P0353

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2013 HONDA ODYSSEY

Service bulletin 13-081. Cel (1/7/16) : cylinder 3 coil r/r with spark plug ( other shop - paid $166.75 ) cel (3/11/16) : P2422evap canister came up for same symptom (Honda said code is not P0303 - paid $1722.86) cel (7/18/17) : P0303 misfire no.3 cylinder (autozone) cel (7/18/17 - 10 min from autozone) - P0353 no3 cylinder ignition coil circuit came up (Honda - paid $255.41 ; Honda said code was not between P0301 to P0304 so i had to pay for it - they do not care what autozone said ) received several times warning when i go and change engine oil from the shop that i do not have any left over oil in the tank. Cel (3/5/18) : found out car has a misfire on cylinder 4 and ring on cylinder 4 is leaking (other service - got a suggestion to go Honda dealer to check) made an appointment at Honda dealer on 3/8/18 without cel. Tech said no code in pcm fi system. He said Honda code is different from any other shop, so they only follow what Honda's computer says.(my opinion is that what if they debug their software after lost settlement not to show code P0301 to P0304 and show little different code for customer's responsibility - what if all others say P0303 ; only Honda comes up with different code) tech said if i do not pay for it, he does not even look at it. He said he does not want to do anything on the engine which has 184,000 miles on it if Honda or i do not pay (it's 2013 Odyssey) he told me this for the oil leaking which every car burn a quart of oil every 1,000 mile, so i have to check oil level all the time. He said when i have another cel on, just come to Honda to check. (do not go any other shop or bring code from other shops - he is not going to agree on any other shop's code or comment) my worry is that if other shops say P0303 or P0304, and Honda says different code which make i pay for it. What's going to happen?
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE

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2011 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA with 58000.0 miles

On this date (6-19-2013) my engine light came on, after that my epc light followed. Then i lost speed on my car, i then pulled over at the gas station. I then noticed my horn was not working. I sat at the gas station after i turned the car off for about 15 minutes. Tried to start the car up again, then it started back up and i drove home, but the engine light was still on. I didn't think much of it at that point, a week later i had the oil changed. Approximately two months later (which was in august) i had the same problem. So i called Volkswagen of america and explained to the cs rep my issue. They advised me to take my car to the dealership; which i did. The gentle that assisted me brought out a lab top computer and reset what ever it was he reset on the car and the engine light went off and the car drove fine. Then he told me that i needed a full turn up and that it would cost me $700, because my warranty would not cover the turn up on the car. In any case, my vw Jetta drive fine for about four days,i horn still didn't work. About two weeks into september of 2013, i was on my way to work and the car would not start for an whole hour. In the mist of my dilemma, late for work; i had vv of america on the phone telling the rep, corey what was happening with the car. He advised me to take the car to the dealership as well. Which i made an appointment to the dealership, they also told me that the car needed a turn up as well. But they were charging me a ridiculous amount of money for the turn up. I got a full turn up on the car and now my car shakes uncontrollably, the epc light stays on. It's only driving 40 mph as we speak. I had a professional to check the engine and from what their diagnosis, two dead cylinders (po codes P0351 and P0353) and a bad computer. I am getting no financial assistance from Volkswagen of america, per corey cs rep from vv of america.
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

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2007 FORD EDGE with 100000. miles

The vehicle was always running kind of rough and shifting kind of hard reverse would not with bang and in gears on the freeway but then the check engine light came on and i took it and had it put on an odb reader it said P0353 ignition coil c so i had that replaced along with the spark plugs all six of them and it did not clear the code driving down the street all of a sudden the battery light came on and the car just died i had it brought to repair shop they put it on the scanner it read ignition coil a b c d e f. So i got an ignition coil pack which consisted of 6 ignition coils and 6 more spark plugs brand new and had those installed and now the car won't start and i checked the fuses several relays are blown and it keeps popping fuses and there's a draw on the battery which i had to remove the battery and buy a new one because my reverse lights just just the reverse lights were on when my car wasn't even on or he was not in the ignition and it was not in any power for any light source position
WHEELS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM UNKNOWN OR OTHER

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2007 LINCOLN MKX with 72000.0 miles

Vehicle misfire and stall while driving caused by damaged power control module (pcu) and faulty/damaged ignition coil. Service bullitn issued: tsb 14-0059 mil on with dtcs - P0351, P0352, P0353, P0354, P0355, and/or P0356 - built on or before 3/1/2008 publication date: march 20, 2014
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM ENGINE

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2006 FORD ESCAPE with 161487. miles

Wife was driving her 2003 Ford Escape 2.3l xls (fwd, 5-spd manual) at 65mph, practically coasting down a hill. 26 minutes after engine start she heard a loud bang and subsequent popping sounds. This was followed immediately by severe power loss from the engine. She drove it to the next best off-ramp, an additional 2 miles. When she got off the freeway she says she had to rev it up quite a bit to make an intersection to get to the gas station where the car rolled to a stop. That loud bang turned up to be the nbr 3 cylinder blowing its spark plug clean off the spark plug bore. The spark plug bore was completely threadless. The subsequent popping sounds were due to the spark plug not being on the nbr 3 cylinder as the fuel that continued to spray into the cylinder was burning off. The immediate power loss is a direct result of the engine loosing 25% of its chugga-chugga and the loss of the cht sensor signal which both then caused the pcm (powertrain control module) to go into limp mode and further reduce engine power. First thing i did was plug in my obdii scanner and check for codes. I found the following three: P0303 - cylinder 3 three misfire. P0353 - ignition coil 'c' primary/secondary circuit. P1289 - cylinder head temp sensor high input. I then performed a koeo (key-on/engine-off) check with my obdii scanner and found the following two codes: P0119 - engine coolant temperature circuit intermittent/erratic. P1289 - cylinder head temp sensor high input. The cht probe (cylinder head temperature) cover/boot was popped off the engine camshaft cover and the wires were broken off the cht probe electrical connector. The spark plug terminal broke off. The ignition coil pack was severely damaged (looked like an exploded cigar, cartoon style).
ENGINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

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2005 FORD ESCAPE with 144410. miles

Was driving at highway speed (appx 55mph) in 5 o'clock traffic in raleigh, nc on us 1 and the vehicle lost speed. All emergency lights came on. Forced to pull the vehicle off onto the shoulder and was almost rear ended. The vehicle sputtered and totally cut off. Attempted to restart the vehicle but it kept cutting off. I was unable to restart the vehicle and was stranded on the highway. After a call to a family member and to aaa, the car was towed home 3 hours later. The next day, the car was towed to crossroads Ford in cary, nc. They determined that the pcm, spark plugs and ignition coils all failed at once and charged me $2700. Error codes P0351, P0354 and P0353 appeared on the diagnostics. The vehicle was repaired the next day. This is a huge safety issue since the vehicle suddenly undergoes a catastrophic failure with loss of power and acceleration and could lead to an accident.
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,

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2005 FORD ESCAPE with 45173.0 miles

While driving on us highway in the evening, 2005 Ford Escape xlt suddenly started vibrating, check engine light lit and then all other lights on the dash flashed as vehicle lost power but was able coast to a stop on the shoulder of the road. This was a dangerous situation as vehicle suddenly stopped while traveling at highway speeds without any indication to the vehicles following this vehicle that it was going to suddenly decrease speed and stop. Fortunately vehicle following was able to pass safely. Vehicle would not start and was towed to dealership. Code P0353 was indicated and tsb 10-18-10 was used to service vehicle. All 6 cops were replaced along with pcm. Vehicle still did not operate properly and on inspection by tech, catalytic converter was found to be plugged and was replaced. Prior to this incident, vehicle was operating normally and had approx. 45,000 miles on it.
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,

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2005 FORD ESCAPE with 85013.0 miles

Was driving my car at 45 miles per hour the car began to sputter and came to very quick halt in the middle of traffic. I had the car towed to my local garage, it was hooked up to a computer diagnostic tool. The trouble codes came up P0351, P0352, P0353, P0354 which i'm being told it will cost me $ 750.00 to replace all 6 coils, $1100.00 to replace the pcm module and i will need 6 new spark plugs. These prices don't include labor or diagnostic costs either. In doing some investigation this is a known issue with Ford motor company and the emission warranty only covers you for 8 years/80,000 miles. Not sure what a pcm module is or what coils do. Thank you Ford motor company for installing faulty parts in my motor when they built it in 2005. Now this is my problem and at my expense...... Ford sent out a tbs regarding the wrong plugs were installed which leads to this issue. Tsb 09-2-6 and tsb 10-18-10 is evidence enough they new there was clearly an issue with the factory installed spark plugs causing rfi damage to the cop's and subsequently the ecm. It appears they were betting that most vehicles would have issues outside the 80,000 mile federal warranty.
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM ENGINE