2023 Ford Lightning XLT - Dead Battery Pack -

[RacerX98]

Wed 3/26/2025 my "Yellow Wrench" Engine light came on with Reduced Power warning ( Tried charging the battery and only reached 50% capacity). , take truck to Dealer message. Took it Mon 31st because no Lightning techs were available before that. Wed 4/2 got a call that the Battery pack was defective and needed to be replaced. 4/9/2025 Norm Reeves Ford (Cerritos) Called; have not received the Battery yet from Ford. I am documenting this for others because I can see where this is going and perhaps you can compare with your dead battery experiences on Ford EVs.

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[RickLightning]

Call Ford and ask for the BEV group, and confirm that battery pack was ordered via COPIS (Ford's rush system). Get a case number.

 

[RacerX98]

Got a message today that the new Battery pack arrived and will be ready next week

 

[GoodSam]

new Battery pack arrived and will be ready next week

Great, not too long a wait. Still wish the delays would only be a couple of days.
For my tracking spreadsheet (see my signature) what is your Build Mo/Yr (on driver's door sticker), ER/SR? and mileage of the problem.
Do you have a recall for the Safety Recall 25S18? HV Battery Electrode Misalignment
https://www.f150lightningforum.com/...alignment-discussion.25331/page-9#post-494660

 

[RacerX98]

Wed 3/26/2025 my "Yellow Wrench" Engine light came on with Reduced Power warning ( Tried charging the battery and only reached 50% capacity). , take truck to Dealer message. Took it Mon 31st because no Lightning techs were available before that. Wed 4/2 got a call that the Battery pack was defective and needed to be replaced. 4/9/2025 Norm Reeves Ford (Cerritos) Called; have not received the Battery yet from Ford. I am documenting this for others because I can see where this is going and perhaps you can compare with your dead battery experiences on Ford EVs.

WED 4/15/2025: My truck was comleted today and delivered. They replaced Module2 which had defective cells, now I will test drive it for the next week and see how it goes, so far seems OK.

 

[GoodSam]

4/15/2025: My truck was comleted today and delivered. They replaced Module2 which had defective cells

Build date? Model? ER/SR? Miles?

Just as a heads up for those having modules replaced:
SSM 52039 2021-2023 Mustang Mach-E, 2022-2023 F-150 Lightning/E-Transit -
Unable To Achieve 100 Percent State Of Charge After HV Battery Module
Replacement 11/9/23, 12:46 PM 2023 F-150
Some 2021-2023 Mustang Mach-E, 2022-2023 F-150 Lightning/e-Transit vehicles may exhibit a concern where the vehicle is unable to achieve 100 percent state of charge immediately after high voltage (HV) battery module balancing and replacement. This may be due to the battery energy control module (BECM) adjusting the cell balance (conditioning) of the battery module and should be corrected within 22 days. If the vehicle otherwise functions as designed with no related diagnostic trouble codes (DTC) setting, this concern will be corrected automatically with no further actions required by the technician.

see for more discussion: https://www.f150lightningforum.com/...ate-of-charge-after-module-replacement.17200/

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