Service soon

[Dena]

The biggest thing I care about is leaving the wife stranded somewhere- she teaches college/ has some late classes- not enthralled about the idea of having her go out to college parking lot at 9 at night and having her stuck because the car wont start-

Its under an extended warranty to 125K miles- but warranty doesnt cover the battery of course- but at least can prorate it as you mentioned- either way- wont be keeping it to 125K miles - but not sure what to replace it with right now- she has a love/hate thing with that car lol

While Ford offers road service, I am unsure exactly what the service is. I would suggest you get AAA auto service. I have only used it twice when I blew the water jacket in the intake manifold and had an ignition switch failure but they will jumper your car or install a new battery on the spot. It doesn't cost that much and it's comforting to know you have a number that will always get you help when you need it.

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[roket]

I haven’t messed with the cruise control button. Said not to use until 1000 miles on it. Or do you mean just while I am sitting there, push the cruise control button ?

yeah, if that wrench light comes up again, just press the cruise control button while still and see if the message "Adaptive Cruise Control Not Available" comes up

 

[Stratman397]

yeah, if that wrench light comes up again, just press the cruise control button while still and see if the message "Adaptive Cruise Control Not Available" comes up

Ok thank you

 

[Stratman397]

Thank you......Will check out the Cherokees....I could see her rocking a Jeep

Yep its a 2020 - so first year.... unfortunately it seems to happen to all year Explorers after 2020- and now is happening to the poor guy above- seems to be more of a Ford problem as multiple Fords seem to have the same issue....

But I know...lets reward them with a 40% raise : (

 

[Stratman397]

I really like this. It rides smooth and very comfortable. This one is loaded and has a moon roof. She should test drive one. Also a jeep wrangler, had one of those too. You can get the 4 door And they actually have quite a bit of room in the back, and you can also put the backseat down so you can use it for everything including mudding.

 

[Zig]

Welcome to Ford : (

If you see my signature- Im a die hard Ford guy but these might likely be my last....my daughters first car is a Honda Civic

I dont want to bring you down but....
My wife's 2020 Ford Explorer is doing what your car is doing- traction control/ hill assist/ power train malfunction- and it goes through a battery a year

I think I have had it into the dealer about 10 times for this- no one can figure it out- never any stored codes.....and no one can figure out why its going through batteries so fast ...

The codes on the dash are completely random- sometimes it does it everyday for a week- sometimes it doesnt do it for a few months....

So @Ford Motor Company would be nice if someone could figure this out- hoping @JimC doesnt end up in the same place I am with my wife's Explorer

If a resolution is never found- may be switching over to Honda/ Toyota and - well not sure what Ill do when it comes time to replace my Mustang- but right now- after reading some of the issues people are having- my confidence is going away quickly.....

The biggest thing I care about is leaving the wife stranded somewhere- she teaches college/ has some late classes- not enthralled about the idea of having her go out to college parking lot at 9 at night and having her stuck because the car wont start-

Its under an extended warranty to 125K miles- but warranty doesnt cover the battery of course- but at least can prorate it as you mentioned- either way- wont be keeping it to 125K miles - but not sure what to replace it with right now- she has a love/hate thing with that car lol

Acknowledged, not ideal but have [you] tried one of those priority start battery disconnect switches?

also not a fan of dbs.

 

[Deleted member 60295]

My Dark Horse did the same thing , service soon. The app it said it was the battery. I drove it a couple of miles it went off and I haven’t had it come up again yet … Gen 1 650s
I thought Ford might have finally gotten past the issues of the past … nope !!

 

[Stratman397]

Thank you......Will check out the Cherokees....I could see her rocking a Jeep

Yep its a 2020 - so first year.... unfortunately it seems to happen to all year Explorers after 2020- and now is happening to the poor guy above- seems to be more of a Ford problem as multiple Fords seem to have the same issue....

But I know...lets reward them with a 40% raise : (

Exactly and 4 days a week and get paid for 5

 

[Zig]

Exactly and 4 days a week and get paid for 5

Four 10’s?

 

[Stratman397]

My Dark Horse did the same thing , service soon. The app it said it was the battery. I drove it a couple of miles it went off and I haven’t had it come up again yet … Gen 1 650s
I thought Ford might have finally gotten past the issues of the past … nope !!

I went through all my gages an everything was in the normal range

 

[Stratman397]

Four 10’s?

No they didn’t t say that, if that was the case they would have said that, they said 4 and get paid for 5

 

[Stratman397]

Four 10’s?

In addition, the UAW has demanded an end to varying tiers of wages for factory jobs; a 32-hour week with 40 hours of pay; the restoration of traditional defined-benefit pensions for new hires who now receive only 401(k)-style retirement plans; and a return of cost-of-living pay raises, among other benefits.

 

[Deleted member 60295]

I went through all my gages an everything was in the normal range

Me too , my battery read 14.0 volts which is normal. Who knows what it could’ve been , they can update these cars at about any time. Especially if it’s hooked up to Wi-Fi . So maybe that issue is fixed , time will tell I suppose.

 

[Upacurb]

@Stratman397 that is a good looking vehicle...will take a look

@Dena - yes triple AAA is a must! have a teenage daughter driver also so feel better knowing if either one needs assistance- they have another number to call besides me

@Zig - good idea- have thought about it as well- have had several classics that I did that with as a theft prevention tool - as I would hide the switch (not that the old classics were not easy to steal using a different method - but if I was ever running into the store- would typically pop the hood and take the wire going from the distributor to the coil with me as well lol) - my biggest concern is I dont want to touch something and have the dealer blame me- that being said- maybe Ill ask the dealer next time I have it in what if they install it.......

 

[Stratman397]

Me too , my battery read 14.0 volts which is normal. Who knows what it could’ve been , they can update these cars at about any time. Especially if it’s hooked up to Wi-Fi . So maybe that issue is fixed , time will tell I suppose.

Sure hope I don’t regret buying it

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