battery light

Asked by GuruSL74F May 29, 2019 at 10:57 AM about the 2010 Ford Escape XLT AWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

2010 ford escape - battery dash light goes on and off intermittently -- dash
gauges go off and on --- hear a clicking sound under dash -- steering goes out -
- ac/heat controls stop working -- all this happens intermittently in a couple of
minutes-- then drives fine .  why ? what is the problem ?

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Sirkut_Interrupted answered 5 years ago

Mid speed can bus fault sounds like. possibly wires that have been rubbed through and touching ground somewhere. If thats the problem its gonna take a scope to find the exact issue

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