Evening Gents,
Bought my ST last April right at the start of COVID and has been perfect for the most part other than screen going blank a few times and got the software updated awhile back. For the past two months or so, wife had noticed a burning smell and some smoke coming out of the passenger side wheel well after parking, even on short trips. I did not personally notice much until about 3 weeks ago when we did a 3hr trip down to STL for a long weekend and the smoke actually made it into the cabin when stopping for gas.
Called the dealer I bought it from and schedule a service 1.5 weeks out. They finally got it in and took a look and said the valve cover was leaking - at 14.5k miles.... they order parts and said it will take a week to get here. Finally dropped it off on Thursday morning for the repair and told me it should only be a 4hr job or so. No problem, just need it by the weekend to take a small trip. I call this morning for an update as I did not get a call yesterday and they said they are buttoning it up and test driving and will be ready in the afternoon. 30mins later, FordPass App on my phone calls off for Powertrain Malfunction.. then that goes away and an hour later I get Service Engine Soon alert from the app. So I wait until he calls and he says it is good to go. I mention what I got from the App and the App still shows the SES light and he tells me it is good to go.
I go pick it up and SES light is still on and I give it a few miles because I have had other cars that take it a moment to clear after service work. When trying to get on the highway, there was a huge lack of torque until 30mph or so until it finally felt the turbos kick in... I should have just turned around and gave it back... I get home and park in the garage and light is still on and throwing a P0523 code while smoking probably worse than what it was before I got it 'fixed'.. I call my service rep and tells me to bring it in Monday...
TLDR: 15k miles - smoking and burnt small from passenger side - dealer said valve cover - replaced - SES light still on after picking up and still smoking - now with a lack of power until 30mph or so.
I could not find the location of the oil sensor to see if it was just loose or not and it is 100+ in my garage + hot engine and did not pay $60k to work on my own stuff :|
Anyone else having similar issues?
Bought my ST last April right at the start of COVID and has been perfect for the most part other than screen going blank a few times and got the software updated awhile back. For the past two months or so, wife had noticed a burning smell and some smoke coming out of the passenger side wheel well after parking, even on short trips. I did not personally notice much until about 3 weeks ago when we did a 3hr trip down to STL for a long weekend and the smoke actually made it into the cabin when stopping for gas.
Called the dealer I bought it from and schedule a service 1.5 weeks out. They finally got it in and took a look and said the valve cover was leaking - at 14.5k miles.... they order parts and said it will take a week to get here. Finally dropped it off on Thursday morning for the repair and told me it should only be a 4hr job or so. No problem, just need it by the weekend to take a small trip. I call this morning for an update as I did not get a call yesterday and they said they are buttoning it up and test driving and will be ready in the afternoon. 30mins later, FordPass App on my phone calls off for Powertrain Malfunction.. then that goes away and an hour later I get Service Engine Soon alert from the app. So I wait until he calls and he says it is good to go. I mention what I got from the App and the App still shows the SES light and he tells me it is good to go.
I go pick it up and SES light is still on and I give it a few miles because I have had other cars that take it a moment to clear after service work. When trying to get on the highway, there was a huge lack of torque until 30mph or so until it finally felt the turbos kick in... I should have just turned around and gave it back... I get home and park in the garage and light is still on and throwing a P0523 code while smoking probably worse than what it was before I got it 'fixed'.. I call my service rep and tells me to bring it in Monday...
TLDR: 15k miles - smoking and burnt small from passenger side - dealer said valve cover - replaced - SES light still on after picking up and still smoking - now with a lack of power until 30mph or so.
I could not find the location of the oil sensor to see if it was just loose or not and it is 100+ in my garage + hot engine and did not pay $60k to work on my own stuff :|
Anyone else having similar issues?
