You know given all the BS Ecohell has given me this year, I was driving to my other residence on Long Island on 11/3/21 and out of nowhere the damn Wrench light comes back on. Then within seconds of that, the Check Engine light comes on, and both Stability Track lights (lower right of the cluster) come on. I immediately pull over and was able to park off the 4 lane road I was on.
Once I pulled over, the information center on the left of the cluster begins chiming and telling me Service AdvanceTrak, Hill Start Assist Not Available, See Owner's Manual, Pre-Collision System Fault, and All Terrain Management System Fault. I am fuming at this point.
I contact AAA for a tow. I tell them I am going to call Ford and see which dealer to bring my vehicle too - this is going to get good. I contact the nearest Ford Dealership, tell them my dilemma and they tell me they cannot see my vehicle until the middle of December. They state i should contact the Ford Dealership where I purchased EcoHell. I then contact that dealership. They state I cannot bring EcoHell there until November 22nd.
So here I am in limp mode, definitely not going to drive EcoHell, as 1) I never had this many lights come on before, 2) never before seen some of the messages being displayed and 3) during all of this I was shutting the engine off, opening and closing my door, then restarting EcoHell - within seconds of her starting there is a loud clunking noise coming underneath and the lights and messages began to come on.
What does Ford do? Sorry, your SOL, until weeks later. Luckily, my nephew owns a performance shop and happened to call me after I got off the phone with the 2nd Ford Dealership, just to say hi. I said your ears must be burning because I was just about to contact you. I tell him my predicament and though he is busy, he says tow EcoHell to his shop.
I re-contacted AAA and tell them the address of his shop. About 40 minutes later the tow truck arrives. I advise the driver that I don't want him driving the vehicle on the flatbed and use the winch. Then to top all of this BS off, the driver tells me (after he loads EcoHell on the flatbed) that company policy cannot have anyone in the tow vehicle due to Covid.
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I then contact wifey who is not happy that she has to pick me up..messing up her schedule. Tow truck leaves. I walk across the 4 lane road to a 7-11 store and wait. She comes, I take her back home and use her car to go to the shop. Now at this point, I am not bitching as I am driving her 400 odometer mile, Prestige model 2021 Audi S5 Sportback..LOL.
Anyhoot, I get to the shop about 30 minutes later, and see that EcoHell is in a stall about to be lifted. My nephew is inside reading his god knows how much Snap-On scanner tool and is a little stunned that NO power train codes are shown. He thinks his scanner isn't working properly. I grab my INNOVA scanner I keep in EcoHell and scan her. I get no power train codes as well. We both receive P0107 or P0109 (cannot remember at this moment - as scanner is in EcoHell as I type), but it is a map sensor code.
I advise him that this all started with a voltage issue, so could we check the voltage readings for S&Gs. He reads the battery both off and on. On, EcoHell is reading 14.8 and 14.9 and never going any lower, so I am not losing any voltage.
He then goes onto his computer and starts reading a TSB to me..
"
Some 2018-2019 Explorer/Flex/Taurus/MKT vehicles equipped with a 3.5L EcoBoost engine may exhibit an illuminated malfunction indicator lamp (MIL), powertrain malfunction (wrench) lamp, Service AdvanceTrac message, Hill Start Assist Not Available message, and/or lack of power with diagnostic trouble codes (DTCs) P0107, P0108 and/or P0109 present. This may be due to a faulty manifold absolute pressure and temperature (MAPT) sensor. To correct the condition, follow the Service Procedure steps to diagnose and replace the MAPT sensor."
This is
Ford TSB #TSB 19-2183.
Bottomline, I have him order a new 3 bar MAP sensor. The next morning he receives it, installs it and wouldn't you know it, if fixed the damn problem.
Now imagine if I did not have a nephew owning his own performance shop. I am curious, besides the waiting period to get EcoHell into the service department at Ford, what Ford would have done... thoughts?
BTW, I drove EcoHell yesterday about a 100 miles and she drives like nothing ever happened. She has 47,xxx miles on her, mostly highway miles.