JRM Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 Driving home on the motorway this evening in my Red. Using cruise control and went to accelerate using the steering wheel buttons and there was a big stutter and then a distinct lack of power. Info came up saying 'engine service now' and the dreaded yellow spanner icon on the dash. Limped back to my local dealer but there was a distinct lack of power when I put my foot down. My first instinct is that the turbo has gone but is there anything else it could be? Going to be at least a couple of days before they can look at it. Car is 14 months old and has 22k on the clock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul950 Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 The lack of power is properly were it has gone into a limp mode because the yellow spanner icon came on, this protects the engine at the first sign of something gone wrong 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRM Posted May 17, 2016 Author Share Posted May 17, 2016 Hoping that it is not anything too serious. Definitely felt a sudden loss of power so probably was the limp home mode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexp999 Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 Could be something as simple as a sensor. As mentioned as soon as the car goes in to limp mode you loose power anyway. At least you're in warranty so it should be sorted at no cost to you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRM Posted May 17, 2016 Author Share Posted May 17, 2016 Yeah they should sort it. Only thing that made me a bit worried was that on the booking in form it said 'possible warranty claim'. There is no possibly about it and I told them straight up I would refuse to pay for any repairs as the car was under warranty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexp999 Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 It is always possible until they establish the cause. Got to rule out it being abused or having had unapproved modifications etc. You've got to remember the warranty is with Ford so your dealer has to follow certain procedures or they won't get reimbursed for the work. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iantt Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 upstream hego sensor or recirc valve split possible causes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRM Posted May 18, 2016 Author Share Posted May 18, 2016 Alex I didn't know that. Thanks for putting mind at rest. Will wait and see what they find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRM Posted May 18, 2016 Author Share Posted May 18, 2016 Got a phone call and said there were no mechanical issues. They gave the car a software update which seems to have sorted it. Keeping until tomorrow to do some further road testing. Very strange. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iantt Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 It does happen sometimes, depending on what dtcs are triggered, software update will fix some. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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