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#244 of 261 alternator/battery by lincolntown

Jun 23, 2012 (2:06 pm)

I have a 2003 Lincoln town Exec. My problem is when it rains or I hit a puddle of water all my dash indicators flicker or stay on including battery light, when that happens my headlights will sometimes cut out and the car will overcharge the battery and will in most cases make battery over heat to where the battery wont hold a charge? The indicators will sometimes flicker or stay on then go off for about 10 sec on dry days but over charge battery ?

#245 of 261 Re: alternator/battery [lincolntown] by furley

Jun 23, 2012 (8:00 pm)

Replying to: lincolntown (Jun 23, 2012 2:06 pm)
I had something similar to that happen; it was corrected by the alternator being changed.

#246 of 261 Re: Tail lights electrical problem [nbay29] by chedicorn

Jun 30, 2012 (8:50 pm)

Replying to: nbay29 (Nov 21, 2011 8:29 pm)
I'm interested in your post.
 
I'm wondering if this will be a solution to my problem.
 
I recently just bought a 99 lincoln used
 
and when I Got home I noticed at night the interior lights were on.
 
I went and used the key remote to hit the lock button to turn it off,
 
it turned off, but came back on and then went off and back on again.
 
I gave up and took the fuse out after testing about 20 of them to see which one it was.
 
IF I leave the headlights on the timer they will also go on and off with the interior lights. Anyone have this exact problem?
Also I noticed that the lights on the keypad on the drivers door also is consistent with going off and on with the headlights and the interior lights.
 
Anyone have this exact problem and have the fix?

#247 of 261 Re: Tail lights electrical problem [chedicorn] by euphonium

Jul 01, 2012 (3:44 pm)

Replying to: chedicorn (Jun 30, 2012 8:50 pm)
Sometimes electrical problems will be reset to factory settings when the battery is completely disconnected for overnight. Just remove the + & - cables & reconnect the next morning. It may work and can't hurt. While the cables are free, use a wire cable cleaner on them and the battery posts can be cleaned as well. The tool costs about a dollar.

#248 of 261 Re: DDM...Driver Door Module [jmcgregor] by riggo1

Jul 21, 2012 (3:06 pm)

Replying to: jmcgregor (Oct 13, 2011 5:51 pm)
Hello there,
     I am having the same problem with my 2003 T/C. You had said you located a brand new DDM on the internet for $200? Could you direct me to this website please? I'm not having very much luck. thank you! Riggo

#249 of 261 DDM...Driver Door Module by jmcgregor

Jul 21, 2012 (4:50 pm)

Riggo,
         I would be happy to send the info but I no longer have it. I did a google search and found several units available. They were mainly $300 to $4oo but I negotiated the price downward.
Good Luck !
                    John

#250 of 261 Strange '98 Town Car Electrical Issue by van_hohenheim

Jul 23, 2012 (5:11 pm)

My 1998 Town Car has a strange problem where, when the car shifts into a high gear, the electrical systems shut off. The engine continues running, but the dash goes dead, the lights shut off, and the AC/Heating systems shut off. When the car comes out of high gear, the electrical systems reboot themselves and continue working normally. Any ideas where I should be looking to fix the problem?

#251 of 261 Re: Strange '98 Town Car Electrical Issue [van_hohenheim] by jake_g

Jul 24, 2012 (9:28 am)

Replying to: van_hohenheim (Jul 23, 2012 5:11 pm)
Not sure - but it sounds like a short.
 
I had a similar problem (on my LTC Limo 6pax) and it turned out to be the second battery installed under the right front bumper which supports were lose and caused the short when contact was made. Shortly after I fixed that I burnt out my alternator (had it replaced). Now the car is running fine. Maybe got lucky as I thought it was a transmission problem or a more serious electrical problem.

#252 of 261 Re: Strange '98 Town Car Electrical Issue [van_hohenheim] by datboiluck

Aug 01, 2012 (5:32 am)

Replying to: van_hohenheim (Jul 23, 2012 5:11 pm)
I also have a 98 TC that is doing the same thing. It started off with car not starting and having to get jumps from people. So I automatically think alternator. I usually go to junk yards to get parts because they're a lot cheaper and always do the job. I ended up having to get 3 different alternators, because each time I installed it, I kept having the same problem. Also, after charging the battery and starting the car, I would put volt meter on battery to see if it was charging, and on all 3 of them, all I seen was the voltage dropping down until car shut off. I had a friend follow me to auto zone, jumping me a few times on the way so that I can get the alt checked just so I would know that it wasn't my car, but instead just kept getting bad alts. Auto Zone told me it was bad, so got my money back, went to next junk yard and got another alt. So now after taking on and taking off 3 different alts I was doing it again, but one from another junk yard. Did everything like every other time, I would charge the battery while I took out the old alt, and installed the newer one. And just like each time before, the car started, but this time, the volt meter was showing the amperage going up. I was happy as hell because I thought I was finally done with changing out alts. But later that day when I was driving 1st, the radio shut off, then the instrument panel, but car kept running. At night, the same thing happened, but this time after the instrument panel went out, the headlights went off too. And whenever I slow down or come to a stop, it feels like it wants to die on me. I wasn't able to find time to go back into it and try to fix it all over again, so I figured out that whenever my radio goes out, that gives me the signal to put the car in park, or neutral, and rev it up for a few seconds and then everything powers up like I put a brand new battery in it. So 2 days ago, i finally took the alt back to the junkyard and exchanged it for another one. I got so good at taking it out and putting it back in, that I took my tools with me and did it in the parking lot and had the guy come out and test the alt and it showed that it was bad, and was doing the same thing all over again with the lights, and radio going off untill I rev up the engine., but this alt was giving out less power than the one I had in the car when I got there. So, I put the other one back in, They were cool about it and gave me a full refund, and I got to keep the alt that they have me to begin with. The mechanic at the junk yard told me to take my car to auto zone and have them hook up the comp to the car and check for any errors. So I did that, and auto zone told me that there was nothing wrong with the car. So what I'm going to do now is finally buy a new alt and see if it's just been me getting bad alts this whole time. If you have come up with any solutions yet please let me know, just in case its not going to work when I put the new alt in it. If you can e-mail me with the fix, (if you've found one by now) that would be great, because I am soooo tired of extracting, and installing alts. I'm guessing they wont let you put your personal e-mail address on here, so I'll just spell it the full way. its datboiluck(at)Gmail dot com. Also I don't know if you can facebook me, because that's how I signed in, but you can also do that, and I would appreciate it so much if you told me how to fix this damn beautiful car.

#253 of 261 Re: Strange '98 Town Car Electrical Issue [datboiluck] by w9r1

Aug 01, 2012 (6:35 am)

Replying to: datboiluck (Aug 01, 2012 5:32 am)
Sometimes it's simple things. Make sure your battery cable terminal connections are NEW. If you have a corroded + cable it WILL cause weird crap to happen. My car had one of those clamp on cable ends on it. Eventually the wire got so corroded underneath it wouldn't start. Had to have it jumped, etc. Thought it was the battery....I've also seen this cause really weird behavior in interior lights and instruments (recently on my son-in-law's Taurus) which made me think the battery was bad or going bad. Turned out to be a bad cable connector on that one too. I took the connector off, cut the + cable off to the point of having clean wire and put on a pig-tail you can get at most auto parts stores. Problem solved for me.

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