4x4 light flashing
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From: chelsea mass
4x4 light flashing
hello all im here helping out a friend who's not so good navigating the web im re posting a question he had in the new member area so here goes
New at this: I have a 2004 ford abs light is on and appears the 4x4 light flashes eight times aprox. every two mins. Does anyone know what code this is. Thank you
New at this: I have a 2004 ford abs light is on and appears the 4x4 light flashes eight times aprox. every two mins. Does anyone know what code this is. Thank you
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To all you people who have blinking "4wd" and "4wd low" here is a little story for you.
for about 8 months now I have had the 6 blinks every minute symptom where it seems to shift into 4wd OK but after a few minutes the lights start blinking and I am not sure if it is in 4wd or not.
Well I took it to the dealer and asked for a diagnosis. after a $75 dollar charge they told me that the computer registered an "internal clutch solenoid error" and that i would need a new transfer case. The mechanic was very nice but told me it was considered a "non- serviceable item". They did very little investigating to come up with this answer.
To make a long story short, After a lot of research on my part (some on this forum). I figured out that there was a 90% chance that one of my HALL sensors had failed. I also found out that every dealer in the world knows these sensors fail. There are dozens of stories on this forum that detail this.
I bought both of them for $30.00 each. I changed the one on the rear driveshaft first. it took about 10 minutes to clip the wires to the old one. Butt splice a new sensor in. Install it and paint the connections with some liquid electrical tape. this fixed my problem immediately. I never got to install the front driveshaft sensor.
It seems like Syosset Ford is the only dealer in America that doesn't know about the HALL sensors on the 44-05 transfer case.
I also paid them $800 dollars to fix my ABS brake system. That was probably a $20.00 sensor also.
I still have the front sensor. If anyone wants it I would be happy to mail it to them.
Thanx for all the advice
for about 8 months now I have had the 6 blinks every minute symptom where it seems to shift into 4wd OK but after a few minutes the lights start blinking and I am not sure if it is in 4wd or not.
Well I took it to the dealer and asked for a diagnosis. after a $75 dollar charge they told me that the computer registered an "internal clutch solenoid error" and that i would need a new transfer case. The mechanic was very nice but told me it was considered a "non- serviceable item". They did very little investigating to come up with this answer.
To make a long story short, After a lot of research on my part (some on this forum). I figured out that there was a 90% chance that one of my HALL sensors had failed. I also found out that every dealer in the world knows these sensors fail. There are dozens of stories on this forum that detail this.
I bought both of them for $30.00 each. I changed the one on the rear driveshaft first. it took about 10 minutes to clip the wires to the old one. Butt splice a new sensor in. Install it and paint the connections with some liquid electrical tape. this fixed my problem immediately. I never got to install the front driveshaft sensor.
It seems like Syosset Ford is the only dealer in America that doesn't know about the HALL sensors on the 44-05 transfer case.
I also paid them $800 dollars to fix my ABS brake system. That was probably a $20.00 sensor also.
I still have the front sensor. If anyone wants it I would be happy to mail it to them.
Thanx for all the advice
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