Posting this just in case there are any electricity gurus out there who might have insight into an extraordinarily odd problem going on with my electrical system (cab, not house). So far, Kermit from PC, the towing people, the RV shop, and the Ford technicians that I've spoken to on the phone have all been flummoxed by what my vehicle is doing. To a person, they say they have never heard of anything like this.
After being parked for a few hours while I was visiting a friend, I entered the vehicle and heard the headlight-on beeping sound... I went up front and the instrument panel lights were all blinking randomly (brights, turn-signals, anti-theft light, etc.)... even the radio would turn on by itself. On the outside, the headlights were on, and the turn signals were randomly going on and off. If we turned the headlights on, they actually would turn off, and vise versa. When I tried to crank the engine, I got absolutely nothing. Except the first tow-guy had success when he tried to crank the engine at the same time as turning the headlight switch on, then it did crank right up. But that only worked a couple of times.
The RV shop disconnected half of the circuit board and got the engine to crank fine. But driving it that way would mean having no lights or blinkers. Plus, when I actually did try to drive it (they wanted me to go elsewhere because the problem was too hard for them), it turned out that the parking brake light was on, so it refused to come out of park. If you reconnect those fuses so that the vehicle can be moved, then you end up going down the road with all the lights and blinkers going on and off all crazy-like. Hardly legal or wise.
It is being towed today to a Ford dealership that will run diagnostics on it and hopefully locate and kill the gremlins, but they can't look at it for a week.
Guess I am posting this just in case anyone out there has had a similar experience or is knowledgable enough to give me some useful tips or ideas as I talk to technicians and repair people.
Good news is my doggie and I were visiting a friend when this happened and we are safe and sound as a guest in their home while our house-on-wheels is being exorcized.
