Mikey*TX
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- February 3, 2020
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- City, State
- Skunk Hollow, TX
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2021 ST Star White
Hardest part is driving an Ecosport.
I hope when you took the front end off your vehicle to put the push bar on it didn't screw things up.Vehicle went into what is known as limp mode. Power is drastically reduced. The objective being to force one to get off the road and shut down the engine. In my case, I was only a short distance from my servicing dealer. In limp mode, the only drive setting is comfort. The others are disabled. Numerous warning icons illuminate on the right side of the gauge cluster and in the tool tray. In my case it was the CEL, airbag deployment icon (they didn't thankfully). An orange wrench as well as several warning pop up windows in the center of the main screen. Each a different color designed to not be ignored. Looked like an explosion. Ambient air temp sensor malfunctioned as did the lighting on the right side, front. A somewhat tense moment till I pulled into the service reception area.
If your Ford dealership cannot figure out what the problem is maybe they can trace back their work and make sure everything was buckled up correctly.I didn't do the work. Dana Safety did. And installing push bumpers is just one of the many things they specialize in. I'd trust them before I'd trust a dealer to do what is needed to install a push bumper or any of the other things needed to convert a civilian vehicle to police work. They have their own in house fabrication shop. From metal work to custom wiring. Dana does it all. They do all the work for the US Secret Service and US Marshals offices nationwide. Ditto the Border patrol. There were by count seven Dodge Ram pickups undergoing transformation for the marshals office while I was there. Four to five more outside along with a number of all black Tahoes. All with US gov plates waiting their turn for equipment installs. Somewhere I believe I've posted several pictures of the outsides of the trucks. The black Tahoes one sees with the presidential limo, those are their creations. One section of the install center is off limits to the general public and no photos allowed. My understanding is that is where a number of modifications are made that the general public is not privy to. Understandable IMHO. It is not unusual to see dually pickups with 5th wheel flatbeds loading finished vehicles for transportation to the end user.
Based on what? 10% is obscenely high for any kind of manufacturing.There is a 10% failure rate in manufacturing. A manufacture checks X number of each build.
Good that it's covered under warranty I bet that harness is quite expensive.Still waiting for the official word. That is the connector that the Ford tech wiggled the cable on. The male connector closest to the front is evidently the guilty party. He is of the belief that there is a male pin with a bad crimp on the wire such that it will break contact when the cable moves fractionally. He would clear the code, gently nudge the cable one way and the ST would run perfectly. Drove it around the dealers lot, no issues. Then he drove it slowly over several speed bumps ........... That's all it took for everything to tank. It is now parked in their secured lot with other vehicles waiting on parts. I'm betting they are waiting on a new harness. That is the one that feeds the ambient air temp sensor.
They’ll most likely just re-pin it.Good that it's covered under warranty I bet that harness is quite expensive.