PTR-Jason
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- Silver Peak, NV
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- 05 Exped SSV, 10 Expo XLT
Hey all,
I hope this is the right place to post.
I am issued a 2010 XLT as my take home patrol vehicle (deputy sheriff).
Issue I am having is after it sat for about three months, the battery was shot. It was jumped and pretty much ran on the alternator as we had to use it to go up to the mountains for a case. On the way there we noticed cruise control was not working. Figured it was just a fuse. We met up with another deputy, and while talking to him, we pressed the cruise control switch for the hell of it. Horn just blowed constantly, never turning off until we had to hastily pull the battery. When we reconnected it, the horn went off again, when headlights were on, horn stopped, turn them off, horn goes on. We ended up pulling the fuse for the horn.
So not that the battery is replaced, horn still blows constantly.
Cruise control does not work.
I checked all of the fuses that I can find in the fuse boxes, and can not find anything that stands out. This is a major problem as like most police vehicles, the horn is tied into the siren.
Things I have noticed are this:
-Dash light dimmer switch will buzz when it is at different levels
-siren and dash lights work fine when at a setting that does not buzz, but if I accidentally hit the horn pad or the cruise control switch, half of the cruise switch will black out and my siren will come on when the control box is on as if the horn is activated, (how it is supposed to work) but it constantly on not momentary. (I don't expect most of you to know how the siren portion work)
-the cruise control and 4x4 switches stay lit constantly all the time, even when off and parked
-when the cruise control switch half blacks out, turning off the vehicle and turning it back on resets it until it is pressed again.
-when the cruise control switch is pressed, the lights for the switch, AND the 4x4 switches black out while the switch is pressed.
I replaced the headlight switch, didn't help
I also took the horn pad/air bag off, the springs for the horn worked how the seemed they should. No broken or missing plastic. Nothing looked like it was getting grounded.
I disconnected the cruise control switch, didn't help.
I think I covered everything I have noticed and that I have found or tried.
Is there anything else that I can try?
Thank you for any help. I am at a complete loss. We usually do all our work in house as the closest dealership is about 2 hours away.
I hope this is the right place to post.
I am issued a 2010 XLT as my take home patrol vehicle (deputy sheriff).
Issue I am having is after it sat for about three months, the battery was shot. It was jumped and pretty much ran on the alternator as we had to use it to go up to the mountains for a case. On the way there we noticed cruise control was not working. Figured it was just a fuse. We met up with another deputy, and while talking to him, we pressed the cruise control switch for the hell of it. Horn just blowed constantly, never turning off until we had to hastily pull the battery. When we reconnected it, the horn went off again, when headlights were on, horn stopped, turn them off, horn goes on. We ended up pulling the fuse for the horn.
So not that the battery is replaced, horn still blows constantly.
Cruise control does not work.
I checked all of the fuses that I can find in the fuse boxes, and can not find anything that stands out. This is a major problem as like most police vehicles, the horn is tied into the siren.
Things I have noticed are this:
-Dash light dimmer switch will buzz when it is at different levels
-siren and dash lights work fine when at a setting that does not buzz, but if I accidentally hit the horn pad or the cruise control switch, half of the cruise switch will black out and my siren will come on when the control box is on as if the horn is activated, (how it is supposed to work) but it constantly on not momentary. (I don't expect most of you to know how the siren portion work)
-the cruise control and 4x4 switches stay lit constantly all the time, even when off and parked
-when the cruise control switch half blacks out, turning off the vehicle and turning it back on resets it until it is pressed again.
-when the cruise control switch is pressed, the lights for the switch, AND the 4x4 switches black out while the switch is pressed.
I replaced the headlight switch, didn't help
I also took the horn pad/air bag off, the springs for the horn worked how the seemed they should. No broken or missing plastic. Nothing looked like it was getting grounded.
I disconnected the cruise control switch, didn't help.
I think I covered everything I have noticed and that I have found or tried.
Is there anything else that I can try?
Thank you for any help. I am at a complete loss. We usually do all our work in house as the closest dealership is about 2 hours away.