Four-wheel drive not working properly

Tiny
TEELO
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  • 2006 FORD RANGER
  • 4.0L
  • V6
  • 4WD
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  • 94,000 MILES
When I turn the knob 4x4 high or low I hear a low sounding click but it does not engage, and 4-wheel drive does not work. The 4x4 lights doesn't display either.
Tuesday, January 11th, 2022 AT 5:00 PM

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Tiny
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More than likely the clicking that you are hearing is the encoder trying to engage but it cannot.

So, the likely cause of this is the encoder has failed but we need to do some testing to confirm this.

Let's go to the encoder on the side of the transfer case and check the voltage on the motor wires and see what it is when you are operating the switch.

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/how-to-check-wiring

I am attaching the wiring diagrams below that will help with this.

Please let me know what questions you have, and we can go from there.

Thanks
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Wednesday, January 12th, 2022 AT 5:17 PM
Tiny
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Thank you so much for your response. There is zero voltage, so we replaced the encoder. Didn’t fix it. Any suggestions as to what we check next?
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Saturday, March 12th, 2022 AT 11:12 AM
Tiny
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Okay. Just to confirm you had no voltage at the encoder, but do you still hear the clicking? When you checked the voltage which wires did you check? The highlighted wires below?

If you had no voltage, then the source of the voltage would be the issue which in this case would be the control module.

However, I would use the second diagram and check the voltage at the module when you are changing the switch state. There should be 12 volts on the 4WD switch and then a stepped down voltage as you change the switch status.
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Sunday, March 13th, 2022 AT 7:27 AM

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