Powerboost: Check Engine Light - code? on at 1,047 miles :(

[F150RLA]

Any update? Curious what the issue was.

I picked up the truck from the dealership last night. 15 min before closing, after work. :|
All of the service dept. had gone home. The attendant the originally helped me secure a loaner was there and was very helpful. She gave me a piece of paper with several lines of Auto-Service-Ticket gibberish with lines of code that was more like a foreign language to me.

All that to say my wife borrowed my truck to go to work today, but as soon as I get it back this evening, I'll post a picture of the service ticket and show what the came up with.

Which was basically nothing:

- the couldn't duplicate the, there was a code, but couldn't get it to come back.​

- I guess they cleared the code(?)​

- The service tech ran other tests from the $2500 computer but didn't come up with anything.​

- the service lady said "...it must have been just a glitch..."​

stay tuned for a copy of the ticket.
Thank you.

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[Porpoise Hork]

They should have been able to pull the codes from it prior to clearing them. Even soft codes will show up in their scanner. Hell I can pull soft codes with my $50 bluetooth scan tool and iPhone app or with Forscan, so their $2K scan tool damn better be able to do it.

 

[F150RLA]

They should have been able to pull the codes from it prior to clearing them. Even soft codes will show up in their scanner. Hell I can pull soft codes with my $50 bluetooth scan tool and iPhone app or with Forscan, so their $2K scan tool damn better be able to do it.

There's definitely a code there, but I can't recall exactly what it was.
I do know that the code he got, We could not get to come up on her cheapie scanner the day I dropped it off.

I misspoke, I mean the cheapie scanner said there was a code but it labeled it as "undetermined".

Stay tuned

 

[Porpoise Hork]

There are a few inexpensive options you can look into for a portable scan tool. The BlueDriver BT adapter is probably the best of the mobile app versions out there. Allows for real-time monitoring as well as diagnostics. They run $120 on average and worth the investment.

You can also get the OBDLink EX FORScan OBD Adapter cable for about $45-60 and snag a copy of Forscan (will be your best friend for owning a Ford) and pull DTC codes with it as well.

 

[BoostedSushi]

Does this tool (OBDLink EX) work on other cars too? Don’t need crazy levels of detail, but getting the code scanned would be helpful

 

[Snakebitten]

That particular OBDlink adapter should work well with multiple vehicles, but not all brands have software that is the equivalent of Forscan.
Unless I am misunderstanding the question.

 

[Samson16]

Does this tool (OBDLink EX) work on other cars too? Don’t need crazy levels of detail, but getting the code scanned would be helpful

I purchased after reading this forum the OBDLinkMX+ . It works on multiple vehicles. Blue tooth to my iPhone or iPad. They have the other flavor too and it works great ?

 

[BoostedSushi]

That particular OBDlink adapter should work well with multiple vehicles, but not all brands have software that is the equivalent of Forscan.
Unless I am misunderstanding the question.

Yeah, that’s pretty much what I was wondering!

I got a C7, and want to check the codes the engine throws. The version of this product I bought has the USB cable. Will that impact anything?

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