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#10 of 69 Turn Signal/ High beam flash switch crackling noise by vanguy99 Jul 21, 2007 (10:45 am)
Hi all. I am so glad i found this forum! I have a 99 villager estate and have experienced many of the problems I have read about here. One I have not encountered here is an intermittant crackling sound and flickering of the dash lights when the high beam flash is used by pulling the turn signal switch towards the driver. The crackling sound was traced to a small grey box located on the floor mounted next to the ABS control behind the CD changer. What is this box, what does it do, and how do I fix the problem?
#11 of 69 Speedometer on '95 Mercury Villager LS by donnad1 Aug 15, 2007 (3:17 pm)
Hello. My problem/question is.... after I drive for a few miles, my speedometer, which is digital, registers the correct mph and then drops and jumps around to 0, 4, 0, 1, 3, etc. and the check engine light goes on and off intermittently.   There's a gas mileage indicator on the left side that will show, mpg, average mpg, miles left in tank, temperature, etc. and that will then read 7.7 mpg.... 0 mpg. Anyhow, the numbers go all haywire. The outside temp is okay.   When I turn the vehicle off, start it up again, it's okay and registers correctly for a few miles and the indicator on the left shows the numbers correctly and is racking up the average mpg. Then it wacks out again.   After I turn it off and put the key in the accessory position, nothing lights up.   Is this all electrical, or can it be from a bad tranny sensor? HELP, please. Thank you. Replies to this message: efitzgerald (Sep 26, 2007 9:51 am)
#12 of 69 Daytime running lights by efitzgerald Aug 30, 2007 (6:29 am)
Can anyone help me figure out why my daytime running lights come on sometimes and goes off some times? Also my dashboard high beams light says its "on" all the time when i turn my headlights on when clearly there not on. Any comments??? Replies to this message: zgrabo (Sep 23, 2008 4:47 am)
#13 of 69 Mercury villager electrical problem by efitzgerald Sep 26, 2007 (8:58 am)
Since my last posted message. My problem has returned. Engine gets warm and it starts to misfire/shake with loss of power. Took it back to the dealer which they looked at for free. And lo and behold they said after spending a kings ransom on parts and labour including a knock sensor that it boiled down to HIGH RESISTANCE on the negative battery cable. Going to have it replaced. Heres a very important site for all villager owners to consider.  http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3828/is_199802/ai_n8803858/print or go to google- and type in high resistance battery cables or bad battrey connections. hope this is helpful. Replies to this message: efitzgerald (Oct 10, 2007 9:33 am)
#14 of 69 Re: Speedometer on '95 Mercury Villager LS [donnad1] by efitzgerald Sep 26, 2007 (9:51 am)
Replying to: donnad1 (Aug 15, 2007 3:17 pm) HMM sounds familiar, check all grounds and make them clean and dry. Also check your negative battrey cable for (HIGH RESISTANCE) if it does replace it and clean both battery post well. hope this helps.
#15 of 69 Electrical Problems on 1997 Villager by phantomish Sep 27, 2007 (7:39 pm)
While driving, the radio stopped working, as well as the windshield at the very same time. We were in and out of the vehicle and later when starting it the radio and wipers started working. Other odd thins happened today; the air bag light came on then went off, The brake light blinked on and off several times, the service engine light comes on for awhile then goes off. All these things happened today in the space of 8 hrs. One other thing the rear a/c blower doesn`t work any time. Hope someone can help. Bill Replies to this message: efitzgerald (Sep 28, 2007 4:56 am)
#16 of 69 Re: Electrical Problems on 1997 Villager [phantomish] by efitzgerald Sep 28, 2007 (4:56 am)
Replying to: phantomish (Sep 27, 2007 7:39 pm) Hi Bill. Before you take it to the autodealer or garage. Try this, (if your handy) Open your hood and find every ground you can see and unscrew all connections and sand and buff the connections clean. Retighten. Then change your negative battery cable and use new connections on your battery and frame , make sure they are clean and tight. Make sure your battey is clean and has proper water level. Heres a great website on "hallowed grounds" which describes ground degradation as vehicles ages.   www.findatricles.com Bad grounds make strange vehicle                            behaviour.   Hope this helps.
#17 of 69 Electrical Problems on 1997 Villager by scottmsimpson Sep 28, 2007 (6:38 pm)
We had a somewhat similar incident with our 95 Villager. The engine died, and things like turn signals stopped working etc. It turned out to be a relay. There are two identical relays. They had to order the part, and while we waited, they swapped the relays so the car would run. I remember that the wipers would not work while the faulty relay was still in place. So, check the relays. I can't remember which one it was, and we don't own that Villager anymore. Now have a 2002 Estate.
#18 of 69 Re: Mercury villager electrical problem [efitzgerald] by efitzgerald Oct 10, 2007 (9:33 am)
Replying to: efitzgerald (Sep 26, 2007 8:58 am) I gave the wrong email address for the bad grounds article.   Go to Google   Type in Bad Grounds  Go to Hallowed Grounds Motor- Find article.   Very good article on Bad grounds. Hope this helps.
#19 of 69 Windows on 1995 Mercury Villager by briaro Oct 15, 2007 (9:29 pm)
I recently have had problems with the windows on my 1995 Mercury Villager not opening. The problem is intermittent and very unpredictable. It seems to be happening more frequently recently and I have taken it to a shop twice when it wasn't working but while it is there, the windows work. I took it to the shop today when the windows weren't working but they were too busy to look at it and before I got all the way back home, the windows started working again. Has anyone else experienced this problem and, if so, have you found a solution? Replies to this message: efitzgerald (Oct 16, 2007 6:33 am)

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