Here is my dilema. This morning I was driving the Ranger and I pulled up to a stoplight and my truck stalled out. The battery light was on and the engine was turning but not over. After waiting about a half hour I tried starting it and it fired right up. I drove it for a for the rest of the day and everything was cool but again I pulled to a stop and it stalled out again. Now it will not start at all. We tried to give it a jump but no luck. I think it maybe the altrenator but to tow truck driver said he thinks its the distrbuter. I need to fix this ASAP. Its my only mode of transportation. Its a 2005 4.0. Only has 19,000 miles. Never had a problem before. Has this ever happened to anyone? Any thoughts on what it might be. Please help me.

P.S. I just now moved to the Netherlands and the nearest Ford dealer is in Germany so thats out of the question. Also very hard to get parts out here for US cars.

 

Arent these trucks distributorless??

Anyway, I was having some issues but no battery light. My alt, batt and starter all came up good the 3x they were tested. So far what seems to have fixed it was it was low on R-134. So the one mech recharged it and the compressor began to function normally as did the truck. I have an E-fan so every time the compressor would kick on so would the e-fan and the compressor was constantly kicking on and probably sucking out my power.

Sorry, can't think of much else. Do they have a place where they will test your alternator? But then again, jumping it did no good... That happened to me too... it was frustrating.

 

Yeah there are places to get it checked but some of these dutch people I cant trust them as far as I can throw them. Also its hard to comnicate with them because of the language barrier.

 

Bump

 

your trucks got a warranty, use it, let them figure it out

 

ive had random dying before and it turned out to be a computer problem. they put some "updates" on it and it hasnt done it since.

 

Dont really think my warranty is covered over here. Mainly because I took it out of country. Plus they dont work on US cars. Almost all the cars are mostly diesel over here.

 

well that could be a problem, especially if the problem with your truck is like what Gil said

 

Locate the Inertia Fuel Shutoff switch. Its location is shown on page 161 of your owner's manual or online:
http://www.genuineservice.com/genuin...efault?page=E4
Try resetting it and check to make sure the connector is clicked on tight. Two cars owned by members of my family have died on the road - one because of a defective IFS switch, the other because the IFS connector was never seated properly at the factory. Both had intermittent starting.

Just for clarification: it sounds like the engine is being turned over by the starter but it will not run. Is that correct?

 

Yes That is pretty much what it sounds like and I looked at the fuel shut of switch and that seems fine. Any other ideas?

 

FYI: The FUEL PUMP SHUT-OFF SWITCH was located on pp. 150-151 in my 03 owner's manual. Not sure if you had a typo or if it's just on a different page.

But wasn't aware of that... learn something new everyday. Thanks

 

It is on a different page in the 2005 O/M.

 

So, it sounds like the problem is not related to the battery, battery cables, alternator or starter.

Also, since you haven't mentioned it, I would guess that there has been no Check Engine Light while the engine was running, correct?

If there has been a CEL (or even if there hasn't), get someone to check for trouble codes (DTCs). I'm fairly sure that the European code readers can access any powertrain codes stored in your PCM. Be sure to get the exact alphanumeric code (Pxxxx) and post it here.

If that doesn't turn anything up, I would go to basics and look for fuel and spark.

 

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honistly i have no clue what could be doing it sounds really odd. i would say resetting the computer by unpluging the battery for a little while idk if that would help at all. how is the gas quality over there compared to US wonder if that could be a problem. do you hear the fuel pump kicking on when you try to start it and it doesnt fire?

 

Eric, did you get your problem fixed?!??!?!??!