Nova 404
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- Joined
- Mar 16, 2017
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- Vehicle Year
- 2003
- Make / Model
- Ranger
- Transmission
- Automatic
I just picked up a high mileage 2003 FX4 for my daughters first car/truck. When test driving it we could not get the 4X4 to engage, no lights on dash but clicking from the passenger dash area.4hi and 4 lo lights come on on first start up then go out like the should. Have tried tapping on the transfer case motor with no change. I did have it running in neutral but nobody in the car stepping on the brake which may have made this test useless Truck sat a long time and I'm sure that the 4x4 was rarely used. I have access to a snap on scanner at work and was wondering if it has self diagnosis capability? I have been driving it for a few days now fixing odds and ends and today I was trying to see if 4x4 would work and I got it to go into 4lo and had to drive it to my destination and cycle the key to get it out of 4lo.This may have been on me as I was in traffic and just turned the knob without putting it in neutral I have not been able to get this to happen again. There is so much info out there its hard to chose the most efficient way to diagnose this issue