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Evening folks, and thanks in advance. I am trying to help a friend with a 2005 Ford Escape, fulltime AWD, auto, 3.0 V6, 4 wheel ABS. The vehicle exhibits absolutely no driveability problems, but it has a constant ABS light and an intermittent flashing 4WD light.
I have bled the brakes until clear fluid at all four corners. Also, new pads and rotors were installed 2 months ago, also at all wheels, by a stealership in WVa..
My Actron scanner will not read ABS codes, my SCT X3 also shows nothing. The ABS works even though the light is on, and the 4WD worked perfectly running it through the mudhole we tested it in. I am thinking a VSS is faulty giving the computer bad info. Am I on the right course? Any suggestions?
__________________ '04 F250 4wd CCLB XLT. Torqshift, ESOF, 3.73LS, BFG AT's 33x12.50s, could pass for a Lariat without leather. Bonestock 365 CID (not anymore... IDP street tune) Energy Suspension Anti-Clunk mod too. All the reading I've done here makes me think I got the only good one. My daily driver, it plays in the sand and drags my toys. My first diesel. '85 F150 2wd RCLB Lariat. 351H, C6. Garage kept since new (inherited it) 125k mi still strong. Their motto was "Quality is Job 1" back then. Totaled '00 F250 4WD SCLB Lariat. V10, my avatar.
'99 F150 Ford Buyback, POS 5.4 ate gaskets and fuel pumps, no oil pressure at 20k miles with Castrol Syntec 5w30.
ASE P2 certified parts specialist. Normally I can identify the widget. Doing my best to expand my CARBON FOOTPRINT since 1978
Lurking here to learn about my diesel
I would start by scanning each system with a GOOD scan tool that can read the codes. With all those lights on there are several codes stored. Without the codes the best anyone can do is guess.
__________________ Mark Former Automatic Transmission Engineer 1988-2007
Thanks Mark. I'm somewhat educated guessing myself. I can't afford the Auto Enginuity just yet, but I'm saving for it. I told him the best thing he can do is eat an hour of diagnostic time at an actual FORD dealer. I learned today that he had it worked on at the Kia dealer from which he bought it used. I am not as familiar with this platform as I am with pickups, but I am thinking the rear VSS has failed. If it's located in the differential, like on my truck, wouldn't a difference in front to rear speeds seen by the computer cause this?
__________________ '04 F250 4wd CCLB XLT. Torqshift, ESOF, 3.73LS, BFG AT's 33x12.50s, could pass for a Lariat without leather. Bonestock 365 CID (not anymore... IDP street tune) Energy Suspension Anti-Clunk mod too. All the reading I've done here makes me think I got the only good one. My daily driver, it plays in the sand and drags my toys. My first diesel. '85 F150 2wd RCLB Lariat. 351H, C6. Garage kept since new (inherited it) 125k mi still strong. Their motto was "Quality is Job 1" back then. Totaled '00 F250 4WD SCLB Lariat. V10, my avatar.
'99 F150 Ford Buyback, POS 5.4 ate gaskets and fuel pumps, no oil pressure at 20k miles with Castrol Syntec 5w30.
ASE P2 certified parts specialist. Normally I can identify the widget. Doing my best to expand my CARBON FOOTPRINT since 1978
Lurking here to learn about my diesel
Thanks Mark. I'm somewhat educated guessing myself. I can't afford the Auto Enginuity just yet, but I'm saving for it. I told him the best thing he can do is eat an hour of diagnostic time at an actual FORD dealer. I learned today that he had it worked on at the Kia dealer from which he bought it used. I am not as familiar with this platform as I am with pickups, but I am thinking the rear VSS has failed. If it's located in the differential, like on my truck, wouldn't a difference in front to rear speeds seen by the computer cause this?
You need to get the dealer to pull the codes.
Offer to pay them 30 bucks or so just to hook up the WDS and pull codes (from all systems) and and print any applicable service bulletins for you.
That's the plan CTO. I lost most of my connections when I quit working for Advance Auto, and my dealer of choice was among them. Unfortunately, he's more broke than the ten commandments. I floated him the money for the diagnostic, and if his wife will let it sit still long enough to get the scan done, I'll post the results. Our thanks to you and Mark.
Jason
__________________ '04 F250 4wd CCLB XLT. Torqshift, ESOF, 3.73LS, BFG AT's 33x12.50s, could pass for a Lariat without leather. Bonestock 365 CID (not anymore... IDP street tune) Energy Suspension Anti-Clunk mod too. All the reading I've done here makes me think I got the only good one. My daily driver, it plays in the sand and drags my toys. My first diesel. '85 F150 2wd RCLB Lariat. 351H, C6. Garage kept since new (inherited it) 125k mi still strong. Their motto was "Quality is Job 1" back then. Totaled '00 F250 4WD SCLB Lariat. V10, my avatar.
'99 F150 Ford Buyback, POS 5.4 ate gaskets and fuel pumps, no oil pressure at 20k miles with Castrol Syntec 5w30.
ASE P2 certified parts specialist. Normally I can identify the widget. Doing my best to expand my CARBON FOOTPRINT since 1978
Lurking here to learn about my diesel
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'04 F250 4wd CCLB XLT. Torqshift, ESOF, 3.73LS, BFG AT's 33x12.50s, could pass for a Lariat without leather. Bonestock 365 CID (not anymore... IDP street tune) Energy Suspension Anti-Clunk mod too. All the reading I've done here makes me think I got the only good one. My daily driver, it plays in the sand and drags my toys. My first diesel.
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