Well, I am experiencing some issues with Fordimus Prime. Last week while driving the engine just quit. I put it in neutral and the engine started right back up. I barely slowed down. It happened again about 30 minutes later. With the same results.

I looked at harnesses and connections and had down loaded the tech manual (Thank you again Bismic). I wasn’t able to find anything conclusive. Last night, on my way over to my brother-in-laws to look at his new-to-him Class A, she did it again. But this time would not restart. After about 30 minutes with it sitting in the driveway where it stalled, I looked at the FICM harness and other wiring in that area.

It appeared there may have been a chaff point where a segment of the harness was suspended by a bolt. I moved the harness off the bolt and then went to try to start the truck. It fired right up. I insulated that area and drove home with out any issue.

I had volunteered for some overtime this morning and headed into work, confident that I had found the issue, and had made up my mind that after work, I would open up the harness and fix the issue. Well, after a stop at the local Dunkin’ Donuts, the truck would not start. Good Sam to the Rescue. The Sullivan Tire I use for regular service (Rotations, oil changes, inspections etc) was about 200 feet away.

The wrecker came and put the truck on the flat bed, brought it to Sullivan’s where parking was very tight and putting this beast even partially into a parking space was not going to happen. It was straddling 3 spaces. I attempted to start the truck and it started right up. Definitely Intermittent Hot/No Start condition. I have no scan tool and needed to get into work, so DW came and also rescued me.

Hopefully Sullivan will be able to find the issue. I have asked them to find the smoking gun. They have reams of operating experience in regard to this issue and I am confident they’ll find it. I would have brought it to the local Ford dealer but that would have required a 15 mile trip in the wrong direction. We’ll see what happens.

In any case I decided to get this looked at by pro’s. With our Acadia rally with Outbackers.com and Dog and Trailer.com folks coming up, I can not afford to have this condition exist and lay waiting to crop up on a hill, or the highway or one of the roads leading into or out of Acadia towing a 5th wheel! It would be a night mare.

Well, I figured I would share my pain. Regardless of the known issues, I enjoy and love this still very much. Having forums and on line banks of information are a comfort and takes the mystery and some of the helpless feeling out of the equation.

I will follow up with the root cause when I know.

Have a good day!

Eric

 

Sorry to hear she's giving you problems. Hope they fix it quick (and right) for you!

 

Sullivan has always been very good about the work they do. I have no reason to believe that they won't do a good job this time, either. We'll see! Eric

 

So far the only code is one for the fan sensor. I tow a fifth wheel so I am not sure what that will mean, if the fan is now not working or some other issue, I have to ask.

If anyone has any experience with the fan sensor, or the potential for problems related to it I would apprecite any input.

On the driverside battery, the 8(?) gauge wire apparently fell off in the tech's hand, he is fixing that. When it fell off it killed the truck. This may be the smoking gun. He is replacing the lug and reattaching that. Additionallyhe found a broken wire in an adjacent harness. That did not cause the truck to just die. That is being fixed as well.

He had not got into the harness on the passaenger side, specifically under the Turbo pipe, that I insulated last night. He is getting into that next and I think there is where he may find a problem. I beleive that one runs to/from the FICM and is the one I moved last night prior to having the truck start up for me.

And the wait continues!

Eric

 

Well the issue has been found. Leaking fitting on the HPOP. Tech is fixing it now. Should have the truck back tomorrow.

Eric