Recent content by ScottC

There have been a ton of posts around reduced power/power train malfunction. I had two of them in the past three months and both were resolved at the dealer by a Long charge of the 12 V battery. I now drive with a spare 12 V in my truck bed. It’s possible yours is related to the gearshift, but...

ditto the above response. I had two failures of my 12 V battery in quick succession over a 10 day.period. Ford handled the issues well as far as towing and customer outreach. They wouldn’t replace the battery because it recharged but you know fool me three times then shame on me. So I bought a...

I’ve leased a fair amount of vehicles. 3x BMW, 3x MB, 3x Tesla and now a 24 mo lease on my 24 Flash. my experience is that the dealerships drive the desire (or lack there) of to negotiate on the truck. Ford is just the finance company. It’s not a truck to them. It’s just a used asset and...

Thanks @ALyn. Net result of all this is my truck locked up twice, was towed to two different Ford Dealers (which they paid for - no hassles there). Both service techs said it was a bitch to get truck 12v battery charged up...but finally they got there and all error codes cleared. Both...

And next Friday report. I kept the truck at the Ford dealer in Dixon this week while I’ve been driving my beat up but otherwise trustworthy 2000 4Runner. the service rep has been very communicative. Essentially they had issues last Saturday when they found it towed to them. Took a long time...

I feel like i'm 24 hours behind you with round two at a Dealer. Towed my car on Friday before the holiday weekend. They said batt was dead (again) and charged it (again). I'm having them hold onto it and recheck it for a couple days. Good luck.

ROUND 2 - Drove about 20 miles on Wed after picking up from the Ford dealer who worked on it. FRIDAY Jan 16 5:30pm Driving up to the Sierras for the weekend with the family. On the road for about 85 miles... Everything running as it should. Parked to get some coffee, walk dogs etc. Came...

The Internet never disappoints. Nope not a joke. I didn’t even feel it as I was just happy to get my truck back in a timely manner. I have a friend who’s got a VW golf electric in her car has a similar symptom – it’s been in the shop for 2+ weeks and all she heard is wow there’s a lot of wires...

And here is the report on my invoice ($0.00 for the fix, $226 for 20K inspection)

Got truck back. Related to 12v battery. Once it dropped below spec on charge things go haywire. Ford tech didn't have an answer for why this happens, but you know these are vehicles out in the wild and sh*t does happen. The High Voltage battery system converts to 12v to keep the aux battery...

I have another thread about this that I started last week but i'll report here that literally a week ago at this time I had the same warning. I pulled over in a convenient spot and shut down. Followed the app instructions for road side assistance and they sent a flat bed and towed to dealer...

Truck is getting towed to Ford. I’ll let the channel know what develops.

Anyone else receive this? Driving this morning - everything fine - and alert on drivers screen Pull Over Safely and Stop. My app says “power train malfunction. You can drive until you stop vehicle but then won’t start. Contact Ford and have your vehicle towed to facility of your choice” I...

Well technically….my very first car was a used 1974 Ford Maverick w a 302 V8. That car would hydroplane on 5 drops of rain. I went used Toyota Corona SW, VW Rabbit, Volvo DL SW, and then 3x 4Runners (still have 2). Started leasing sedans 3x BMW, 3x Mercedes which took me to 2016 when I first...

my issue is that the past versions worked well for my needs. Two homes w chargers, and specific charge timings set up. when I launch the app, i want to know my current charge level and, if plugged in, when will the charge start. From there you decide if you need to do more in the app. I’ve...