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Ford Escort Electrical Problems
Dealing with a gremlin somewhere in your wiring? This is the place to work those problems into solutions!
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fixing it.
Any comments/suggestions?
Thanks in advance!
Nick
I don't think you're looking at a bulb problem since everything is out. It might be a fuse, but what caught my eye was the year of your Escort since it was close in age to my car. If it has a dimmer, run it back and forth a few times and see if that clears it up before you move on to replacing the switch. I'm certain that I'd check the fuses first though, since that's going to be a much cheaper item!
Most of the time you're going to find the fuse box under the dash down at the driver's side end. I'm not overly familiar with the Escort, but that's where I'd look.
these are unimportant things but a nuisiance to me. how fixable are they? and ... this:
my glove compartment door falls down and empties everything out if i forget to hold it open.
i had a bad starter asnd the last time i turned on my headlights when it was bad they died..now they only work if i hold back the dimmer switch in the back position ill get brights if i hold in in place weather headlight switch is on or not.
Now for problem number 2 ,, i was checking fuses and the fuse panel is impossible almost to get to...i don't know if i stuck a fuse in wrong or what but my radio only gets static and maybe voices you can barely hear....of coarse i had that problem one time before i i even had it worked on...so i don't know. i can't find a way to remove the fuse panel and i wished i had a picture of what fuse goes where... hell i'm 60 and crawling and twisting to look under the dash is one serious pain...also no map lights....then i have to find my original headlight problem....cant figure the radio.. just static and no am to fm change either
Tom
I own a 2nd hand UK version of this car and had trouble with heater blower,i took the fan out and bought a second hand one.I tried and tested all the wiring to the heater switch and to cut a long story short i joined a live wire from the cig lighter(red one) to the main fan switch and hey presto it works ,but make sure you turn it off as this is continuous voltage so will continue blowing even if engine is turned off.
I've checked the fuses & they seem fine.
Could anyone help please as dark nights are here...
i had the same problem,it's caused by a faulty light switch on the steering opposite the indicators. it has to be replaced...
The control that comes from the Ford parts department includes an integral frame as part of the control so breaking the old one off the defective control doesn't destroy anything important - it gets thrown away with the old control it was a part of.
The control connects to a fairly long cable which will pull out from the dash along with the damaged control you are replacing. I've had no difficulty unplugging it from the defective dimmer control and connecting it to the new control switch. For me the cable has not tried to retreat back through the hole into the innards of the dash, but take care on this point as I think it would be as difficult to get the cable out from behind the dash surface as it would be to get the defective switch control out if you let it fall back behind the dash surface.
When I refer to "lights" in my prior post I am referring to the illumination of the instrumentation (speedometer, gas gauge, etc) and the radio and clock, not headlights or tail lights or the interior lighting.
I TAKE NO RESPONCEABLITY FOR YOU OR ANYONE TRYING THIS METHID DO AT YOUR OWN RISK! WORKED FOR MY PROBLEM THOW. IT BYPASS THE FALTY ANTI-THEFT SYS.
Thanks.
Have a problem with turn singles, back-up and dome lights. When i turn on turn on turn single all turn single lights come on plus back-up and dome lights all blink: When I put in reverse back-up,dome and turn single lights all come on -
I'he had a strange electrical problem lately:
when the headlights AND the rear defrost are on, the engine won't
shut off. I turn the key to the off position, I get it out of the
ignition switch and the engine, the headlights and the defrost are
still on. At that point, if I turn either the headlights, OR the
defrost off, everything shuts off. It is only the combination
headlights-defrost that does that. If I turn the headlights,defrost
and heater-blower on, and I turn the key to the off position,
the heater-blower will shut off but not engine-headlights-defrost.
Headlights-heater-blower, defrost-heater-blower everything shuts
off fine.
Any ideas !
Thanks
i have an escort xr3i 1988.
when it's cold it starts fine,,problem is when it's hot the starter turns very slow and not enough to start the car.
i've fitted a new battery,a new starter and put a new earth lead near the fuse box.
can anyone help as this is starting to get me down now and i don't wanna get rid of the car cos it could be something really stupid.
thanx
Only half the dashboard lights up. The left side...so if i am driving in the dark, I can't see half of the speedometer. Any ideas how to solve it?
Comming out of the gearbox is the cable for the tacho.
Atached to this cable is this wheel, made of plastic and is worn in de centre.Replace this wheel would not help you more then a week or so.The problem is the gearbox main bearings.
Greetings Siem
I've checked the fuses & they seem fine.
I have the same problem as Nick above and wonder if anyone can help me solve it.
Thanks in advance,
Davef7 dj.frod1@ntlworld.com
Thanks Dave
Can anyone advise on what the problem could be because i am stumped now and we cant really use the car in the dark or rain. No smug remarks about dont go out in the dark because thats what we are doing.
Thanks
It is rainy and wet after a January thaw here in Detroit Mi, and our car is beeping every couple hours.....
Did you get an answer to what may be happening?
Here's your posting: I have a 99 Ford Escort, only owner. Recently, the alarm has been going off, especially in wet weather. The alarm is not even set, it does not seem to matter. It will go off randomly, then stop- then 20 minutes later do it again. Often, that will be the end of it- but at 1am- it scares the #$%^ out of me an the neighbors. Any idea on what the issue could be?
My car wouldn’t start at one point, and then only after excessive crank time did it actually start and then no problem for a week, then it did it again and it was once again fine for a week, then it did it again and I haven’t been able to start it since, now there is no spark, no fuel pump no quick power on self test through the dash lights (ie: now check engine light lights up for 5 seconds and then goes out once I’ve initiated the ignition process)in addition the automatic seat belts do not operate and I know it isn’t flooding out. So I need some help here guys anyone who has any ideas throw them my way thanks
many thanks
it was just the ignistion switch.
it had burnt the other three contacts out but not the the contact for the starter.
i have been finding out that that is a common problem in the escorts.
good luck
They`re really easy to fit,get a dumpy scewdriver to undo the stalk and a small "star" bit for the housing if I remember correct,the electrics are on plugs,just unplug,dead easy.Another good tip,find which fuse it uses and take it out before fitting and replace afterwards (I blew mine twice).
Good luck
Dave (Everton fan)