QuestionQUESTION: I have a 2002 f-150 four door fwd I will be driving and it starts to cut out all the gauges start to bounce around and the trans. go into neutral my rpms will peg out let off and it will catch and do fine for a week or two. show no code in computer and have had a reader hooked up and when it does it it kills power to reader!!!! Any ideas
ANSWER: yea you need to have your GEM module reprogrammed . sound like it lost it memory. also you need to do a dash test to verified that the cluster is ok
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QUESTION: I have had the Gem module reprogrammed still have the same problem. I have found that if you turn the key on and let it set 10 or 15 minutes it will do it. This is with out engine running. And also found that it is killing power to some of the sensor but not the injectors. Thanks
ANSWER: send me the vin # and i will run it through oasis and get back with you.want to see if there is any TSB
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QUESTION: My VIN is 1FTRW08L42KC78623
Answerread the following and see if this holds true to you-----16928 1997-2003 F-150 - INTERMITTENT ELECTRICAL CONCERNS
SOME 1997-2003 F-150 VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT VARIOUS INTERMITTENT ELECTRICAL CONCERNS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: SOME ACCESSORIES REMAINING POWERED UP WITH THE KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION, MULTIPLE SYSTEM WARNING LIGHTS WITH 'SHORT TO POWER' OR 'LOW BATTERY VOLTAGE' DTC'S. IF THESE SYMPTOMS MOST OFTEN OCCUR AFTER A RAIN OR SNOW, OR AFTER THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN WASHED, THIS MAY BE DUE TO WATER INTRUSION IN THE CENTRAL JUNCTION BOX (CJB) OR GEM. TO SERVICE, REMOVE THE GEM AND CJB FROM THE VEHICLE, SEPARATE THEM, AND INSPECT FOR WATER CONTAMINATION OR SIGNS OF CORROSION. IF FOUND IN EITHER COMPONENT, REPLACE BOTH COMPONENTS, THEN LOCATE AND REPAIR THE SOURCE OF THE WATER ENTRY.
EFFECTIVE DATE: 06/27/2003
