weebee Posted September 11, 2014 Report Share Posted September 11, 2014 My wife went out to go home for lunch yesterday and the car refused to start. It has a High Temp alarm on the display. The car was off for 5 hours and it was in the low 70's. She went out to meet the tow truck to get it taken to the dealership. She decided to try again and it started right up. It's in the shop now being looked at. Kind of frustrating for a car with less then 2000 miles on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jus-A-CMax Posted September 11, 2014 Report Share Posted September 11, 2014 (edited) The only time I saw this was climbing miles of steep grades with a grill cover. ICE was hot so it was legit. Now, not sure how you can get this without even STARTING the ICE motor - sounds like a fault temp sensor. Ask the dealer especially about that sensor. Also, I've not seen this issue being reported here yet, you are the first. Please keep us up to date. Curious, for sure... Edited September 11, 2014 by Jus-A-CMax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weebee Posted September 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2014 The dealer could not find a reason. He said it was probably, "Just a one time glitch." Wonderful. I was going to use the Max on our vacation trip to Virginia Beach. Now, I don't know. I'm going to drive it to work the next couple of weeks and give it a work out. 80 miles a day. If it happens again I hope I get a better resolution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hybridbear Posted September 14, 2014 Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 Did you take a picture of the alert? I wouldn't worry about it unless it happens again. When the alert happens, run a VHR to document it. You can then print this out and bring it to the dealer. If you decide to have it towed when the alert happens, don't power off the car so that the alert stays on the screen for the dealer. Many of these alerts don't seem to log a history of the fault which makes it harder for the dealer if you have turned off the car. The dealer could not find a reason. He said it was probably, "Just a one time glitch." Wonderful. I was going to use the Max on our vacation trip to Virginia Beach. Now, I don't know. I'm going to drive it to work the next couple of weeks and give it a work out. 80 miles a day. If it happens again I hope I get a better resolution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weebee Posted September 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 No, my wife didn't take a picture of it. I asked her to if it should happen again. Funny, the car hasn't requested to run a VHR . I used to get this with the Escape and Edge. I'll need to see if this is turned on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScubaDadMiami Posted September 14, 2014 Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 As soon as any issue happens, that is the time to run a Vehicle Health Report. It may or may not show, but that is your best chance to document things like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weebee Posted September 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 Which makes perfect sense. Too bad I didn't think about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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