truthlesshunter
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I will apologize right off the bat for the long, detailed post..but I am new to my lightning and I want to make sure I understand what's going on. I posted something similar on reddit, but there has been an update since and this forum seems like a better place to post this
TL;DR DC charging always works, AC works sporadically...any reason this would happen/what should I do?
I bought a 2022 Lightning Lariat ER a week ago. I had to drive it back home with a few stops along the way, all DC charging. Not an issue anywhere.
I have two EVSE (EV Chargers) at home. I have another EV at home as well (Lucid Air Grand Touring). The first one, a PionPower EVSE (relatively new company here in Canada, has a good reputation overall), gets plugged in..doesn't charge, registers as AC Leakage fault error in the app. No problem, I try the other EVSE. This is a Grizzl-E charger (well-established Canadian company and in EV circles in general). Plug it in, registers a "two beep/two blink" error when it tries to charge the truck. I look that up and it means a GFCI Fault.
Okay...fine..maybe something got knocked loose (yay hardcore reference) at one point or another. My 14-50 outlet was installed by a licenced electrician when I built the house, relatively recently. But I figure I'm just going to look through the socket just in case (I did a lot of wiring previously and wired the EV/14-50 outlet in my last house myself). I cant' see what would be wrong...re-strip/re-cut the wires, attach them clean, etc...I keep getting the same two errors on the two chargers.
I finally decide to plug them into my lucid...and bingo, both charge normally without issues. Unplug from the lucid, plug it into the lightning...and boom, errors again.
I post this and others have said they have the same issue...it's the onboard charger and i need to get it repaired. After a bit of fighting with Ford, I'm able to schedule 3-4 days later. I go charge at a DC charger up to ~30% the night before (since it was done to 10% from being used)...and just for fun, when I get home...I plug the lightning back in to confirm it doesn't work...and OF COURSE, it works. I let it charge overnight and it charged at the regular pace the whole night until we unplugged it in the morning.
I called ford and they said to cancel the appointment and to call back if it goes bad again. But I don't want to live with the "will he/won't he" charge for my truck every day.
So what do I do? Is there a pattern of charging I should be looking at with the truck that I don't know about that makes the AC charging wonky? Ford says if it's working before I get there, they won't see the error in the past and can't diagnose it...but once agian, that's insane because that means if it stops working again at home and I arrive there and it works, I'll look like an idiot. This is so frustrating to happen in the first days of owning it.
side note: I bought this from A FORD DEALERSHIP and they said they never heard of anything similar happen and it always charged for them (but they used a DC charger)
TL;DR DC charging always works, AC works sporadically...any reason this would happen/what should I do?
I bought a 2022 Lightning Lariat ER a week ago. I had to drive it back home with a few stops along the way, all DC charging. Not an issue anywhere.
I have two EVSE (EV Chargers) at home. I have another EV at home as well (Lucid Air Grand Touring). The first one, a PionPower EVSE (relatively new company here in Canada, has a good reputation overall), gets plugged in..doesn't charge, registers as AC Leakage fault error in the app. No problem, I try the other EVSE. This is a Grizzl-E charger (well-established Canadian company and in EV circles in general). Plug it in, registers a "two beep/two blink" error when it tries to charge the truck. I look that up and it means a GFCI Fault.
Okay...fine..maybe something got knocked loose (yay hardcore reference) at one point or another. My 14-50 outlet was installed by a licenced electrician when I built the house, relatively recently. But I figure I'm just going to look through the socket just in case (I did a lot of wiring previously and wired the EV/14-50 outlet in my last house myself). I cant' see what would be wrong...re-strip/re-cut the wires, attach them clean, etc...I keep getting the same two errors on the two chargers.
I finally decide to plug them into my lucid...and bingo, both charge normally without issues. Unplug from the lucid, plug it into the lightning...and boom, errors again.
I post this and others have said they have the same issue...it's the onboard charger and i need to get it repaired. After a bit of fighting with Ford, I'm able to schedule 3-4 days later. I go charge at a DC charger up to ~30% the night before (since it was done to 10% from being used)...and just for fun, when I get home...I plug the lightning back in to confirm it doesn't work...and OF COURSE, it works. I let it charge overnight and it charged at the regular pace the whole night until we unplugged it in the morning.
I called ford and they said to cancel the appointment and to call back if it goes bad again. But I don't want to live with the "will he/won't he" charge for my truck every day.
So what do I do? Is there a pattern of charging I should be looking at with the truck that I don't know about that makes the AC charging wonky? Ford says if it's working before I get there, they won't see the error in the past and can't diagnose it...but once agian, that's insane because that means if it stops working again at home and I arrive there and it works, I'll look like an idiot. This is so frustrating to happen in the first days of owning it.
side note: I bought this from A FORD DEALERSHIP and they said they never heard of anything similar happen and it always charged for them (but they used a DC charger)
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