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MaintGrl reacted to RickLightning's post in the thread Mobile charger as Level 1 home charger. Bad idea? with
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As I told you in your DM to me, you need to get a bunch of estimates. 35 miles a day / 1.8 miles per kWh = 19.4kWh / 1.1 = 17.7 hours... -
MaintGrl reacted to USA EV's post in the thread Driving to Florida from upstate ny - with trailer? with Like.
I figure if I'm only doing this kind of thing once every few years I can suffer through, even if I had to drop the trailer a few times...
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For future reference, I would have loaded the new kayak upside down. Two reasons. First is that would leave two edges of the kayak...
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As I was scrolling down through your post, I though that the first picture didn't look bad, pretty standard actually. Then I scrolled...
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MaintGrl reacted to chl's post in the thread 2023 F-150 Lightning: battery hit 419°F with zero warning, zero fault code, zero shutdown with Like.
So I looked at a tear down of the HVB video again and they mention the thermistor temp sensors which aseem to be located inside each...
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MaintGrl reacted to thorndike's post in the thread 2023 F-150 Lightning: battery hit 419°F with zero warning, zero fault code, zero shutdown with Like.
So that is part of the problem. SMs don't always know what is going on, and FORD doesn't seem to either. They keep throwing things out...
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MaintGrl reacted to thorndike's post in the thread 2023 F-150 Lightning: battery hit 419°F with zero warning, zero fault code, zero shutdown with Like.
Think what you want, but everything I have said and represented here and on the website is backed by receipts. Every email, every text...
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MaintGrl reacted to thorndike's post in the thread 2023 F-150 Lightning: battery hit 419°F with zero warning, zero fault code, zero shutdown with Like.
You can think what you want. The temps and everything displayed on the Ford Diagnostics is represented here and on my website the way...
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MaintGrl reacted to CrisB02's post in the thread Introducing Ford AI Assistant in the Ford App 📱 with Like.
Who asked for AI? Let's discontinue the best selling ev truck, then add Ai features no one asked for. And for Ford's next amazing reveal...
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MaintGrl replied to the thread Stray electrons strike again.So, Noco Genius 5 showed up, Hooked up to the BMS, as recommended. Started a Charge, Batt was at 25% charge, walked away checked it 8...
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MaintGrl reacted to chl's post in the thread 2023 F-150 Lightning: battery hit 419°F with zero warning, zero fault code, zero shutdown with Like.
What difference does that make? Are you implying that Ford decided NOT to repair his vehicle because he sent letters? That would be...
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MaintGrl reacted to JayF's post in the thread Introducing Ford AI Assistant in the Ford App 📱 with Love.
It's a race to the bottom. I already took my wife's Honda dealer out to the woodshed over adding AI receptionists. (And they seemingly...
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MaintGrl reacted to JayF's post in the thread Introducing Ford AI Assistant in the Ford App 📱 with Love.
I do not want AI agents in my car. I do not want them in your app. I do not want voice actions there, I do not want them anywhere. Take...
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MaintGrl reacted to chl's post in the thread 2023 F-150 Lightning: battery hit 419°F with zero warning, zero fault code, zero shutdown with Like.
Yes, but they could have done that when they recreated the allegedly high temps which I think he said they did. Just not great problem...
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MaintGrl reacted to Free Charging's post in the thread 2023 F-150 Lightning: battery hit 419°F with zero warning, zero fault code, zero shutdown with Like.
The reported sensor value was reproduced by the dealership service manager. But not the actual temperature. The car would've been...
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MaintGrl reacted to riggie's post in the thread Introducing Ford AI Assistant in the Ford App 📱 with Wow.
i just asked it what my current vehicle health status was and it said i was overdue for an oil change
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MaintGrl replied to the thread Introducing Ford AI Assistant in the Ford App 📱.Probably not, but it WILL report back to Ford with the data, (to be sold at a later date)
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MaintGrl reacted to SomeStupidDriver's post in the thread Introducing Ford AI Assistant in the Ford App 📱 with Haha.
Just what ive been waiting for.. my vehicle that has cameras and mics all around and inside to have an AI agent reporting everything i...
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MaintGrl replied to the thread Stray electrons strike again.Well, with my 96 Ranger, if I had left the door ajar, and walked away, the light would be on, but would time out after x minutes, and...
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MaintGrl replied to the thread Stray electrons strike again.So, I have a Noco5 genius showing up today, this is a project day for me, so that will be on my work list. Just another observation, ...
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MaintGrl replied to the thread Introducing Ford AI Assistant in the Ford App 📱.🤔😏
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MaintGrl replied to the thread 2023 F-150 Lightning: battery hit 419°F with zero warning, zero fault code, zero shutdown.Probably because by the time someone was able to look at it, it had already cooled down, I believe they were looking at stored reports...
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MaintGrl reacted to TaxmanHog's post in the thread 2023 F-150 Lightning: battery hit 419°F with zero warning, zero fault code, zero shutdown with Love.
I hope you receive contact from those folks, they have been tremendously helpful to forum members in recent months, great to see you...
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Plenty of room back there and with the Frunk open you can see and/or feel the back of the charge port area. Have to be sure the negative...
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MaintGrl replied to the thread 2023 F-150 Lightning: battery hit 419°F with zero warning, zero fault code, zero shutdown.Understandable...
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MaintGrl reacted to thorndike's post in the thread 2023 F-150 Lightning: battery hit 419°F with zero warning, zero fault code, zero shutdown with Like.
Yep. I was never going to post anything public because I expected FORD would not want this public. After 7-8 weeks of stonewalling, I...
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MaintGrl reacted to thorndike's post in the thread 2023 F-150 Lightning: battery hit 419°F with zero warning, zero fault code, zero shutdown with Like.
One of my lines of evidence reported to FORD is that the Service manager who founnd the temps, was concerned about parking the truck in...
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MaintGrl reacted to thorndike's post in the thread 2023 F-150 Lightning: battery hit 419°F with zero warning, zero fault code, zero shutdown with Like.
There is a difference between what I 'expect' is inaccurate and what FORDs sensors show. I am not an FSE, so I can only post and...
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MaintGrl reacted to Aminorjourney's post in the thread 2023 F-150 Lightning: battery hit 419°F with zero warning, zero fault code, zero shutdown with Like.
Alas, that's quite common. My colleague used to have a Volt - but because two thermistors died (and GM was unwilling to really work on...
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MaintGrl reacted to Dahveed's post in the thread 2023 F-150 Lightning: battery hit 419°F with zero warning, zero fault code, zero shutdown with Like.
And at the end of the matter, it's battery related and should be covered under the 8yr/100k mile EV component warranty. If they can't...
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MaintGrl reacted to TaxmanHog's post in the thread 2023 F-150 Lightning: battery hit 419°F with zero warning, zero fault code, zero shutdown with Like.
No doubt the OP is rightfully frustrated. We need the corporate engineering team to get with the technician on the ground and properly...
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MaintGrl reacted to chl's post in the thread 2023 F-150 Lightning: battery hit 419°F with zero warning, zero fault code, zero shutdown with Love.
True about filing suit or even 'threats' sometimes...but how long should one have to wait? How long do we give them the benefit of the...
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MaintGrl replied to the thread Stray electrons strike again.Decided . .why wait, just ordered a Noco5, got to figure out how I'll mount it. Seen others have made a hole for the plug in the charge...
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Always a good idea with lead-acid batteries - they'll last a lot longer - my 2012 Leaf battery on a maintainer is over 14 years old now...
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MaintGrl replied to the thread Stray electrons strike again.Well, seeing as I'm coming up on my 3 year warranty in 3 or 4 months, If they replace the battery, I'll most likely be installing a...
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Things like what you are experiencing are usually the 12v battery. A lot of the Ford techs seem to be aware of that - one even...
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I think you’d be better off putting the generator on the ground and building an insulated enclosure (leaving one side open) to go around...
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That scares me. Putting any ICE into an enclosure that was not specifically designed for the purpose sounds like a recipe for disaster.
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MaintGrl replied to the thread Stray electrons strike again.So, I just had the second go around with this issue. Virtually same scenario. Charged overnight , no problems, no error messages in ford...
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MaintGrl reacted to TAPCF's post in the thread New Issues After Rear Light Bar Recall Repair with Wow.
Yesterday I took my 2023 Lightning Lariat to my dealer to have the rear light bar replaced due to the most recent recall. Since it was...
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MaintGrl replied to the thread 2023 F-150 Lightning: battery hit 419°F with zero warning, zero fault code, zero shutdown.I hope they are parking THAT truck away from any building, vehicles, or landscaping, never can tell when . . . .whoosh! there it goes,
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MaintGrl reacted to TwentyTwentyThree's post in the thread 2023 F-150 Lightning: battery hit 419°F with zero warning, zero fault code, zero shutdown with Haha.
That is unfathomable.
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MaintGrl reacted to RickLightning's post in the thread 2023 F-150 Lightning: battery hit 419°F with zero warning, zero fault code, zero shutdown with Wow.
One of the challenges big corporations have is in being able to reach the right person, resolve the situation, and affect change in the...
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MaintGrl reacted to RickLightning's post in the thread 2023 F-150 Lightning: battery hit 419°F with zero warning, zero fault code, zero shutdown with Love.
I skimmed your website and am very impressed.
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MaintGrl reacted to Warp Asylum's post in the thread 2023 F-150 Lightning: battery hit 419°F with zero warning, zero fault code, zero shutdown with Like.
I realize and appreciate that the first instinct is to try and figure out the problem (particularly as an engineer, that is my first...
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MaintGrl reacted to Timeless Epoch's post in the thread 2023 F-150 Lightning: battery hit 419°F with zero warning, zero fault code, zero shutdown with Like.
I am fairly certain that is above the runaway temperature for NMC batteries. It is definitely well above the boiling temp of coolant...
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MaintGrl reacted to electricpig's post in the thread 2023 F-150 Lightning: battery hit 419°F with zero warning, zero fault code, zero shutdown with Like.
First, I agree you need either a buyback, or a NEW battery pack and coolant system. With that said, I have a hard believing that was...
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MaintGrl reacted to thorndike's post in the thread 2023 F-150 Lightning: battery hit 419°F with zero warning, zero fault code, zero shutdown with Like.
I am outside of Colorado's lemon law, so FORD is using that to deny my claim. Even with all my data, they refuse. There is more info...
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MaintGrl reacted to thorndike's post in the thread 2023 F-150 Lightning: battery hit 419°F with zero warning, zero fault code, zero shutdown with Sad.
So the battery temp display on the dash, would go full yellow and would NOT cool down while driving. Whenever I would charge, I would...
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MaintGrl reacted to K6CCC's post in the thread 2023 F-150 Lightning: battery hit 419°F with zero warning, zero fault code, zero shutdown with Like.
That's insane! You may need to contact a "Lemon Law" lawyer...