Engine light on😡

[OHTREMOR]

After a year and a half of no issues and 28k miles I have an intermittent engine light on in my Tremor.

Guess it’s an emissions sensor?? Attached a pic of what it said was the problem in the app.
Dealer can’t get it in until the 10th.

Anyone familiar with this situation??
Thanks
OHT

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[P. A. Schilke]

After a year and a half of no issues and 28k miles I have an intermittent engine light on in my Tremor.

Guess it’s an emissions sensor?? Attached a pic of what it said was the problem in the app.
Dealer can’t get it in until the 10th.

Anyone familiar with this situation??
Thanks
OHT

Hi,

Do a Forum search for EGR Sensor... You will find helpful info to resolve your issue..

best,
Phil

 

[Msfitoy]

After a year and a half of no issues and 28k miles I have an intermittent engine light on in my Tremor.

Guess it’s an emissions sensor?? Attached a pic of what it said was the problem in the app.
Dealer can’t get it in until the 10th.

Anyone familiar with this situation??
Thanks
OHT

Ton's of 5G owners are familiar with this situation...you can try the dealer and (maybe) get it fixed for $300-500 and lots of time lost...or, order yourself a part for under $20 and spend 20 minutes DIY...

Enjoy the read...all 33 pages of it if you want to understand the root or go to second link where I described my experience and fix...

https://www.ranger5g.com/forum/threads/bucking-surging-epidemic.14581/

https://www.ranger5g.com/forum/threads/bucking-surging-epidemic.14581/post-573946

 

[OHTREMOR]

Hi,

Do a Forum search for EGR Sensor... You will find helpful info to resolve your issue..

best,
Phil

Thanks Phil!

 

[OHTREMOR]

Thanks everyone. It happened after I test drove a new truck. Swear the tremor knew and is punishing me. ?
still running ok for now.

 

[OHTREMOR]

Ton's of 5G owners are familiar with this situation...you can try the dealer and (maybe) get it fixed for $300-500 and lots of time lost...or, order yourself a part for under $20 and spend 20 minutes DIY...

Enjoy the read...all 33 pages of it if you want to understand the root or go to second link where I described my experience and fix...

https://www.ranger5g.com/forum/threads/bucking-surging-epidemic.14581/

https://www.ranger5g.com/forum/threads/bucking-surging-epidemic.14581/post-573946

Ok so about 15 pages in and I don’t see the fix you’re talking about. Can you point me in the right direction.

 

[OHTREMOR]

Ok so about 15 pages in and I don’t see the fix you’re talking about. Can you point me in the right direction.

Also wouldn’t this be covered under warranty since only 28k on the truck?

 

[Frenchy]

With all that stuff said it should still be under warranty as well. Better to get it fixed under warranty instead of wait and bitch

 

[Wytchdctr]

I'm about to start changing this our at 25k intervals... need to order one later today. No issues showing up yet... but.... seems like a when not an if.

I also want a better BOV before I see a check engine light from that sleaking......

 

[Msfitoy]

@OHTREMOR

Ok so about 15 pages in and I don’t see the fix you’re talking about. Can you point me in the right direction.

Ton's of 5G owners are familiar with this situation...you can try the dealer and (maybe) get it fixed for $300-500 and lots of time lost...or, order yourself a part for under $20 and spend 20 minutes DIY...

Enjoy the read...all 33 pages of it if you want to understand the root or go to second link where I described my experience and fix...

https://www.ranger5g.com/forum/threads/bucking-surging-epidemic.14581/

https://www.ranger5g.com/forum/threads/bucking-surging-epidemic.14581/post-573946

 

[Msfitoy]

Also wouldn’t this be covered under warranty since only 28k on the truck?

It would but many dealerships are so incompetent that they either fix the wrong thing or screw up a simple job even if you tell them which part is broken...

The reason that surge thread is so long is because many shops can't figure out what's causing this...until our group did, collectively...

 

[SkyLord]

I had this on a 2020 Explorer ST. It can be easy like mentioned before with a $20 part or next to impossible to run down. I had three dealers try to fix that thing over a 45 day period and a master mechanic spend a few days in a row on it to no avail. I had just bought the car so after they couldn’t fix it I made them take it back. Also EGR isn’t covered under warranty for some reason. I was having it fixed for free because I was buying it used and it became a lemon law situation. That explorer was used and had 7k miles. It would pass the leak down test, the vacuum was good, everything would check out and it would throw the code again. It takes about 120-200 miles to go through a programmed cycle before the code will throw again after they clear it. So it’s a long process to make sure it’s fixed. The easy button is the plastic valve on the top of the motor or possibly a dirty fuel filler port. Outside of that it’s going to need special tools and a real fancy diagnostic programmer that is proprietary to ford. Another possible symptom is a difficult start after topping of the fuel at a gas station. Having that light on won’t really hurt the car unless you leave it for a long time. You will see worse gas mileage and eventually it may hurt the catalytic converter from what I’m told. A fair number of people trade a car in after a couple bouts of this according to some research I did with the mechanics at the dealer. Loved the car, wish they had figured it out. That thing pulled like a freight train when the turbos kicked in and had massaging seats. I’d buy another one.

 

[Msfitoy]

I had this on a 2020 Explorer ST. It can be easy like mentioned before with a $20 part or next to impossible to run down. I had three dealers try to fix that thing over a 45 day period and a master mechanic spend a few days in a row on it to no avail. I had just bought the car so after they couldn’t fix it I made them take it back. Also EGR isn’t covered under warranty for some reason. I was having it fixed for free because I was buying it used and it became a lemon law situation. That explorer was used and had 7k miles. It would pass the leak down test, the vacuum was good, everything would check out and it would throw the code again. It takes about 120-200 miles to go through a programmed cycle before the code will throw again after they clear it. So it’s a long process to make sure it’s fixed. The easy button is the plastic valve on the top of the motor or possibly a dirty fuel filler port. Outside of that it’s going to need special tools and a real fancy diagnostic programmer that is proprietary to ford. Another possible symptom is a difficult start after topping of the fuel at a gas station. Having that light on won’t really hurt the car unless you leave it for a long time. You will see worse gas mileage and eventually it may hurt the catalytic converter from what I’m told. A fair number of people trade a car in after a couple bouts of this according to some research I did with the mechanics at the dealer. Loved the car, wish they had figured it out. That thing pulled like a freight train when the turbos kicked in and had massaging seats. I’d buy another one.

Mine never threw a code so no shop would ever be able to find the fault...

 

[SkyLord]

Mine never threw a code so no shop would ever be able to find the fault...

I must of misread something, sorry for the confusion. I was dying to tell that horrible story I guess. ?

 

[Msfitoy]

I must of misread something, sorry for the confusion. I was dying to tell that horrible story I guess. ?

The OP has the code...some do most don't...

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