GTGallop
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- First Name
- Greg
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- Mar 1, 2020
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- Location
- Anthem, AZ
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- Vehicle(s)
- 2019 Ranger XLT 4X4 SOLD - Now 2023 TRD Offroad
- Occupation
- Program Manager
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I've not been off road in a while. Maybe a month? But in that month a lot of highway miles. I'm a little paranoid about how easy the shift knob is to bump so I check it as start up procedure and then at stoplights every so often. Haven't been in 4WD at all.
Then I'm cruising down Carefree Highway doing 65 without a care in the world. The display lights up with an amber 4x4 Service Light. WTF!!!
Immediately I pull off to the side. This is AZ so I'm always 10 feet away from a navigable dirt path of some sort. The one I was near was flat and level. So I reboot the truck - turn it off open the driver door, shut it, hit the remote lock, then hit the remote unlock and open the door and then close it and start. Light goes away.
About that time I get a Ford App Message telling me I had a "power train failure" but no details - I assume it's more generic than 4x4 Service.
So I drive the truck about 4 truck lengths on this dirt road and then reverse back to the start - in 2wd. No issues.
Next I drive the truck about 4 truck lengths on this dirt road and then reverse back to the start - in 4wd-HIGH. No issues.
Then I drive the truck about 4 truck lengths on this dirt road and then reverse back to the start - in 4wd-LOW. No issues.
I put it back into 2wd drive the truck about 4 truck lengths on this dirt road and then reverse back to the start. No issues.
So I reboot the truck again.
Get on Carefree Highway again.
Head for home and park it.
What the hell was that all about? I'm trying to get into to the dealership but they only have service appointments way out in the future. Safe to drive? Tow it in? What's the deal with these warnings?
Then I'm cruising down Carefree Highway doing 65 without a care in the world. The display lights up with an amber 4x4 Service Light. WTF!!!
Immediately I pull off to the side. This is AZ so I'm always 10 feet away from a navigable dirt path of some sort. The one I was near was flat and level. So I reboot the truck - turn it off open the driver door, shut it, hit the remote lock, then hit the remote unlock and open the door and then close it and start. Light goes away.
About that time I get a Ford App Message telling me I had a "power train failure" but no details - I assume it's more generic than 4x4 Service.
So I drive the truck about 4 truck lengths on this dirt road and then reverse back to the start - in 2wd. No issues.
Next I drive the truck about 4 truck lengths on this dirt road and then reverse back to the start - in 4wd-HIGH. No issues.
Then I drive the truck about 4 truck lengths on this dirt road and then reverse back to the start - in 4wd-LOW. No issues.
I put it back into 2wd drive the truck about 4 truck lengths on this dirt road and then reverse back to the start. No issues.
So I reboot the truck again.
Get on Carefree Highway again.
Head for home and park it.
What the hell was that all about? I'm trying to get into to the dealership but they only have service appointments way out in the future. Safe to drive? Tow it in? What's the deal with these warnings?
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