97 Escort Electrical Problem

[denisond3]

I hope someone who knows about the EEC can help you with advice. It sounds like you are now dealing with another bad fuse - either in the fuse box under the hood, or in the smaller fuse box that is located under the dashboard somewhere.
I would also recheck that all connectors are fully seated, fully pushed together. Some of them a inconvenient to reach, to put it mildly.

[Selectron]

Now the escort is "dead in the water". Turn it to the ON position and just the "check engine" light comes on. Turning to the start position has the same result. Nothing.

I'm a little confused. Do you mean that the fault symptom has changed, or do you mean that it's dead in the ON and START positions whilst the Room fuse is out-of-circuit?

If it's the latter, then I assume that would be because the Room fuse feeds current to the PCM.

[doctorptwo]

I am curious if this issue was ever figured out? I have exactly the same problem. At first I thought it was a bad battery since it was teh factory original. No with a new battery, I have a draw on the room fuse. I have checked all the lights, it's not them. I think it is the alarm module but have not had a chance to check it yet. Does it need to be reset after a battery change? If so, anybody know how to do that? 1997 Escort sedan.

[pickle20252]

i had a problem with my ccrm chattering my fuel pump was staying on and also my coolant fan so i changed it and still have a dead battery every night the car has also been chugging when at idle and stalls every now and then. but changing the ccrm took care of the fuel pump and chattering. i read online that the ccrm fails due to a cold solder joint and all you have to do is pop the rivets and re-do the joints. i would suggest using a lead based solder. i see people trying to sell refurbished ccrm's on the internet for 60 bucks. seems like once that chattering started in the ccrm it was really what the problem was just a ripple effect of the original problem i will post anything new i find with my car and hopefully it will help someone else out

[00pecky]

Has anybody figured this problem out? I was driving my escort down the highway when I lost electrical power the gauges went dead. The car continued to run for awhile but did not make it home as the battery died. I removed the alternator tested it & it is fine. I charged the battery & the car starts up fine but dies after battery is drained. Any help would be appreciated.