My '25 Ranger started doing this for the first time yesterday. Must have gone black screen and rebooted 3 times in under 20 minutes on a 7 mile trip.
I tried the pushing the steering wheel volume down / FF / Track skip buttons to soft reset / reboot, but haven't driven it enough yet to...
Mine recently did sent the alert while attached to a battery tender as well.
I tested the battery, it was fine, I think it was because the truck hadn't been started or driven in a few weeks.
I used to do leave the hood closed on my Mustang with the tender kind of hanging / resting on headers, extension cord coming up from under the car. On my Ranger I'm fortunate to be able to garage it, so the hood is up when charging.
The tech that came out and did mine in my driveway said they are supposed to remove the seats to gain access, but he'd done enough of them that he was able to reach the bolts by removing the side plastic trim. Took under half an hour, all good.
Under the driver side rear seat by the jack.
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I wonder if it has anything to do with the "fits 2019 - 2024"? Do you happen to know what frequency the TPMS operates at? For 2019 - 2024 it's 315 mhz, in 2025 they switched to 433 mhz.
Glad to know I'm not the only one annoyed by this. Mine's been doing the recirculating A/C thing intermittently, I'm not sure exactly what triggers it, but I too wish I could control it.
When I read about the take a ways on the '26's, I'm glad I purchased a '25 model. No, it doesn't have the self parking feature like the '24, but it's a rare day that I have to parallel park it, so no big deal for me at least.
When they flashed my BCM the TPMS wouldn't connect, tech had to play around with it for a bit, but eventually it saw them. I've read that the TPMS not being recognized is to be expected and sorts it's self out after a key cycle.
Since both TPS and keypad are wireless connections, the...
Ford mobile tech came out and did the seat bolt recall. He said they're told to remove the seats to perform the work, but he had done a few and knew how to just remove the side trim panel and access it from the front and rear, thereby saving some work. Forgot to ask if they were loose or...