Stop Safely Now on start

[pja3668]

My 2023 XLT SR with 35k miles has been at my local dealership for a month. The last day I drove it I had charged to 100 percent. I had a day full of errands to run. It started with a visit to the vet. My 8 year old tagged along and we stopped at his school playground on the way home for him to play for a few minutes. When we tried to leave I got the Stop safely now message. After towing it to the dealership and sitting for a week they said it was the gear shift module. Seemed odd to me that that would be it. Took a while but when they got the part and installed it sure enough that wasn’t it. They last claimed Ford needs to “push something” to it. All BS I think. I’m not sure what it is but it has me thinking I’m done with this truck. I’m almost out of warranty and wary of having issues like this down the line. *besides the fact that I borrowed a car for almost two weeks before they had a loaner. I just want my damn truck back. The longer and harder it is to diagnose this makes me more and more hesitant to keep it.

I should add. I’ve had numerous incidents where I had to disconnect the negative battery cable to reset the truck. This latest issue would not clear after several times disconnecting the battery cable. I had one incident that I had the whole family in the truck, we had just put our 15 year old dog down and were on our way home on the Garden State Parkway (an 80-85 mph road, if you’re not familiar) when the truck gave me the Stop Vehicle now message. I disconnected the battery and everything restarted fine. I hate to think it or say it but I might have met my limit. *it is an odd occurrence that both of the above mentioned issues happened on days I went to the vet.

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[rdt7]

I had my first "Stop Vehicle Now" message (and forced stop). It occurred after I had been driving for about 15 minutes in One-Pedal mode. At a stop sign, I turned One-Pedal off and the warning popped up right after that. It was resolved by turning the vehicle off and back on again. As someone said, my confidence in the vehicle has been shaken. As of now, if this happens again, all I know to do is: 1) Turn vehicle off and back on, maybe several times, to see if it resolves. If not, 2) Remove and replace the negative battery cable. 3) Charge the 12V battery using the terminals in the frunk.

Is there anything else I should add to my checklist? And one final question: at what point would I take it to a dealership (hoping not to wait until it needs to be towed in)?

 

[B177y]

I had my first "Stop Vehicle Now" message (and forced stop). It occurred after I had been driving for about 15 minutes in One-Pedal mode. At a stop sign, I turned One-Pedal off and the warning popped up right after that. It was resolved by turning the vehicle off and back on again. As someone said, my confidence in the vehicle has been shaken. As of now, if this happens again, all I know to do is: 1) Turn vehicle off and back on, maybe several times, to see if it resolves. If not, 2) Remove and replace the negative battery cable. 3) Charge the 12V battery using the terminals in the frunk.

Is there anything else I should add to my checklist? And one final question: at what point would I take it to a dealership (hoping not to wait until it needs to be towed in)?

I'd take it to the dealer now to have them check codes and get the problem logged or fixed if there's any codes that point them towards something. Depending on your mileage, a 2023 should still be under warranty. Even if they can't find anything, if you get the complaint "logged" now and it happens again, you'll have the issue listed in the service records to help support your case.

 

[TaxmanHog]

It occurred after I had been driving for about 15 minutes in One-Pedal mode. At a stop sign, I turned One-Pedal off and the warning popped up right after that.

Why did you switch it off at that point and time?

Maybe a few of us can test this routine to see if it's a repeatable system wide issue or unique to your truck, I'll test on mine in the morning.

 

[rdt7]

Why did you switch it off at that point and time?

Maybe a few of us can test this routine to see if it's a repeatable system wide issue or unique to your truck, I'll test on mine in the morning.

I switched off then because I had just finished descending a mountain with a lot of switchbacks. After the stop sign, the road leveled out so I switched off one-pedal.

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