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Ignition Cylinder /Column Question

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  • Start date Start date Jul 22, 2004

gungfusemaj

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Ok , Recently I have been driven down the road cruising at 45 mph and I noticed my radio had "surged" went off, and came on immediatlly......the next day same scenario except my engine did the same, shut off [Electrical wise.] and came on immediatlly....OK so yesterday i had been driven for about 20 minutes normal driven and Bam! I lose all horsepower, fasten seat belts light comes on and nothing, no dummy lights come on all my lights and radio are still running, IMEDIATTLY I can put the car in Neutral [AOD]and starts up right away, the first few times I could down shift and would startup up no problem but now I have to put the car in Neutral and Away I go. I pulled over and whith the engine running I checked all connections for loose ends etc. 5 minutes of looking nothing and as I am standing there scratching my head It just shuts off.

Ok so My first thought was the battery terminal was just loose, wrong I even pulled The positive wire off going to the Starter Solenoid And all wire going to that cleaned them all Checked Very Thorough every thing for voltage loss lose distributer cap anything and everything.

Does anybody think that I may have a wire getting to hot, is it fuel related, coil related,computer related ,sensor related [have not pulled codes yet]
ignition switch related,AOD related what are the 3 additional wires going to my Starter Solenoid? I really appreciate you taking the time to read this BECAUSE I drive this car to and from work and IT IS RAINING VERY HARD ALL WEEK.



Found problem I replaced the Ignition Locking cylinder and it Helped but the problem lies within that column with a flat head screw driver and the cylinder out I can advance to off to running position and everything comes on you hear the fuel pump turn etc. car turns over and runs fine if you barely move the key back it cuts off the engine ...........it pretty much is turning off right before it hit's the point of turning off the key, into the locking postion. right before it hits the click when you turn it your car off.
So when I take a screwdriver and turn it on and if I barely turn it back it shuts off. So somewhere inside of the steering column there is a loose contact it is releasing prematurely. When the old Locking cylinder was in it was worse.
So has anybody had this same problem or know how to get inside of the column basically inside behind the Igniton key Cylinder where the slot fits in the column.
 

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Do the Free Ford recall I advised you about in an eariler post. No change no problems, Ford will fix it and not charge you a penny.
 

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Where and how do I do that ? Thanks
 

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Where and how do I do that ? Thanks
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Copy down you VIN number and call the Ford dealer nearest you. Tell them you want to see if the ignition switch recall for Fords & Mustangs was done on your car. They will ask for the VIN number & check it against the master database. If it isn't in the datbase, then you can schedule an appointment to have the switch replaced for free. The TSB is #95S28, and don't let them tell you that they don't do that anymore..

See http://www.alldata.com/recall/make/Ford/Mustang.html for recall information on all Mustangs
 
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