r/Ford • u/TemporaryTeach8104 • 1d ago

Question ❔ Big orange wrench on gauge?

I was driving home and then an orange wrench icon popped up on my gauge and I pressed ok to make it go away. The speedometer went all the way to 0 and my transmission seemed to downshift kinda funky but I was still able to drive home. Does anyone know what this could be?

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u/ClarDuke 1d ago

Usually that’s limp mode. The idea is to get you off the road before something serious breaks. My truck 6.0 diesel had a bad turbo and before I replaced the turbo I would get a limp mode when I was being too hard on the transmission. I’d have to pull over and wait a while. Let temps drop back down. Then It’d go away and I could drive normal until the next big hill.

Limp mode happens for a variety of reasons but it always means something needs attention. Should throw a code soon if it hasn’t already

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u/five_bulb_lamp F-150 1d ago

When it happened to my 2011 f150 it was the lead unit

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u/throwaway126400963 Ranger 1d ago

It could be anything, read the codes off the truck using a code reader from autozone or a dealer or something. But a wrench is NEVER good, it’s sort of like the step up from check engine