Ford 60 power stroke ficm diagnostics the 60 power stroke ficm is often mis diagnosed and needlessly replaced calibration concerns powertrain component faults and ficm malfunctions may produce similar drivability concerns note the most common symptoms of a failed ficm are no start or constant misfire at all engine temperatures. While low ficm voltage can cause cold rough running and cold start issueswear on an injector spool valve will cause the exact same symptom over the years weve heard customers inaccurately c omplain of my ficm is bad again concern s because the ir truck is exhibiting the exact same symptoms as when their ficm was indeed bad. When the ficm starts to fail the 60l power stroke will have a hard start or no start issue rough idle and loss of power when replacing the ficm 60 complete ficm part number 4c3z 12b599 abrm you must use the ford ids scan tool to remove the programing from the bad ficm and reprogram the new ficm and the pcm or get the pre programmed ficm. The truck started like this for one week from a cold start and a week later the truck eventually would not start due to a faulty ficm please no smart as