The driver's side power deployable running board was not closing.The motor kept trying to close the board but it would never close. I brought itto the dealership and they couldn't find anything wrong, so they said theywould have to replace it all for around $2000. I said 'no' to this and thenthey somehow disabled both running boards in the open position. When I look atthe Setup message center I see the Running Board options, Auto, On, Off, butI'm not able to choose any of them, so I'm not sure how they were able to keepthe boards open.

Anyway, I have now removed the driver's side board to clean and lubricate it.

Is there a way after fully lubricating all the moving parts to manually openand close the board without opening up or removing the board's motor?

I don't really want to go back to that dealership to ask them to re-enable the boards so I can test them. Any ideas how they might have disabled them in the open position?

Thanks,

Don<o></o>

 

Can anyone tell me what the running board fuse is? When I look in the owner's manual I do not see a fuse for the running boards. Is it named something else?

Here's a link to the owners manual I'm using, pages 303-310

http://www.fordservicecontent.com/Fo.../08exdog1e.pdf

Thanks

 

pappadon56,


I looked at my 2007 Navigator service manual and it shows fuse location for foldup running boards are located in the 'battery junction box' (located near radiator).
Fuse #14 and #27 are for the running boards. I don't know what else those fuses send power to.
Maybe your truck is the same.
Good luck,
Richard

 

Not the same as yours. # 14 - is not used and # 27 is Power Liftgate on mine.

Thanks,

Don

 

I found the fuse for the running boards. It's # 7 in the BJB, which in my owners manual says it's 'not used'. Anyway I can hear it clicking on both sides of the truck, but no sound from running board motors, on to the next debugging test.

 

Been having some trouble with my boards occassionally as well- if they didn't close when I exited the vehicle and shut the door, I would open the door, and it would drop half an inch, close the door and use my foor to help guide it up- almost like a spotter on your final rep before dropping the bar. Other times, it works just fine...

 

I had this happen for a while on mine. had to open the door and use my foot to help it lift the board up. Dealer finally took a good look at it and ended up doing a good cleaning of it. Worked fine after that.
It did take 2/3 trips complaining about it to the dealer. Each time they would try it it would work.