2024 Lariat to 2022 Platinum? Madness or no?

[ExCivilian]

FYI You have a 8 year warranty on the battery (10 years in California)

It's only 8/100K in CA. 10/150K is for PZEV *only*.

If anyone is looking for massage seats there's a button right in the middle of the seat adjustment on each driver/passenger seat. The adjustment will have four detents instead of the usual two.

It may be hard to see and the selling dealerships probably won't know what they have. I've bought several vehicles where the dealership didn't know what they had (including one where they were off by an entire trim level saving me roughly $8K) but I could see from the pictures what they had before I went down to buy the vehicle.

It's either that or figure out how to get the window stickers based on VINs because the old Ford link doesn't work for '22/23s anymore (or at least didn't last month when I was searching for my replacement '22 Platinum).

Thank you for the feedback. Really hard to find the Max Recline so may need to settle for the massage only portion. I didn't buy a Platinum a year ago as I preferred the 20" wheels of the Lariat and I thought the incremental price was crazy. Do you find the ride pretty smooth on the 22"'s?

My understanding was that you won't find max recline *and* massage in the same '22 but it sounds like that information may not be correct based on some of the responses here.

I drove a Lariat for 3 years before changing over to a platinum last month. I don't find a significant difference in the range. The wheels themselves are 1lb difference (Lariat 20" are 38lb, Platinum 22" are 39lb...18"s are 29lb, nearly 10 pounds lighter!). I watched a state of charge or similar 70mph until the battery was dead test for all three wheel configurations and the Plat was 2.0, Lariat 2.1, and XLT 2.2 resulting in somewhere around 15lbs difference.

Someone else has said it, and I tend to agree with them, the 300 vs. 320 range difference of the platinum is more likely related to the "stock" second cooling loop (that is optional on the Lariat) since the EPA test is "as designed" not "as built."

Regardless, I don't feel a lot of difference between the 22s and 20s. After years of trying to swap with someone they're actually growing on me. I do have 18s that I'll be putting on as soon as my 22" tires are too worn but I'm not worried about it.

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[SmoothJ]

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My understanding was that you won't find max recline *and* massage in the same '22 but it sounds like that information may not be correct based on some of the responses here.
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When I purchased this in 22, I was concerned about that as well. However since the multi-contoured seats come standard, I was able to add max-recline as an option.

This truck is like a unicorn in some ways, and if I sell it in a few years, I don’t think the dealership/next person will know what they have nor will I get a special deal since some of the things are not offered or available anymore.

 

[bmwhitetx]

It's either that or figure out how to get the window stickers based on VINs because the old Ford link doesn't work for '22/23s anymore (or at least didn't last month when I was searching for my replacement '22 Platinum).

To determine if a truck has massaging seats if you know the VIN:
1) Go to the the Motorcraft AsBuilt site: www.motorcraftservice.com/AsBuilt/
2) Enter the VIN, solve the captcha and Submit
3) Scroll through the data and see if there is data for 712-xx-xx.
712 is the module ID for the Driver Multi-Contour Seat Module. It only exists for trucks that have massaging seats.

Example for VIN 1FT6W1EV4NWG08644:

You can similarly determine if it has Max Recline. Scroll further through the data and find 744-30-01 (Driver Seat Module - Sleeper Seat Enabled):
0002-5802-6C44 No max recline
0102-5802-6C45 Has max recline

FYI the Driver Seat Module only exists on Lariat and above (memory seats).

 

[CD4TNF]

Thank you for the feedback. Really hard to find the Max Recline so may need to settle for the massage only portion. I didn't buy a Platinum a year ago as I preferred the 20" wheels of the Lariat and I thought the incremental price was crazy. Do you find the ride pretty smooth on the 22"'s?

I'm fine with the Platinum wheels. I think it's smooth. I have test driven a Lariat, didn't notice a difference. I'd have to drive them back-to-back to notice a difference.


Max Recline I've only used it 2-3 times to sleep. Most of the charging stops, I've been doing things. Shopping, bathroom break, getting food, exploring the sights. Max Recline is convenient if two people are trying to sleep. Otherwise the back seats work just barely.



Oh one other difference I've noticed about some Platinums. Mine has a adjustable shoulder rest. It rachets into different positions. The tell is the shoulder rest looks like it has wings. Some Platinum pictures I've seen do not have it. I looked thru several Lightning Platinum pictures just now. I'm wondering if that's the Max Recline seat look.


Agreed with @SmoothJ. Max Recline and Massage is a rare combo. Thank you all on the forums here for making me aware. Last year when I went looking for mine, I looked specifically for those features and found it.

 

[abcut973]

...I'm wondering if that's the Max Recline seat look ...

It is probably true. I also have the max recline/shoulder rest + massage seats.

 

[Piquette]

Be sure to check the service history of the ‘22 for any battery module replacements. Battery module failures appear to be more frequent on ‘22 and ‘23 MY Lightnings.

 

[Teledatageek]

Be sure to check the service history of the ‘22 for any battery module replacements. Battery module failures appear to be more frequent on ‘22 and ‘23 MY Lightnings.

Thanks. Well two that I looked at more closely at turned out to the "Lemon" titles... Dealers kill me as the only way I knew was to look at the CarFax. This is starting to feel like a fools errand as my '24 Lariat has been perfect since purchased new last June. Not a single service issue. Trading that for a '22 that may or may not have issues to gain better seats and sound might not be the smartest thing to do..

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