King$nake
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- City, State
- Oceanside, CA
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 1998 Eddie Bauer 5.0
Ok, I have a 98 Ford Explorer EB 5.0, and its almost in perfect shape with low miles, never had a problem before. But coming home from the movies last night, the truck backfired and as soon as it did, all my lights inside the vehicle went black. Than the lights came back on but were very dim. Than the headlights started going dim and flickering, and all the gauges on my dash started going haywire (doing almost complete 360's) and all my dash check engine and check fuel lights started coming on and off. The radio also completely shut off during this period. And at one point, the car actually died and started back up. It backfired a few more times by the time I got it home.
I thought it could be a bad alternator, but why the hell would the vehicle stop running?
Please help Ford is going to charge upwards of $150 just to diagnose the problem...
Thanks
Joe
I thought it could be a bad alternator, but why the hell would the vehicle stop running?
Please help Ford is going to charge upwards of $150 just to diagnose the problem...
Thanks
Joe