Service Vehicle Soon - Popped Up then Went Away

[Gullwingdmc]

I need the groups opinion on something. Sunday night when I was leaving work I got in my car, turned it on (after a few failed PAAK attempts), and the “Service Vehicle Soon” error popped up with the wrench. Nothing from the app. I put the car in drive and everything seemed to be fine. I drove home like normal, no issues. When I got home I turned the car off, locked it and left it for a bit. Got back in and started it up, no error. Turned it off and locked it again, came back later, started it up, still no error.

The next morning while I was away from the car I get 2 back to back notifications in the FordPass app, “Powertrain Malfunction/Reduced Power”. The status of the car showed No Alerts though. When I got home I started the car up, no errors. Went for a drive, no issues. Maybe delayed alerts from the night before?

As of today (Tuesday), knock on wood, I haven’t seen the error pop up in the car again. I took it out this morning put it in unbridled and did some rapid acceleration just to see how it did. No issues.

I made an appointment with my dealership for Thursday, but I don’t know if I should bring it in. Do we think this was just a fluke? Or will it come back some day?

The only odd thing I was doing that day while I was at work was I was testing Siri Shortcuts to start/stop, lock the car. All worked fine, but maybe it left it in a bad mode?

Thoughts and advice anyone?

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[ChasingCoral]

I’d write it off as a transient error code. I had one of those after charging once.

 

[Gullwingdmc]

I’d write it off as a transient error code. I had one of those after charging once.

That’s good to know. I’m really hoping it was just a glitch and not that I screwed something up with the Siri Shortcuts.

 

[dliunatic]

Glad to hear your message went away. Those were the same error codes I got when my issues started, but at least you were able to drive without issues.

https://www.macheforum.com/site/thr...he-dreaded-turtle-wrench-and-error-icon.7085/

 

[Gullwingdmc]

Glad to hear your message went away. Those were the same error codes I got when my issues started, but at least you were able to drive without issues.

https://www.macheforum.com/site/thr...he-dreaded-turtle-wrench-and-error-icon.7085/

Ya I searched on here that night and I came across your post. Mine seemed to be different symptoms, so I’m hoping it will be a different outcome.

 

[Al-E]

I have a question, when stuff like this pops up and you want to take it to the dealer, do they charge a fee to diagnose the problem every time or is there some understanding that because it’s brand new and things shouldn’t be going wrong they don’t charge to check it out?

 

[BMT1071]

I have a question, when stuff like this pops up and you want to take it to the dealer, do they charge a fee to diagnose the problem every time or is there some understanding that because it’s brand new and things shouldn’t be going wrong they don’t charge to check it out?

The car is under warranty. There should be no charges.

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