88Pathy Posted October 19, 2016 Report Share Posted October 19, 2016 I have a 08 Lincoln MKX. Last year we had the lovely coil pack/ pcm issue with it. It was over the 80,000 mile mark so i fixed it myself. Bought a used, reflashed pcm, coil packs, and plugs. I bought aftermarket coil packs, not the oem. Well last week started doing the same thing. Check engine light flashing and cutting out very bad. It was only throwing a P0302 code. So i was hoping to get lucky and picked up a low mileage coil from our local LKQ off a MKZ. Ran fine for a week and same thing happened but it was a P0301 code. So still hoping to get lucky, i picked up the other 5 oem coils off the same MKZ at lkq and swapped them out. Got about a mile down the road on the test drive and bam same crap. So with this being a known problem, can the pcm repair shop not fix this when repairing the pcm? Also, i know oem coil packs should be used, but have people had bad luck with the aftermarkets? Its hard to drop that kind of coin on the factory replacements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWWPerfA_ZN0W Posted October 19, 2016 Report Share Posted October 19, 2016 Where did you buy the coils and PCM from? Was the PCM remanufactured, or simply used? I have Airtex coils on mine, no problems for over a year. The OEM coils are definitely beefier, and I think better construction based on resistance readings. The OEM coils can be had as a kit from online dealerships for much better pricing than individual coils. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88Pathy Posted October 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2016 I bought them off Ebay. The PCM was a used unit that had been reflashed/updated from the supplier i bought it from. I took it to the dealer and had the keys reprogrammed after i installed it. He had very good customer service ratings and tech service. I cant remember the brand of coils. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macbwt Posted October 22, 2016 Report Share Posted October 22, 2016 Sounds like you have a bad PCM hopefully the place you bought it from has a warranty? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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