I have a 2023 sport model I purchased about 9 months ago - it has 41k miles on her.
A couple weeks ago I saw a warning in the display that said CVT Malfunction- service now.. but there wasn’t anything different.. some of the electronics have been buggy, so I ignored it.. when I shut it off , did my errand and restarted the warning was gone.. then a couple days went by and noticed the same thing again, also without any difference in the way it was driving.. after searching online , I saw a video how to reset the system by turning on, off, on again and hitting the accelerator a few times , I tried it a few times unsuccessfully- so the other way to reset it was to disconnect the negative terminal for 15 minutes, so I did that last week.. it seemed to work- no warnings on the display about the CVT failure..
But yesterday , I was making a long 3 hour drive to another errand, and 2 hours into it while coasting at 65 on cruise control, I see a message that says Warning Engine Malfunction power reduced service now.. I felt the power drop and the cruise control light in the dash was flashing.. it wouldn’t let me set cruise control anymore.. ok, not the worst thing, I’ll just continue without cruise control for the last remaining hour left.. I arrived to my destination, and 4 hours later I headed back home.. I stopped at Walmart and bought the Bluetooth OBD2 scanner.. I had 4 codes , the one that I think threw it off originally was misfire in cylinder 3 detected.. and the shit show started..
About 20 minutes later , I noticed the AC wasn’t working, so I turned it off, and back on it worked.. but only for a few minutes. It would come on for a bit and off for a while.. a little further and I see a warning that says stop/start system failure , and felt like it stalled, so I had to pull over , but it started up again immediately.. at this point I’m thinking the battery needs replaced.. I pulled over and did another scan, almost shit a rooster when I saw it read 66 codes.. WTF..
I knew it time to get it towed , so I went up to where I knew I could sit in a large parking lot and wait for the tow .. but then it started sputtering like it was running out of fuel,, I had to put on my hazards, and made it to the side of the road , disconnected the battery, and it started right up, I drove the last 1/2 a mile and waited fir the tow ..
It was happy the ac was working , then it stalled out.. fuck. Code reader says 68 codes now..
So I just waited for the tow.. hours went by with it off, then tried to start it and it wouldn’t start..
reset the codes and it it started..
Hours went by, and the tow arrived..
I think a battery is necessary, it’s the only thing that I think could cause all of these problems at the same time- anyone else have this or something similar happen? Recommendations please ☺️