poor electrical

Based on the number of car fires started by defective Ford ignition switches I'd have to agree.

They all have electrical problems.

I have had the most trouble with Lincoln Continentals. Pontiac Bonnevilles from the latter half of the 1990's have been known to have terrible under hood wiring harnesses. DCX had alot of grounding issues with their clusters in the 1980's

Adding aftermarket alarm systems and remote starters causes even more trouble.

Nothing unusual.

An odd statement in some respects..... in all too many cases. people continue operating their vehicles, in spite of being plagued by "electrical gremlins", because the things will still start and run in spite of the concern. Once they have finally ignored the problem for long enough, it bursts into flames....

We see many threads that run like "For several months, my car has been doing this wierd thing and now it won't start/move/steer/stop....". In all too many cases, they continue operating their vehicles, in spite of being plagued by "electrical gremlins", because the things will still start and run in spite of the concern. Once they have ignored the problem for long enough, it bursts into flames.... ______________________________________________

My solution used to be to turn the radio up until I could no longer hear the squealing/tapping/hissing/rattling.

Luckily, the radio quit before the flames broke out.

Best regards to all AAFers.

Rodan.

Ford also had all those bad cruise control switches that started fires!

~e.

Yet the OP still doesn't have an answer....

I've never used Niehoff. Usually my replacement electric parts are Wells, but my brother in law runs the autozone north of me in Troy, OH. Go figure...

To say that Fords have bad electrics is laughable in my book. They're no worse than anyone else's. How many shivvies and pontyrags have I followed that have a tail, stop, turn, head, parking, running light or four out or turn signals that don't work....wait..that's the driver who can't work the lever....

Anyway....

Howbout those pigtails for the fan resistor on the pontyrags.

Burned to a crisp

$45 for the resistor and $80 (!) and 2 weeks B.O. for the pigtail Car only had 45k mls on it

$80 FOR A PIGTAIL ????????????????????????? A connector with 7 wires on it