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2002 Ford Ranger 2.3L 4cylinder p1432 code
I had this code. The dealer charged me $130.00 to tell me it's the electronic thermostat and wanted $500.00 more to fix it. I located one on Ebay and put it on myself for about $110.00. After I got the new one installed the auto parts dude reset the check engine light and I am good to go. I inspected the old unit and sure enough the little tiny connectors on the wire plug looked fried and black. I had to remove a keeper clip to pull that wire connector out for inspection. So based on my experience if you're getting P 1432 code and a fried connector it may be time to replace the electrionic thermostat. Also of note is that I purchased a 2001 2.3 ranger thermostat. The folks that sold it said it's the same part so I trusted them and It's working well so far.
After closer inspection it looks like I broke the wires off a thermistor coming out of the thermo housing. It appears that the thermistor is imbedded in epoxy and it's fried to a crisp. So if you pull the clip and remove
the connector you'll trash your thermostat if it's still good.
I uploaded images to this forum.
http://www.2carpros.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=306812#306812
I had this code. The dealer charged me $130.00 to tell me it's the electronic thermostat and wanted $500.00 more to fix it. I located one on Ebay and put it on myself for about $110.00. After I got the new one installed the auto parts dude reset the check engine light and I am good to go. I inspected the old unit and sure enough the little tiny connectors on the wire plug looked fried and black. I had to remove a keeper clip to pull that wire connector out for inspection. So based on my experience if you're getting P 1432 code and a fried connector it may be time to replace the electrionic thermostat. Also of note is that I purchased a 2001 2.3 ranger thermostat. The folks that sold it said it's the same part so I trusted them and It's working well so far.
After closer inspection it looks like I broke the wires off a thermistor coming out of the thermo housing. It appears that the thermistor is imbedded in epoxy and it's fried to a crisp. So if you pull the clip and remove
the connector you'll trash your thermostat if it's still good.
I uploaded images to this forum.
http://www.2carpros.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=306812#306812
