2005 Thunderbird goes into limp home mode with lighted wrench code on dash. Dealership cannot solve the problem.

Asked by drroystark Nov 11, 2013 at 08:51 AM about the 2005 Ford Thunderbird 50th Anniversary Edition RWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Wrench light comes on.  Car won't accelerate past 5 mph.  Shut car off and it resets the light.  Happens intermittently.  Dealership cannot find the problem nor can they duplicate it.

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Lee answered 10 years ago

This happened to my '04 Bird. It turned out to be the coil packs. At the time, Ford had a recall on the packs and they replaced 7 of the 8 packs. The problem was solved. I also own a '04 Lincoln LS (with the same drive train as the T-Bird). It had the same symptoms but it turned out to be the throttle body controller.

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