HELP! 3k miles and the Engine light is on

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Luis Cardenas

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Something is really wrong…….
The Engine light came on and I'm getting the following message in the display
FUEL LEVEL LOW
DTE FLI DATA ERR
I went to the Ford Dealer (Red Mcombs Ford, San Antonio ) and so far it look like they don’t have any idea for this one, they already called Ford and they are waiting for a response, in the meantime I'm driving my car with the engine light on + the f**** error in the display pop's up every 10 minutes….….
Anyone having the same problem ?….

 

Florida Bob

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Nope. No problem like that here at 4300 miles. Good luck with the repair.

 

celticstanger

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Got the same thing at 2957 miles. Checked the codes with my Predator and there's no serious ones there. Did get the car switching to "Safe Mode" though, and that was scary!

Going to the dealer tomorrow.

 

afixer

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when i had my tank replaced i noticed that it has 2 sending units one on each side i wonder if one is failing.

 

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tripower

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try this

diconnect battary (30 minutes) fill the fuel tank (first) tighten gas cap...might help and very easy.good luck.

 

celticstanger

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I worked out my problem - as a 'custom feature' of my recent repairs, it appears that the bodyshop has applied a unique 'coolant draining system' to my car. Once it finally managed to piss the last dregs of coolant onto the street, the computer thought there was a problem with the car - clearly not appreciating this new 'feature'.

I don't appreciate it either and will ask the shop to retrofit the original setup (ie, retain coolant, don't overheat engine).

The saga continues...

 

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Luis Cardenas

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The dealer is working on the car, they called me an hour ago and they are ordering a wire harness, it will take 3 to 4 week to deliver but from what they are saying it looks like they don't really know what's wrong....
Here's what's happening while driving on the car
The CEL is on and every 10 to 15 minutes and after a couple of beep's the fuel gauge will drop to empty and the following message will be displayed
FUEL LEVEL LOW
DTE FLI DATA ERR
A couple of minutes later the fuel gauge will go back to normal and the display will have the total miles again…….