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Open Help Requests for Ford
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| 1987 Ford F-150 Custom 4.9L No Start VIN: 1FTDF15Y2H I am NOT a Ford guy. This friend of mine has a truck that will crank, but not start when below freezing. It hasn't happened to me. I am getting a KOEO code 21. I have a Snap-On scanner and Vantage but no other technical data on this truck. I tried the various ... Trouble codes: 21 (ECT out of range) |
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| 1990 Ford Ranger STX 2.3L No Start VIN: 1FTCR10A2L We have a pickup that intermitantly does not start, it is losing injector pulse from the computer on driver 1 and 2. The PIP signal is good to the computer but there is still no pulse. Spark is consistant and fuel pressure and volume is within spec. We replace... |
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| 1991 Ford F-350 Custom 7.3L Mechanical VIN: 2FTJW36M8M Howdy there! Got a new customer, out of state, he has a 7.3 that he said lost power and died on the highway, it would start and idle but die when the throttle was touched. Had it towed home and it sat for 3 months till he called us. The batteries were dead so ... |
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| 1998 Ford Windstar 3.0L 3.0L Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 2FMZA51UXW Now to the third visit.p0320 still coming back.scoped the ignition wires & crank sensor.The vehicle is not acting up at this time.wiggle all of the underhood wiring.nothing happening.it acts like a secondary ignition miss/cut out when it does happen.When the v... Trouble codes: P0320 |
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| 1999 Ford Escort ZX2 Hot Coupe 2.0L MIL Lamp on, Lean condition/idle VIN: 3FAKP1137X cust brought this car in because mil was illuminated. retrieved dtc p0171 no drivability problems present, data stream shows ltft @ +25% and stft @+2%. checked fuel pressure found that it was 5 psi below specs at idle. bypassed fuel pump control module by grou... Trouble codes: P0171 (system too lean bank 1) |
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| 1999 Ford F-350 Super Duty XL 7.3L Starting VIN: 1FDWX37F8X I am having some trouble with this f350 blowing the #30 fuse in the under dash fuse box. this fuse powers the pcm relay coil, fuel heater, wastegate solenoid and idm relay coil. I have already checked the under hood wiring to the wastegate solenoid and the mai... |
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| 1999 Ford Taurus SE 3.0L Starting VIN: 1FAFP58U9X HELP Ford Techs!! I've got this Taurus Wagon that's driving me bald. I'm hoping that someone [...] have seen this before. The starter stays engaged all the time. The red and blue wire at the ignition switch is hot even with the switch unplugged from the connect... |
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| 2000 Ford F-250 Super Duty Lariat 7.3L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FTNW21F7Y this truck came in with intermittant MIL lamp & no power when light on complaint. also had Superchip software installed. scan for code returned P0216 in memory & KOEO. a check of wiring & injector found no problems. i substituted a known good IDM box & code wa... Trouble codes: P0216 (Injector low side short to ground) |
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| 2000 Ford F-250 Super Duty Lariat 7.3L horn VIN: 1FTNW20F1Y Hello Ford techs. I have a condition that affects the horn staying engaged, dome light flickers, air bag light flashes on/off, speedo irratic all happens at the same time while driving, very intermittent. Cannot duplicate, has anyone seen this condition? Thank... |
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| 2001 Ford F-350 Super Duty Lariat 6.8L 1-2 shift VIN: 1FTSX31S01 Hello all, I just wanted to get some input into the problem I am having with the 4R100 Ford trans. This is my personal truck. The other day I was driving to work and as I pulled away from a light it shifted from 1st to 2nd and then it felt like it went into r... |
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| 2001 Ford Taurus SE 2-Valve 3.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FAFP55271 Hello Everyone, I need help once again.I got here 2001 ford taurus MIL on code P0172 and P0175 RICH both bank.The car is running good to be rich, upstream O2s toggle between .23v to .83v but the downstream are fixed @ 73v that lead me to changed it and release... Trouble codes: P0172 (bank 1 rich), P0175 (bank 2 rich) |
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| 2002 Ford Explorer XLS 4.0L dash lights VIN: 1FMZU72E52 I am posting this for a friend he has recently purchased this vehicle and he has taken to the dealer with no luck. Hopefuly someone can give some help to solve this problem. Here are his problems: 2002 explorer xls Vin# [...] First the time displ... |
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| 1987 Mercury Grand Marquis GS 5.0L dist. drive gear VIN: 2MEBM74F3H I have a problem that maybe you GREAT people can help me with. this 87 merc has a bad distributer, shaft bushings worn causing rub on pick-up. It appears that the distributer may have been replaced before, bad dist #[...] (I believe this should be an 84 ... |
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| 1997 Mercury Sable LS 3.0L No Start, THEFT FLASHING VIN: 1MELM53S5V Car arrived from body shop. Car ran before air bag was replaced but not after. Theft light flashing. Has memory code b1600-pats key sig. not recieved & KOEO code b1681- pats transiever signal not recieved. Have replaced the transiever (in the coloumn) and then... Trouble codes: B1681 (PATS transiever signal no recieved), B1600 |
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Fixes & Summaries for Ford
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| 1984 Ford F-250 XL 6.9L Glow Plugs VIN: 1FTHX2617E Recieved replies from 7 people, and I would like to thank them for responding to my scream for help. Chris, Ken, David, Nelson,Jack, Joe and Jim. Most common reply was to install a toggle switch on the dash, some said temp. sensor which is actually on either t... |
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| 1989 Ford F-150 Custom 5.0L No Start VIN: 2FTDF15N2K Thank You to everyone that answered... After checking every ground, removing and cleaning them all. I started to recheck the harness. After discusions with the body shop, they informed me that they put on a harness from, a 1990 ford 4X4. It is not the right ha... Trouble codes: 22 (Baro/Map Range high), 35 (EVP/PFE High), 51 (ect -40f), 52 (PSPS open), 53 (TPS High), 54 (act/vat -40f). |
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| 1995 Ford Contour LX 2.5L No Start, Poor Idle Quality VIN: 1FALP66L2S everyone said to look for wiring problems - that was where i found the problem. while attempting to remove the ICM, found that 8 of the 12 wires in the ICM harness had numerous cracks in their insulation, and 'green' wire strands showing through the cracks. Fo... Trouble codes: 212 (loss of ignition input to pcm/spout), 215 (coil 1 primary failure), 216 (coil 2 primary failure). |
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| 1996 Ford Contour GL 2.0L Poor Idle Quality, Surge, Cuts out, Misfire, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FALP6534T I received a lot of good suggestions. Some were, checking for vacuum leaks at pcv valve and hoses and at the pipe on the bottom of the manifold. Check for cracked flywheel. Check for leaking EGR valve. Ipulled the EGR valve and it was not leaking. I found no v... Trouble codes: P0171. |
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| 1996 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer 4.0L High Center Brake Lamp VIN: 1FMDU34XGT Well, unfortunately the customer chose not to return, it would seem that the lack of information available to repair the problem shook her confidence in our ability to repair her vehicle. The replies we recieved basically reinforced that there really is no i... |
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| 1996 Ford Explorer XL 4.0L transfercase VIN: 1FMDU24XOT As it turns out the lower speed sensor was not funtioning, we replaced and all is well customer is happy The code p1837 stood for rear speed sensor. The other code p1886 I could never find out what this code was set for. thankyou to all that responded. |
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| 1997 Ford Taurus GL 3.0L Hesitation, Cuts out, Stall The camshaft timing was off. Reset and car is fine. Thanks for your responses. Seth |
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| 1999 Ford Explorer Sport 4.0L No Start, Poor Idle Quality, MIL Lamp on, Lean idle VIN: 1FMYU24E2X I thought I closed this a few days ago...anyways, heres what it turned out to be. The EVAP purge valve was leaking vacuum to the fuel tank and with the vent valve open, it was pulling in fresh air, creating a vacuum leak. When I first started checking for vacu... Trouble codes: P0171 (Bank 1 system lean), P0174 (Bank 2 system lean). |
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| 1990 Mercury Grand Marquis GS 5.0L cooling system VIN: 2MECM74F9L I am closing this post as a fix I believe the cause is a partialy clogged raditor but the problem is so inttermittnt in the colder temps we have had lately i have not been able to get the symptoms to repeat I will try again when it warms up |
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