Limp Mode In The Next Gen Ranger | Bogging’s in Cervantes 

This is Comedy Gold, "I'll take it back to Ford and get it sorted" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Your fans are hillarious while passing over the dune🎉🎉🎉🎉

Concerning about the car dying mate! Keep us updated for the outcome! Took the family out to Milligans Island camping node last weekend after seeing your video. Top spot 👌 unfortunately while I was circling natures window with my drone it dropped out and disappeared 😢 turned a good 4 day trip into a sad one 😂

awesome vid Mark, sorry to hear your problem with the Ford, the problem in most cases is fuel filter , lack of fuel to the fuel pump which can throw a code , but you can clear these codes and replace the filter and all is good, you have a EDS that will show the code that is the problem , Ford found no problems , i'm sure they will get it sorted

Keep us posted mate just waiting on a 2024.5 wildtrak

Makes me want to go back to my HJ61 Landcruiser! Hasn't happened to me yet but keen to hear how you fix this!

I drive a 1990 HZJ75 no electronics and no comfort but so easy to diagnose. It’s either fuel or air, low battery not a problem if your parked facing downhill 😂

About to get my ranger sport from Wangara. Worrying video. I’ll be rewatching your ppf and intercooler vids the night it arrives

It doesn’t make any difference what make you buy.... this sort of new technology is still in the teething stage... i work in the mining industry and Toyota's go crazy when they drive in muddy conditions and the dash lights up like a Christmas tree with faults....my next gen Raptor hasnt missed a beat... been from Kalgoorlie to Queensland and back towing a camper trailer... thrashed it on Frazer island and still perfect.

Hello, Greetings from Spain, I have been waiting for my Raptor for 3 months now, I hope it arrives soon. There is no doubt that it is a piece of 4x4 with everything it comes standard. My humble opinion, even without having the car yet, I think it is not a problem, maybe when driving on sand you have not set the driving mode correctly and the ranger may think that it is slipping and pressing the brakes, like the traction control, it is not If you tried putting low mode, they say that "almost everything" is disconnected. I still remember my first time just leaving the dealership with my Mitsubishi DiD Montero without having any idea about driving a 4x4 20 years ago, I went to the beach and tried to go but the car stayed, I stepped harder and braked harder, I went to It lasted closer to the water and when I turned to go back there it stayed....The traction control towards theirs, I said last chance, 4x4 low gear...plim disconnected and when I stepped on it I left there as if it were in a tank of chains...with a smile from side to side. Later, with many more inventions, I always thought that the Mitsubishi was a true tank that went for everything, they even put a lock on it. I think the new ranger is a great car "the M1 Abrams"

Mate , it's a "Ford Thing" 🤣🤣🤣Mine went into limp mode at wooramel station, same deal , tyres down, alarm on dash, low range and I got bogged at the time 🙃🙃🙃 Restarted the car after digging out ( and turning traction control off, always forget to do that ) out of limp mode so I recon your on the money with lower pressures ( alarm ) and low range driving. The car probably thought there was an issue, they are too smart these days. I also had a limp mode experience towing the caravan way out in the wheatbelt and had water in my fuel, limp mode, then it shut the car down, A 2 hour tow truck ride to Geraldton, mechanic clears about 20 codes, changed fuel filter, then we were good to go. Again had the car not gone into limp mode and shutting down I may have been looking at a new engine. I also felt that the car wasn't reliable to take us to the places we go, but now , touch wood 😁😁😁I know it will get us home. I now have a scan tool just incase I have to phone a friend 😁😁😁and as back up Full RAC cover 👍👍👍 Cheers Andy 🍺🍺🍺

I can tell you from personal experience that FORD can see all incidents that can cause limp mode and when the incident occurred, even hidden ones that can come on for a short period before no further indication to the user even if you don't use the Sync App. As soon as you get within cell coverage all warnings and messages displayed on dash will be uploaded. If you have turned off the vehicle location and data connection this will be stored for a period but note some messages may only hold for 150 restarts of the engine. I own a FORD Ranger Raptor 2020.75 and had a minor issue with hard transmission shifting that had a message then disappeared on a return trip from Melbourne, I went in to FORD at Toowoomba and they were able to see all messages that had been synced to their system and all messages sent through to the Synch app. They had more information than was sent to the app, they also could see how many restarts it would take before the message would be deleted. Issue has since been corrected, no further issues.

In sand you should be in low range with the rear locker, locked. This shuts off the nannies and will run locked up to 60 mph. Also try double tapping the traction control button in Sport Mode.

I had similar experience with an Everest, turned out to be dirt/dust in a electrical connector at the front of the vehicle. Maybe you've got beach sand in a connection somewhere

Sounds like a similar issue I had on Moreton island, towing a camper trailer in soft sand. Car seemed to be Revving like it had power but wasn’t coming through transmission well that’s what it seemed like. Another time I was towing my mates broken down 4wd out of the bush. Got a code on my Obd scanner P061B(61) torque calculation performance problem. Was able to clear and keep going but not great. Both times were in 4L with traction control properly off and trans temps were warm but not in the orange.. haven’t asked ford about it but keen to hear your results

Cool video man! I don't have a ford but all new cars are susceptible to this random tech shit which sucks. W.A looks great, would love to get over there someday.

I had a very similar experience with the V6 Everest just recently. Got up the Yeargerup dune entrance in 4L but as I hit the top it went limp and threw the same error your shows on the dash. It happened again on Callcup Hill, again in 4L. It goes up in 4H without any issue, but 4L is my go-to when I think I'll get bogged so it's a bit concerning. Anyway the errors that my obd scanner can see is P061B-61, P061B-62 and P061B-64 all described as 'Torque Calculation - Performance Problem'. I'm yet to take mine back to Ford for further investigation.

Mate I had exactly the ame issue at Ledge Point of all places. Maybe it doesn't like that area? :D I also thought it could be due to tyre pressure, which makes no sense as we should be letting them down for sand. On the way back out, the thing drove like it should and I was happy as a first time owner. I was a bit underwhelmed on the way there, now knowing I was in limp mode.

I believe that the issue stand in high temp in your transfer case. As they don't have a gauge but they do have a sensor most likely the transfer case temp would have been very high driving in 4L. I have had no issue with mine but I have used 4L only once usually I drive in 4A or 4H in sand mode with rear diff locked... See if you can measure transfer case temp if is doing it again just out of curiosity and let us know or try and use sand mode.. If you don't have it your ford dealer should be able to activate it or simply use 4H and rear diff lock and it set by Ford in sand mode

well done on getting it well documented I've seen guys on FB mentioning the same issue and ford saying they can replicate it, what mode did you have it in? sand mode? did you try it with the higher tyre pressures or different modes etc.

My guess that is that some how sand is getting sucked in to something and it’s getting stuck when you take off the power and then put power back on and car sensors are trying to protect itself by going into limp mode. Kind of like when outboard motor sucks a bit of sand if you keep the power on it should pass through the motor but as soon take off the power it will stick and the outboard will start to overheat or go into limp mode when you want to go faster. With out outboard it’s happened to me without any codes.

Anything to do with ABS? Ive seen videos where people leave it on the car hates it on soft sand

Gday . My wildtrac dose the same when the tyres are let down for beach driving. I reset them for the lower pressure but some days it keeps doing it . I just turn the motor off and it resets straight away 😁 Still a pain

May be I dont know better, but I drive in manual mode when in soft sand. The ford seem to do better that way in my experience.

Probably too early to get to concerned… doesn’t matter what car you buy these days they have some sort of electrical gremlin pop up… just gotta find it… could be inside the big thing on the front grill… called the Ford badge 😂😂.. ( just joking, we just took delivery of our Everest platinum)

You have ut detailed i would not let it rest with Ford until it is sorted. If that means taking someone from Ford HQ to the beach to try out so be it. Pity you couldn't reset it out of limp mode wuth a code reader? If you cant trust maybe flip it for a new Hybrid Hilux

See you back in a Pajero Sport shortly? Just kidding, but that is very worrying, especially if you were in a precarious position.

it happened to me once, I turned off the car and started after couple of minutes and everything was okai in my Ranger Raptor

How did you fix it mate . You said you restarted your car . What do you mean by that

Soft hot sand like thar you air down to .08 bar. I never buy a vehicle untill 3 years after launch, there is always some glitches and that includes toyota. Toyota owners just keep it to themselves or make an excuse why it went wrong.

Not good mark that’s why I’m not keen on technology in new cars .i have a 98 prado yes I’m limited to weight I can tow but not a lot of technology to go wrong hope all works out mate for you

Is you fordpass activated, you can see the error codes if there are any.

If no codes are coming up it’s probably a software issue perhaps? 🤞

It seems to be a low range issue. I always use High Range when in hard or soft sand. Low range is too restrictive when momentum is required. Only use Low range in mountain goat country.

Ya wouldn't believe it a discount code again! I brought a mozfog and it's shit! Have videos of mozzie flying around it getting high and loving life!

Transmission in the new rangers are having major problems have heard ford might me doing a major recall.

Unfortunately it’s a ford v6, the same engine that powered a bunch of land rovers and was known for its unreliability. I would not buy a ford as ford, in terms of sales only sells one car.. the ranger and its wagon version Everest, if something disrupts ranger sales ford will do a Holden and disappear. On a practical note everyone who is exploring in any kind of semi remote or brace area should invest in a good quality OBd reader that can read current faults, reset codes, log data, it’s very common for the faults to only be held in current or active memory, you could log a heap of temperate, oil pressures, sensor outputs, transmission states, boost levels, requested torque , inlet air temp and work out what’s going on pretty quickly, it’s as an essential tool as a socket or screwdriver

its a ford cant expect much ....

ford have never made a good car and now they have stuffed the amarok

Never buy a Ford

I’m onto my fifth new Hilux never had a single issue… I also go beach driving and fishing most weekends. Toyota FTW ❤