Nice to have a wiring diagram when you need it. Just need to be careful when you keep connecting and disconnecting the ground connector under load. All those electronics in the circuit are surging power looking for a ground path.
My Ranger had developed some issues that I figured out. The first was headlights flickering along with the alternator needle pulsating. I discovered that I could wiggle the wires on the alternator connectors and it would stop. But lately the ABS light would come on for no reason. Again I could wiggle the wires on the ABS switch (located on the master cylinder reservois) and it would clear it. The problem appears to be the pins becoming intermittent in the connectors over time. These pins are crimped on at the factory and they should have been soldered.
When you have multiple electrical faults at the same time, such as this, it usually points to a ground issue, as many different circuits share the same ground. If its one single fault its a component in that one circuit.
Nice, job! Have a 2007 i have electric issues with doors ajar light comes on, parking lights will flash, and horn goes off too, plus dome lights turn on while baking up and tapping the brakes. I literally have been driving with out horn, as I pulled the fuel. Replaced all door latch sensors , hood latch sensors. Ford was not able to help. I will try the grounding contact from your video. Thanks
I have a 2009 Mercury Mariner hybrid (33,000 miles) that has some electrical issues. It started with the flashers turning on by themselves, which ran the battery down. It flashes for about 34 seconds then stops for a while then starts back up. Lately, there's a problem with the headlights not working, the blue high beam light shows up on the instrument panel and won't shut off. I checked the fuses and bulbs and they're fine and I don't see any corrosion. I replaced the light switch and that helped but the low beams still don't seem to come on. The owner's manual says nothing about a flasher relay. Perhaps it's a ground issue but I didn't have any work done on the car before the electrical issues showed up. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Have a 2005 Ford Escape XLT (oddly enough the same color also) and my instrument cluster problem is the lights indicating that I have an open door will not turn off when all the doors and the rear hatch and glass are closed. Everything else works as it should.
I have a 2008 Escape with the Gen1 3.0 Duratec V6 engine and I have two random electrical problems: 1. Very occasionally - about once or twice a year - the dash lights will not come on when I turn the ignition key to the ON position. Nothing happens anywhere. Completely dead. Thanks to one of the forums, I found that a thump on top of the dash with my first will turn everything back on. Weird and nobody on the forums knows the cause. . 2. My fuel gauge has a mind of its own. Sometimes it works and when It does, it shows random levels. I've replaced the fuel filter, fuel pump and housing and had a professional garage check the wiring. No cause detected. I just set my Tripmeter A to ZERO when I fill the tank and then refill at 200 miles. Any ideas on these issues?
Hi! Hope you will read this comment. I have this problem in our ford escape 2006 that whenever we open the driver's seat, the alarm goes off and it takes time to turn it off. We press the unlock button in the key and after a couple of times pressing it, it stops. So how do you stop the alarm right away?
have an 05 Ford Escape and its having some issues. first thought alternator-nope, changed the battery-helped but died the next morning. Nothing on the dash would work nothing electrical would work. wires and fuses all look good had to change one 20 amp fuse for the cigar lighter. but i just don't know. thinking it is the g6 and g7 relay but no idea. the battery will charge. i have no codes showing anything. Any clues?
Replace battery or check the battery voltage if that's at 12 volts it's fine then might have check your alternator u can take it into auto zone or O'Reilly and they well check alternator volt
Question for you I know this is not this issue but I have a 2005 Ford Escape. Sometimes my radio will turn on by itself after the car is off for a while. If I pull the radio fuse the radio will not turn off. The only way I can turn the radio off is the instrument cluster fuse if this happens. I was thinking it's a grounding issue myself but have you ever encountered this issue on these Ford escapes?
I have 2006 ford escape. The cluster instrument light is not working so with the backlight and driver side low beam. All bulbs and fuses are good. Please help. Thank you.
I have the same car and color and i change only 2 fuses 24 and 29 which is the cigarettes light plug and the reverse park aid one that was blown . my instrument clust acts up and i lose the ability to accelerate. Could the ground be casui g my running light front and back as well as the license plate light not to illuminate properly
I have a red 03 Ford Escape my problem is that every time I hit a bump on the road she shuts off or when I turn fast and brake, turns off everything else works fine starts right back up too
Where did you get your schematics. My 2005 is draining the battery. If I remove the Horn/CHML/Lock/Power seat fuse from under the hood it doesn’t drain it. I’ve disconnected the locks and it still does it. Car doesn’t have heated seats and the horn and brake lights work properly. I need a wiring schematic now I believe.
The regulator is in the alternator. The alternator is on the bottom and likely your wiring is corroded. You can remove the regulator (and brushes ) from the back of the alternator. First thing I'd do is remove all the connectors and spray them with electrical contact cleaner and then re-assemble.
Hi I'm having a problem my driving lights dnt no on but all the lights work but the driver lights or the parking lights dnt turn on either or license plate lights please help
I have a 2003 ford escape i can't get my alarm to cut off my nephew took the fuse to the horn out but every time i open the car door or start the car my hazard light's come on and stay on for about 10 or 15 minutes then they go off it's the anti theft alarm system that came with i bought it from a private owner and he didn't give the the owners manual or the original car key he gave me a copy. Can you tell me what i can do to turn it off.
I have a 2003 Escape with problems that has my mechanic stumped. My headlights pick and choose when they want to work (they go from looking complete dead to being as bright as a new bulb), my sunroof controls don't always respond, and this past winter, it wouldn't start up again if I was running 10 minute or so errands (if less than 10 minutes or an hour+ it would restart just fine) and got battery and alternator replaced. The electrical stuff seems to happen when I have less than a third of a tank of gas and my AC or heat are on. Think the root of my car's issues could be the same as the one in the video?
Jajaja.... En la 2001 lleva una caja de fusibles de ese lado y a veces se humedece (ha de tener alguna ventilación cerca) y suceden cosas similares (se enciende la radio sola, luces, etc).
Battery drains are tough. Something isn't letting the car goto sleep. I have seen door and hood switches cause that problem. as for the noise under the brake cylinder I'm not sure.
Without actually running tests I can't know but checking for blown fuses, bad grounds or if the vehicle skips sleep mode are all possibilities. Even a bad battery, right out of the store.
Do you think this would make all the electrical system to shut down while driving the car? I have the same one hear and the electrical systems shut down while driving and after starting but the motor still runs!
Are you having the same problem as me as I'm driving my whole dash and radio shut off but a battery light appears but can still drive? I heard when it happens if you can't roll up window means bad alternator but idk yet
@joshuahensley7893 yes sounds like the same problem and I talked to a mechanic and he told me many reasons it can be! He told me it would of cost $300 or so to just look at it! So I just went and bought a brand new battery and put it in and it fix the problem! Auto zone said the battery was no good! The battery was $110.00! I'm so happy it was a easy fix! Hope this works for you as well!
@joshuahensley7893 yes I was driving on the highway after dark and all the power went out except for the head lights and the battery light! The engine kept running and I drove it home it ran like that for 20 minutes! Then when I parked the car and shut it off I turned the key and all the interior lights and everything turned on but as soon as the engine turned on all the lights etc turned off! Every problem you having is the same I had! Alot of people plus the mechanic said it was probably the alternator or wiring issue! But the brand new battery fixed it!
My 2006 Ford Escape XLT v6 has turned over, then started than 30 seconds later after the instruments were shaking when running loudly shut itself off, then displayed dead battery but within seconds on the charger the battery is completely full, any ideas ?
@@lloydbrokeit3138 My room fuse keeps blowing...I found a corroded connector and hardwired it to the other side, this fixed the radio not working. Now we have the headlights only working when you pull and hold the lever, the door locks, and the power windows arent working either. I have replaced ALL the relays with ones I pulled at the salvage yard, I have sanded all the grounds ...I am working wire by wire to see if I can find it by shorting past the fuse panels with a 10 A fuse in line just in case. Any other ideas?
@@lloydbrokeit3138 I got that cleared up. Now I gotta swap the alternator . Remember when Ford's motto was " we have a better idea " .... The alternator in a really hellish spot wasn't one of them ! Lol
The vehicle was in and out a few times so it racked up a couple hours of shop time trying to figure it out. The customer was happy as it had previously been in other shops without a solution.
Nice to have a wiring diagram when you need it. Just need to be careful when you keep connecting and disconnecting the ground connector under load. All those electronics in the circuit are surging power looking for a ground path.
Damn weak ground points strike again. Great job figuring out the problem.
My Ranger had developed some issues that I figured out. The first was headlights flickering along with the alternator needle pulsating. I discovered that I could wiggle the wires on the alternator connectors and it would stop. But lately the ABS light would come on for no reason. Again I could wiggle the wires on the ABS switch (located on the master cylinder reservois) and it would clear it. The problem appears to be the pins becoming intermittent in the connectors over time. These pins are crimped on at the factory and they should have been soldered.
thanks for the video my neighbor is having similar issues- gonna diagnose between bad grounds or faulty combination switch
When you have multiple electrical faults at the same time, such as this, it usually points to a ground issue, as many different circuits share the same ground. If its one single fault its a component in that one circuit.
I am having the same problem with cluster lights and running lights. Sometimes they work and other time nothing. Have checked all fuses.
Nice, job! Have a 2007 i have electric issues with doors ajar light comes on, parking lights will flash, and horn goes off too, plus dome lights turn on while baking up and tapping the brakes. I literally have been driving with out horn, as I pulled the fuel. Replaced all door latch sensors , hood latch sensors. Ford was not able to help. I will try the grounding contact from your video. Thanks
I have a 2009 Mercury Mariner hybrid (33,000 miles) that has some electrical issues. It started with the flashers turning on by themselves, which ran the battery down. It flashes for about 34 seconds then stops for a while then starts back up. Lately, there's a problem with the headlights not working, the blue high beam light shows up on the instrument panel and won't shut off. I checked the fuses and bulbs and they're fine and I don't see any corrosion. I replaced the light switch and that helped but the low beams still don't seem to come on. The owner's manual says nothing about a flasher relay. Perhaps it's a ground issue but I didn't have any work done on the car before the electrical issues showed up. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Given the symptoms, I was thinking either a BCM or ground. Not a fuse this time LOL
FINDING the ground was the pain in this case.
LloydBrokeIt no doubt
Have a 2005 Ford Escape XLT (oddly enough the same color also) and my instrument cluster problem is the lights indicating that I have an open door will not turn off when all the doors and the rear hatch and glass are closed. Everything else works as it should.
Its a door actulator -
everyone should own an xtool D7 or newer if you have a Ford Escape it literally saved me thousands
I have a 2008 Escape with the Gen1 3.0 Duratec V6 engine and I have two random electrical problems:
1. Very occasionally - about once or twice a year - the dash lights will not come on when I turn the ignition key to the ON position. Nothing happens anywhere. Completely dead. Thanks to one of the forums, I found that a thump on top of the dash with my first will turn everything back on. Weird and nobody on the forums knows the cause. .
2. My fuel gauge has a mind of its own. Sometimes it works and when It does, it shows random levels. I've replaced the fuel filter, fuel pump and housing and had a professional garage check the wiring. No cause detected. I just set my Tripmeter A to ZERO when I fill the tank and then refill at 200 miles.
Any ideas on these issues?
Hi! Hope you will read this comment. I have this problem in our ford escape 2006 that whenever we open the driver's seat, the alarm goes off and it takes time to turn it off. We press the unlock button in the key and after a couple of times pressing it, it stops. So how do you stop the alarm right away?
You can stop it right away by putting a key in the door switch.
To disable the alarm you can unplug the factory hood switch.
Hope that helps!
have an 05 Ford Escape and its having some issues. first thought alternator-nope, changed the battery-helped but died the next morning. Nothing on the dash would work nothing electrical would work. wires and fuses all look good had to change one 20 amp fuse for the cigar lighter. but i just don't know. thinking it is the g6 and g7 relay but no idea. the battery will charge. i have no codes showing anything. Any clues?
When I drive the whole dash shuts off sometimes won't have power to my windows and radio. Please help..
Replace battery or check the battery voltage if that's at 12 volts it's fine then might have check your alternator u can take it into auto zone or O'Reilly and they well check alternator volt
Did you ever figure out the problem
Question for you I know this is not this issue but I have a 2005 Ford Escape. Sometimes my radio will turn on by itself after the car is off for a while. If I pull the radio fuse the radio will not turn off. The only way I can turn the radio off is the instrument cluster fuse if this happens. I was thinking it's a grounding issue myself but have you ever encountered this issue on these Ford escapes?
I have 2006 ford escape. The cluster instrument light is not working so with the backlight and driver side low beam. All bulbs and fuses are good. Please help. Thank you.
I have this same issue today Hope that's the problem
I have the same car and color and i change only 2 fuses 24 and 29 which is the cigarettes light plug and the reverse park aid one that was blown . my instrument clust acts up and i lose the ability to accelerate. Could the ground be casui g my running light front and back as well as the license plate light not to illuminate properly
I have a red 03 Ford Escape my problem is that every time I hit a bump on the road she shuts off or when I turn fast and brake, turns off everything else works fine starts right back up too
Where did you get your schematics. My 2005 is draining the battery. If I remove the Horn/CHML/Lock/Power seat fuse from under the hood it doesn’t drain it. I’ve disconnected the locks and it still does it. Car doesn’t have heated seats and the horn and brake lights work properly. I need a wiring schematic now I believe.
Can you help me with my ford escape 2012. The instrument cluster is always ON (digital trip meter/gear indicator) even if i removed the key...
Where is the voltage regulator on 06 Escape with 3.0 ??My alternator is charging at over 15v
The regulator is in the alternator. The alternator is on the bottom and likely your wiring is corroded. You can remove the regulator (and brushes ) from the back of the alternator. First thing I'd do is remove all the connectors and spray them with electrical contact cleaner and then re-assemble.
sir how about FOB key programming? maybe the car dont detect the FOB
A little talc on his face .we could see pewee in the mechanics house.hahaha.
I have a friend that has the battery light showing up her cluster stops working and windows stop working after an alternator change any idea?
Hi I'm having a problem my driving lights dnt no on but all the lights work but the driver lights or the parking lights dnt turn on either or license plate lights please help
That's what I'm talking aboot
I have a 2003 ford escape i can't get my alarm to cut off my nephew took the fuse to the horn out but every time i open the car door or start the car my hazard light's come on and stay on for about 10 or 15 minutes then they go off it's the anti theft alarm system that came with i bought it from a private owner and he didn't give the the owners manual or the original car key he gave me a copy. Can you tell me what i can do to turn it off.
I have a 2003 Escape with problems that has my mechanic stumped. My headlights pick and choose when they want to work (they go from looking complete dead to being as bright as a new bulb), my sunroof controls don't always respond, and this past winter, it wouldn't start up again if I was running 10 minute or so errands (if less than 10 minutes or an hour+ it would restart just fine) and got battery and alternator replaced. The electrical stuff seems to happen when I have less than a third of a tank of gas and my AC or heat are on. Think the root of my car's issues could be the same as the one in the video?
Jajaja.... En la 2001 lleva una caja de fusibles de ese lado y a veces se humedece (ha de tener alguna ventilación cerca) y suceden cosas similares (se enciende la radio sola, luces, etc).
Anyone have issues with a 2007 Ford Escape having the interior light come on while driving and the dash start chiming?
Hello, my 2005 its draining the battery, when it comes off it got a tremble noise under the brake cylinder, what should i do?
Battery drains are tough. Something isn't letting the car goto sleep. I have seen door and hood switches cause that problem. as for the noise under the brake cylinder I'm not sure.
Hi. My 2003 escape is drainning battery. Bought new alternator but nothing happens. Any idea?
Without actually running tests I can't know but checking for blown fuses, bad grounds or if the vehicle skips sleep mode are all possibilities. Even a bad battery, right out of the store.
I'm having the same problem but we checked the ground and it was tight in place. You have any other ideas on what could be causing the problem?
Where is the ground
I’m having ground issue
Do you think this would make all the electrical system to shut down while driving the car? I have the same one hear and the electrical systems shut down while driving and after starting but the motor still runs!
Are you having the same problem as me as I'm driving my whole dash and radio shut off but a battery light appears but can still drive? I heard when it happens if you can't roll up window means bad alternator but idk yet
@joshuahensley7893 yes sounds like the same problem and I talked to a mechanic and he told me many reasons it can be! He told me it would of cost $300 or so to just look at it! So I just went and bought a brand new battery and put it in and it fix the problem! Auto zone said the battery was no good! The battery was $110.00! I'm so happy it was a easy fix! Hope this works for you as well!
My blinkers stopped working the radio powered off and dash powered off but I was still able to drive so that kinda like yours
@joshuahensley7893 yes I was driving on the highway after dark and all the power went out except for the head lights and the battery light! The engine kept running and I drove it home it ran like that for 20 minutes! Then when I parked the car and shut it off I turned the key and all the interior lights and everything turned on but as soon as the engine turned on all the lights etc turned off! Every problem you having is the same I had! Alot of people plus the mechanic said it was probably the alternator or wiring issue! But the brand new battery fixed it!
@@joshuahensley7893 how's it going with your vehicle?
Lol I think I have the same problem my cluster resets all the time. 👍
My 2006 Ford Escape XLT v6 has turned over, then started than 30 seconds later after the instruments were shaking when running loudly shut itself off, then displayed dead battery but within seconds on the charger the battery is completely full, any ideas ?
Could be a ground from the battery posts? The rebooting on the cluster suggests it's losing power
None of my accessories work accept for my ac and heating.
No key fob, headlamp, obd2 radio.
Haven't seen that one yet. Check the fuses to start
@@lloydbrokeit3138 My room fuse keeps blowing...I found a corroded connector and hardwired it to the other side, this fixed the radio not working. Now we have the headlights only working when you pull and hold the lever, the door locks, and the power windows arent working either. I have replaced ALL the relays with ones I pulled at the salvage yard, I have sanded all the grounds ...I am working wire by wire to see if I can find it by shorting past the fuse panels with a 10 A fuse in line just in case. Any other ideas?
Need ground wire locations
Lloyd you may have put me onto something here... I'll have to get back to you.
Hopefully it helped!
@@lloydbrokeit3138 Well, in fact it did not help, but at least I knew where to check! Thx.
Very cool thanks
It's a start for me. If you connect the battery with the key off the car starts .... No joke I think a previous owner was into dark arts or something
A stuck relay - under the hood or the starter solenoid maybe? - can cause problems like that!
Or the dark arts.
@@lloydbrokeit3138 I got that cleared up. Now I gotta swap the alternator . Remember when Ford's motto was " we have a better idea " .... The alternator in a really hellish spot wasn't one of them ! Lol
Reading all these comments makes me want to sell my old ladies car as soon as I fix it.
I have electric surging all the time where can I start looking to fix it ?
I would check the ground points, always a good start
I'd check the connections going to the regulator module mounted on the back of the alternator.
I wonder what he charged for that
The vehicle was in and out a few times so it racked up a couple hours of shop time trying to figure it out. The customer was happy as it had previously been in other shops without a solution.
Knowledge isn’t cheap !
My 2005 ford escape hybrid's computer is not responding
Do you find the problem just in one minute just ridiculous
Do something real