Drive Mode Not Available

[MapleMan650]

Has anyone else received the “Drive Mode Not Available” warning?

I was cruising home tonight in sport mode and the truck took itself out of sport and went into normal mode showing that message. I put it back in sport mode and it ran fine for a few miles and then went back into normal mode with the same message. I put it back into sport mode again and it stayed that way until I got home.

I’m thinking this was because I was in stop and go traffic but I don’t think that should have made a difference. The last time I put it in sport mode, traffic sped up to normal speeds.

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[TaxmanHog]

That's odd, never had that happen to me while using Sport long term on a drive session.

Do you know what your power up level is [4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.1.3, 4.2.1] ????

 

[MapleMan650]

That's odd, never had that happen to me while using Sport long term on a drive session.

Do you know what your power up level is [4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.1.3, 4.2.1] ????

Yeah, it’s never happened before in the past 11k miles. I’ll be out for a long drive again tomorrow so we’ll see what it does.

I’m on 4.1.3

 

[luebri]

I received this same warning earlier this week. Nothing out of the usual from my driving, it was just my normal drive home. The only thing I could think is the external temp was below freezing and my SOC was less than 50%. So maybe the truck did not have the battery power to remain in Sport and booted me into Normal?

 

[MapleMan650]

I received this same warning earlier this week. Nothing out of the usual from my driving, it was just my normal drive home. The only thing I could think is the external temp was below freezing and my SOC was less than 50%. So maybe the truck did not have the battery power to remain in Sport and booted me into Normal?

That makes sense and I was right around 50% at the time. Not below freezing, but it was cooler, maybe in the 40's-50's.

 

[eRockBoon]

This happened to me today on a quick 1 mile drive mid-afternoon as I was pulling into the parking lot. 80 degrees outside, 77% state of charge, running update 4.2.2. Drive modes returned when I got back in the truck an hour later.

 

[gwatanova]

Had this issue today while hauling a boat across town. Not ideal as the acceleration and breaking between tow/haul and normal is fairly different. For a while I could not select any mode.

 

[hturnerfamily]

over 26,000 miles, and many times while towing my camper, this has happened very infrequently, but yes, several times...

the system throws the message on the screen "Drive Mode Not Available", defaults to 'Normal' mode, and otherwise nothing changes. You may be able to go back into another mode, or, as in several instances, you may see the whole Mode Screen grayed out... nothing you can do in that situation.

Why does it happen? We may never know, but it's sure a pucker moment when it does.

 

[Gimme_my_MME]

Why does it happen? We may never know, but it's sure a pucker moment when it does.

It has to do with a race condition in the software. It's already been investigated and fixed in upcoming software coming out later this summer

 

[John Becker]

That problem happened to me this evening to my November build 2023 Lariat SR. While in Sport mode, it gave me an error message: “Drive Mode Not Available” or "Drive mode unavailable."
Regardless, I switched it back into Sport mode. Maybe a minute later, it happened again and it would not allow me to select any mode - including "Normal" mode. Maybe a minute after that, it allowed me to select "Sport" mode again, and then no problem after that.
Any thoughts?

 

[Whammy Bar]

It's not just the lightning... I have a F150 with the Ecoboost for a loaner while my battery gets serviced, and it did the drive mode not available twice, once in sport, the other time in eco. Reset itself back to normal both times.

Ford software....

 

[Evcentry23]

It happens to me randomly. I don't see any specific pattern.

 

[Heliian]

I think if you turn the cruise control on it goes into normal mode.

 

[Ford Motor Company]

Has anyone else received the “Drive Mode Not Available” warning?

I was cruising home tonight in sport mode and the truck took itself out of sport and went into normal mode showing that message. I put it back in sport mode and it ran fine for a few miles and then went back into normal mode with the same message. I put it back into sport mode again and it stayed that way until I got home.

I’m thinking this was because I was in stop and go traffic but I don’t think that should have made a difference. The last time I put it in sport mode, traffic sped up to normal speeds.

Hi there! Would you send us a private message with your VIN and dealership name and location? I’d like to look into this concern on my end.  

 

[MapleMan650]

Hi there! Would you send us a private message with your VIN and dealership name and location? I’d like to look into this concern on my end.  

Hi @Ford Motor Company , I appreciate the reply but this post is over a year old. Do you still want me to send over a private message?

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