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How I saved $1,500 on a Ford Fusion Advancetrac repair(dumbest trick ever and worked)
Vanity | 2/13/2018 | Vendome

Posted on 02/13/2018 5:05:19 PM PST by Vendome

So, I drained my battery and got a jump start.

Fantastic! I can get back on the road!

Wrong! The warning light for ABS module (AdvanceTrac®) and the electric power assist steering came on and I had no power steering.

No problem, I went home and began researching what the problem might be. Maybe it was a short?


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To: Vendome

I keep one of these OBD Bluetooth adapters in my car. Combined with the Torque app on my phone I can see everything that is going on with my car's computer and reset codes. About $20.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOQLh1iGN60

21 posted on 02/13/2018 6:06:02 PM PST by CtBigPat (Free Republic - The grown-ups table of the internet.)
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To: 2111USMC
This may only be a temporary fix. Time will tell.

In the long run, all fixes are temporary.

22 posted on 02/13/2018 6:10:03 PM PST by Teacher317 (We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
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To: Macoozie
When I had my shop and web site, I coined a phrase Demon Possession for air suspension modules of Lincoln MK VII's.

The symptom was that Linda Blair was in control while the vehicle was parked. Came up with a low tech way for owners to verify the module was bad.

23 posted on 02/13/2018 6:15:27 PM PST by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's fore sure)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I knew autozone did it for free - glad to know OReilly also does it for free. The local shop wants only $80. Why get it for free when I can pay $80. /s


24 posted on 02/13/2018 6:23:30 PM PST by posterchild
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To: Macoozie
In the same MK VII system, Ford placed a self check procedure that I called Stupid Pet Tricks...told the person nothing.

Kicker; we worked on engineers' MK VII's the Dearborne plant parking lot.

I kicked their a** on the KISS principle.

25 posted on 02/13/2018 6:28:38 PM PST by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's fore sure)
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To: Deaf Smith

I have a ‘97 LSC. Haven’t had the problem you mention, but sharing your diagnosis method could be useful at some time, if it’s not a bother.


26 posted on 02/13/2018 6:28:46 PM PST by Don W (When blacks riot, neighbourhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
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To: jonrick46

When I need to reboot the kitchenaid I turn off the breaker for an hour or two.


27 posted on 02/13/2018 6:38:51 PM PST by Chickensoup (Leftists today are speaking as if they plan to commence to commit genocide against conservatives.)
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To: jonrick46; Vendome
This tells me there is too much cheap electronic stuff ran on microprocessors running our cars and appliances.

Cheap unless you have to replace the computer board that is.

When we bought a new washing machine a few years ago I tried to get my wife to go with the old fashioned electro-mechanical timer controlled machine.

She would not go for it she had to have the newest, high efficiency computer controlled machine.

About two years later there is a storm came through our area and caused power surge that burned out the machine’s computer board and we end up replacing the machine, again.

An electro-mechanical timer would not have been harmed by a power surge and would have cost about half what the computer controlled machine cost. Maybe it would have used more water and maybe not. I have read reviews about the machine recently that gives me doubts.

The machine also seems to take forever to do a load of cloths compare to the old machine.

28 posted on 02/13/2018 6:39:00 PM PST by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.L)
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To: Don W
A 1997 coup Lincoln would be a MK VIII...air struts up front and air springs at rear.

Symptoms is everything for diagnosis.

29 posted on 02/13/2018 6:48:42 PM PST by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's fore sure)
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To: Vendome

30 posted on 02/13/2018 6:54:35 PM PST by Spruce
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To: Aevery_Freeman

By design, so nothing is reparable.


The bluetooth/gps unit failed on my 2012 Camry. Radio and everything else worked but the GPS is gone, and I can’t use my phone through the speaker. Took it to the dealer and they said the switches probably failed. They would gladly replace it with a used unity for only $850. Can’t be repaired, only replaced.

Waze does a better job and is up-to-date so I bought a bracket and use my phone. Still ticks me off though.


31 posted on 02/13/2018 7:01:04 PM PST by hanamizu
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To: Vendome

I replaced the battery on our 2015 Subaru Outback and the electric windows malfunctioned. A youtube quick fix saved me a trip to the dealer. There was a special reset sequence to do. All works fine now.

Just some real quirky stuff with these new fangled cars.


32 posted on 02/13/2018 7:03:43 PM PST by redfreedom
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To: Vendome
You just need the proper keyboard for it.


33 posted on 02/13/2018 7:14:28 PM PST by KarlInOhio (I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed, or numbered. My life is my own.)
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To: hanamizu

Do you have the big radio slot in the dash? Called double din, it’s about 5x7 inch. I replaced a radio In my wife’s 4 runner with a pioneer touch screen. It has a GPS add on for 75 bucks extra. I have a GPS so I passed. Did put in a backup camera. Total about 350 and the sound is great. And a full screen backup camera is worth its weight...


34 posted on 02/13/2018 7:15:13 PM PST by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: Vendome

I replaced the $200 ignition key in the 4 runner for 19 bucks. Turns out the 4 runner has a key programmer built right in the ignition key switch. I bought a blank from Amazon and with YouTube help got it done in 5 minutes. Love that 4 runner.


35 posted on 02/13/2018 7:19:01 PM PST by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: muggs

ping


36 posted on 02/13/2018 7:22:33 PM PST by timestax
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To: Don W
If you have a problem, then 'proof' what is happening. At parked height (normal exiting) turn the suspension OFF. OFF is OFF.

Then if parked or driven one end falls then there is a leak of front struts or rear air springs

37 posted on 02/13/2018 7:24:05 PM PST by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's fore sure)
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To: Don W

There are other problems that can be related to previously corrected air leaks.


38 posted on 02/13/2018 7:27:06 PM PST by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's fore sure)
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To: Pontiac

Our power surges caused our dishwasher failure. They have also taken out a range and two TVs. I am too cheap to put a surge protector in our main panel.


39 posted on 02/13/2018 7:30:58 PM PST by jonrick46 (Trump continues to have all the right enemies.)
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To: bigbob

“No, car companies don’t build in traps intentionally to cost you money.”

OH, contraire, mon frere. In the late 80s and early 90s, Chrysler vehicles had a check engine light that was programmed to come on at a certain mileage. In the late 80s vehicle, you could reset it by taking out the instrument cluster, removing a 9 volt battery, and depressing a set of contacts and holding it for a while. On the early 90s Chryslers, the only way to reset it was to take it to someone with a programmer and pay them to reset it. It was a very unpopular feature.


40 posted on 02/13/2018 7:42:36 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Conservatives love America for what it is. Liberals hate America for the same reason.)
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