mmeade
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- 2007 Explorer XLT 4.0
Hey everyone...long time quiet member, rare poster because I simply am still learning a lot from you guys!
So here is my current electrical gremlin story. Yesterday everything seemed happy in Explorer land, 2007 4.0 V6 with 95k on the clock and my daily driver. This morning I went to turn it over, got a "whir" sound and then nothing! Interior lights wouldn't even go on. Jumped it easily off my wife's vehicle and let it run for awhile. Airbag warning light was on, and every now and then the parking brake light and brake system warning light would come on but then turn back off. I drove it about 20 mins, turned off, and then went to turn it back on...again, nothing! Got a jump, same story, took it to the local autozone and got...novice..advice. They tried to sell me a new alternator until I insisted we try a new battery first (current battery was 4 years old and voltage was less then 2 after being driven around). So great, new battery is in, they ran their test of my alternator throught the battery saying it was putting out 14.6 volts but failed 1 of the 3 tests and that it would "die anytime now" I decided to take my life into my hands and wait it out. So not my Explorer starts right up, idles fine, go to turn on the manual HVAC...nothing..go to shift from park with my foot on the brake, button will not depress. Fuse number 20 on the interior box (Manual climate, DEATC, Brake shift) is blown. Shut down my vehicle. Replaced the 10 amp fuse, start it up, blows right away. Decide to try a little troubleshooting, disconnect the power supply to the blower motor which is so mercifully easily located under the passenger side dash. New fuse..blows! So here I am, no warning lights, self-test shows charging system OK. But no heat in the Pennsylvania late fall and using the manual override to shift. HELP!!!
No idea what DEATC is for the record, and I replaced the shift lock interface earlier this year (PIA).
Thanks for reading my novel..and help would be appreciated!
So here is my current electrical gremlin story. Yesterday everything seemed happy in Explorer land, 2007 4.0 V6 with 95k on the clock and my daily driver. This morning I went to turn it over, got a "whir" sound and then nothing! Interior lights wouldn't even go on. Jumped it easily off my wife's vehicle and let it run for awhile. Airbag warning light was on, and every now and then the parking brake light and brake system warning light would come on but then turn back off. I drove it about 20 mins, turned off, and then went to turn it back on...again, nothing! Got a jump, same story, took it to the local autozone and got...novice..advice. They tried to sell me a new alternator until I insisted we try a new battery first (current battery was 4 years old and voltage was less then 2 after being driven around). So great, new battery is in, they ran their test of my alternator throught the battery saying it was putting out 14.6 volts but failed 1 of the 3 tests and that it would "die anytime now" I decided to take my life into my hands and wait it out. So not my Explorer starts right up, idles fine, go to turn on the manual HVAC...nothing..go to shift from park with my foot on the brake, button will not depress. Fuse number 20 on the interior box (Manual climate, DEATC, Brake shift) is blown. Shut down my vehicle. Replaced the 10 amp fuse, start it up, blows right away. Decide to try a little troubleshooting, disconnect the power supply to the blower motor which is so mercifully easily located under the passenger side dash. New fuse..blows! So here I am, no warning lights, self-test shows charging system OK. But no heat in the Pennsylvania late fall and using the manual override to shift. HELP!!!
No idea what DEATC is for the record, and I replaced the shift lock interface earlier this year (PIA).
Thanks for reading my novel..and help would be appreciated!