Ford Focus - 2005 1.6 Engine Warning Light

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Mon 25 Jun 2012 00:15
Ford Focus - 2005 1.6 Engine Warning Light - JJD666
Hi,

I bought a used ford focus 4 days ago. Its a 2005 1.6 (115) titanium model, 76K miles. I got it for what seemed to be a good price 3K as it only has 2 months MOT and needed a few jobs doing.

I took it to my local trusted garage to get the rear wheel bearings replaced, had two new tyres and the tracking done and also had work done on the rear brake calipers as they were rattling and making lots of noise. All was well at this point and I had covered about 100 miles with no problems.

My father thought it would be a good idea to get it serviced at a ford garage and get a stamp in the book in case I wanted to sell it in a year. Ford did a full 75K service, changed the brake fluid, air con gas, spark plugs etc.

Later that day my engine warning light came on, this happened after driving in terrible flooded conditions (loads of water on the roads, splashing up on the car, people in land rovers doing stupid speeds splashing up more water on my car). I presumed maybe some water had got somewhere and tripped a sensor, there was and is no noise or anything to indicate a problem with the engine. I took it to the local garage and he checked it over and said he couldnt see anything wrong, he connected the error reader and said it was showing no error so he reset it and said drive it to see if it comes back on. I took it on a short drive and the light didn't reappear to it looked like it had been fixed.

I then look the car on another drive and about 60 miles later the light reappeared. I was looking for advice to see if anyone had any ideas as to what this could be? Could it be ford have put some crap spark plugs in? Could the water have caused it? Is this a common issue with this car and the previous owner was covering this up? Any ideas on how to fix it, I don't really want to go back to ford ever as they charge way more than my local garage.

Many thanks!

Edited by JJD666 on 25/06/2012 at 00:16

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