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Hiii, it's me again with the world's most problematic Edge, apparently.
Last time I stuck my head in here, we were rebuilding the engine on our 2001 Edge with the 3.0L 4WD, eight days after purchase, when an injector went bad and the scanner malfunctioned and was telling us the wrong injector, causing all manner of confusion for my poor mechanic.
Today's saga of WTFery is all electrical. Sit down and listen to this tale.
My husband, bless the man's heart, took it upon himself to replace the cruise control buttons on the steering wheel of our truck. When we bought it in November, the buttons were missing on one side, and broken heavily on the other, so we ordered a new set of buttons on Amazon. They sat around the house for a month and a half, and he decided Monday to put them in. This involved, apparently, removing the steering wheel.
The problems began when he put the steering wheel back on, and went to reconnect the battery: the horn started going off, and wouldn't stop. I suggested doing the simple thing and removing the fuse to silence it for now; he opted instead for removing the horns entirely. (our state doesn't have mandated vehicle inspections so no worries on that note). And, added bonus, the cruise control functionality did not work. Otherwise, truck was fine.
He just woke me up at 5:15 to ask if I'd had any issues with lights when I had taken it to the gas station yesterday afternoon, after he had gotten home from work. Because now, in the dark of early morning hours, the truck will start.... but there are no lights. Radio comes on as normal, everything is otherwise fine, but dashboard, headlights, running lights, the whole nine yards - total darkness.
He checked the fuse box under the hood, replaced a fuse (doesn't remember which fuse, of course, just that it was under the hood of the truck and not the dash), and it immediately blew again, pointing to a short.
Now... all that being said, my husband is a good man but does not do well in stressful situations. He doesn't remember what fuse he replaced, and he remembers pretty much none of the finer details like what may have possibly gone wrong when putting the steering wheel back on the truck Monday afternoon. I know it's probably a long shot, but anybody have any ideas or suggestions?
Ask any questions you need, obviously, and I'll do my best to answer them. Thanks in advance, guys.
Last time I stuck my head in here, we were rebuilding the engine on our 2001 Edge with the 3.0L 4WD, eight days after purchase, when an injector went bad and the scanner malfunctioned and was telling us the wrong injector, causing all manner of confusion for my poor mechanic.
Today's saga of WTFery is all electrical. Sit down and listen to this tale.
My husband, bless the man's heart, took it upon himself to replace the cruise control buttons on the steering wheel of our truck. When we bought it in November, the buttons were missing on one side, and broken heavily on the other, so we ordered a new set of buttons on Amazon. They sat around the house for a month and a half, and he decided Monday to put them in. This involved, apparently, removing the steering wheel.
The problems began when he put the steering wheel back on, and went to reconnect the battery: the horn started going off, and wouldn't stop. I suggested doing the simple thing and removing the fuse to silence it for now; he opted instead for removing the horns entirely. (our state doesn't have mandated vehicle inspections so no worries on that note). And, added bonus, the cruise control functionality did not work. Otherwise, truck was fine.
He just woke me up at 5:15 to ask if I'd had any issues with lights when I had taken it to the gas station yesterday afternoon, after he had gotten home from work. Because now, in the dark of early morning hours, the truck will start.... but there are no lights. Radio comes on as normal, everything is otherwise fine, but dashboard, headlights, running lights, the whole nine yards - total darkness.
He checked the fuse box under the hood, replaced a fuse (doesn't remember which fuse, of course, just that it was under the hood of the truck and not the dash), and it immediately blew again, pointing to a short.
Now... all that being said, my husband is a good man but does not do well in stressful situations. He doesn't remember what fuse he replaced, and he remembers pretty much none of the finer details like what may have possibly gone wrong when putting the steering wheel back on the truck Monday afternoon. I know it's probably a long shot, but anybody have any ideas or suggestions?
Ask any questions you need, obviously, and I'll do my best to answer them. Thanks in advance, guys.
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No replies, so will see if I can get things started. Scan for trouble code clues & post All code Numbers as they can help focus a trouble shoot, especially if we have more than one problem.
If no joy there, have hubby recheck under hood for the fuse Number that immediately blew after replacement & post the fuse # & amperage of the blown replacement fuse. Now think about this some, if the replacement fuse immediately blew, its still blown, so He doesn't have to remember which fuse it was, just have another look!!!!
Might be helpful to know the scan tool Brand & Model #
Some beginning thoughts for consideration.
If no joy there, have hubby recheck under hood for the fuse Number that immediately blew after replacement & post the fuse # & amperage of the blown replacement fuse. Now think about this some, if the replacement fuse immediately blew, its still blown, so He doesn't have to remember which fuse it was, just have another look!!!!
Might be helpful to know the scan tool Brand & Model #
Some beginning thoughts for consideration.
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