I have a 95 Contour LX V6, VIN #1FALP66L0SK239459 (don't know if that's important) and have been having some problems lately with it. I have had a CEL for a couple of months now that only seems to come on during highway driving. It doesn't stay on or blink, it comes on for a minute, stays off for a while, then comes on again, etc. I have also been having the problem of when I start the car in the morning, it starts, then sounds like it wants to die, but right when it is about to die, it revs back up and this continues for a few minutes. It also seems like it wants to die when I am driving and come to a stop. I have to put one foot on the brake and one on the gas to keep it going. I thought it might be the plugs.
I took it in to my local Midas to have codes read (Ford dealership charges $125 just to hook it up to the computer) and here is what they told me: I have some funky stuff going on. When they first hook it up, they read 10-15 codes and when they look at what the computer says are problems, the problems are fine. If it says a sensor is bad, they looked at the sensor and all was a-okay. They would then disconnect the computer and put the car back together, then hook it up again and 10-15 DIFFERENT codes would be read. He said they are reading "ghost codes". He said something is going on and doesn't know if it's a wire harness short or my car computer going bad or what it might be. He does not think it is the plugs. He said to call the dealership and find out if there are any recalls on it and take it there. I just had it in to the dealership and they said that they performed all the recalls that were on it that I had not had completed. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
