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  1. Using Pro power in the bed for an electric blanket?

    The blanket will have a label stating its power draw. The 120 volt bed outlets are labelled 20 amp. Some users here state fairly emphatically that you can draw 30 amps from them. I would not do that. My casual search for typical power required by electric blankets indicates they are very...
  2. Using Pro power in the bed for an electric blanket?

    Given the return policy a lot of stores have, I'd buy another brand of electric blanket and return it if it doesn't work. When I discovered that my dremel tool didn't work when plugged into my truck's ProPower, others reported that their similar but not identical tools worked in the bed...
  3. Using Pro power in the bed for an electric blanket?

    All you've reported is that your electric blanket doesn't work when plugged into the bed outlets, yet it works in the house. If you test the bed outlets with a meter or by plugging something else in like a trouble light, and they work, you have a problem that others have reported: some...
  4. Cross Border Charging Issues

    I still know no way to send a text to them. I signed up and got no response. I followed their published procedure and sent an email. I got no response. I suppose Ford could have announced that the program existed before it was functional. Here's what Farley wrote, Sept 30 2024, about the...
  5. Ford CEO Jim Farley's fascinating 'take' on taking on Chinese car companies...

    I heard an interview ("History W/ Arnold & Musk...") with Daniel Sperling, the former head of the California Air Resources Board. He was asked by Schwartzenegger to come up with a plan to implement California's cleaner air and climate goals. A part of the plan was to mandate the production...
  6. Ford CEO Jim Farley's fascinating 'take' on taking on Chinese car companies...

    Bloomberg published "China’s EV Makers Got $231 Billion Aid Over 15 Years, Study Says". That article cited a Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) report: "The Chinese EV Dilemma: Subsidized Yet Striking". The CSIS report started with this: "Chinese EVs have benefitted from...
  7. Ford CEO Jim Farley's fascinating 'take' on taking on Chinese car companies...

    Farley said in the interview that Ford's studies of Chinese designs showed there are areas of the designs where Ford has better ideas and presumably more expertise. He pointed to batteries, saying this is where the Chinese are very far ahead. He compared present battery technology as a Model T...
  8. Ford CEO Jim Farley's fascinating 'take' on taking on Chinese car companies...

    The "Everything Electric" show on Youtube has an interesting interview with Ford CEO Jim Farley. Ford CEO Jim Farley's fascinating 'take' on taking on Chinese car companies... The same interview is also available as a podcast on the "Fully Charged" podcast: "Can Lightning Strike Twice? With...
  9. First time charging at Tesla V4 Supercharger

    I charged a few weeks ago with a Magic Dock on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state. I pressed the button marked with the red arrow in the following photo before pulling the cable from the charger and it came out with the adapter. I didn't do anything with the Tesla app except search for...
  10. Cross Border Charging Issues

    I suppose that after you sign up, Ford is supposed to send a text to confirm, and to contact them after that you use the number Ford used on that text. That's my interpretation of the message that appeared in my browser when I signed up: If I don't receive a text, I'm going to write them at...
  11. Cross Border Charging Issues

    At first, I suspected that this message, and another I ran into at Ford.com in reference to this text service, could mean that "24/7" support means "It could take 2 days to hear from us, AND, we're only here between the hours of 10 a.m. - 8 p.m. EST". However, I believe that the limited hours...
  12. Cross Border Charging Issues

    My calls to Ford for assistance with my Lightning have left me with a certain amount of skepticism about ever calling them again about anything. However.... Ford has announced what it is calling an improvement in this situation, aimed at improving the customer experience with their new Ford...
  13. First Two Months Of Ownership Have Been A Nightmare

    I assumed the FordPass app must be useful until I used it. I couldn't find anything it could do that I wanted. Maybe I didn't give it a fair shot. I'm surprised to hear your report that any Ford dealer can refuse to continue to work on a problem they have decided they don't want to bother...
  14. Pro Trailer Backup Assist

    Here is a graphic depicting sticker installation: And here are two stickers installed on my trailer tongue. (I haven't tested with the Ford software to see if these work...)
  15. Pro Power on Board while driving

    My point is that the wires that lead to the 120v 20 amp bed outlets are not the wires that lead to the 220v 30 amp outlet, and they may not be rated for the load. An outlet stamped at the factory as rated for 20 amps, is rated for 20 amps. The inverter the 120 volt 20 amp outlets may well...
  16. Pro Power on Board while driving

    I have the 9.6kw ProPower option. The bed 120 volt outlets are clearly marked 20 amps. Some believe that 30 amps can be drawn out of them. They haven't inspected the wiring leading to the outlets which could be rated for 30 amps, but may not be. The outlets are marked 20 amps because they...
  17. What the frunk?

    This time all I had to do was one step: When the frunk was open and not responding to the close command, I didn't press the button on the frunk until it beeped. I didn't press it at all. I just carefully manually closed the frunk until the truck took it and latched it. Normal operation was...
  18. What the frunk?

    My opened frunk failed to respond to commands to close for a second time. The first time it stayed open refusing to respond, when I manually closed it, I tried holding it fully down to see if it would latch. It didn't latch properly, and normal operation was not restored. This second...
  19. Stolen Spare Tire - Two Questions

    My 2024 Lightning Flash came with a spare. It is not listed on the window sticker as either standard equipment or as an included option.
  20. What the frunk?

    I've only kept my frunk open for more than a few minutes at a time, until this morning, when I kept it open for a few hours. It came time to close it and move the vehicle, but It would not close. I've only owned my 2024 Lightning Flash for a few months. So this is the first day I tried to...


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