RR R Button stopped working - Easy fix!

[Augy]

Yup, mine was dead at purchase. Learned the fix from a Youtube video. Hopefully Ford can squeeze a fix in on a future OTA update.

What was the fix you found in YouTube? Just pulling the negative battery cable or something else? Thanks

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[boraxman]

Yep disconnected the neg cable, did the trick.. for now anyway.

 

[RANGER/HOBB]

Yeah, mine did work this morning either. So after we got done with the fire inspection on the building, I remote started the truck just to check the function with the key fob. Shut it off and walked away. When I got back into the truck to leave, restarted the truck it was working again.

I was prepared to disconnect the negative terminal but didn’t have to. First time it’s happened to me.

 

[pablo94sc]

I think I'm the only one here who just stopped using the button altogether. It's cool, but I don't... omg, I've become an old fart. Fuuuuuuuudge

 

[RANGER/HOBB]

I think I'm the only one here who just stopped using the button altogether. It's cool, but I don't... omg, I've become an old fart. Fuuuuuuuudge

Nah, just practical.

I don’t often utilize it but I like it to work when I do. First time for everything. I run the truck in Sport with the exhaust set in Baja most of the time.

 

[pablo94sc]

Nah, just practical.

I don’t often utilize it but I like it to work when I do. First time for everything. I run the truck in Sport with the exhaust set in Baja most of the time.

I honestly think I set mine to slippery, 4A because we had some crappy weather for a week and the roads never lost that drizzled on, oil slick surface. The KO3s do not like that at all. I mean no tire does, but I was fishtailing a lot that week, and not for fun.

I still feel old.

 

[cc1999]

After installing my Ford tune I lost some of my personal programmed settings and went back and used the R button again for while, mainly it was just the quiet exhaust setting I programmed to stay quiet that I had lost after the tune.

I lost the R button function a couple more times, about as often as my apple car play looses audio, after 1-few restarts later it always came back. Just like my car play audio comes back.

I got tired of messing with R button again, so I went back in and programmed my exhaust to stay in quiet mode all the time again, and I am back to rarely using the R button.

I should add I do have a start stop eliminator installed as well, so the 2 main reasons I used to use my R button are resolved by other means , to the point I just don’t need to run my R button to get the functions I wanted most.

Seems a lot of these electronic functions are a little hit and miss, still love the truck.
I have a lot of vehicles and my RR is really my primary go to vehicle it’s rare it doesn’t get driven on a daily bases.

 

[HyperM3]

Ive found lately that if the R button doesnt work right when I start the truck, it works like 5 minutes later during my drive. On the other hand, Ive also seen the the R button disappear from the dash while Im driving and double pressing the R brings it back up again.

Im more concerned with how many times Ive had to reset the Infotainment screen because its black and I have to reset it before I can go in reverse and see a backup camera.

 

[Raptor Blue]

Just reading through the thread, it’s weird that it seems to happen around 750 miles, I am in Dubai and mine stopped working today at 1200 kilometres! Gonna try the 24 hours and a few restarts before disconnecting the battery.

 

[RANGER/HOBB]

Just reading through the thread, it’s weird that it seems to happen around 750 miles, I am in Dubai and mine stopped working today at 1200 kilometres! Gonna try the 24 hours and a few restarts before disconnecting the battery.

Try the remote start before you disconnect the battery. I did this and it came back on.

 

[MeBEEF]

Mine just did this at ~4100 miles. I will try the suggested., and report back, thanks.

 

[ColeTrainsRR]

i wonder if its in the coding if its used a lot and it disables it. Maybe it doesn't want you using modes that can cause a decrease in efficiency.

 

[MeBEEF]

i wonder if its in the coding if its used a lot and it disables it. Maybe it doesn't want you using modes that can cause a decrease in efficiency.

It's possible because I press mine EVERY time I drive lol:
- Baja exhaust
- AWD
- Sport suspension
- Sport Steering

*** For daily driving.

 

[WTF_WasIThinkN]

Just wanted to pile on and say this happened to me too at ~2,100 miles. The negative battery disconnect fixed it as others have stated.
This is a fun little truck but I hope this isn't a prelude to the future, I was leery about buying a Ford from the start...

 

[cc1999]

It does come back after 2-3 restarts .
If anyone isn’t wanting to mess with pulling the battery connections.
I have yet to take the time to pull the battery connections.
I could always manually kick in the modes I wanted for a couple restarts.

Also put in a start stop eliminator, and got rid of the main irritating function I was using the R button to get rid of early on . Also figured out how to program in quiet mode exhaust so it stays on all the time. The rest I got use to and rarely ever use my R button now days.

I am not sure if mine still intermittently quits working or not, but based on the replies to this thread I am sure it likely still does.

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