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17-11-2007, 09:55 PM
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Starter Motor
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i have Focus 2003 Lx 2.0 Hatch, currently less than 40,000. Car is beautiful itself, but occationaly it has electrical problems, when the problem comes,
engine warning light & battery light on, the needles of tachometer and speedo falling down, but Odometer always working. When this problem comes, the car itselft is not affected, running on road still oK anyone can kindly offer assistance with this matter? |
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17-11-2007, 10:29 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Hi and welcome to the forums. Sad to see your first post is a problem. Few people have recorded these go and read this thread about it. Always good to do a search first to see if it has been brought up before
http://www.fordforums.com.au/showthr...1195718&page=1 Hope this helps you out
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18-11-2007, 03:17 AM
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Starter Motor
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but i searched some of forums, including this one, there are some different suggestions. I went to the dealer, they ask for $1550 to replace the whole dash, potentially fuel pump as well. Before i spend this, i really want to know any similar situations happened to any other cars, after all $1550 is not a small amount 
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18-11-2007, 10:26 AM
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Knows nothing. Apparently
Join Date: Aug 2007
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yikes!.
If you need a new instrument cluster (that's IF, it's very unlikely) you'd be better off trying some wreckers, even some interstate ones will post parts. It's a bit fiddly to swap em out but it's not impossible. More likley a battery problem as would have been suggested in other threads.
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18-11-2007, 06:14 PM
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Just make sure a replacement guage clusters not gonna cause the immobiliser to go crazy...
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19-11-2007, 02:25 PM
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Motorsport Guru
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: The Blue Mountains, N.S.W.
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I have a '03 LR LX that has done 52k and haven't had any electrical problems at all.
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20-11-2007, 01:21 AM
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Starter Motor
Join Date: Nov 2007
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Same dash fault found in UK's forum, so many people complain about this, they are in the process of approaching Ford regarding this as they believe it should be a recall as a 'manufacturing defect'.
http://forum.rac.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1926 |
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03-12-2007, 04:41 PM
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Starter Motor
Join Date: Nov 2007
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I notice that some people mentioned about replacing the VSS to fix problem, anyone has idea about this?
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Focus electrical problem (speedo, tarcho)
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