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Old Nov 12, 2025 | 03:58 PM
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Help stuck in limp mode

2017 f350 4x4 dually. 6r140 trans. My P D R N D 2 1 Won't stay lit when the engine starts,so the truck dosent know what gear it's in. Limp mode not drivable. So far I've spent about $1000 trying to fix it. New Pcm from Ford, plus programming new internal trans wiring harness and new range sensor. No improvements.
 
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Old Nov 12, 2025 | 04:56 PM
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Is the truck stock or tuned? How old are the batteries? What else have you tried? Does manual mode work? Have you pulled any codes that are present?
 

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Old Nov 13, 2025 | 12:35 PM
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Originally Posted by djousma
Is the truck stock or tuned? How old are the batteries? What else have you tried? Does manual mode work? Have you pulled any codes that are present?
battery is almost new. no modes work. Codes for range sensor. It is new as is the p c m
 
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Old Nov 13, 2025 | 04:18 PM
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https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...ge-sensor.html

This guy seemed to have the same problem and found a fix in the link above.
 
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Old Nov 14, 2025 | 08:07 AM
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did ford reprogram both the ecm and transmission ? with the gear lights not showing up correctly that seems like that a problem with the whole lead frame was it replaced or just the range sensor ?
 
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Old Nov 14, 2025 | 11:54 AM
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Originally Posted by 4x4k20
did ford reprogram both the ecm and transmission ? with the gear lights not showing up correctly that seems like that a problem with the whole lead frame was it replaced or just the range sensor ?
everything was,programmed by Ford. 6r140 do not have a lead,frame
 
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Old Nov 14, 2025 | 03:23 PM
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Crap, hims.,com jokes, or thats what she said wont help you on this one. You replaced the PCM because of what it was doing? Did you get codes, or was the PCM Fried? Has the power junction box been examined, because they tend to corrode and cause all sorts of issues and should be the first thing checked.
 
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Old Nov 14, 2025 | 07:22 PM
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I changed the pcm,because thr problem was intermittent at times. I've checked the fuses. And seem ok but could be dealer. I've got an appointment Tuesday at another ford dealer to ck it out. Im really frustrated with this problem.
 
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Looking more into it could it be this?

https://www.partsgeek.com/catalog/20...on_sensor.html
 

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Old Nov 15, 2025 | 03:19 PM
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Not sure if this is the right one, but he has a video regarding the underhood fuse box issues.


Could be the issue. You have to remove the fuse box to check it, looking at it from above won't tell you if its bad or not.
 
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