Thank you so much MMooney for your post! I have an 07 feh and the wrench light flashed on. I also started to loose mpgs rapidly. I took the car back to the dealership and they checked for a code but found none. They were going to give me the car back as is. I couldn't accept that so I printed your post and showed it to the tech person. They hadn't even thought to look at the hv battery AC. When they did check they got a code and replaced the bad part. I'm still under warranty so I only had to live without my car for two days and they paid for a rental. Anyway they thanked me for doing my homework and kissed my butt so much that I became uncomfortable. The Ford techs said they were learning about the hybrids just like I am. I turned them on to greenhybrid.com. This is where I come to get informed.

 

I got a 2006 MMH about 2 months ago (32000 miles). About 45 miles into my purchase the service light wrench came on for about 20 minutes, then went off. It was raining at the time, maybe a glitch.

I took it in because i was getting it detailed, the dealer ran a diagnoses and said it didn;t even register a code and it should be fine.

Hasn't been on since.

Mark

 

Did you ever find out what the problem was with service soon light?

 

Thanks for asking, i havent been on here for a while.

Yes, i finally took it in because it was staying on all the time. It ends up it was a part in the hybrid battery cooling system. It set me back about 200 bucks which isnt too bad, could have been worse i guess.

But all is good now.

Thanks!

 

Any chance it was the blend door motor?

 

I just wanted to chime in on this thread as my 08 FEH has a rench light on about a month ago. After a day at the dealer they replaced the battery door acuator (I think) and he cleaned my battery filter. This came at 10 months of ownership and a tough over 10K miles.

 

Did anybody have this service done while out of warranty? How much did it cost?

I just bought an 2006 Escape HEV and the wrench light kept coming on. I took it to the dealer and they looked at it and said it is the actuator door motor and the fans that need to be replaced. The quote is nearly $1000!

 

What state is the car in?
Does it have a clean title, or salvage title?
The warranty on the battery fans is 8 years / 100,000 miles in 42 states.
The warranty is 10 years / 150,000 miles in 8 states.

Since you are not over on years, are you over on miles?

If so, yeah, I would expect $1000.
Parts cheap, lots of labor though.

 

Vehicle is in Utah, I am over 122,000 miles. Clean title. Where can I find warranty info? Do you know what 8 states are 150,000? Car was bought and driven in California originally if that makes a difference.

 

Actually, 14 states use the CARB standard (10/150K) if you include D.C.