbos]

Knock?

 

[CollinMB]

I had something similar happen when I got my car too hot, the ecu electronically limits the throttle

 

[obsandrew]

It might be worth a shot to put a good code reader on it. See if you have any passive faults.

 

[TheGreenOne]

If it was somehow being limited, then I assume simply kicking the clutch wouldn't resolve it.

 

[obsandrew]

It could be a mechanical reset ...actuating the clutch switch might reset the parameters...you could possibly have have a failing coil pack/plug ... I've seen it before under heavy load the vehicle will go into limp mode but with a change of gear(depressing the clutch) you can drive on normally and no engine light. Like I said alot of things can factor into something like this. I'd start with a good code reader.

 

[TheGreenOne]

Luckily I have the warranty. I'll see if Ford to can plug it in for me.