Software Gremlins: "Drive mode not available"

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The car wouldn't let me set a drive mode. I happen to notice it was in Engage when I had previously set it for Unbridled. When I went to change it back, it wouldn't take it. And then when I tried over and over again, it gave me an error message, "Drive Mode Not Available." I was fully stopped and also tried in Park to change it, but nothing. So when I stopped and parked, I turned the car off and then back on again and voila, fixed. It's working now, but just wondering what, if anything, might have caused this?

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Okay, this just started happening to me after I got the 4.1.2 update. It's happened twice now. I see that you do not have 4.1.2. My message came up while driving but it's unclear if you were driving or stopped when it came up for you. The first time it happened, I could select the other drive modes, then after that I was able to select Unbridle(d) again. The second time it happened, I had to turn the car off then back on to get it allow me to change modes again.
 

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I had this same problem intermittently. It appears to be weather related. its a known problem.
 


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This also happened to me and I don’t have 4.1.2. I’m on 3.5.3.3.
 

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I just had this happen this afternoon. Was in whisper mode, bluecruise down the highway at 65mph on a sunny 59deg day. 4.1.2.
 

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This has happened to me about 5 times in the last 2 months. I've had the car just under 2 months. Wtf.
 

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This has been happening since I purchased my vehicle a month ago. I'm still behind on updates and it never goes away.
 

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This happened to me three times in the past month. Usually it self-recovers within 5 to 10 minutes.
 

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First time yesterday afternoon as I was pulling into my driveway.
Ford Mustang Mach-E Software Gremlins: "Drive mode not available" Drive_mode


I don't know if its a "display" issue only...or if your drive mode has actually been deselected...leaving you in no mode at all?

There were no other instrument panel indications of anything wrong.

I shut the car off and turned it back on after about 10 seconds and it all came back to the "Unbridle" (sic) mode I was in before. I didn't have to select it.
 

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I received "Drive Mode not available" last night for the first time in my 6+ months of ownership. I had completed a 30 minute drive in 40F dry weather and was parked with car still on (waiting to pick someone up). No other symptoms or messages.

Not sure if it's related, but I've had 4.1.2 for about a week.
 

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I just had this happen this afternoon. Was in whisper mode, bluecruise down the highway at 65mph on a sunny 59deg day. 4.1.2.
For folks still getting this bug, do a Sync reboot (Vol down + next track for 10sec). This immediately resolved the issue for me and it hasn't reappeared in the 2 weeks since.
 

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For folks still getting this bug, do a Sync reboot (Vol down + next track for 10sec). This immediately resolved the issue for me and it hasn't reappeared in the 2 weeks since.
I've tried rebooting multiple times, the only time drive modes are selectable are when I'm on a charger. As soon as I actually start to drive, I always get "Drive mode not available"
 

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This has also happened to me twice since I got 4.1.2. First time was on the same trip that the update installed so I wrote it off to that, but it happened again this week. Its definitely a new bug in their newer software versions.
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