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Garda934

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So my St was parked for 5 days and when I dove to work this morning the radio went black screen with message powering down to conserve battery please shut vehicle off and a message on the dash said AWD not available. I just received a message through FordPass a notification to service engine soon and the following message: "The powertrain module has detected the power relay has de-energized earlier than expected".
Vehicle is just over 3 years old and under 30k and is Monster Tuned with 2500 miles after tuning. She has been running perfectly since I drove her off the lot 39 months ago.
So how screwed is the vehicle? I did reset the DTC.
 

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stinkybutt

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Check/test battery and charging system? Start simple.
 

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Garda934

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I was thinking of that just no time today, more than likely get a new battery
 

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Garda934

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Battery first thing this morning was 11.5 volts, ordered a new battery and it will come tomorrow. I find it ridiculous that the battery would crap out in 39 months. I have had squad car batteries last longer as well as all my personal vehicles both here in MN and in FL.
I goosed the gas prior to shutting down today when doing errands and no issues.
 

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Do you get deep sleep notificaitons? Surprised you wouldn't get those with the battery so low. Also, what year? I had a number of modules updated early on for my 2020 because of frequent deep sleeps. Still, my battery only lasted 3 1/2 years.
 

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Garda934

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Cdubya said:
Do you get deep sleep notificaitons? Surprised you wouldn't get those with the battery so low. Also, what year? I had a number of modules updated early on for my 2020 because of frequent deep sleeps. Still, my battery only lasted 3 1/2 years.
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Cdubya said:
Do you get deep sleep notificaitons? Surprised you wouldn't get those with the battery so low. Also, what year? I had a number of modules updated early on for my 2020 because of frequent deep sleeps. Still, my battery only lasted 3 1/2 years.
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It is a 2021 I have had it since 2/16/2021 , never had any issues or notifications until now.
 

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Garda934

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Changed the battery out and no further issues. PIA place for the battery, good thing the batteries are non spillable.
 

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