I have a 2004 Ford Focus ZTS that the alt will not charge the battery.

Asked by GuruL7BNQ May 01, 2019 at 12:40 PM about the 2004 Ford Focus ZTS

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I have a 2004 Ford Focus ZTS that the alt will not charge the battery. Ive put a new battery in, changed the altenator twice, and checked fuses but it still gives and engine error code sayingregulator

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Check the large fuse between your alt follow the recharge wire you will run into a black block inside that is a 150 or 175 amp fuse and the connection inside corrodes and will cause that problem i had the same thing happen 2004 ford focus zts 2.3 auto trans 240000 and still gets going real good

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