Got mine installed last week...

 

Cool - Thats as good a place as any, pretty big harness just to add the fuse & mating connectors eh:-)

 

Man - you would think Ford would at least be consistent on the installation of a recall part (maybe being a little more carefull about following procedures). I had a chance to look at my father-in-laws yesterday & his is tiewrapped to the wires to the left of the master cylinder.

 

Hey LittleTow,

Could you post the web address of the dealer that you bought the part from? I would like to order one too.

I looked around and I could not find anyplace that had that part no.

Thanks,

reklaw

 

Hi Reklaw - here ya go:

http://www.oemfordparts.com/

When I got mine he said he had 200+ on hand, these guys are good, I have bought from them a few times & have been VERY pleased with them. When you go to the website enter the part number (4W1Z-14A411-BC) under parts request then send it, theyll e-mail you back with a price & availability. A tip - when you request it ask for US mail shipping as its only a couple of bucks VS. the UPS charge of like $8 (plus it wont arrive damaged!).

 

Great! Thanks a lot.

 

Just to clarify, if I unplug that switch on the top of the master cyclinder and let it hang my cruise control will no longer work or be stuck on and nothing else will be effected like ABS? I don't use my cruise control and don't want my rig to burn down.

2001 F150 supercrew 4x4

 

Unplugging the connector will disable the cruise without affecting anything else.


Steve

 

I had my recall service performed yesterday.

It was really pretty sureal. I got in line at 7:30 AM at the dealer, and they came out and put a numbered card under my wiper, stating "a service advisor will be with you shortly". Then I got to the head of the line, and told them I was there for the cruise control switch recall. They said "oh that", removed the card from my wiper, and told me not to get out of the truck. They put in the fused harness while I waited and no paperwork of any kind was signed. I was out of there in 5 minutes, never having unbuckled my seatbelt.

 

Got the part in the mail yesterday from Southwest Ford. $7.60 total cost. They even put on the zip ties, ready to go.

Funny, my son just bought a new Ranger last weekend from Lithia Ford in Fresno, CA and they would not throw in the part for me for free or even a price.

They said they had to do it.

I think not.

 

I had this "fix" done on my 01 F-150 last month...I have to wonder though, how is installing a fuse on this problem switch going to prevent a fire in this circuit? My cigarette lighter has a fuse and it gets hot enough to melt plastic. Hopefully it's not just a pacifier for the folks at NHTSA.

 

If the switch were to short out without the fuse in place to break the ciruit the switch & associated wireing would burn. The problem is exaserbated by the fact the switch is in close proximity to the resivoir that contains the brake fliud which is very flamable. Apparently what was happening was the resevoir would melt from the heat of the shorted switch/wireing thus leaking fluid & viola flaming Ford! If youve ever seen what happens to a piece of wire when shorted across the + & - terminals of a battery youd know what the fuse is for. P.S. dont try this at home

 

The same switch in many other vehicles was fused at 15A and the fuse usually blew.

In this case, the switch was fused at 20A on an ALWAYS HOT circuit. When the switch leaked, the fluid and the connector would get hot enough to ignite before the fuse could blow.

The harness contains a fuse link that will blow at a value substantially below 5A, removing power from the circuit and hopefully preventing ignition of the brake fluid in the connector.

If the link should blow, the only symptom will be a loss of the cruise control.

Steve