What a mess i am in!!!

[mightymoose_22]

The PCM should be mounted on the floor inside the car behind the center console. It is about 6"x8" in size... can't miss it.

As for the stalling, you may have a vacuum leak.

As for your battery light, you need to check that all the wires are connected tightly and nothing is unplugged.

Get yourself a wiring diagram and trace the circuit.

[adrenalin2k4]

I finally went out yesterday and bought a Haynes manual for the car. I will do a bunch of checks on this thing and post back what i have found. It is just wierd that the new CCRM will start the car, but die when i give it gas and not wanna start back up at all. If i put the one that is not the correct P/N for the car, it will start and run, but will run very poorly and wanna stall. However, it will start back up. Man i am so confused right now it is unreal.

[Intuit]

First off the battery light will stay on. It is bright red when at idle or at a stop sign. Then when i take off it will dim a bit.

Either the voltage output is getting low, (mine did same when brushes were worn,) or the white monitoring wire on top has a bad connection (simply clean and protect). Given the voltage reads fine, likely the latter.

Every so often the lights on my dash will just go out

Ignition switch is bad.

the air bag light will flash

It's flashing out an error or diagnostic code. For instance, 5 flashes, pause, 1 flash, pause, pause, repeat pattern.

Since these problems are all intermittent, DaveEscort97's suggestion about checking ALL of the grounds is spot-on. Electronics can and will do some crazy, unpredictable things when they're low on power. Having a bad or intermittent grounds has a similar effect, except that potentially damaging static-electric discharges can between circuits.

Cars that have been exposed to flood conditions are notorious for the types of problems you're describing. It's illegal to sell those, but it inevitably happens.

Also, check and make sure that your heater core isn't leaking onto the computer beneath the center console.

[adrenalin2k4]

Well, i have figured out where the problem was. It was definately an electrical problem and it was up under my dashboard. Whoever had the car before me, hooked up neon lights that goes underneath the car. Well whenever they took the neon lights off of the car, they did a real poor job of tapeing the wires that was up under my dash. Yesterday, the car caught on fire and almost burnt to the ground. I was driving down the road and the car started acting all wierd, so i coasted to a good stopping place and quickly got out, when i noticed the smoke pouring out from under the dash. If it wasn't for fast thinking on my part. The car would be a pile of ashes and charred metal. I unhooked the battery by using a pair of bolt cutters and cut the positive battery wire. The car is a total loss and not worth the time, effort or money to repair it. I only had liability insurance on it and will not get a penny for the car from the insurance company. However i will sell it to a junk yard and get a couple hundred for it. My luck has gone from bad to worse.

Thanks to those that has tried to help me out with this car. I consider it a huge lesson learned.

Thanks again.

[zzyzzx2]

This is exactly why I'd never buy any used car that had been modded in any way.

[Intuit]

Glad you're okay and there was no (other) property damage worth mentioning. It's good you report back because what would otherwise just be your lesson, becomes a community lesson.

Zz, yeah many modding folks have no sense of priority what-so-ever. For example, many folks who install radios, adapt the car to the radio rather the radio to the car. Of course when it comes time to replace it, the next person has to rely on something like a Haynes manual wiring diagram (hoping there are no errors and using a circuit tester to verify) in order to figure out what is what and install a new harness. Installing a radio would otherwise be plug & play if folks didn't regularly do this. (http://www.crutchfield.com/ - OEM wire harnesses for virtually any vehicle)

[zzyzzx2]

Exactly what I was talking about. If buying a used car, one of the things I would eventually do is to undo any mods, if it had any.

[zzyzzx2]

You could try parting it out before taking it to the junkyard. Or if you are going to get another Escort, then you have a parts car.