Battery issue at 100% only 298 miles

[tubby]

This has all been said already, but just to confirm my experience. 131 x 2.2 = 288. Congratulations! If you are in Florida, so you will likely stay above 2.0 unless you are towing or go over 65 mph. Up north I never see 2.0 unless I am driving around town or going with a strong wind. My truck average after 21 months is well below 2.0. When I charge to 100% it always shows over 300, but as soon as I'm 10 miles or so down the road I am well under 300. So, I typically always lose about 20 miles in range only going 10 miles when I start at 100% battery. You may learn like many of us...It's hard to learn the GOM.

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[Joe.....Montana]

All I see when the battery range questions come up ?

Got in the truck last night to pull it into the garage for my wife. With a 55% charge the truck is reading 118 miles.....WHAT!?!?!?!?!....Oh, she has the heat set to 80 degrees, fan on 4, seat set to 3 and steering wheel heat on....mind you it was only 40 degrees out...she'll have the range at 60% down to 30 miles when it actually gets cold up here in Montana.

 

[TaxmanHog]

My 2024 Lightning

Did you buy a Platinum, Lariat-ER, XLT-ER or Flash?

 

[Ford Motor Company]

My 2024 Lightning At 100 % charge the day I picked it up new from the dealer only reads 298 miles they tried to pull the driving history on me, but truck had 50 miles they still will not acknowledge there is an issue I can clear history drive 45mph windows down no a/c and still can't get but 2.0 to 2.1 on mine The dealers around me hate me any one know if there is a number for ford to get results Dealers are no help.

Hello! Send us a private message with your VIN and current mileage. Allow me to see what I can do to assist. Thanks!

 

[invertedspear]

Did you buy a Platinum, Lariat-ER, XLT-ER or Flash?

Thought there was no such thing as a 2024 XLT ER. They stuck the full touchscreen in it and redubbed it the flash, right?

 

[TaxmanHog]

Thought there was no such thing as a 2024 XLT ER. They stuck the full touchscreen in it and redubbed it the flash, right?

Probably, I was looking at the model selector at ford.com showing two ranges 240 / 320
https://www.ford.com/trucks/f150/f150-lightning/models/f150-xlt/

In power details it's only showing the SR

 

[Literider150]

My 2024 Lightning At 100 % charge the day I picked it up new from the dealer only reads 298 miles they tried to pull the driving history on me, but truck had 50 miles they still will not acknowledge there is an issue I can clear history drive 45mph windows down no a/c and still can't get but 2.0 to 2.1 on mine The dealers around me hate me any one know if there is a number for ford to get results Dealers are no help. Cant help but wonder why all the truck at the dealer dash has 320 miles at 100% and have many different test drivers.

What is the dealer dash?

We've had our Lightning Flash for about two months. Charged several times; a couple of times to 100%. Never seen 320 miles range. Not even close. One time I noticed my new tires were about 4 lbs low; but I filled them up to spec and it made no diff. Something does seem off about this. Glad I'm only leasing. I can live with it. But I have an EV6 also and it looks like when we have a choice, we may take it over the Ford because of cost. But I guess that's no different than have two ICE cars.

 

[TaxmanHog]

Hey. @Redlightning , did you ever follow through on this?

Hasn't been on for a couple days, hope this isn't a troll and he gives some additional feedback.

 

[Grease Lightning]

Yeah, I saw that. Figured tagging him may initiate an email to help bring him back.

This was probably not the response he expected...

Maybe he ran out of range in an area without cell service ?

 

[Hammick]

Can't believe I read both pages of this tread. Oh well, keeps me from reading the news.

 

[KrazyEd]

My 22 Lariat with almost 17K miles seldom gets
charged to full but I am going on a road trip
tomorrow. It will probably drop below 300 miles of
range on the highway.

 

[rwcooke62]

I purchased a 2023 Lightning extended range battery, I did not have a home charger at the time and I noticed that the battery will fully charge to 100% (320+). While I was charging with the DC fast charger the battery will not charge as efficiently often only charging to 100% (290+). Home charging is the best option, that is why Ford Motor Corp is now paying for a charger and installation. ps most dealerships don’t know much about their alEV products
Good luck

 

[Zprime29]

I purchased a 2023 Lightning extended range battery, I did not have a home charger at the time and I noticed that the battery will fully charge to 100% (320+). While I was charging with the DC fast charger the battery will not charge as efficiently often only charging to 100% (290+). Home charging is the best option, that is why Ford Motor Corp is now paying for a charger and installation. ps most dealerships don’t know much about their alEV products
Good luck

That's not how it works. Home charging is cheaper (most of the time). You get the same amount of electrons. Only difference is your recent driving affecting what it thinks your max range could be. It's a guess, and a bad one at that.

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