Recent content by KHines

Coming from someone that has been on the service side of high line dealerships for the better part of 30 years, this kind of situation is unfortunately now not uncommon. The backup from the Covid era was just barely clearing out, then the war in Ukraine put a hurting on supply chains, now...

SOLVED! Around the same time I had the truck in for the software update recall, I had also replaced the cabin air filter. Naturally, I bought what seemed like the best filtration available. Turns out this filter is too restrictive for the auto control to work properly, verified by a long drive...

Nope, I’ve got a ‘23 and like I said, it does blow cold just doesn’t regulate itself automatically, which means the hardware is good but the control logic is off. Windshield tint is only for Floridians, Texans, Arizonians and criminals 😝

Had the truck in for the update and it seems like the auto climate control just isn’t doing its thing ever since. I’m getting cold air out of the vents so I know the hardware is working, but I have never had to use Max A/C or even bump temp down below 74 to keep the cabin cool in the previous...

The driveline in our trucks, like most EVs, is very condensed with few components to loosen or to have tolerances stack, so if you’ve got noticeable slop I’d have that looked at sooner than later.

Unfortunately no. The axle nuts revealed once wheels are removed are large and very, very tight, so you can’t see the splines from outside or inside. The torque on the axle nut is what applies pretension to the wheel bearing, so don’t mess with it unless you know what you are doing as our trucks...

Pull the affected axle out of the hub and lube it a bit - anti seize or heavy grease. The Ford TSB says something about a ting (?) washer that gets placed between the axle stub and hub, but I’ve fixed this on other cars with a little lube.

This will manifest as one single clicking event when stopping and then will “unclick” when accelerating from a stop. Happens less when slowing up a hill. Spline creep, indeed. I’ve got it, just don’t want to lose truck for a couple days to have it fixed so I’ll probs fix it myself.

I don’t know

This is not a coolant flow diagram, this is a computer communication flow map. LIN is a single wire communication system and CAN is a two wire network.

Quite possibly. Recalls/service actions are created based on known information so things can and will lag a bit. From my in-the-business perspective, remain calm and give the benefit of the doubt to your service team; they’re trying their best. Might not be a bad idea to reach out to general...

FWIW, my ‘23 had the same part fail a few months ago. It was just outside of the service action affected date range. Fortunately was still within 3/36. @Ford Motor Company

I’ve had fantastic results by writing a short explanation of my concerns, putting it in an envelope along with a twenty (or two or three) and writing “For my Ford Tech” on it. Tiny price to pay for exceptional care. Donuts work, too

You seemed to describe your issue as a total electronic failure which makes it sound as if it were undriveable? The tech did drive the truck back in to your garage to park it, correct? Again, plausible that the truck was acting perfectly fine but something didn’t save well when the truck went...

As a professional auto technician with 25yrs experience, it is entirely plausible that this was not negligence on the part of the tech. Granted I wasn’t there and don’t know the specifics, but man, sometimes sh*t happens when performing software updates. I appreciate your frustration but the...