Re: Ford EcoSport : Official Review Quote:
Originally Posted by Shanksta Guys I faced a weird issue in my EcoSport twice, once last Saturday on my way to Hyderabad and the same issue today while on a drive to Mahabalipuram. The Issue:
At roughly about 85-100kmph there was a heavy shudder while I was accelerating. This happened for hardly a second. When this happened for the first time last week (continuosly for about 3 accelerator inputs all for a second) about 100kms into my trip. The entire car vibrated with the front wheels feeling like they were bouncing.
When this happened for the first time both my dad and me thought it might be the road as we were crossing a part of the NH that was patched up(even though I felt the engine not accelerating despite me flooring it). Post that my car performed flawlessly for the entire trip ~1457kms. Post my return I covered about another 200kms in city traffic.
Today on the smooth ECR I felt this same issue again for a fraction of a second. It felt like the engine was choking, post that I floored the car and it behaved normally. No error codes on the MID. This time the feeling of vibration was less intense than the first time.
My 2021(March) EcoSport has run 26,250kms in 15 months. The Odo was 24.7k kms when I felt this first. No issues and no DPF warnings also till now. *Touchwood*
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Yes, I faced the same issue on my March 2021 Ecosport in the end of April this year. And I had not got it in the prior 13 months. I first got an 'exhaust filter overloaded, drive to clean message' on the way back from an airport drop. Did not have a chance to drive at a constant speed to clean it. I tried the 3rd gear trick of driving at 60 kmph, but could not maintain that for more than a few minutes, owing to traffic.
After a couple of days, I took it for a drive on the ORR and I got the same judder twice, each for 4 to 5 seconds. Exactly as you have described. No such judder later. I drove for an hour in 4th gear at a speed of 80 to 85 kmph (ORR is a bliss in Hyderabad) and the message did not come after that. During that hour, I did get 'Filter cleaning' message a couple of times.
I also had my cat con replaced in Jan 2022. The car had completed only 7800 kms by then, and mostly on the highway till then. The issue cropped up for the first time within 1500 kms of changing the catcon, where the car was used maximum on congested roads. I'd even kept the engine running for 20 minutes while having breakfast at a roadside joint a couple of days before I got that error.
To summarize, I think I'd have got it much before, had i used the car on congested roads. That did not happen due to WFH policy and also because driving during the 3rd wave was a breeze even on city roads. Quote:
Originally Posted by Shanksta
Coincidentally just 3 weeks before this issue occurred I was asked to come back to office(post pandemic WFH) and my car faced proper city traffic. s. |
As mentioned, this could be the culprit. Quote:
Originally Posted by KNaga At 2000 RPM, in 5th gear, the speed is above 90 KMPH so you can't maintain the engine speed. I have found a trick where I drive in 4th gear at 2000 RPM when the speed is 75 KMPH which is better maintainable than 90 KMPH. In fact, one can try 3rd gear where the speed would be even lower and even more maintainable. Idea is to maximise the continuous time for which the engine will be running at 2000 RPM. Keep an eye on the "INSTANTANEOUS FUEL CONSUMPTION" - a lower figure will indicate "EXHAUST CLEAN DRIVE" going on, and the figure will magically jump to at least 140% once the "EXHAUST CLEAN DRIVE" completes.
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Driving in 4th gear at around 80 to 90 is what I had done. 3rd gear is not advisable, going by the recommendation of Ford. I'd first tried the 3rd gear trick for around 10 minutes, but that did not seem to work.
Please see the url below, and it mentions driving on 4th or 5th gear for about 60 kms at > 60 kmph, with the odo between 1500 to 2300 rpm. https://www.india.ford.com/owner/die...culate-filter/ |