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Apparently the check engine light came on while mom was out of town, and she called our local dealer, who told her it would probably be fine to drive back home (over 700 miles). That was the beginning of last week, and it has only been driven a little since she got home before it wouldn't start this morning.
Any ideas on what could cause it not to start? Any ideas would be appreciated.
SUV comes with DVD, Satellite, Premium Sound and THX so if the CAN-bus does not have problems, the connectors are there and you can also swap the rear view mirror for the one with the mic it should work. Any Ford tech's out there...looking through the shop manuals, but want to make sure. Found a great deal on a used one, but it is missing this option only. I am better with transmission repairs.
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I was having issues with my car not starting (beginning around 11/1/09). After many hours of labor, the garage decided it was the fuel pump and switched it out (as well as putting on new tires). I drove out of the parking lot down the street (<1 mile) and went grocery shopping. When I got back into the car, it would not start.
I drove back to the garage (after several minutes it finally started again) and when I got home I checked Edumunds.com and found that many others had the same issue and just replaced a relay. I called the garage and they put in a new relay, and I have not had the starting issue again.
After getting the new fuel pump/relay/tires the car began to hesitate, and it felt like the car had some friction (it wasn't as smooth driving, it felt like it was being held back and I had to press the gas pedal harder than before to get it to go the speed I wanted it to go). The gas mileage went from 15.9 average to 13.3 almost over night.
I asked the garage for insight, suggesting spark plugs/tune up. They didn't think it would help much, but though it may help a bit.
With the new spark plugs, the mileage has remained the same, but it doesn't feel like the friction is still there (driving more smoothly). I do still have the hesitating, and it feels like it will stall. The engine light flashes as well. The first time this occured they stated it was a faulty spark plug. It occurred again today and again it is a faulty spark plug.
So two issues. 1. Spark plugs (they think I may need a new coil to the spark plug, but they don't know yet and I have already spent $2000).
2. Also, do you think that the fuel pump could cause such a drastic reduction in fuel
economy?
Any ideas? And sorry this is so wordy but I was trying to include all the info in case something I deemed insignificant actually was the major problem.
Thanks
at first it was thought that it could be a short to ground, i check all the ground points on da vehicle and they were ok. after that i hooked it up to an OBDII scanner and performed a complete scan tests on all of the systems but gave me only one code a P1845. i made research on that code but couldn't find much that could relate to the problem.
i need a little help on these problem plz.!!!
I noticed that the oil filter for the '98 Navigator is on what seems to be like an extension type of contraption which, of course, attaches to the engine block. Where this extension attaches to the engine block there is an small oil leak that needs repair.
In order to remove the this extension from the block to change out the seal seems to be a lot of work. It seems like you need to remove the differential to get to it form under the vehicle.
Is there an easier way to get to that seal? Any and all suggestions are most welcomed.
Took my Navigator on a 3+ week excursion to the Southwest. Mine is a 2004 with 4WD. Has 80,000 miles. No non-warranty issues, except that right now something is loose in the radio circuit. Either antenna or ground as it sometimes gets noisy but usually works. While in the southwest, I went to several places where almost all the other vehicles were Jeeps or 4Runners. Some serious 4WD roads. Some washboard roads. My Nav handled it all with ease. What is truly fantastic about this vehicle, and I haven't seen anything in the manual about it, is that the air suspension raises the vehicle several inches when I select 4WD hi or lo. I dont know if the Expedition has air suspension or not. If not, then the Nav must be the better of the two for off road. I did put my 3rd set of Michelins on just before I left. I was traveling with a friend during the first week who was in his Jeep Liberty. The Jeep got stuck twice and I had to help him out. The Nav never had a problem.
I have heard, but dont know for sure, that Ford in their wisdom, no longer offers 4WD on the Nav. Can this be true? Amazingly dumb if so. Course they destroyed Mercury too, which is also dumb IMHO. I guess I should go to the website to see.
Oh, and on the return trip of about 1200 miles I got 18.9 mpg. I was hypermiling a bit, but am pretty happy with that number, considering my comfort level and how much gear I was carrying. Oh and I also slept in the Nav. 1/2 the time using an air mattress and I could stretch out completely.
In any case, Hope you all love your Navs and I hope even more that my luck with mine does not change cause I can't afford a new vehicle, probably ever at this rate (unemployed).
Yeah, $3400 in superficial damage. :surprise: But not even a broken headlight. She sideswiped my front end. She broke something in her cooling system and had to be towed.