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I noticed the center prong is turning black and the relay is getting hot to touch. Relay is only hot while car is in use not overnight when battery is being drained
Now I have something draining the battery overnight.
My heating and cooling on driver's seat does not work (just in case this helps)
My sunroof seems to leak during heavy rain falls and is staining my pillars between windshield and front doors (both sides) Could this be getting to fuse panel? I did not see water during a rain.
I figure I have a short somewhere, where is the best place to start? Is there a manual that shows me what other items relate to this relay or does any know?
Dove in and with the help of a windsheild guy I know, found a tiny leak in the left side of the windshield. The control module is convienently located under a channel the water follows once inside and then the control mod or GEM I believe they call it, was shorted out until it dried. It would turn the car on without the key in it at night and drain the baterry. So if this is the case with the 08 it might be the cause.
Hope this helps :shades:
happened to my navi and my expedition!!
Help?
Have to say the car seems to have a mind of its own at the moment, tried to turn it on the other day and the battery was flat but the back tailgate opened..!!
First : My door lock switches do not work if I push either one up or down by itself, but if I push the driver side up and the passinger side down (or vice verse) at the same time, then it works (need two people to do that)
Second: my instrument panel light take about 20 minutes to come on.
Third: I have a wet driver side carpet after it rains and I don't see a leek
HELP PLEASE
fixed it..
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When I try to start it, all that I can hear is a click from some device behind the glovebox. If I try to start it enough times, it will eventually start. Sometimes, I try for literally 10 minutes, with pauses in between the times I try to start it.
I turn the key to engage the starter, and it clicks. This sounds exactly the same as if I try to start the car with the shifter in D. If I try enough times, it will eventually start. However, I have recently noticed that just prior to the very few times that it does start, there is a bit louder click that occurs in almost the same location of the click that occurs when it does not start. This "bit louder" click occurs only a fraction of a second prior to the starter engaging, and it then it runs great.
I have taken it to multiple people, it IS DEFINITELY NOT the battery, or a battery connection. Sometimes, a PRNDL error occurs, but not always. It is very intermitent, and is really getting to me. I took it to a Ford dealership a couple months ago, and they were "pretty sure" it was a junction box. However, I have had one person after another lately tell me they knew what it was, and then that is not the case.
Does anyone have any ideas, or any troubleshooting I can do to narrow this down??? It is a great vehicle, but this is becoming a huge hassle. This problem used to occur only from about May-September (high humidity here in Indiana), but it is still acting up into October this year, so it is getting progressively worse.
SOMEONE PLEASE HELP!!!
Next day in evening-connected battery-no lights on. Drove car got dark out turned lights on came back home turned car off. Parking lights remained on. disconnected battery. Rained the other night.
Any thoughts or ideas would be aprreciated! or what be even better if a navigator electrical expert could tell me exactly what the problem is. module. fuse. gem.switch
1.) Removed the headlight switch -let it hang by connectors.
2.) Started navigator; turned headlights on.
3.) Unplugged diimer switch-result headlights stayed on
4.) Unplugged headlights switch-headlights went OUT!
5.) Plugged dimmer switch back in- headlighhts still out
6.) Plugged headlights in headlights ON!
7.) Ordered new headlight switch with dimmer and autolamp
(actually bought a used one on ebay for $25)
note: While the headlight switch/dimmer/autolamp are all unplugged the dash lights turn on when the car is started. I cannot find which fuse shuts off the dashboard lights where the speedometer is and all that stuff.
The battery was drained because I did not take the gnd cable off the battery, even though the head light switch assembly has been removed.
Pretty puzzling.
To address your situation, have the "drain ports" for your sunroof blown out with compressed air. Most likely, as in our case, they are plugged with needles or leaves and road dirt, we even had water come out of the DVD player on the ceiling. However, that was not the worst !!! We had multiple leaks around the top of the "Firewall", so much so that the lower part of the door opening frame was full of water !!! Carpets totally soaked and water running around the computer modules inside the right foot well compartment, passenger side.
We had everything taken apart in a body shop. They found lots of areas that had absolutely "NO" !!! sealant on it, including cable grommets. Sadly enough, It cost us $1,300.00 to have this done !!!! To have this happen to a 5 year old "TOP OF THE LINE LUXURY" vehicle is totally unexceptable !!! I will be writing to Lincoln about this, Not good for their name.
Anyway, good luck with your truck in every respect. Hope I helped you out.
Cheers, Wilf
My questions are:
Is the compressor the issue with the A/C?
Is there a bad sensor of some sort and what is the part number?
Do I need to replace the dash board or should it be re built?
And are these common issues with these vehicles?
I welcome any and all input..
S. Blackmon
My gf currently drives it and she can't kick the brake pedal very hard with her foot so now I have a rubber mallet in the middle console for her to hit the brake pedal with. This is becoming a pain and I would love to finally fix the problem, has anyone come across this issue and/or know the permanent fix for it?
Thank you in advance for the help.
The battery drains overnight. I measure 340mA current draw with ammeter in series with battery cable, everything off, doors shut.
About 2/3 of this current draw is from Fuse # 102: "Ignition Switch Power".
The other approximately 100mA is from the Instrument Cluster, its own self.
So...
1) Are these current draws normal or abnormal?
2) Are these current draws large enough to drain down my battery?
3) Why is my battery draining down?
car was running(before parked and died) but loosing head lites dimming and engine chugging trying to die out
1999 nav.awd
,thank u
in chicago area n its 30 below in the wind ouch (i made the mistake of buying an alternator yesterday before i checked the battery and found the battery is fully charged,da)