SteveK
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- Location
- USA
- Vehicle Year
- 2000
- Make / Model
- Ford Ranger
- Transmission
- Automatic
Hello all -
I recently acquired a very nice 2000 Ranger Trail Head.
Going into the purchase, I knew the cruise control did not work, and had not worked for a long time. The seller purchased it with the cruise not working, so, they could not provide any insight.
I have reasonable mechanical and electrical skills being an engineer by profession, but I wanted to reach out for advice.
I do not have a factory shop manual yet, and the Haynes manual is "weak at best" for detailed electrical trouble shooting.
I have checked the obvious - rear brake lights, brake light switch, redundant switch at master cylinder, fuses, etc. I also removed the horn bad / air bag to take a look at the switches - nothing obviously wrong.
All seem to be ok.
Two questions:
1) I can not find my OBD2 code reader. (I believe this is a OBD2 vehicle.) If I purchased a new one, would I be able to read trouble codes as a result of the cruise system malfunction?
2) any advice on "next steps" trouble shooting?
Thanks!!
I recently acquired a very nice 2000 Ranger Trail Head.
Going into the purchase, I knew the cruise control did not work, and had not worked for a long time. The seller purchased it with the cruise not working, so, they could not provide any insight.
I have reasonable mechanical and electrical skills being an engineer by profession, but I wanted to reach out for advice.
I do not have a factory shop manual yet, and the Haynes manual is "weak at best" for detailed electrical trouble shooting.
I have checked the obvious - rear brake lights, brake light switch, redundant switch at master cylinder, fuses, etc. I also removed the horn bad / air bag to take a look at the switches - nothing obviously wrong.
All seem to be ok.
Two questions:
1) I can not find my OBD2 code reader. (I believe this is a OBD2 vehicle.) If I purchased a new one, would I be able to read trouble codes as a result of the cruise system malfunction?
2) any advice on "next steps" trouble shooting?
Thanks!!