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Old 12-31-2007, 01:03 PM
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Default 2002 Taurus Gremlins

Heres one for ya,
I have a 2002 Taurus with the DOHC motor. Car starts up, idles and revs ok. Heres the problem, you drive five feet in foward or reverse and it stalls. Turn the left turn signal on and it will stall. Turn the headlights on, it will stall. When you turn the key foward the interior lights cycle on and off 4 times then stay on. The Left turn signal arrow stays lit all the time. The wipers are in/op and when the wipers are switched on the relay buzzes for a sec.There are DTC's set, codes for the wipers, safety belt circuit, deck lid circuit. If you run a self diagnostic on the GEM it aborts the test. I swapped out the GEM with a known good one and still have the same problem. All fuses and relays check out good. No obvious bare wires or loose connections. This happened suddenley with no warning. The car ran perfect before this.
Any suggestions besides trade it in?
Thanks
 
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Old 02-08-2008, 01:46 PM
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Default RE: 2002 Taurus Gremlins

name it christine cuz that thing is possessed!!

but in all seriousness... alternator?? that sounds a bit more bizarre than just the alternator, but have you bench tested it??

or a bad cell in the battery....
 
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Old 05-28-2008, 06:01 PM
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I fixed this problem a few months ago. Turned out to be a bad ground on the frame. This is the ground for the fuel pump relay, abs pump, and a few other things. When this ground went bad everything grounded through the L/F marker light. The fuel pump would lose its ground when the lights were turned on making the car stall. Anyway I cleaned the ground which is located on the L/S apron behind the air intake box. Everything works perfectly now.
 
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Old 06-19-2008, 05:05 PM
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I'm asking anyone who knows another wayto relieve fuel pressure without the use of the intercia switch (in accordance with the manual instructions)?
 
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Old 07-10-2008, 07:29 PM
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Did you buy your car used? I wonder how many former flood victim cars ended up on the used car market.
 
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