Power Train Malfunction Alert

[ScottC]

Anyone else receive this? Driving this morning - everything fine - and alert on drivers screen Pull Over Safely and Stop.
My app says “power train malfunction. You can drive until you stop vehicle but then won’t start. Contact Ford and have your vehicle towed to facility of your choice”

I called a local Ford service and told him. He looked up my VIn and said it’s just a recall / APM software update. He also said I can keep driving and just schedule an appt.

Given the dramatic alert in the truck that seems odd. Anyone else getting this?

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[The Weatherman]

That is likely a failed battery module. Note the power output has been reduced to 3% with a battery showing 92% SOC.

 

[chriserx]

The update may be available, but like Dean suggested, there is a more serious problem. An update shouldn't be causing that outside of recall territory.

 

[ScottC]

Truck is getting towed to Ford. I’ll let the channel know what develops.

 

[IdeaOfTheDayCom]

I've had similar warnings. The first time involved waiting about a month for the dealer to get the tools needed to swap a power module.

It happened a couple of times a year later, but the warnings I got didn't say that I couldn't re-start, so I stopped and started and didn't see the messages again.

If it dropped your power to 3%, it's definitely something related to the high voltage battery. Hopefully your dealer has the parts and tools and they can get you on the road a lot quicker than mine.

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