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My truck is an early 2004 6.0 F350. About 2 weeks ago I was at a gas station and this guy asked if I could give his truck a jump. It was an older Ford, and I thought I would help out a fellow ford owner. I got the cables out and handed one end to him. I hooked up my end and as I turned around he smacked the 2 ends together, and before I could say anthing he did it again. I was like, "Dude, what you doing?" Just making sure we got spark. I told him you can't do that with newer cars. Anyway got his truck started and I drove home. Shortly after that I lost my backup sensors. Then a about a week ago I was at a drive thru and just sitting there with my foot on the brake, the engine rpms jumped to about 800 then back to normal. Yesterday, I drove around town and was almost back to the house when I stopped at a dollar general. When I backed out of the parking spot and put it in drive, it sputtered. It lasted a second or two, then it was fine drove it home. My scan gauge didn't show any codes and there was no CEL. I hooked up my BlueDriver reader and it said I had the following:
P2287 Injector Control Pressure Sensor Circuit Intermittent B1676 Battery Voltage out of range P1812 Four wheel drive mode select circuit failure B1352 Ignition key in circuit fault U1262 (SCP) Data Link Fault C1707 Left Rear Center Sensor Circuit Fault C1706 Rear Inner Left Sensor Circuit Failure
I cleared the codes out and drive it some more last night and then again this morning. The P2287, U1262, C1707 and C1706 already came back. Two years ago I had to replace the HPOP, while I was in there I went a head and replaced the ICP sensor and pigtail. I know they are unpredicable about how long they will last. I will say driving around since clearing the codes, I was watching the ICP Voltage and the Pressure and both looked fine; also responded with the throttle.
What I am wondering is, could shorting the jumper cables together damaged my PCM. I gave the wiring harness a look over and didn't see anything, all the connections seem to be tight. I was always taught when there are a bunch of codes, see what they all have in common first. In this case it seems they all go back to the PCM. If I didn't have that U1262 code, I wouldn't think much about it. Just wanted to see if anyone has ever seen a PCM get damaged from a direct short?