I have about 1700 miles on my desiel. This model requires the addition of DEF to comply with emission standards. Leaving San Antonio this past weekend I got a chime alarm and flashing icon on instrument cluster stating "exhuast fluid fault-your speed will be reduced to 50 mph in 26 miles". I thought crap Saturday afternoon 430pm and the new truck is about to take a dump. I decided before getting out in the middle of nowhere to return to SA as I was only a few miles out of town and find the nearest truck stop/store and hopefully they would have DEF. DEF level said okay. Anyway i purchased a 2 gallon container at about twice the price it should have been. Poured almost 2 gallons into the DEF tank and started engine. Still had alarms, found all the resets and hit them, same thing. Breaking out the instruction manual, yes against guys natural instincts to read an instruction manual found a glimmer of hope saying the alarm condition may take a few minutes to clear. So I decided at this time of day we would head toward the nearest Ford dealer just in case. About half way there all alarms cleared and things looking up. Went on to the dealer and confirmed the condition I experienced was normal for a low DEF tank.
Question being the tank is supposed to be around 5 gallons. If I put in less than 2 gallons and I was already receiving the alarm had I missed hearing the previous alarms, had the alarm malfunctioned and I only got the alarm that said it was shutting me down in a bit, had the dealer not topped off the DEF tank when they fueled the truck up for me. They say I should get around 5k miles from a tankful (first oil change).
Gonna watch this and see how it continues to play out and maybe have to have a calibration performed on the level of the DEF tank?
Question being the tank is supposed to be around 5 gallons. If I put in less than 2 gallons and I was already receiving the alarm had I missed hearing the previous alarms, had the alarm malfunctioned and I only got the alarm that said it was shutting me down in a bit, had the dealer not topped off the DEF tank when they fueled the truck up for me. They say I should get around 5k miles from a tankful (first oil change).
Gonna watch this and see how it continues to play out and maybe have to have a calibration performed on the level of the DEF tank?