"Parish" wrote in message
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SWMBO has the same model and it developed _exactly_ the same
problem.
The cause was a blocked or contaminated MAF (Mass Air Flow) sensor.
Total cost, at a Ford main dealer (including the initial diagnostic
check) £200.02 inc VAT.

A Ford dealer will hook the car up to the diagnostic kit and can
confirm
this from the error codes - although I'd be surprised if something
else
produced _exactly_ the same symptoms.

This is the problem, many faults can cause the same or very similar
faults, this is why the dealer checked the fault-code and didn't just
steam-roller into changing the said sensor / component - or are you
suggesting that this would have been the first time the dealer had
come across such a fault ?!
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HTH

Not a lot....