I traded in the '13 Gen1 for the latest and greatest Gen2. I'm having trouble with the truck restarting itself at stop lights. When I let off the brakes, the truck try's to start, but sounds as if the battery doesn't have enough juice. I'll have to shift into park, and then attempt to restart by pushing the start button. This hasn't always worked- on 3 different occasions, after several attempts to get the truck started, I get the wrench in the message center, along with "charging system service now", and have had to have it towed to the dealer. However, on two of those occasions, by the time the flatbread arrived, and after the truck sitting for 40+minutes, it starts. The 1st time the dealer told me it had some codes but didn't know exactly what they meant and would contact Ford for info. The 2nd time they told me there was a computer update. The 3rd time it was a loose wire at the starter.....
I can get the truck to duplicate the problem (have sat in my dealers service isle until it replicates so that service tech could see first hand) by starting the truck, turning on all the lights (interior and exterior), radio etc, then turning off the truck and letting it sit until it times everything out. Only in my case the only thing that times out is the radio- everything else stays on until the battery dies is my guess; I've always thought that EVERYTHING pulling power would eventually shut down when the motors off to preserve the battery....
Also, not sure if this is related or normal- when I hooked up my trailer for the first time I got "hill start assist not available", "service advance trac", "collision warning not available", "hill descent control fault", "cross traffic alert deactivated", and "terrain management system fault".
My dealer is telling me they will have to get with Ford on the issues. Have any of you guys experienced anything like this?
I can get the truck to duplicate the problem (have sat in my dealers service isle until it replicates so that service tech could see first hand) by starting the truck, turning on all the lights (interior and exterior), radio etc, then turning off the truck and letting it sit until it times everything out. Only in my case the only thing that times out is the radio- everything else stays on until the battery dies is my guess; I've always thought that EVERYTHING pulling power would eventually shut down when the motors off to preserve the battery....
Also, not sure if this is related or normal- when I hooked up my trailer for the first time I got "hill start assist not available", "service advance trac", "collision warning not available", "hill descent control fault", "cross traffic alert deactivated", and "terrain management system fault".
My dealer is telling me they will have to get with Ford on the issues. Have any of you guys experienced anything like this?
