20 Most Recent 2002 Mercury Sable - Page 3 Questions & Answers

On youtube. Also you never change just one side you always do both or your car will pull when braking.

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should be either on floor to left of brake pedal or rt beside u before u get to shifter

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check the fuse also make sure dimmer is not turned all the way down

This has to do with voltage falling too low for "Keep Alive Memory" (or KAM) to the PCM. First check the battery voltage, terminals etc. After that it could be anywhere in the wiring harness. See the link below for add'l help http://www.taurusclub.com/forum/82-maintenance-repair/113593-p1633-error-code.html

oil or antifreeze dripping on the exhaust ,failing which a plastic bag has wrapped itself around the exhaust

disconnect the battery. Crawl under the vehicle. Remove the large cable from the starter. Remove the small wire from the starter. remove the 2/3 bolts that hold the starter to the transmission. Remove the starter. I’m happy to assist further over the phone at https://www.6ya.com/expert/jeremy_d728a59f986299fa

OK, We'll cover the Diagnostic Test Codes (DTCs), starting with the standard definition set by SAE J2012 (Revised December 2007)DTC P0171 "System Too Lean Bank 1"DTC P0174 "System Too Lean Bank 2"DTC P0301 "Cylinder 1 Misfire Detected"DTC P0305 "Cylinder 5 Misfire Detected"DTC P0316 "Engine Misfire Detected on Startup (First 1000 Revolutions)"The "system lean" codes are pretty much telling you that there is way too much oxygen in the exhaust. There is too much oxygen on BOTH sides of the engine, and that is why you are getting codes for bank 1 and for bank 2. Bank 1 is the side where #1 cykinder is located and Bank 2 is the opposite side.The misfire codes are pretty self-explanatory. #1 and # 5 cylinders are misfiring. The P0316 DTC is telling you that the misfire monitor is detecting a misfire as soon as the engine starts. This tells you that it is a very severe misfire and that the engine does not have to warm up and the car does not have to be driven to detect the misfire.A misfire can be caused by many things it can be vacuum leaks, bad spark plugs, bad ignition cables, faulty ignition coils, fouled or malfunctioning injectors or injector circuits, blown head gasket, cracked cylinder head, burnt valves, etc.. etc..However, look at the codes you have. Then look at the firing order for your engine. 2002 Mercury Sable is only equipped with a 3.0L 2V 6-cylinder engine.The firing order is 1-4-2-5-3-6Now if you take the firing order and split it in half, stack the two halves on top of each other, it looks like this:1-4-25-3-6When you look at the firing order this way, you can see that cylinders 1 an 5, 4 and 3, and 2 and 6, are "PAIRED" cylinders. They are exacly opposite in the firing order. Now, the cylinder only fires every second revolution of the crankshaft. With paired cylinders, one of the cylinders in the pair will fire on the first revolution and the other cylinder will fire on the second revolution.Looking back at your codes, please note that the cylinders that are setting the misfire codes are paired cylinders.Now the coil pack for your ignition is actually made up of three coils. Each coil fires a set of paired cylinders. If you look at the top of the coil, it will usually be marked with the cylinder numbers that each coil tower is supposed to connect to. The coil will look just like the firing order split and stacked as above.With all of this said, I would say that it is VERY LIKELY that your misfire codes are being caused by a defective ignition coil.The lean codes are a little different.These are USUALLY caused by vacuum leaks which allow too much air into the engine that is not getting measured by the Mass Airflow (MAF) sensor and causes the engine to be getting too much air and not enough fuel (running lean).I would take a good look at all of the vacuum hoses and lines. Ford is notorious for getting holes in the rubber parts that connect the PCV tubes.If you do not find any obvious reasons for a vacuum leak, then you may want to fix the misfire codes, reset the computer memory, and drive the vehicle to see if the lean codes come back again. The misfires COULD be the cause of the lean codes. In a perfect world, this is not supposed to happen because the misfire monitors setting codes will not allow the oxygen sensor monitors to run and set lean codes. However, I HAVE seen cylinder misfires that have caused lean codes.I hope this helps you to figure it out. Good luck!

Just an idea but I might be completely wrong. Car immobilisers and/or alarms are sometimes integrated with the central locking so it is possible there is something loose, broken or slightly faulty in the door, the lock, the catch or the wiring from the door to the body that causes the immobiliser to think the car has been vacated and locked sometimes when it hasn't. As it is opening the door that causes the problem I would look at whatever moves or is moved by opening the door. A wiring diagram might provide a clue and if the workshop manual has an overview of the vehicle security system that could also help.

it is often the fuel pump, but can be fuel rail pressure sensor, a clogged fuel system. I would check fuel pressure at rail, if low I would remove fuel filter check and see if fuel is dirty and if filter can be blown through with very little resistance... almost like blowing through a straw, if it requires any pressure to blow through the filter.. the filter is clogged. the fuel rail pressure sensor has two bolts, an electrical plugin and I believe one vacuum line. I am going to get a picture of the sensor and post here and will see if I can get a picture of one on the engine if I can offer any other assistance, please feel free to leave a comment! I would like to help you resolve your problem!

run the fault codes to see where the faulty sensor is

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Then you did not fix the problem. Codes are not cut and dry, it can be the part the wiring to it or in rare cases a defective Powertrain control module (PCM)

you have either the thumb wheel switch beside the headlamp switch is turned all the way up or a sticking door ajar switch.
Does the door ajar light in instrument cluster stay on?
If so then you can shoot some WD-40 into the latches on the side of the doors then open and close them firmly a few times and this will usually unstick them.

Here's a video showing you how. Ford Taurus 3 0L 24v DOHC Intake Manifold Removal