Orca
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- Vehicle Year
- 2004
- Make / Model
- Ford Ranger
- Engine Type
- 4.0 V6
- Transmission
- Automatic
- 2WD / 4WD
- 4WD
Thanks to RonD, I heard about the useful "HEC Dealer Test Mode" (58 KB PDF) several months ago.
IIUC, my 2004 Ranger is the 1st year with the HEC (Hybrid Electronic Cluster), for which this test is available.
However, when I tried it back then, despite my dedicated efforts, including watching 2 videos of people performing it (on a 2005 Ford F-150 FX4 and a 2007 Mercury Mountaineer), I was unable to make it work.
Has anyone successfully used this on a Ranger, preferably on a 2004? Was I simply having a "senior moment" back then or does it really not work on some (all?) 2004 Rangers?
Poster @rlrnot (also with a 2004 Ranger) seemed to have problems running it too, but he never mentioned it again.
(The issue came up again recently in this thread [my post] but I didn't want to hijack it and thought the topic was worth a dedicated thread.)
Any ideas or input would be greatly appreciated!
IIUC, my 2004 Ranger is the 1st year with the HEC (Hybrid Electronic Cluster), for which this test is available.
However, when I tried it back then, despite my dedicated efforts, including watching 2 videos of people performing it (on a 2005 Ford F-150 FX4 and a 2007 Mercury Mountaineer), I was unable to make it work.
Has anyone successfully used this on a Ranger, preferably on a 2004? Was I simply having a "senior moment" back then or does it really not work on some (all?) 2004 Rangers?
Poster @rlrnot (also with a 2004 Ranger) seemed to have problems running it too, but he never mentioned it again.
(The issue came up again recently in this thread [my post] but I didn't want to hijack it and thought the topic was worth a dedicated thread.)
Any ideas or input would be greatly appreciated!