Diamondpilot
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- Daleville, IN
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- Jinma 254/284 Ford 861 Powermaster at work
As you all know I'm partial to Ford's and here is why. I have had them all including 4 GM's, 1 Nissan, 1 Toyota, 1 Dodge, 1 BMW, 1 Lexus, and we'll over 15 Ford's now. My average trade in is 5 years old and 120,000 miles.
Yesterday I was coming home from work and the blower motor on my 2012 F150 Ecoboost would not work. It has 56,000 miles. I got home and did some research on the net and found out 99.9% of the time it's the control module. I checked the relay and fuse and both were fine.
After calling 3 dealers I found one in stock. All the other dealers could have it by noon the next day. I stopped on my way to work at a dealer about 5 miles out of my way and picked it up, cost $82.
It took all of 5 minutes to replace. Open the glove box, drop the door by pressing two tabs, and there it is. 2 8 mm screws held it in and a wiring harness. The old one was black pictured on the hood and the new one is white pictured inside the dash.
So yes, Ford's do break! But consider this. Since 1997 I have owned a 1997 F150, a 1999 F150, a 1999 F350, a 2001 F150, a 2003 Mercury Mountaineer, a 2004 F250, a 2005 Mercury Milan, a 2006 F350 (still have with 128,000 miles) a 2007 F150, this 2012 F150 (with 56,000 miles) , and a 2013 Edge (with 63,000 miles) and this is only the SECOND unscheduled repair made. The other being my 2006 F350 needing a dash cluster due to a faulty fuel gauge.
Chris
Yesterday I was coming home from work and the blower motor on my 2012 F150 Ecoboost would not work. It has 56,000 miles. I got home and did some research on the net and found out 99.9% of the time it's the control module. I checked the relay and fuse and both were fine.
After calling 3 dealers I found one in stock. All the other dealers could have it by noon the next day. I stopped on my way to work at a dealer about 5 miles out of my way and picked it up, cost $82.
It took all of 5 minutes to replace. Open the glove box, drop the door by pressing two tabs, and there it is. 2 8 mm screws held it in and a wiring harness. The old one was black pictured on the hood and the new one is white pictured inside the dash.
So yes, Ford's do break! But consider this. Since 1997 I have owned a 1997 F150, a 1999 F150, a 1999 F350, a 2001 F150, a 2003 Mercury Mountaineer, a 2004 F250, a 2005 Mercury Milan, a 2006 F350 (still have with 128,000 miles) a 2007 F150, this 2012 F150 (with 56,000 miles) , and a 2013 Edge (with 63,000 miles) and this is only the SECOND unscheduled repair made. The other being my 2006 F350 needing a dash cluster due to a faulty fuel gauge.
Chris
