Todd82TA
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- Joined
- June 21, 2009
- Messages
- 173
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- City, State
- South Florida
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2002 Explorer Sport 4x2
Guys, I love this car... I mean it... it's fantastic. It started beeping at me about 2 years ago. I've been busy, and the car drives fantastic, so I haven't really fussed with it. It started off intermittently... only when on a rare occasion I'd accelerate a little fast, the ABS / TRAC light would come on, and it would say "SVC BRAKE SYSTEM" or some nonsense. It would then beep at me for a full 30 seconds, every 5 minutes.
"Rare" became more common. To the point where it now does it literally every single time I start my car. It starts immediately, and then continues through my drive. I've kind of learned to ignore it, but it's totally insane, and I cannot imagine why Ford though this was a good idea.
Never the less, I ran the OBD2 scanner... basically told me some nonsense code (which I cannot remember)... essentially telling me there was a problem with my sensors (or the system itself). Over the past couple of months, as I've had time, I replaced both front wheel hubs (they came off super easy, no rust on my car), and both rear wheel sensors.
Still beeps.
WHAT THE HELL can it be? Aside from ripping the speaker off the PCB behind the gauge cluster, why is it beeping at me? There's nothing wrong with the brakes either, so I don't know why it says this... the brakes are fantastic. Just for the hell of it, I replaced all four brakes. Went with the highest quality cross drilled and slotted rotors I could get, and ceramic pads. I also flushed the brake lines with all new fluid.
Car has ~70k miles on it.
Do I just replace the entire damned ECM? Is that ECM separate for the traction control / stability control?
Thanks!!!
"Rare" became more common. To the point where it now does it literally every single time I start my car. It starts immediately, and then continues through my drive. I've kind of learned to ignore it, but it's totally insane, and I cannot imagine why Ford though this was a good idea.
Never the less, I ran the OBD2 scanner... basically told me some nonsense code (which I cannot remember)... essentially telling me there was a problem with my sensors (or the system itself). Over the past couple of months, as I've had time, I replaced both front wheel hubs (they came off super easy, no rust on my car), and both rear wheel sensors.
Still beeps.
WHAT THE HELL can it be? Aside from ripping the speaker off the PCB behind the gauge cluster, why is it beeping at me? There's nothing wrong with the brakes either, so I don't know why it says this... the brakes are fantastic. Just for the hell of it, I replaced all four brakes. Went with the highest quality cross drilled and slotted rotors I could get, and ceramic pads. I also flushed the brake lines with all new fluid.
Car has ~70k miles on it.
Do I just replace the entire damned ECM? Is that ECM separate for the traction control / stability control?
Thanks!!!