[baldeagleman]

Anyone ever get this error?

Drivetrain Malfunction Drive Moderately Maximum Drivetrain Output not available

I've had it one time before a few months ago. Googling says this is caused by a cylinder misfire. Car went limp mode when I was driving on the highway. I restarted my car however and it seemed to go away and the car was fine. Today it happened again and both cases happened under moderate ~30% acceleration not WOT. However, it the error went away and the car drove fine when I restarted. Any ideas on what it could be? I am running the JB4 MHD BEF setup with catless downpipe. I've tried googling and it seems like just about anything could be the problem. I am thinking it could be the tune or maybe sparkplugs. Thoughts?

[Supr3me]

Originally Posted by baldeagleman

Anyone ever get this error?

Drivetrain Malfunction Drive Moderately Maximum Drivetrain Output not available

I've had it one time before a few months ago. Googling says this is caused by a cylinder misfire. Car went limp mode when I was driving on the highway. I restarted my car however and it seemed to go away and the car was fine. Today it happened again and both cases happened under moderate ~30% acceleration not WOT. However, it the error went away and the car drove fine when I restarted. Any ideas on what it could be? I am running the JB4 MHD BEF setup with catless downpipe. I've tried googling and it seems like just about anything could be the problem. I am thinking it could be the tune or maybe sparkplugs. Thoughts?

I've had this happen twice and both were situations where I believe that some wheels lost contact with the road or lost traction. In one case I was hard accelerating from a stop sign into a left turn and in doing so, crossed the 'crown' of the roadway where it slopes to the left and the right. I believe that one or more wheels lost contact while others may have lost traction. Stopped, turned the ignition off, waited and then restarted with no issues. The other incident was also under hard acceleration and traversed a short patch of dirt where the roadway was removed for construction. I lost traction and had the code come up. Resolved the same way.

[baldeagleman]

Originally Posted by Sµpreme

I've had this happen twice and both were situations where I believe that some wheels lost contact with the road or lost traction. In one case I was hard accelerating from a stop sign into a left turn and in doing so, crossed the 'crown' of the roadway where it slopes to the left and the right. I believe that one or more wheels lost contact while others may have lost traction. Stopped, turned the ignition off, waited and then restarted with no issues. The other incident was also under hard acceleration and traversed a short patch of dirt where the roadway was removed for construction. I lost traction and had the code come up. Resolved the same way.

Interesting. I don't really want to do anything to the car or bring it to the dealer because I'm sure they'll find some phantom problem. On the other hand I also don't want to break anything. I don't believe I had any traction issues when this happened. Once was on a local road going around 40 and the other was while I was merging onto the highway at around 65-70.

[J3Vr6]

I bet if you used your JB4 and scanned it, is the code it tripped 1F053C? Several people have had it with the JB4. It's related to the loss of traction suddenly and the car freaking out. Terry from N54 recommended lowering boost in first and second gear. It seems to work.

This has happened to me several times until I lowered the boost as they recommended. Terry from N54 claims that this sensor was disabled with a BEF, so I'm curious if its the same one.

[les anderson]

A million things can cause this.

[baldeagleman]

Originally Posted by J3Vr6

I bet if you used your JB4 and scanned it, is the code it tripped 1F053C? Several people have had it with the JB4. It's related to the loss of traction suddenly and the car freaking out. Terry from N54 recommended lowering boost in first and second gear. It seems to work.

This has happened to me several times until I lowered the boost as they recommended. Terry from N54 claims that this sensor was disabled with a BEF, so I'm curious if its the same one.

How do you scan the JB4 and read the codes?

[SC_B5X]

JB4 is notorious for causing drivetrain malfunctions. I've yet to get one with MHD.

Also to read codes just go to "Codes" tab on the JB4 app and read them, it'll give you the option to clear them.

[Supr3me]

Originally Posted by SC_B5X

JB4 is notorious for causing drivetrain malfunctions. I've yet to get one with MHD.

Also to read codes just go to "Codes" tab on the JB4 app and read them, it'll give you the option to clear them.

Bump- I had JB4 installed at the time when both codes were thrown. None since on MHD.

[baldeagleman]

Originally Posted by SC_B5X

JB4 is notorious for causing drivetrain malfunctions. I've yet to get one with MHD.

Also to read codes just go to "Codes" tab on the JB4 app and read them, it'll give you the option to clear them.

Does the JB4 still need to be plugged into my car or can I unplug it and plug it into my computer? Is there some type of internal storage it has to keep codes?

[J3Vr6]

Originally Posted by baldeagleman

Does the JB4 still need to be plugged into my car or can I unplug it and plug it into my computer? Is there some type of internal storage it has to keep codes?

I had the Bluetooth module with the JB4, so I can just connect from my phone and see the codes and change the maps. If you don't have that, maybe you can with the MHD App, if you had the BEF.

[B58togo]

Originally Posted by J3Vr6

I bet if you used your JB4 and scanned it, is the code it tripped 1F053C? Several people have had it with the JB4. It's related to the loss of traction suddenly and the car freaking out. Terry from N54 recommended lowering boost in first and second gear. It seems to work.

This has happened to me several times until I lowered the boost as they recommended. Terry from N54 claims that this sensor was disabled with a BEF, so I'm curious if its the same one.

+1

Used to get this with the JB4 once in awhile. Hasn't happened since I pulled the JB4 and flashed 13k miles ago.

[sshao]

I used to get the same code once about two years ago while the car is bone stock. That night I parked my car into the garage and this code popped up. Restarted the car and the code was gone. No clue what's going on there and brought the car to the dealership the next weekend and they said there was nothing. Never saw that code again since then except during the bm3 flash time.

[kern417]

Nobody can tell you what it is. It's the equivalent of a check engine light. Scan for codes and/or run logs to see if anything is wrong.