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After a long wait for parts, my dealer's service manager and I decided to throw in the towel and just do the open recall work on my '22 Lariat ER in multiple appointments as the parts came in. They were open yesterday (Washington's Birthday) and had a light schedule so we set up the first...

I've had many cars with valet keys or a valet mode. On every one of them, valet mode has locked the trunk - even in one car where the "trunk" was a hatchback, which was a little pointless - except my F150. I had to drop the truck off last night at a parking lot where I definitely don't trust...

Sadly, yesterday evening I had a minor collision in my '22 Lariat ER. Thank goodness no injuries, both vehicles were driveable, and the contents of the fully enclosed trailer that got a whack from the headlight area of my truck were undamaged as well - as was the F350 towing it. It was an...

Just a heads up to everyone with Android 14 rolling out this week - I had to delete my PAAK and repair it after the upgrade to get things working again. It seems to be stable now.

The rear seats on my Lariat have the same perforated leather as the front. But they're not actually cooled, are they? The rear passenger seems to have their own controls for seat heat but nothing else. We don't use the back seat much; in fact I am one of those people who really wishes the...

I'm standing right now, in some frustration, in the Newburgh NY Wal-Mart. After 6 attempts my truck is finally charging. 3 times previously this week I've rolled up to an EA charger and found most or all handles not working and exchanged views with other Ford customers trying to charge...

Was changing lanes on the interstate in stop-and-go traffic yesterday when the truck suddenly displayed the autopark screen - for about 1 second - and then threw up "parking sensor fault" on the gauge cluster until dismissed with the OK button. When I got to my destination, shifting into...

Here's a curiosity: a cabinet of Tesla-branded equipment at the Electrify America charging station in Newburgh, NY. They've tried to tape over the Tesla logo on the front of the chassis but the builder's plate is unobscured. Not quite sure what this is. It might be the charger/inverter from a...

It appears @FordMotorCompany has quietly missed their self-imposed deadline for a software update to fix the TPMS recall by several days. I'm surprised their legal/regulatory folks haven't forced them to withdraw/correct the recall announcement, which still says, in the latest copy linked to...

Can't set max charge level for previously visited chargers in the app. It let me save one, but on all subsequent attempts it's hung for a long time, then said FordPass is unavailable, please try again later. On one occasion it said my car was asleep, please wake it by locking or unlocking...

I think I've just gotten myself lost in the app. Is there really no way to change the target charge percentage for the current session? The only way I've found to do this is to unplug from the location and then save a location-specific preference when it appears in "previous locations". This...

1. Electrify America, Secaucus NJ Wal-Mart. Only 3 spaces for a total of 6 fast charge handles (5 CCS, 1 Chademo) and one L2. The rows in this parking lot are so tightly spaced, it is not possible to get an F150 into one of those 3 spaces straight-in - have to angle and block the adjacent L2...

While I appreciate that it is possible to charge another EV from the outlet in the Lightning's bed - at the cost of taking 2x the AC/DC conversion losses of just charging either vehicle from grid AC directly - I am wondering whether the Lightning actually includes the software and hardware...

Took delivery today. The dealer did a great job walking through pretty much the entire user interface with me - useful learning experience for both of us. We spent about 15 minutes scratching our heads because the nav was stuck in km even though everything was configured for miles. It is a...

Local electrician I drink with sometimes made a fairly convincing case to me yesterday that if I am putting in a second charger and thus swapping my 2-space panel used as a disconnect for a 4-space panel used as a disconnect/j-box, I am not required to follow the 125% continuous-load rule for...

Coming from a 2020 STX, where I run Blizzaks on 18" wheels (found 'em at the junkyard with stylee King Ranch lug covers, who knew some year of the King Ranch had 18" rims?) in the snowy months. I'd heard ICE F150 wheels would not fit my new Lightning. Then I heard they might bolt up but the...