I use a foseal obd interface from Amazon which is around 20. I was introduced to alfaobd last week and it will force a regen even at idle. It is basically a factory diagnostic tool, well worth the 50 bucks from what I can tell and we have 2 FCA cars so even better for me
Im new to this community and I’m an old school diesel mechanic so all this new diesel tech, I’m still learning and I literally bought a 2015 1500 Ecodiesel yesterday and it was already in limp mode before I even left the dealership. Of course it would happen on the weekend when their service deptartment is closed and I have to wait until Monday. Reading this thread, if what you’ve said is how I can “reset” the regen and get it out of limp mode and clear the DTC CEL, I’ll just go to the dealership in a few hours and do it and bring my truck home. I’d like to point out also that the filter was at 100% already and screen said dealer required service. Am I still able to do this method or is when it’s 100% full, the dealer is the only way to clear this and initiate a Regen?
Sorry I misspoke when I said I hadn’t left the dealership. What I meant was I hadn’t left the property just yet. LoL I was literally driving away from the building and the 100% filter full message popped up and the drive by wire CEL started flashing before I reached the end of the property. It hadn’t popped up before during the test drive and only happened when I was leaving.
So the vehicle is beyond completing regen if it’s in limp mode already and has to get repaired? (She’s got bumper to bumper warranty and this happened before getting down the road)
I can only assume that it went into limp mode because the exhaust filter was at 100%. As far as issues with the powertrain, this truck had a very detailed history report with no major issues other than recalls being performed.