Instrument cluster problems after drifting car around corner

[JLsounds]

I've had two weird issues with my 15 GT recently. One time when I got the car sideways and overpowered the traction control, almost every light in my instrument cluster came on. Turn the car off and back on and they went away. I was playing around on an empty street the other day and got the car a little more sideways than I would've liked. Once I straightened back out I noticed that all my instrument cluster lights and the radio screen back lights had all shut down. Drove about 100 yards and they came back on. Anybody else experience things like this?

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[FordTechOne]

Sounds like you may have an issue with the ABS Module pulling down the vehicle network during an activation event. You could also have an issue where the HCU is drawing excessive amperage and temporarily overpowering the electrical system, which will cause multiple modules to shut down and reboot.

Try activating the ABS by stopping hard to see if it produces the same effect; if so, that pretty much isolates it to the ABS Module and/or HCU.

Chances are there are a ton of network codes set in various modules for loss of communication. I would bring it to your dealer and show them how to induce the concern. They should then be able to pinpoint the root cause based on the network codes and or DTCs stored in the ABS Module.