Accelerator - Hard Pedal Effort/Intermittent No Upshift

Article No.
95-1-5

01/16/95

^ ACCELERATOR PEDAL - "INTERMITTENT" HARD ACCELERATOR PEDAL EFFORT AND/OR "INTERMITTENT" NO UPSHIFT (1-2)

^ TRANSAXLE - ATX - "INTERMITTENT" NO UPSHIFT (1-2) AND/OR "INTERMITTENT" HARD ACCELERATOR PEDAL EFFORT

FORD:
1988-94 TEMPO

LINCOLN-MERCURY:
1988-94 TOPAZ

ISSUE:
Some vehicles may have a "Delayed" and/or "Intermittent" No Upshift (1-2). This commonly occurs during initial drive away from extended parking. Difficult to depress accelerator pedal concerns can accompany the No Upshift symptom or be a stand alone concern. The transaxle performs normally for some time after it corrects itself. The issue is related to the transaxle TV plunger position at idle.













Diagnosic and Repair Tables













Repair Verification Tables





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ACTION:
Refer to the Diagnostics and Repair Tables for correct procedures.

For vehicles with this symptom, a drive verification attempt may be futile. Therefore, the correct application of this repair is greatly dependent on the customer's concern description matching the issue. Proceed with diagnostics and repair as follows.

OTHER APPLICABLE ARTICLES: 94-12-11
WARRANTY STATUS: INFORMATION ONLY
OASIS CODES: 501000