Transmission fault service now message

DANDYJIM

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2014 FORD FOCUS
4 CYL
2WD
AUTOMATIC
180,000 MILES

The battery in my car listed above died last night. When I started it up after getting a jump, the message “transmission fault service now” came on as well as the engine light. This morning I had the battery replaced, but the transmission message still comes up, however the engine light is off and when I plugged two different code readers they pulled up 0 codes. Do I just need to do a reset?

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BMDOUBLE

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Sounds just like a faulty transmission control module! One thing in common with all of the ones that fail is that the prnd indicator in the instrument cluster will not highlight the gear selected, like park when you first go to start it. Sometimes they will have a trouble code stored either like in your case.

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Wednesday, June 24th, 2020 AT 8:52 AM

DANDYJIM

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What can be done about that? Is it something to worry about?

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Wednesday, June 24th, 2020 AT 8:55 AM

KEN L

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Yes, we should run the codes to see what comes up. this guide will help us:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/checking-a-service-engine-soon-or-check-engine-light-on-or-flashing

Please run down this guide and report back.

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Wednesday, June 24th, 2020 AT 10:32 AM

DANDYJIM

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It said 0 codes when I plugged two different code readers in.

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Wednesday, June 24th, 2020 AT 10:44 AM

BMDOUBLE

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The problem may have to become more pronounced before it will set a code. When it does get more pronounced there can be several different symptoms that will arise like a no crank no start, shuts off while driving, excessive battery draw, no communication with scan tool. Let us know if you are able to retrieve any codes from the PCM or TCM.