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Agreed, which is why I'm loath to pay a dealership to run diagnostics that are not likely to reveal something that may not reveal itself when being looked at.

I'll keep my multimeter in the car so I can give it a check should it happen, or when I see the display showing signs that it had occurred. I did replace the 12V battery earlier this year, but if something is drawing power it may be a possible cause of this.

A few months ago, after parking and shutting off my FFE, when I got out the door wouldn't lock. I got back in and everything in the dash was dead, though the cabin lights were working. I had to do something else, so I came back a couple of hours later and everything worked fine. A couple of...

Lately, I have been seeing this a little more often. Other than the annoying beeping when the indicator comes on, it's no great issue. Plus, with winter coming, it might be helpful to have the traction control off when I have to drive in fresh snow.

When the weather is ideal for no heating or A/C (and need for heating and A/C compressor isn't limited to cabin temperature settings - the battery may need heating or cooling), I've found I can get between 180 and 200 km on a charge. That's about 111-122 miles. That involves keeping the speed...

I have to second the grip benefit, and snow is not required to experience it. All season tires get hard like a hockey puck, and pucks are NOT designed to grip cold surfaces. On clear dry pavement, you'll feel the difference. When I bought my FFE, during the waiting for it to be built, the sales...

From the refrigerant pressure values, I would say it's very low. I went through an A/C repair a year ago that turned out to be a leak in the evaporator. I forget the exact pressure values, but when the A/C is at rest, both are somewhere around 300-400 PSI. When running, the high side is over...

I don't believe that is saving energy and may be using more. Coasting in neutral cancels all regen and should you start pressing the brake pedal, the braking will be 100% friction until you put it back in gear. Coasting in gear will regenerate energy back to the battery. Sure, you may not start...

Another effect I've noticed is that if you start off on a fairly warm to hot day not using the A/C and then decide to turn it on, say for highway driving, that the reduction in range is less than expected. I've turned on the A/C in this circumstance and only seen about a 10-15 km reduction in...

They replaced it with a bar that appears that says "Add time to climate" with a button labelled "Extend". I tried it the other day, not sure if I was going to see the "extended" time or not (beyond 15 minutes) but it turned out someone delayed me long enough and the car was still on! 😃 I do...

I'm not sure if this is possible now, but in case someone knows a secret, I'm asking... After 6.5 years of having my FFE, though two of them without value charging because of the TCU software bug that was finally fixed in March, I only recently discovered my FFE has two value charging...

Before the last update, it just said how many minutes remain, which I feel is more useful than the absolute time. I have noticed a number of false "started" status both before and after this update. Before the update, I noticed a button that said "+15" for my wife's Lightning that allows you to...

When a vehicle charges, the battery will be warmed up above ambient temperature (unless it's cold and it may need to be warmed, at least initially, to charge optimally). Additionally, the AC charger has to dissipate heat as it changes AC to DC. Just the rectifier will dissipate about 45 watts...

I don't know how much good this will do, but Jim Farley is up for re-election to Ford's Board of Directors on May 8. Since my retirement fund holds Ford shares, I get a vote and I'll cast mine with a 'NO' to Jim's re-election.

As I described above, the 12 volt battery in my 2017 lasted 6.5 years. The factory-installed batteries at that time have caps in the cells so you can check the fluid level and add distilled water if needed. I mistakenly assumed that the maintenance plan that has "checking fluid levels" with...

Yes it does. It also helps to understand that it uses your driving history (how you drive and the conditions you were driving in) and that the history is weighted in favour of the most recent use. In other words, your energy consumption during the most recent ten miles of driving count for more...

When this was posted in a Lightning forum, I posted this comment... If buying an MME or Lightning is being "ahead of the curve", then buying an FFE must have been downright clairvoyant. Someone else responded saying not clairvoyant enough to see in advance how poorly Ford would treat us...

Follow-up: when it came time to try starting, I reconnected the battery but left the power supply connected like getting a boost. It started fine, but the 100% SOC HV battery showed a GOM of 0 km. As it sat on for a few minutes, the range started to increase. I took the car for a short drive (2...

My FFE is 6 years, 5 months old and I've never had an issue with the 12 volt battery - until today. Used the car to run an errand and everything was fine. Got home and parked behind my son's car and a couple of hours later when he needed to go out, mine wouldn't start. The display said I should...

About two months ago, I got a "Traction Control Off" warning that cleared itself before I could get home and see if ForScan could give me any further information. This did not recur again until a week ago when it came on on two occasions. Both times again, it cleared before I reached home and...