FMCI
11-19-2016, 02:06 PM
Well first things first, Names Dan.
I've been a lurker on this fine site for awhile now and have used the resources here many times to make things right with my daily driver 03' marauder.
I've also been an active member on crownvic.ca under the user name oh-no-5-0 and used to be the organizer of the annual BBQ and car meet at my family's business called franks magic crops inc. in Burlington Ontario. It was always a great time that was had by all and I was so very fortunate to meet so many great panther enthusiasts and awesome people in general.
Unfortunately I had a mishap with my 2010 crown vic P7B durning summer 2015 and wrote it off. Car did its job and kept me safe so I'm forever thankful for that.
I replaced it with a nice looking 2003 MM with 160,000 kilometres (Canadian) and have been pretty much problem free other then some small things.
That is until Thursday...
I'll start with where the warning signs started to show. A few weeks ago all the window switches stopped working except for the master controls on the drivers door. It didn't bother me much so I added it to the "to do list". Well Thursday I washed the car in one of those self wash bays like I normally do and all was fine. I rolled down my driver side window about an hour later and when I tried to put it back up it wouldn't go and the switch itself on the door was making a clicking noise. I pulled over took it apart checked all fuses and couldn't find anything. So I put it back togeather and what do you know, the windows worked again. All of them! Even the switches on the other doors were now working and I some how managed to fix the auto down option on the driver window. (Guessing it was just the contacts in the switch itself that were dirty)
I was stoked that I fixed it with no clue what I was doing. Well fifteen minutes later it all stopped working again... I thought screw it I'll just leave the windows up the rest of the day and look into the issues the next day. Right.. wishful thinking...
I was driving on the expressway doing about 120 kilometres when all of a sudden the car shuts off. I slapped it to netural and tried to start her back up but no go. It cranks like usual but it just won't catch. I managed to coast to an exit ramp to I was in a somewhat safe space to pull over, thank gosh.
I started to investigate and this is what I discovered:
-windows not working.
-brake lights not working.
-no signal lights/ hazards.
-car won't shift out of park.
-will crank over but won't actually start.
-certain gages like the dummy oil pressure and voltage meter stay at zero.
-no warning lights.
My guess is the LCM since it hasn't had the recall done yet.
Just wondering your thoughts as I'm a younger guy still trying to learn my way around this car and appreciate any input from this awesome community.
I'll post a tread in the new members form once I have some free time.
Thanks for reading! I know it's long and do apologize about that.
Hope you folks are enjoying your weekend!
Take care,
Dan.
I've been a lurker on this fine site for awhile now and have used the resources here many times to make things right with my daily driver 03' marauder.
I've also been an active member on crownvic.ca under the user name oh-no-5-0 and used to be the organizer of the annual BBQ and car meet at my family's business called franks magic crops inc. in Burlington Ontario. It was always a great time that was had by all and I was so very fortunate to meet so many great panther enthusiasts and awesome people in general.
Unfortunately I had a mishap with my 2010 crown vic P7B durning summer 2015 and wrote it off. Car did its job and kept me safe so I'm forever thankful for that.
I replaced it with a nice looking 2003 MM with 160,000 kilometres (Canadian) and have been pretty much problem free other then some small things.
That is until Thursday...
I'll start with where the warning signs started to show. A few weeks ago all the window switches stopped working except for the master controls on the drivers door. It didn't bother me much so I added it to the "to do list". Well Thursday I washed the car in one of those self wash bays like I normally do and all was fine. I rolled down my driver side window about an hour later and when I tried to put it back up it wouldn't go and the switch itself on the door was making a clicking noise. I pulled over took it apart checked all fuses and couldn't find anything. So I put it back togeather and what do you know, the windows worked again. All of them! Even the switches on the other doors were now working and I some how managed to fix the auto down option on the driver window. (Guessing it was just the contacts in the switch itself that were dirty)
I was stoked that I fixed it with no clue what I was doing. Well fifteen minutes later it all stopped working again... I thought screw it I'll just leave the windows up the rest of the day and look into the issues the next day. Right.. wishful thinking...
I was driving on the expressway doing about 120 kilometres when all of a sudden the car shuts off. I slapped it to netural and tried to start her back up but no go. It cranks like usual but it just won't catch. I managed to coast to an exit ramp to I was in a somewhat safe space to pull over, thank gosh.
I started to investigate and this is what I discovered:
-windows not working.
-brake lights not working.
-no signal lights/ hazards.
-car won't shift out of park.
-will crank over but won't actually start.
-certain gages like the dummy oil pressure and voltage meter stay at zero.
-no warning lights.
My guess is the LCM since it hasn't had the recall done yet.
Just wondering your thoughts as I'm a younger guy still trying to learn my way around this car and appreciate any input from this awesome community.
I'll post a tread in the new members form once I have some free time.
Thanks for reading! I know it's long and do apologize about that.
Hope you folks are enjoying your weekend!
Take care,
Dan.