John M BUNMAN
BUNMAN-Adventures, Rescue & Recovery
@FordTechOne i need your help brother.
I got the dreaded ORANGE WRENCH today. I was out running errands. Went in an office 10min, came out and started the truck. Dash was blank, NAV/info screen completely blank, back power windows worked, front windows would not, no back up camera.
I drove it about a 1/10th of a mile and the dash and NAV screen came back on, Along with the ORANGE WRENCH-check manual-hill start/descent disabled. Started truck after it sat in the driveway 20 minutes, wrench gone.
NOTE- I have been running the tires at 30/31 for the last few days which of course triggered the Low Tire Pressure warning. Could the truck possibly be pizzed off that I haven’t aired the tires up?
I have a call into service to see if they want it brought in or if it can wait 1k miles until the oil change?
Your thoughts Sir?
Update #1. Air the tires up a bit, drive it around about 20 miles, no wrench, no other issues detected.
Talked to the service manager, I’m bringing it in Friday doing the 40k service early and checking for any codes. He thinks as I first thought “BATTERY” I have never gotten more than 3yrs out of a Battery in Las Vegas, heat kills.
I have read a few other places, here and elsewhere, anything from a gasket in the diff, to a $4k repair?
I don’t have a good battery tester just a cheap one and it’s showing 11.9-12.3 amp’s but it doesn’t test cold crank amps etc. So it’s basically worthless.
Friday they will test it properly and hopefully that’s it and they will warranty out the battery.
I’ve see on here some folks putting theirs on a trickle charge a couple times a week?
Raptor 2019, bought 11/2019, 39k miles, serviced at Ford every 5k, stock except for some BD lights.
Thankfully ESP, as always.
As Always THANK YOU in advance, your advice and guidance is Always appreciated on here by me and everyone else.
I will update after Friday
I got the dreaded ORANGE WRENCH today. I was out running errands. Went in an office 10min, came out and started the truck. Dash was blank, NAV/info screen completely blank, back power windows worked, front windows would not, no back up camera.
I drove it about a 1/10th of a mile and the dash and NAV screen came back on, Along with the ORANGE WRENCH-check manual-hill start/descent disabled. Started truck after it sat in the driveway 20 minutes, wrench gone.
NOTE- I have been running the tires at 30/31 for the last few days which of course triggered the Low Tire Pressure warning. Could the truck possibly be pizzed off that I haven’t aired the tires up?
I have a call into service to see if they want it brought in or if it can wait 1k miles until the oil change?
Your thoughts Sir?
Update #1. Air the tires up a bit, drive it around about 20 miles, no wrench, no other issues detected.
Talked to the service manager, I’m bringing it in Friday doing the 40k service early and checking for any codes. He thinks as I first thought “BATTERY” I have never gotten more than 3yrs out of a Battery in Las Vegas, heat kills.
I have read a few other places, here and elsewhere, anything from a gasket in the diff, to a $4k repair?
I don’t have a good battery tester just a cheap one and it’s showing 11.9-12.3 amp’s but it doesn’t test cold crank amps etc. So it’s basically worthless.
Friday they will test it properly and hopefully that’s it and they will warranty out the battery.
I’ve see on here some folks putting theirs on a trickle charge a couple times a week?
Raptor 2019, bought 11/2019, 39k miles, serviced at Ford every 5k, stock except for some BD lights.
Thankfully ESP, as always.
As Always THANK YOU in advance, your advice and guidance is Always appreciated on here by me and everyone else.
I will update after Friday
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