Soooooooooo............

When the rack and pinion faults, no codes are thrown but the turn signals fail to operate.

Interesting.............

Glad these guys di-int engineer the Space Shuttle, huh?

 

And says Advancetrac needs service

 

New rack installed no more problems.

 

good info guys, Thanks! I don't have the problem , but good to know if it pops up.

 

Today I had to back out of a small parking lot due to congestion for a distance of about 50Ft. After shifting from reverse to drive I noticed a warning, "Service Advance Trac" in the message center and a Advance Trac light in the cluster.

My turn signals and emergency flashers do work. I have only driven the truck about 5 miles since the problem started, but a call to the local dealer to schedule service said it was OK to drive at lower speeds until it goes in next Tues. Truck only has 11,200 miles.

Will post results from the dealer visit as they develope. Would appreciate any other related incidents and what it took to correct the problem.

 

Update.....Two days after the message center and warning light came on I started the truck, light still on, and held the advance trac button down for a good 5 seconds, drove the truck for about 2 miles reaching a speed above 35 mph. Then shut the motor off and restarted. No light or warning message.

The truck went into a Ford dealer, today 01-29-13, where a IDS scan was performed and a code C1963 was found. The service manager said there is a TSB, 12-11-18 that calls to reprogram the ABS module, which they did and said I would have no problems now. Stay tuned.

 

After still having a problem with the warning coming on, a steering sensor was relaced on the 30th of april 2013. Problem continued and the complete steering gear was replaced on July 30th. The gear replacement seems to have corrected the problem so far. Will post if the gear replacement did not fix it.

 

Having the same problem

 

Welcome to the forum, Rmuller. Have you been to your dealership for diagnosis? What's your truck's model year and mileage? I'll research some ways to help.

Crystal

 

Mine started doing it last year, but the warning has since stopped. I will continue to drive it until it fails...

 

Hi there, I am having the same issue with my 2011 F-150 with the advanced trac service warning as well as signals not working.
Can I get the info from you to take to my ford dealership please?

 

Welcome to the forum, McGregor! I'm Crystal, the Ford Service rep here. When are you heading in to your dealership? What's the current mileage on your truck? I'll be here if you need any help after getting a diagnosis.

Crystal

 

Same issue here....47K on the truck. "Service Advanctrac" light and loss of turn signals whenever turning the steering wheel sharply (parking or any other everyday maneuvering). Dealer says out of warranty, $1,700 to replace the steering gear/rack. Hard to believe Ford isn't doing anything for its F-150 owners after reading all of these posts...

 

The other challenge I have with this issue is that Ford can't acknowledge if any design changes happened to eliminate this issue. As a result, if you replace a 1400-1700 rack at 50k miles, you very well may be replacing it again at 100k, 150k, 200k. For guys like me who roll 40k a year in miles, I can't imagine replacing the rack every 15 months potentially.

 

Hi there, I'm having the same issue with my 2013 F-150 with the advanced trac service warning as well. Just came back from the dealership and the warning popped up, the dealership couldn't find the problem because they couldn't replicate the problem.