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2004 Ford Explorer Sport Trac XLT 2wd 304,161 miles
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<blockquote data-quote="JC2008SportTrac" data-source="post: 1042782" data-attributes="member: 75816"><p>To try to answer your question, front suspension that's jumping around/bumping around more than it should be, if it's wiring related, can certainly cause bad electrical issues (if something isn't touching as it should be, bumping around could cause it to touch where it doesn't all the time).</p><p></p><p>It's probably luck-of-the-draw, but I had to do a fair bit of suspension work on her '06 to get it 'up-to-snuff' again. AT the same time, her alternator went out. THAT is likely why she was getting the crazy instrument cluster issues. Once the charging system was 'fixed' (new alternator, new battery, etc), the charging issues are gone.</p><p></p><p>BUT! The traction-control (skid-mark-of-death) issues were fixed when we fixed the front-suspension issues. Ball joints, tie rods, I want to say it was about $1K of work/parts, but it fixed her traction control issues. All stuff I can't easily fix in my driveway/requires alignment tools. We just happened to have that, AND a bad alternator, show up at the same time. I replaced the alternator, and none of the charging issues have resurfaced. Charging issues have nothing to due with the traction-control issues. Those were fixed by properly fixing the front suspension components.</p><p></p><p>Sorry to have conflated the two; we had two problems come up at the same time. They required separate fixes. But a new alternator fixed part of the cluster issue; it required suspension work to fix the other part of the cluster issue (one without the other wouldn't have fixed the 'skid-mark-of-death' cluster fail issue fixed.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JC2008SportTrac, post: 1042782, member: 75816"] To try to answer your question, front suspension that's jumping around/bumping around more than it should be, if it's wiring related, can certainly cause bad electrical issues (if something isn't touching as it should be, bumping around could cause it to touch where it doesn't all the time). It's probably luck-of-the-draw, but I had to do a fair bit of suspension work on her '06 to get it 'up-to-snuff' again. AT the same time, her alternator went out. THAT is likely why she was getting the crazy instrument cluster issues. Once the charging system was 'fixed' (new alternator, new battery, etc), the charging issues are gone. BUT! The traction-control (skid-mark-of-death) issues were fixed when we fixed the front-suspension issues. Ball joints, tie rods, I want to say it was about $1K of work/parts, but it fixed her traction control issues. All stuff I can't easily fix in my driveway/requires alignment tools. We just happened to have that, AND a bad alternator, show up at the same time. I replaced the alternator, and none of the charging issues have resurfaced. Charging issues have nothing to due with the traction-control issues. Those were fixed by properly fixing the front suspension components. Sorry to have conflated the two; we had two problems come up at the same time. They required separate fixes. But a new alternator fixed part of the cluster issue; it required suspension work to fix the other part of the cluster issue (one without the other wouldn't have fixed the 'skid-mark-of-death' cluster fail issue fixed.) [/QUOTE]
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