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tls replied to the thread Rear lightbar recall merry-go-round.Gotta love it that the "electric vehicle" gets blamed for his inability to install and properly configure a part that aside from its...
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tls replied to the thread Rear lightbar recall merry-go-round.So some confusion on my part: my truck needs *two* backordered parts, one for this recall and another for an unrelated repair...
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tls replied to the thread Rear lightbar recall merry-go-round.That tracks - I took mine in last Tuesday, they did the other work and got to the light bar by Wednesday and ordered the parts which...
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tls replied to the thread Rear lightbar recall merry-go-round.If they'd run out of parts again I'd expect to see longer backorder dates, not a stop-sale! Hopefully they did not decide the...
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tls posted the thread Rear lightbar recall merry-go-round in Issues / Repairs / TSB / Recalls / Warranty.After being one of the first trucks to "get" the first rear lightbar recall a couple of years ago, I spent a few months this year, as I...
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tls replied to the thread Introducing Ford AI Assistant in the Ford App 📱.I think the message we're both responding to makes it quite clear nobody thinks it is "a physical agent" and, nonetheless, as that...
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tls replied to the thread Introducing Ford AI Assistant in the Ford App 📱.It adds career advancement for some twerp of an engineer or engineering manager whose boss is afraid their own career will stall or end...
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tls replied to the thread Charging Amperage selection - MY2024 and Prior.That doesn't control the onboard charger in the truck. It (when it works at all) only controls a single, Ford brand EVSE. Just like...
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tls replied to the thread SSM 55080 Some 2022-2023 Lightning may stop charging on DC fast charger.Searching this forum and the MachE forum and "those other forums" I actually see a few reports that might be this problem. With that...
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tls replied to the thread 2023 F-150 Lightning: battery hit 419°F with zero warning, zero fault code, zero shutdown.I think the bottom line on the "grift" angle here is that allowing an LLM to take over your communication with other human beings is a...
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tls replied to the thread SSM 55080 Some 2022-2023 Lightning may stop charging on DC fast charger.Wait a minute. Even if the "software solution" is actually delivered in Q3 2026 (Ford usually seems to be about a quarter late on these...
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tls replied to the thread ITRM-25B04 / 26B04 - Compliance Recall 26C10 - Trailer Module.Honestly there has to be some point at which the NHTSA will intervene if a manufacturer says they're doing a recall but doesn't...
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tls replied to the thread Extended warranty transfers?.I understand the liability issues. There is a bad interaction of NY insurance regs, MA vehicle registration requirements, and our...
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We've got a Ford EV (one of our Mach Es, but we carry the ford extended warranty on all of them) that we're going to let our kid take to...
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tls reacted to rugedraw's post in the thread Automatic Updates turns itself off, will not turn back on with
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tls posted the thread Automatic Updates turns itself off, will not turn back on in Software Updates, SYNC, Ford App, Audio, Nav, Phone, BlueCruise, Driving Aids, Cameras.Has anyone else seen this? We have 3 Ford EVs (lightning and two Mach Es) and every time I check them from the app, Automatic Updates...
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tls replied to the thread How do you charge a Lightning with a Gen2, 80amp, Tesla dumb wall charger?.Oh, one more thing - when you open up the unit to check the settings, be careful with the original screws; I have never found a good...
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tls replied to the thread How do you charge a Lightning with a Gen2, 80amp, Tesla dumb wall charger?.If it is in fact a Gen2 HPWC (current selection via a rotary selector not DIP switches is a sure way to tell, in my experience - note...
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tls replied to the thread How do you charge a Lightning with a Gen2, 80amp, Tesla dumb wall charger?.Well, no, not really, not from my point of view at least. Flipping DIP switches on a Gen1 HPWC might get the OP somewhere but not...
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tls replied to the thread FRDS and the BECM that is offline: Fix#49.Caution on balancing modules with any ad hoc technique or equipment - Gruber Motors, who recondition Tesla batteries, may have burned...
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tls replied to the thread How do you charge a Lightning with a Gen2, 80amp, Tesla dumb wall charger?.There's been a lot of misinformation about this floating around. I'm going to try to correct it and leave you with the facts. 1) The...
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tls replied to the thread Ford can't fix my truck...What should I do???.Isn't the right answer to make a single braze or mechanical connection at each end and run more ordinary copper tubing in between...
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tls replied to the thread F150 Lightning EV Fire in Service Bay.And the trucks almost unusable in the winter, where I live anyway.
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tls replied to the thread If you run the battery to 0% SOC - lessons learned, the cliff notes version.So they misdiagnosed a $1450 repair that should have been $0 because they did not read the user or service manuals and reset the frunk...
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tls replied to the thread P160A DTC in PCM - how to fix/clear?.It's just got a different name in Forscan. I'm in a rush so I can't look it up for you but it's in one of the other threads.
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tls replied to the thread 7.2kW Inverter - Pro Power Onboard 9.6kW - Technical.I have some memory that a number of us here tried talk another prolific forum member out of trying to parallel the 2.4K and 7.2K...