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  1. Fordpass app 'Charging' activation: be aware...

    as an owner since August, and now over 15,000 miles and loving it, I've come across a Fordpass app problem that we should all be aware of... IF, you use the Fordpass app to activate charging, like I have come to LOVE... Make darn SURE that when you go to activate and charge at EA, Chargepoint...
  2. Do Brake Lights 'work' while Slowing/REGENERATION? ... the answer is now confirmed:

    Do your LIGHTNING's 'brake lights' work while under regeneration? There is now an OFFICIAL answer: 12/7/2022 10 a.m. west central Georgia... A Georgia State Patrol car was behind me for several miles, in heavy traffic, thru 6 to 8 traffic lights, with semi trucks in the right lane next to...
  3. New sensation: :NOTHING from the 'gas' pedal : / out of juice!

    well, tonight it happened... I've wanted to know, for myself, what 'really' happens when you're out of juice, and tonight the exercise was for real. 146 miles from a DC Fast Charger to my son's home... ooops. Forgot there were 'mountains' in between : / The whole route from the Chargepoint...
  4. oh My! truck prices...good GRIEF!

    I made a run to the grocery store on this early Sunday morn... stopped in at the local Ford dealer, where I had my LIGHTNING delivered back in August... OH MY! The PRICES for trucks now, gas trucks, are absolutely CRAZY.....good GRIEF!!!! 2022 New F150 XLT, gas.... $66,000.00! and, by...
  5. I found that the 'intrusion' Alarm WORKS...

    last night I had locked my truck with the Ford app after coming inside, much later. I didn't realize I had left the driver window down. this morning, I went out to drive to the grocery store. I found the driver door locked. Hmmm... o.k., well, with the window already DOWN, I reached in a hit...
  6. Lightning SR Battery Pack: CONFIRMED as 107.6KWH actual size

    Here's the label on my PRO's SR Battery Pack: 107.6KWH
  7. What's this 'mechanism' in front of the rear wheels...

    it mounts to the frame, and to the sway Arm... looks like a hydraulic 'lift' of sorts... with maybe an electrical connection behind it... ...a look aft of the rear wheel, over the sway arm, forward toward the device...
  8. Success! F150 Lightning (PRO) Auto Aero Dam AND Auto Shutters -- in action.

    Finally got around to 'videoing' the action of the front lower Auto Aero Dam...which has been said would automatically drop down at 45mph... I found that it does not 'immediately' deploy, probably for nuisance deployments, right at 45mph, but after a few seconds at that speed. It also will...
  9. VERY interesting interview today about ELECTRIC VEHICLES...

    https://www.c-span.org/video/?522796-3/washington-journal-david-shepardson-discusses-biden-administration-push-electric-vehicles&live
  10. Audio System Upgrades

    along similar lines, I am looking to install an underseat subwoofer, which can use Line In from either RCA, or direct from a speaker. I suspect the Ford head does not have RCA connections. What speaker might be best to try to utilize, and if it's a door-mounted speaker, does the speaker cover...
  11. Climbed to the 'top o the world'... 3,346'

    Climbed to the 'top of the world', at least in GEORGIA's highest mountain range today - 3,346' elevation on BELL MOUNTAIN 'lover's leap' in HIAWASSEE GA. Fortunately, I was the only vehicle on the 'not for the Faint of Heart' very skinny, but paved road, winding hard up to the top... from...
  12. Successfully Charging with TWO 30amp 120v outlets, for 240v power, at a campground...

    I'm plugged in and successfully charging, with 240v power, with a state park campground's TWO 30amp Outlets, via a 'combiner' adapter... I acknowledge that this is a somewhat INFREQUENT solution to charging, as most campgrounds don't provide TWO 30amp RV outlets at each site, normally it's only...
  13. 250 mile trip report: Lightning PRO - TOWING 3,000lb Powered Camper...

    I left on a 250 mile trip today, towing our 3,000lb camper, with the Lightning PRO... and while powering the camper from the truck, with ProPower, to the Far NORTH GEORGIA mountains. The elevation change was 1,500 feet higher from start to finish. Americus, GA to Young Harris GA.... 250 miles...
  14. Charging: DC Fast Charger won't go beyond 90%

    hi looking for some experienced users who have found that the Charge Window says you can 'One Time' set your charge to 100%, yet the DC Fast Charger cuts off at 90%, and no matter if you reset the 'One Time' setting, it continues to do the same... I'm missing something, and can't figure out...
  15. MODIFIERS GUIDE For F-150 Lightning: Diagrams/Wiring/CHARGING information

    https://www.fordpro.com/en-us/upfit/publications This has a LOT of specific and relative diagrams for WHEELS/shocks, ELECTRICAL wiring, CHARGING components and wiring.... a LOT of great information.
  16. EMERGENCY RESPONSE GUIDE For F-150 Lightning (w/ ELECTRICAL diagram overview and details)

    https://www.fleet.ford.com/content/dam/aem_fleet/en_us/fleet/resources/2022_F-150_Lightning_Emergency_Response_Guide_6-3-22.pdf interesting ELECTRICAL diagram overview and details for both OWNERS, and for EMERGENCY personnel my son is a local fireman - I'll drop by a copy to the firestation...
  17. BATTERY PACK REMOVAL GUIDE -- How-to remove your F-150 Lightning battery pack

    https://www.fleet.ford.com/content/dam/aem_fleet/en_us/fleet/resources/2022_F-150_Lightning_Battery_Removal_Guide_4-26-22.pdf interesting information - nice to know that this is the FUTURE of battery work, repair, and replacement.... sounds pretty quick and simple.
  18. What to DO when the battery 'dies'....good video

    This is worth watching, especially for anyone with Range Anxiety, and what might take place if your battery 'dying' ever actually happens - FORD Roadside Assistance is part of this, too... it's a nice little tutorial 'just in case' : ) whether for the MachE, or the LIGHTNING: - continued...




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