Only one is serious—but that’s the one that doesn’t have a fix yet.
as weekend chore helper, commuter vehicle, and all-around agreeable daily driver. There has been little to complain about—we get decent fuel economy considering our heavy-footed, highway-heavy usage; it’s comfortable for long stints behind the wheel; and nothing has broken. That’s not to say there hadn’t been the potential for problems: Ford has sent us a whoppingThis issue involves the hybrid powertrain. The notice states that on our vehicle, “the engine could fail prematurely.
Thankfully, we have experienced none of these harbingers of doom, and the vehicle does not need to be parked outdoors since the issue would only arise while the truck is being driven. A second letter we received in February 2024 indicates this problem extends to the hybrid versions of the 2020–2023 Ford Escape, 2022–2023 Maverick, and 2021–2023 Lincoln Corsair.
The remedy was a software update for the powertrain control module , which we had performed in December 2023. Presumably, our truck now produces its optimal levels of emissions.This time, a powertrain software error caused the “air/fuel enrichment calibration as intended.” The upshot was that emissions might not be maintained properly when the truck was driven at maximum speed, or at the maximum speed set via the MyKey function.
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