20 Most Recent 2001 Ford Mustang - Page 2 Questions & Answers

It can not crank and not turn over at the same time if it does not crank it wont turn over so which is it?

Try swapping out the power pcm relay. If the relay is good, replace the crankshaft position sensor. http://www.revbase.com/BBBMotor/Wd/DownloadPdf?id=71121

There is a diagnostic procedure in the factory service repair manual for engine light lit ,no codes . Did you take it to ford dealer ? MIL - is referring to check engine , service engine soon etc...

• MIL always on when engine is running (no DTCs):
• MIL circuits

• For Focus, Mustang, Town Car, Continental, LS6/LS8, Escape, Windstar, F-150, Expedition and Navigator/Blackwood:
• Instrument Cluster, Section 413-01 of the Workshop Manual.
• All Others:
• GO to NB1

SERVICE ENGINE SOON indicator After the engine is started, the SERVICE ENGINE SOON indicator will prove out for a duration of three seconds. If the instrument cluster does not receive a message from the PCM within five seconds, the instrument cluster will illuminate the SERVICE ENGINE SOON indicator and log a diagnostic trouble code (DTC).

• An indicator is inoperative/always on - SERVICE ENGINE SOON

• Circuitry.
• Bulb.
• Instrument cluster.
• PCM.

• GO to Pinpoint Test P .

PINPOINT TEST P: AN INDICATOR IS INOPERATIVE/ALWAYS ON - SERVICE ENGINE SOON CONDITIONS DETAILS/RESULTS/ACTIONS P1 CARRY OUT THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER SERVICE ENGINE SOON INDICATOR ACTIVE COMMAND Trigger the HEC active command MIL.

• Did the SERVICE ENGINE SOON indicator illuminate?

Yes REFER to Powertrain Control/Emissions Diagnosis (PC/ED) manual. No INSTALL a new instrument cluster; REFER to Instrument Cluster . CLEAR the DTCs. REPEAT the self-test.

The window motor must also be able to "go both ways".. check it..

Bank 1 is the cylinder bank that has #1 cylinder in it, bank two is on the opposite site of the bank 1.

YOUR EMERGENCY BREAK CABLES ARE SIEZED IN THE HOUSING. WHEN YOU DONT USE THE BREAK THEY HAVE A TENDENCY TO START RUSTING AND YOU WONT KNOW THIS UNTILL YOU FINNALLY USE THE BREAK AND ALL THE RUST IN THE CABLE BREAKS LOOSE AND JAMBS THE CABLE. THERE IS A CABLE FROM THE REAR DRUMS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CAR VERY UNLIKLY THIS WILL WORK BUT TRY LUBING THE OUT SIDE OF THE COVERING ON THE CABLE WITH A PENETRATION OIL AND WORK THE BREAK LEVER AND SEE IF THEY BREAK LOOSE

Is the liquid coolant?

Is the floor also wet under the dash? This could be a lot of things why your car is running hot. Could be a head gasket, cracked cylinder head or block, stopped or restricted radiator, water pump impeller faulty with broken vanes, stopped up heater core, cracked water jacket and or a leaking intake manifold gasket. So as I stated could be a slew of causes. You'll have to actually diagnose the cause by checking from the easiest cause to the hardest.

tow it to the dealer. you need to use the scan tool to reset the security module. requires 2 keys to complete the proccess

Now the door handle doesnt work?

check the guage plug in behind instrument panel

you can buy,well we can,adaptor plugs to connect to the h/unit and to the wiring loom plug.normally its yellow=constant power 12v +,red=ignition feed 12v+,[some are other way round]black=earth,blue=power antennae,grey/greyblack,RF speaker,white/whiteblack,LH speaker,Purple/purple black,RR speaker andgreen/green black LR,,orange =illumination dash lights.Those are our standard colour codings,we get in New Zealand.

it seems like the battery is going. clean battery terminals, also the grounding to the body (engine block, transmission, etc.) all should be shiny cleaned. suggest you go to autozone (or other auto parts) for a free battery & alternator tests.