That is exactly what one of our fellow Ranger owners, who was a Ford Technician for five years, told me last night. He said he only puts Mobil or Chevron has in his Fords. He said one of the most common problems he saw at the shop were fuel injector related.
Of course a person should always use quality fuel, but I have a hard time believing they are so finicky with fuel that they will throw codes for quite a few people. I'm generally fueling with E10 which is approved on the gas filler and with E10 water in the fuel should not be a concern. So far my CEL is still out so I hope that it was just something wacky right away and the issue goes away.
I am feeling more like you at this point. I keep hearing that these high tech computer components need to run a few thousand miles to learn driver behavior before settling in. I’m hoping that what this is all about. I just wish I had my truck back.
My MPG was in the 16-17s till I hit 700 or so miles and now I'm getting 21s with 900 miles on. I think it's the learning of the transmission and also the break-in of the motor. I'm very happy w/ how it's progressing over the past 5 weeks since I've gotten it.
I live in a town that has a magellan pipeline refined product center... aka a fuel distribution center. MP brings the crude and refined products up from the gulf coast refineries. I normally fill up at shell or kum & go, which sources from this center and is the latest construction tanks in our town. Though other stations also source from the pipeline center, they are older.
Thanks for the update. I’m hoping yours gets fixed and then mine is on the same path. I have an Undercover Flex bed cover to install, dang it.
I've noticed a slight miss at 1400 rpm on my new Ranger with less than 600 miles. NO CEL and runs great otherwise but can't help but think it could be a mapping issue or like you're hearing, a fuel injector(s).
Yah, I know, this is the pits. My service technician cleared the CEL, but was not ready to release my truck back to me. He said the low speed hesitation seemed more pronounced than on the other new Rangers he drove. Luckily, I have my son’s car while he is away at college. Otherwise, I be pitching a fit.
I haven't noticed any drivability issues at all, but there's something wrong with the injectors on some of these vehicles fresh from the factory. Idk... It's frustrating.
If he just cleared it and didn't do anything else it'll probably come back on. There is something wrong that has to be fixed.
I'm not back in town yet but I've been tracking what they've done. (And the mileage they put on doing some test driving.)
Good luck to you too. I started another thread about under the heading Bad Fuel Injector to call attention to this problem in the hopes Ford follows this site. Im waiting on the parts to replace a bad #2 injector. The dealership can’t get the parts so I called Corporate to see if they can hurry along. It sounds like your service technician did good testing after the repair. Fingers crossed.
Just got it back and gave it a go. Seems to be doing fine.
