It’s almost never a good signal that the engine in your Ford Ecosport is behaving uncommonly. This is because the engine is the main part of your vehicle and any indicator of abnormal working must be identified straight away and you must try to find the cause of the failure. If it occurs that your Ford Ecosport is hesitating during acceleration, we have made this tutorial to help you uncover the cause of your failure. We will now take a look at all the possible motives your Ford Ecosport having hesitation in acceleration.

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Ford Ecosport WHICH hesitates while accelerating BECAUSE OF THE IGNITION:

So let’s begin our summarize of the motives that can trigger hesitation during Ford Ecosport acceleration. One of the most basic motives is that your ignition fails. We speak about ignition, but we can also generalize the failure to the ECU which itself can send bad info that will disturb your ignition. It’s likely that your Ford Ecosport a has gone limp mode, don’t hesitate to go through this tutorial for more info. To be able to check that one of these malfunctions is not the cause of your Ford Ecosport having acceleration troubles, you will have to “suitcase” your vehicle. Also, you can look at the condition of your ignition coils, if you have more than one and one is faulty it may be the explanation for the couplings, acceleration holes that you experience, if you only have one generally your Ford Ecosport should not start.

Hesitation during Ford Ecosport acceleration CAUSED BY THE INJECTORS:

Now let’s concentrate on the injector-related mishaps of your Ford Ecosport’s fuel injectors. If you detect this feeling that your vehicle is grazing, it is quite possible that due to poor fuel quality one or more of your injectors have become blocked or obstructed, causing a bad air/fuel mixture to be sent to the engine block and therefore automatically affect its normal functions, do not miss to check your injectors. If during the check you find that one of your injectors is leaking on your Ford Ecosport, please go through our small file to solve this malfunction.

Hesitation during Ford Ecosport acceleration CAUSED BY THE ACCELERATOR CABLE:

Another possible explanation why you come to feel hesitation during Ford Ecosport acceleration, whether you are driving, stationary, hot, cold or accelerating, is that your throttle cable is seriously worn. If your accelerator cable is in a serious state of wear, it will not slide effectively in its sheath and will snap, check the level of wear of your accelerator cable.

Ford Ecosport that hesitates when accelerating BECAUSE OF THE FUEL FILTER:

As far as the fuel filter is being considered, we’re struggling with the same form of problem as clogged injectors. If your Ford Ecosport is clutching and you come to feel like it is grazing or you have holes when accelerating, your fuel filter may be stuck. The outcome would be that your whole intake system would be running at idle and therefore your engine would lack fuel supply to go normally. Don’t forget to check it and change it if needed. If you ever get the feeling that your Ford Ecosport is going up in laps on its own, go through our tutorial it should help you to identify the cause.

Hesitation during Ford Ecosport acceleration CAUSED BY THE PARTICULATE FILTER:

The ultimate reason for an hesitating Ford Ecosport during acceleration. Modern cars are equipped with increasingly more options to limit emissions, the particulate filter is part of this package. However, according to how you use it, it can become clogged and dirty. Especially if you drive short distances and don’t push your engine hard oftentimes. If this is the case, it is possible that your ACP could become stopped up and your Ford Ecosport could give you acceleration concerns. Have it checked.

Hesitation during Ford Ecosport acceleration BECAUSE OF A PUNCTURED HOSE:

To summarize, the last problem, and surely the least frustrating for you, it is likely that one of your fuel or air intake hoses is punctured or cracked and that it motives a lack of air or fuel which will result in an Ford Ecosport that gives acceleration troubles, check under your hood, engine on, the level of wear of your hoses, be careful not to burn yourself. If this happens to you, your Ford Ecosport may not be able to idle, in which case take a look at our little dossier to fix the malfunction in depth.

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