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Randy Goodsell Posted on Oct 13, 2015
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My 1997 2dr 4.0 v6 ford explorer wont shutoff

Ignition switch and actuator rod works,but my truck stays running in park and neutral while turned off? 3 or 4 dash lights come onwhile turned off and I lost the temp and direction LED by the rearview mirror to. what could be causing the issue with my truck. this is the first time the truck has done anything like this,been a good truck

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Hello Randy, I have a "95 Mercury that did that. The steel pin at the end of the actuator fell out , preventing the ignition switch from shutting off. A new actuator from Ford cured my problem. It was very hard to replace.

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SOURCE: 2001 ford explorer sport trac 4 wheel drive wont work

Start the car
put in " N"
turn the 4X4 switch on
Then put in gear..
What do you see now?
Do the same in reverse when you take out of 4X4

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s60six

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  • Posted on Feb 17, 2009

SOURCE: 1992 chevy pu. 4 wheel drive electrical issue.

the ignition electrical switch (not the key ignition switch) on the bottom of the steering colomn is probably the issue........You can find it by looking under the dash while turning the key you will see a rod moving back and forth. At the bottom of the rod is the switch.
Hope this helps!

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Apr 02, 2009

SOURCE: 97 ford f150 w'ont come out of 4 wheel high

Me and a couple guys at work had the same problem. My brother who is a ford mech said it is a vacuum solenoid that is located on the passenger side fire wall. It should have 2 vacuum tubes and a small wire harness connected to it. On mine I turned 4wd on and nothing happened. I unhooked the solenoid and it engaged then I hooked it up and unhooked to and it was able to disengage. They only sell these soleiods at the dealers though for about $40. Ive looked all over the net and found nothing. But check those first cause if its no them then its either the hubs not disengaging or solenoid that engages the transfer case. Hope this helped.

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Apr 27, 2009

SOURCE: 97 s-10 blazer stuck in park and dash lights wont come on

start by checking your linkage

Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jul 22, 2009

SOURCE: ignition actuator

there is a pin in the rod that normally breaks, if you unbolt the ignition switch from the bottom of the column you will be able manually move the switch,

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