Sigh, I did stop safely now

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And yet, another stop safely now.

Post the recall that was supposed to allow me to drive the car afterwards.

Driving home three hours ago I had the car lurch forward and start flashing back to back errors. Wheels lost power and I'm just steering with momentum. I was able to pull over into a shoulder maybe 2 miles from home. Pulled up the stickied post, requested a Ford roadside. Waited 3 hrs only to have Ford tell me the "service provider" isn't responding.

I've been stuck in a not so good area with a dead car that I can't even drive home. Skipping the fear/anger/annoyance since it's been 3 hours. I just want to get the car off the road and go home. I could walk there but I'm not leaving the car alone.

My 2022 bingo card has been crazy this year, I think this might get me bingo.
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You might want to try and see if you can get a local good tow company out. Ford will reimburse the tow.
 

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And yet, another stop safely now.

Post the recall that was supposed to allow me to drive the car afterwards.

Driving home three hours ago I had the car lurch forward and start flashing back to back errors. Wheels lost power and I'm just steering with momentum. I was able to pull over into a shoulder maybe 2 miles from home. Pulled up the stickied post, requested a Ford roadside. Waited 3 hrs only to have Ford tell me the "service provider" isn't responding.

I've been stuck in a not so good area with a dead car that I can't even drive home. Skipping the fear/anger/annoyance since it's been 3 hours. I just want to get the car off the road and go home. I could walk there but I'm not leaving the car alone.

My 2022 bingo card has been crazy this year, I think this might get me bingo.
Wow, your sig doesn't even say it's arrived yet. ?
 
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You might want to try and see if you can get a local good tow company out. Ford will reimburse the tow.
Thanks for the advice. The second tow company did show up but it was 2:30am when the whole thing happened at 8pm. The car got towed over to the dealership.
 
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That's funny, I don't think I ever went back and updated it!
Which dealership did you take it to? Just curious because the interactive map didn't show any GA dealers having worked on one.
 
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Which dealership did you take it to? Just curious because the interactive map didn't show any GA dealers having worked on one.
Conyers Ford. They've worked on my Mame's brake issue since I got it and they mentioned they have over a dozen MMEs they service.
 
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Update:

The dealership is telling me that since I'm over 36k miles I can't get a rental. They gave me the
1 800 393 3673

Number of Ford customer service to get approval for a rental. I thought this was covered by Ford as it's a known issue?
 

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If it does turn out to be a HVBJB, it will be covered under the 8 year/100,000 mile warranty on a lot of the high voltage EV components of the MME.
 
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If it does turn out to be a HVBJB, it will be covered under the 8 year/100,000 mile warranty on a lot of the high voltage EV components of the MME.
I think the service advisor knew that. The issue is going to be approval for a rental since the car is over the 36k mile coverage for rentals
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