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Just raising this question again to our FoMoCo overlords @Ford Motor Company

I was literally just thinking today that I only hear about battery module issues and nothing about the motors. I guess I jinxed it.

It’s kinda funny when I finally test drove mine that I bought I just sat in the seat and in my head I said “take my money”. But I test drove it anyways to play hard ball ?

I had to lookup what this was. So just sharing for future reference for others looking at this thread later on:

This is a strange one. Have you been able to try a different level 2 charger? Charge port looks clean and free of any debris?

I felt the same way. No offense to those who love it, but it kinda reminded me of a glorified golf cart. But I do appreciate that there is finally a $20k US made EV on the market.. potentially.

If we still have our trucks in 10 years I’m willing to bet there will be after market and/or refurb options to swap out our battery for something else by then. Probably lighter and more range.

Now I’m curious to hear what it sounds like

I haven’t had any issue with ICE F150 wheels fitting on my Max Tow Lightning. I got these ICE Lariat wheels for winter. I don’t think there’s any difference in axle/shaft or wheel fit across the various Lightnings.

I think it’s one of those Ford parts that says “Scrap if dropped” and I’m guessing some of these drops go into the truck anyways. Just my own theory.

Yeah for me it’s not so much about backing up but when driving forward slowly in a parking lot. I’m driving along and people just walk right across the path of the truck without hearing it. Granted these are dumb people for not looking but it seems like they’re like, well if anything is coming...

This happened to me when I first bought my truck. Nothing worked except finally replacing the TCU / modem.

The 2022 launch markups dealers added on these were outrageous.

These will be capable of 80amp charging and Vehicle to Home/Grid capabilities. Plus dual EV charging on one EVSE. More information here

The faster/looser steering eventually went away for me after a week or two of driving. I noted earlier in the thread that I felt like I was taking crazy pills, but something about the way the power steering works changed right after the update, but then it "recalibrated" itself after some...

Truthfully, the Lightning is the only real truck of the bunch. It’s no contest.

There will likely be more feature deletes. Steering wheel, windshield. ?

Interesting to hear the sound system is so much better in the platinum. I wonder if I can upgrade my lariat with platinum sound system parts.

Rivian has something called “conserve mode” that disables the rear motor. If I understand correctly it mechanically / magnetically decouples the drive axles from the motor and power to that motor is shut off. Drivers say it adds about 15% range.

Agreed. If there was a way to turn down the volume of the reverse sound and increase the volume of the slow speed forward sound I would do that.