15S39 LCM Bypass Recall - Documented

A friend of mine went to the dealer for he recall and the car came back with more issue. The parking light will stay on for a whooping 5 min before going all dark. The head light are always on tho but nothing else :( I have not done the recall on my 04 and will most likely wont after seeing how its been done.
 
2004_p71 said:
A friend of mine went to the dealer for he recall and the car came back with more issue. The parking light will stay on for a whooping 5 min before going all dark. The head light are always on tho but nothing else :( I have not done the recall on my 04 and will most likely wont after seeing how its been done.
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I can repair your LCM for you.
 
I find it amazing that Ford would come up with a recall with this much hackery instead of just desoldering/soldering on new relays. Is that really that much harder? Why do they think a talented auto tech can't desolder/solder parts on a PCA but *can* pull off this wiring mess?
 
That’s why I’m sending mine to fastblackmerc tomorrow. I will have nothing to do with that ****ery Ford calls a repair.
 
Yikes, hack job

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Thanks for this write up, I just received and ignored my recall notice.
 
2004_p71 said:
A friend of mine went to the dealer for he recall and the car came back with more issue. The parking light will stay on for a whooping 5 min before going all dark. The head light are always on tho but nothing else :( I have not done the recall on my 04 and will most likely wont after seeing how its been done.
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Canadian Marauders have DRL's that keep just the headlights on all the time.
 
Mine works perfect Since repaired, PROPERLY. The only thing that I need to get used to is, the new one is a wee bit louder and crisper sounding than the OEM. I'm sure after 13 years and 110,000 miles, I'll get used to it........
 
I just my recall done, I personally know the tech working on it and didn't leave the car side during the operation...lol, no issues works fine.......I guess it depends on how good the tech is, the tech who did mine has done over 20 so far and made it look easy...
 
Well, I think the official fix queered a deal on my car.

Shortly after the fix I had to replace a fuse. Not sure what I did to make it blow.

While test driving the car today the potential buyer had the passenger door open and toggled the door lock/unlock. After that the AC was dead, the clock was off and the dome and under dash lights were dead.

Replaced the fuse and all was fine.

I am tempted to remove the fix to see if it fixes the problem. I just can’t contort to work under the dash.
 
Would an LCM out another Panther work? I can get more than a few of them.

EDIT--answered my own question by reading first post. 03-05 Panthers
 
Taemian said:
Would an LCM out another Panther work? I can get more than a few of them.

EDIT--answered my own question by reading first post. 03-05 Panthers
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Yes, others years will work but you will experience the same problem if it's not already happening with the "replacement" LCM.
 
Logizyme said:
Canadian Marauders have DRL's that keep just the headlights on all the time.
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Not me. I did my apprenticeship with Fleet Service at the Post Garage for the RCMP. None of the CVs had DRLs enabled, kinda hinders sneaking around. A dead give away that a vehicle was an unmarked one, was if no DRLs were on. Believe me, they stood out in a sea of headlights during the day.;)
 
Taemian said:
Not me. I did my apprenticeship with Fleet Service at the Post Garage for the RCMP. None of the CVs had DRLs enabled, kinda hinders sneaking around. A dead give away that a vehicle was an unmarked one, was if no DRLs were on. Believe me, they stood out in a sea of headlights during the day.;)
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I doubt Ford built any Canadian VIN'd cars without DRL just for LEO's. Disabling the Canadian DRL in a panther is as easy as removing a fuse, which is likely what happened during initial outfitting.
 
Logizyme said:
I doubt Ford built any Canadian VIN'd cars without DRL just for LEO's. Disabling the Canadian DRL in a panther is as easy as removing a fuse, which is likely what happened during initial outfitting.
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Logizyme, please elaborate on how one would disable the DRM. I have a Canadian
Marauder with DRL that I imported and I have long wondered how to disable the DRL
feature. Thanks
 
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