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If I send you my '02 Thunderbird module, can you diagnose and repair for me? I'm having the exact same issue.
Great video. My 2000 Ford Thunderbird is experiencing the exact same problem that you’ve identified here. Mine had occurred just after I got it back from the dealer for replacing a bad coil in my ignition. In doing that repair could they have sent a transient up the line that smoked the transistor In my FEM or am I running into a common problem with this?
Awesome job, that is what a good tech does. Great video and excellent information.
As a master certified tech on German and British cars. I would love to see more circuit board repairs.
You have inspired me to try harder and do more
Removing the FEM is not trivial. A video on that removal process would be helpful. Also, a video on your diagnostic of the FEM to locate the wonky transistor would be very helpful, too.
Keep up the good work. Excellent information.
It's so tough to even find people that take pride in their professions and in business, as well as giving the customer choices and doing the right thing while saving prob couple grand.. bravo brother.
One of my big pet peeves about the automotive industry. I can call on any piece of electronic equipment in my house (stereo, appliances, etc) and get a board diagram no problem, with most of it being readily available on the web. Every other industry on the planet has access to PC board level schematics but we're left reverse engineering it all. It's going to be more and more of a roadblock as time goes on and these modules are no longer available. Good on you for diving in and calling Mouser / Digikey instead of Ford…
I have the same problem. Do you know where to get the transistor??
Great Video Mario!
Which transistor was it?
What happens is that there are two types of mechanics, those who change parts until they find the fault and those who do not believe anything and check things twice until we change something, you are the second type, the best
I have Colleagues who prefer to change for another, thus saving themselves the trouble of looking for electrical diagrams and doing three hours of tests. Of course, we have other similar cars, we only repair the same brand and we have similar cars here. Greetings and good luck
Why not put pwm controller in "potentiometer" housing, like it was in old good times… It appears there is still lot of analog wire to dim all those leds.
well done young tech, I retired from the vocation in the mid 80s but still stay interested.
Good job! I am having my FEM, rebuilt as we speak. This is my second T-bird, with the same issue. The 2005 Had it but the Ford dealer ended up burning up my car! So they had to buy it back. Now I have a 2002 and the FEM, went out on this one. What makes them go out anyway? It seems like an ongoing problem with T-birds. Even the guy at the autoparts store said his went out too..