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Powertrain Malfunction Again

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So started to 22Limited PB to take the family to dinner . The alarm goes off and the message pops up. “ powertrain malfunction” I hit okay . My app then alarms with the message .. reduced power .. so shut it down .. take the wife’s car to dinner . This is like the third time this has happened. Get up this morning to take the truck to the dealership and the it’s not there. This is complete BS .. why does it continually happen?
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See if you can harvest all codes before you shut the truck down, next time this happens.

The instrument cluster warning/alert is arguably generic, in respect to it could represent many different issues. Ranging from simple to complex.

At least with a list of codes we might get a hint of the real source.
 
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How do you “harvest codes” ? I don’t own a reader or have Forscan not that I won’t that either ..
 

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Forscan is a very powerful and inexpensive method for harvesting.

I realize not everyone finds that an appealing endeavor if they have never done so in the past. But compared to turning the keys over to the current Factory Authorized Service center? That strikes fear and gives me a gut ache just considering it.

Even if I was forced to do so, I want to have my own record of what the truck is trying to tell the technician. He's going to do the same exact thing, IF he can get the truck to "duplicate the customer's experience".
 

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I would second forscan and also take pictures or video when this stuff happens. The more “ammo” you have when going to the service dept. can’t hurt.
 

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I should mention that if you are successful in gathering all those codes and post them to this thread, at least we (I volunteer) could run them through the Factory Service manual and see what documentation exists regarding.
 

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So started to 22Limited PB to take the family to dinner . The alarm goes off and the message pops up. “ powertrain malfunction” I hit okay . My app then alarms with the message .. reduced power .. so shut it down .. take the wife’s car to dinner . This is like the third time this has happened. Get up this morning to take the truck to the dealership and the it’s not there. This is complete BS .. why does it continually happen?
Mine has been doing that for the last week, almost every day. It happened last winter too and when I asked the dealer about it when I went in for an oil change, they looked it up and it was the air dam. The malfunction comes up after it’s cold enough the free the dam open or shut. It’s gotten cold here ( highs below freezing) over the last week and a half. It’s getting very annoying but I have ordered a 2024 so as long as it keeps going off on its own, I’m going to ignore it. Even though the new one won’t arrive for a couple months.
 

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Mine has been doing that for the last week, almost every day. It happened last winter too and when I asked the dealer about it when I went in for an oil change, they looked it up and it was the air dam. The malfunction comes up after it’s cold enough the free the dam open or shut. It’s gotten cold here ( highs below freezing) over the last week and a half. It’s getting very annoying but I have ordered a 2024 so as long as it keeps going off on its own, I’m going to ignore it. Even though the new one won’t arrive for a couple months.
I don’t know if I’d accept that as being the cause. I’ve frozen mine solid for a few days until they thawed and I never had a warning or error message on the dash.
For example…
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Wow.
That's just beyond my imagination down here on the Gulf Coast.

I'm amazed that such a thing doesn't sideline one of these computers on wheels.
 

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Wow.
That's just beyond my imagination down here on the Gulf Coast.

I'm amazed that such a thing doesn't sideline one of these computers on wheels.
Welcome to the northeast!
 
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Second time this month we have gotten this code .. dealer can’t see it until next week .. this is some real crap .. I haven’t seen this many faults or yellow warnings in years … remind me why I bought a Ford again?!?
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