My F150 Powerboost engine will not turn off when in generator mode even with nothing plugged in. Sequence of events are, press start switch and engine does not come on, put in generator mode and engine stays off till there is what I assume a charge needed and engine comes on, problem is it stays on…..like for hours, even with nothing plugged in. Tried my friends powerboost with exact same items plugged in pulling only about 1000 watts and it did the usual 10 mins or so off one minute on. Anyone else have this issue and have a fix for it? Dealer can’t get me in for 3.5 weeks. Thanks!

 

I thought you were supposed to ‘Start’ the truck first, and then turn the generator on and it will then go in to the On-Off cycle.

Sam

 

Is yours the 7.2kw or 2.4kw?

 

Yes I turned on truck first (but w powerboost truck engine doesn’t come on till called upon with needed power, etc)

 

7.2

 

Ah! Re-read it. Misunderstood-thought you were stating you’d just turned the Accessories on but not the engine itself.

Sam

 

Turned on truck does not mean started the engine.

 

Just took to dealer. “They can’t fix it”. They were able to replicate the problem just fine but there were no codes so can’t fix it. They told me “call Ford”. I called Ford and they said take to dealer which I let’s them know I just did and they couldn’t fix. They then asked if I wanted to request a buyback. What a disaster!

 

For technical issues like that, the dealership is the one that needs to contact Ford to troubleshoot further.

 

Must be a known problem...if they went to buyback so quick.