What an odd run of bad luck.
I hope your efforts stop your problems. Although I have to say that it makes me wonder if there's some underlying issue.
In any case, Good luck!
Were you having failures? Or is this some kind of preventative maintenance thing?
I ask because in all my 55 years of driving cars I can count on one hand the number of relay failures I've had. My '12 Edge, '14 Fusion and '18 Mustang all equal zero combined.
My '18 Ecoboost convertible has 114k miles on it. 4 years of that was commuter traffic into and out of downtown Atlanta traffic during rush hour both ways. Before it became mine it served a year as an Enterprise rental in Florida. I've driven it on several 500 to 1200 mile road trips. Since...
Well, since it doesn't look like the OP even bothered to check back more than maybe once since posting I'm kinda doubtful he'll report back.
I hope I'm wrong as I'm curious if the ac got fixed.
A quality shipping company is not all that expensive.
Or flying to the vehicle and driving back is a great way to learn it.
If you're worried about the condition you can probably find a car inspection service to give you a report.
Just saying that to find what you want you may have to search...
You haven't said what year and model you have.
You said that adding refrigerant made it start working. That is an indicator of a leak.
You also said that it has pressure but I'm not sure what you are describing. Pressure sitting off or running. Pressure is only helpful when running and you need...
Taking an existing camera off and reinstalling it doesn't require programming. Replacing it with a new one often does. At least they called you before overwriting it.
No, most people don't. Nor do they use a search function. It's just the nature of people and fourms to simply ask questions. You can rail against it or just let it be. My blood pressure is better if I just let things go.
If it's not a ground issue I'd check the "mega" fuse. I'm pretty sure there's like a 275A fuse bolted in the battery junction box that will cause the OPs symptoms. I've never heard of one blowing out before but maybe a bad connection or something.
As I've said in another thread, new batteries should have their charge topped off when installed. Brand new batteries are never 100% charged and can indeed self discharge further just sitting on a shelf. Also, if a lead acid car battery (not a deep cycle battery) is allowed to discharge too far...
Another thing that hasn't been brought up is that allowing a lead acid battery to significantly discharge can cause sulfate and shorten even a new batteries life. Repeated deep discharges compound the problem. And simply starting and running the car is not a sufficient way to charge a low...
I don't believe that the car will go completely to sleep if a fob is that close.
I don't know if the mymode is a given with a low battery but modern cars do very, very odd things when the battery gets low.
I think the easiest thing for you is to buy a small battery maintainer and just hook it...
Have you connected to a bidirectional scan tool? They often allow you to activate different components to test them. Other troubleshooting options would be a DVOM or a small, handheld oscilloscope to tell if the fan is getting a signal.
In short, there are lots of things you can try before...
Not to mention, as someone else said, it’s a federal crime for them to sell one without cats. And since both of those two companies are nationwide it's probably an issue they'd like to avoid.
Judging from watching a lot of auto repair/rebuild videos it's a pretty common thing on a lot of cars.
I own 3 Fords and that part has been replaced at least once on all three. Prices on the part varies quite a bit. My Edge was $30ish, my EB Mustang was just under $50 and my wife's Fusion was...