oceanboy
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- May 25, 2008
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- City, State
- Poolville, TX
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2008 ST Adrenelin
Hi all I am having a time with my 2007 Explorer Sport Trac. About 6 months ago while driving home the gauges "froze" in place. Since I couldn't tell how fast I was driving, I pulled over and killed the engine. When I tried to re-start, it would not. No crank, no start. Battery was fine. After fiddling under the hood and removing and inserting the key 20-30 times, it finally started and ran fine. It did not repeat this again for 2 months. Needless to say it became a daily issue and I took it to a trusted dealership for diagnosis and repair. The first diagnosis was a faulty instrument cluster which they replaced. The night I picked it up, it happened again so I took it back. Next they "thought" it might be the ignition switch but were not sure. So they replaced it. Issue has returned after 30 days and I took it directly to the shop and they saw the condition. However, it has been in the shop for the past two days with no clues as to the issue. They could not reproduce the issue after I brought it in. Here are a couple of other things I noticed (that I told the tech).
1. When this condition happens, the PATS light on the dash blinks rapidly.
2. When the car is running and the gauges "freeze", if you look at the odometer the mileage looks like "-------- miles", "Trip A ---- miles", etc.
3. Once you fiddle with the key (remove and re-insert) it will (or has 3 times now) started back up.
Any suggestions?
Oh, its a 2007 Sport Trac 4.0 V-6 with 117000 on it. Fairly new battery, and it runs great when it starts.
Thanks for any suggestions, I am at a loss.
1. When this condition happens, the PATS light on the dash blinks rapidly.
2. When the car is running and the gauges "freeze", if you look at the odometer the mileage looks like "-------- miles", "Trip A ---- miles", etc.
3. Once you fiddle with the key (remove and re-insert) it will (or has 3 times now) started back up.
Any suggestions?
Oh, its a 2007 Sport Trac 4.0 V-6 with 117000 on it. Fairly new battery, and it runs great when it starts.
Thanks for any suggestions, I am at a loss.