Posted 2014-06-22 8:23 AM (#159557) Subject: Ford sensor shut down
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Can anyone explain to me why Ford thinks a limp mode is a bad idea? Sensor goes out, you get immediate engine shut down, no warning. Seems like a lawsuit waiting to happen. And these sensors are going out right and left starting at about 80,000 miles.
Posted 2014-06-22 9:41 AM (#159561 - in reply to #159557) Subject: RE: Ford sensor shut down
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2011 and newer diesel. Any sensor will do it, but in my dad's case, it was one of the 4 exhaust sensors. Ford engineers say they will NOT program a limp mode when sensors throw codes because their priority is protecting the engine, so it shuts down with no warning, and won't re-start, regardless of circumstances. GM has a limp mode so you can still move when the sensors go out or throw codes.
Posted 2014-06-23 9:55 AM (#159570 - in reply to #159565) Subject: RE: Ford sensor shut down
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Originally written by PaulChristenson on 2014-06-22 10:22 PM
Well...I guess next time he'll buy a GM Duramax...
He's already planning to sell his less than a year old Ford this fall. He and my mom were pulling a camper trailer with the 2011 and just before crossing the Mississippi River on the 2 lane bridge at Helena, which incidentally was one lane at the time due to construction, the truck died and they barely made it onto the shoulder. Can you imagine if that had happened on the bridge? What if it happened on a really busy road and caused a pile-up? I-55 bridge in Memphis was shut down nearly a whole day due to a stalled vehicle causing a bad wreck. They are programming these trucks to stall with no warning...just seems extremely stupid to me and I don't understand why they don't care.
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