Exhaust Mode Selection Unavailable

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ekalb

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My 2023 has 13k on it. Friday night after a 250 mile trip, I was really moving up an empty wide snow/gravel covered road. After a few miles of this, I came to a stop, switched it to sport mode and then a CEL came on and I got an "Exhaust mode selection not available" message. I was without tools, so I disconnected the battery for 15 minutes and the CEL went away. On my ride home, the light came back on and the message came back as well. I got it serviced today and I needed a new exhaust actuator motor.


How common a failure point is this? I initially thought maybe some gravel got stuck in there and burnt out the motor, but the Service advisor said everything looked totally normal and that it just failed.



 

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My '23 has 11k miles on it and it appears I lost one or both valves. I emailed my dealer on Monday and they checked my VIN. Said there were codes for both valves and ordered them. I am taking it in this THursday and will update progress when the repair is complete.

Symptom was quiet mode sounded like normal (maybe a little louder) and sport and baja sounded the same as regular baja. A lot more drone as well at lower RPM in any mode.
 

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Update.
One valve was binding and the other loose. They had to order a new muffler. Valves only would not have fixed the issue.
 
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