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Car Forum / Ford / Ford Falcon / April 2004Nearll Crashed - Falcon Keeps Cutting Out While Driving
Hi Everyone Hope someone can help me. I've just bought a late 1993 Ford Falcon Futura Classic. Lovely car, however, its started to cut out while driving. Its really scary. My wife was driving last night (I'd had a few beers) and all the power went. She only just managed to control the car (you try steering two tonnes of metal with no power steering!!!!). The battery light is on, which the manual says is diagnosing an alterntor problem. Has anyone else had this problem? Regards Dikki All I can say is to check connections. I had cut-outs recently on my lpg system, & yes, it is quite dodgy trying to control a falcon without engine power. Try to think if there are similar times when yr prob occurs, & maybe find clues that way. In my case after doing about 50K's of highway that I'd stall coming off the highway: it was the lpg vaporiser freezing up as the hot water supply wasn't getting thru due to a shakey connection. good luck > Hi Everyone > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Dikki > All I can say is to check connections. > I had cut-outs recently on my lpg system, & yes, it is quite dodgy trying to [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > good luck If you think about it, the car loses all electrical power ie both alternator (which is capable of running the car on its own) and battery,..plus the alt-fail light illuminates tho this is often just a low-volts in electrical system alarm. I would check connections too. Try looking at the fusible link and its connections. This device has to handle all electrical currrent except starter-motor. In my old '79 Ford, its plug-in connector had lost contact due chronic heating courtesy of a resistive connection. Jason Throw a multimeter on the alternator. You should have about 14+ volts. If you have 12 or less? Your alternators gone. Brenden > Hi Everyone > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Dikki
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