FICM Died while on vacation.
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FICM Died while on vacation.
Ck engine lite came on while traveling a long way from home, everything seemed OK ran fine, turned it off & thought I'll need to get this ck'd. Couple of hrs later wouldn't start. Had it towed to Ford & it was what I thought it was, the FICM. Luckly Ford fixed in one day & $1,283+ later.
The sad part of this is that I had mentioned to my son before we left on the trip that I was going to send the FICM in to ED @ FICM Repair when we got back.
My suggestion, DON"T WAIT until it's too late.
My dreadded question now, is the FICM they put on any better than the one that just died???
The sad part of this is that I had mentioned to my son before we left on the trip that I was going to send the FICM in to ED @ FICM Repair when we got back.
My suggestion, DON"T WAIT until it's too late.
My dreadded question now, is the FICM they put on any better than the one that just died???
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Did the FICM gave any hints that's it going to die on you? What/why you were thinking about sending the FICM to Ed?
I don't think the factory FICM is any better than the one replaced?
At least you have a spare one to send to ED now.
I don't think the factory FICM is any better than the one replaced?
At least you have a spare one to send to ED now.
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Don't have the old core as they would have charged a bunch for core charge.
The reason I was contemplating sending it to ED is after reading on this site for years all the problems that the FICM has beed having I wasn't going to take the chance to have it die while traveling. Some of our trips are 6-7 thousand miles all over the country. I blew that didn't I!!!!!
A couple of suggestions to me have been to wait for a year then send it off to ED.
I think it's going to be a coin toss until I do send it off to ED.
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Ed has an exchange program if you could of been ok with no truck
for a day or two while you have it next day shipped.
The New one from Ford is not any better than the one that just died.
The base problem is still there. The repair that Ed does replaces the
problem parts with a better part. Good battery voltage will help the
FICM live longer.
Sean
for a day or two while you have it next day shipped.
The New one from Ford is not any better than the one that just died.
The base problem is still there. The repair that Ed does replaces the
problem parts with a better part. Good battery voltage will help the
FICM live longer.
Sean
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