AvockAdoo
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- First Name
- Sam
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- Location
- Denver, Colorado
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- 2020 Ranger XLT
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- Engineer
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I've put about 5k miles on my ranger since I got it (has roughly 21k on it now) and today had my first "issue". Cruised for two hours home from Copper Mountain to Denver, stopped to run an errand on the way home (truck off for about 10 mins) and when I fired it back up, the revs peaked at like 3.5k, dropped and it was running SUPER rough with a CEL on.
Went to take off, it was obviously in limp mode, no power, no throttle response.
Pulled around a corner, disconnected the negative terminal for about 2 mins, plugged it back in, fired back up running smooth as silk.
I pulled the engine codes and found the following:
P2118 Generic Throttle Actuator Control Motor Current Range/Performance
P2ABD Generic No Information
Cleared those, drove him 10 miles just fine, fired it up again no issues.
Wondering if this is a fluke? Definitely taking it in to ford for engine documentation, but a weird glitch for sure.
I love this truck, it drives SO much better than my last truck ('19 Tundra), but I am skeptical about an engine issue THIS early on. I know turbos are complicated and I really do trust the truck (specially with a shadetree mechanic skillset) but am wondering if anyone else has had this issue?
I will update with what Ford says.
Additional tidbit - my topper was rewired about two weeks ago (another thread I started) to be switched off of the brake pedal. I dont know if this would have ANYTHING to do with a throttle control actuator, but I figured I'd make the puzzle more complicated.
EDIT: I also had it sitting with the hazards on for those 10 mins. Now, I will TEST the battery to see, but in my Saabs that I've had before a low voltage battery can do some crazy sh*t. Dont know if anyone else thinks this could be the case, but figured I'd throw it in.
Any help/insight is MUCH appreciated - Cheers Folks!
Went to take off, it was obviously in limp mode, no power, no throttle response.
Pulled around a corner, disconnected the negative terminal for about 2 mins, plugged it back in, fired back up running smooth as silk.
I pulled the engine codes and found the following:
P2118 Generic Throttle Actuator Control Motor Current Range/Performance
P2ABD Generic No Information
Cleared those, drove him 10 miles just fine, fired it up again no issues.
Wondering if this is a fluke? Definitely taking it in to ford for engine documentation, but a weird glitch for sure.
I love this truck, it drives SO much better than my last truck ('19 Tundra), but I am skeptical about an engine issue THIS early on. I know turbos are complicated and I really do trust the truck (specially with a shadetree mechanic skillset) but am wondering if anyone else has had this issue?
I will update with what Ford says.
Additional tidbit - my topper was rewired about two weeks ago (another thread I started) to be switched off of the brake pedal. I dont know if this would have ANYTHING to do with a throttle control actuator, but I figured I'd make the puzzle more complicated.
EDIT: I also had it sitting with the hazards on for those 10 mins. Now, I will TEST the battery to see, but in my Saabs that I've had before a low voltage battery can do some crazy sh*t. Dont know if anyone else thinks this could be the case, but figured I'd throw it in.
Any help/insight is MUCH appreciated - Cheers Folks!
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