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Open Help Requests for Ford
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| 1992 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer 4.0L MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FMDU34X2N Need to be able to buy The o2 sensor connector, harness side. connector breaking apart, dealer says not avaliable. Local parts suppliers, dorman, help etc. no help. Salvage yards Can't be bothered undestandably and I cannot send a tech out for several hours to... |
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| 1993 Ford Taurus GL 3.8L 2-3 shift VIN: 1FACP5241P Looking for some insite on this problem. Vehicle was left at our shop abandoned. Had an engine knock and customer had no money to replace motor. So I got another motor out of a burn car that was good and put it in. Well after getting everything hooked up, went... |
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| 1995 Ford E-350 Econoline 7.5L abs module? VIN: 1FDKE30GSH This motor home came to shop with trans and brake problem. Was towed to shop. Could not drive had no brakes and trans was not working. We installed remanufactured Jasper unit and trans is working fine now. Replaced front brake pads, calipers, rotors and steel ... |
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| 1996 Ford Windstar GL 3.8L Poor Idle Quality, Surge VIN: 2FMDA5146T Hi, all! Thanks in advance for reading this lengthy post. I must say this is not for the faint of heart! This is a real nightmare! Van has been with us for over 3 weeks! This Windstar is giving me some (HUGE!) trouble. First before I start I tested each of the... |
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| 1997 Ford Ranger XLT 4.0L Hesitation VIN: 1FTCR15X3V We have this Ford Ranger that we did head gaskets on. It had an external coolant leak. We now have a hesitation at around 45 to 60 mph when accelerating. Can be upgrade or downgrade. Have rechecked all connections, tested TPS, MAF sensor. Monitored data with M... |
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| 2001 Ford Ranger XL 4.0L no communication VIN: 1FTYR14V61 Hello All, Have a problem with a DLC, NC requires a OBD II Inspection in which we have to connect to the DLC. In short if any problem exists with codes the vehicle will not pass state inspection. The DLC has no problem, the truck communicates with three diffe... |
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| 2001 Ford Excursion XLT 5.4L suspension VIN: 1FMNU40S62 when driving at slower speeds below 30 mph the customer will hear a knocking sound over slightly rough or bumpy roads. we have taken a prybar with the suspension loaded to check all components, ball joints, trailing arms, or any other bushings nothing moves. i... |
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| 1995 Mercury Sable GS 3.8L rear brakes VIN: 1MELM53433 We have replaced caliper already two times and is metal to metal again. Rear brakes are holding residual pressure. Do not think it is the calipers, suspect master cylinder. Would like to know if this is a common problem for this vehicle. please point me in the... |
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| 2001 Mercury Grand Marquis GS 4.6L brakes VIN: 2MEFM74W61 after replacement of ball joints in the front and servicing the rear e brake the customer returned a few days later and stated ever since this work had been done the brake goes into abs stop each time . i test drove vehicle and verified complaint . i tested al... |
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Fixes & Summaries for Ford
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| 1994 Ford Ranger XL 4.0L Excessive Emissions, Poor Idle Quality, Surge, MIL Lamp on VIN: 1FTCR15X4F Thank you for all the help but we are terminating the relationship with this customer and her vehicle and will not be fixing this truck. We can not recieve any valid information in a truthful manner from this customer and we also must get approval from Michiga... Trouble codes: 1171 (o2 rich bank 1), 1175 (o2 rich bank 2). |
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| 1996 Ford Windstar GL 3.8L Misfire VIN: 2FMDA5140T Most of my replies for this vehicle were already in the fix database and were tried by us before hand, a few new were added but I suspected they would not fix problem I found a tsb for all ford vehicles that was concerning winter blend fuels and a vapor lockin... |
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| 1996 Ford Bronco XL 5.8L Poor Idle Quality VIN: 1FMEU15HOT sorry for the delay, and thanks for all replies.We had took balancer off and looked fine but to be safe looked at a new one from ford and it had moved over 40 degrees vibration is gone runs smooth |
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| 1996 Ford Transit 2.5L Cuts out VIN: SFAEXXBDVE First a big thank you to Ben-zion [...] for all the imformation supplied for this fix. After reading through this imformation the most practical point of reference seemed to be a possible fuel fault. With a fuel pressure/flow meter adapted to vehicle and on ... Trouble codes: P0400 (EGR Circuit Malfunction), P1172 (Pump Rotor Control Malfunction Overfuelling). |
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| 1997 Ford Crown Victoria LX 4.6L MIL Lamp on VIN: 2FALP74W7V Once again you guys have reassured me of my repair. Their is something comforting about five people knowing about a reflash on the pcm when you go to talk with your customer.I replaced the rear 02 sensor and sent the truck out to be reflashed and 200 miles lat... Trouble codes: P0430. |
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| 1997 Ford F-350 XL 7.3L No Start VIN: 1FTJW36F6V thanks to all who replied, a couple were very close, but not the fix. It turns out that all the high press oil was bleeding off through the injectors. with the valve covers off, while cranking, 2 of the injectors ( one each bank) were dumping off all the press... Trouble codes: P1212. |
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| 1998 Ford Taurus SE Comfort 3.0L Blower motor VIN: 1FAFP58S1W Thanks for all the replies, but no one hit the nail. I kept digging and playing with this one until I found corroded connection at 40 amp maxi fuse in underhood fuse relay box. The one that powers up the blower motor through the main blower relay. I should hav... |
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| 1999 Ford Taurus SE 3.0L Mechanical VIN: 1FAFP53S9X Everyone who responded suggested that we had a bad oil pump(which contains the pressure relief valve) or a restriction in the engine somewhere.We replaced the oil pump with a new motorcraft unit before I posted this problem,which should eliminate that possibil... |
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| 2000 Ford Mustang GT 4.6L No Start, Stall, Misfire VIN: 1FAFP45X6Y hello all,fianally fix this one.got one reply about the grounds to the computor by the battery.the socket was corroded from the batery,cleaned and replaced the IAC motor all seems to be fine.the customer has been back twice and all is well!!! THANKS AGAIN FOR ... |
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| 1999 Lincoln Town Car 4.6L Mechanical VIN: 1LNFM82WOX Thanks for all the help and sorry for the long close time guys. The cust. decided he wanted to put a junkyard engine in this car, rather than fix the problem. I still haven't had time to tear it down and verify what the problem really was, but I'm pretty sure ... |
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| 1999 Mercury Mystique GS 2.0L Stall VIN: 1MEFM6533X thanks to all who replied , got tsb 3-15-14 did all the tests as instructed, cleaned VCT system,now car is running fine,code PO340 never came back Trouble codes: P0340. |
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