Ford and Class Action Lawsuit regarding downgrading Lightning

[Grease Lightning]

I told them that Ford must have done an update that reduced the acceleration.

Here is the problem with your statement….we have to be getting OTA updates for them to do that.

Updates have basically crawled to a pace last seen by the amoeba crawling out of the ancestral ooze following the big bang.

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[FloridaMan85]

I don't know what good it will do, but the article does have a link to "Report an Issue," which includes the option to report that it's AI-generated and has incorrect information.

 

[Literider150]

I definitely noticed the difference in acceleration. I used to promote the Lightning to my friends as a very fast accelerating vehicle.... not any more. As a matter of fact, I started telling my friends weeks ago that Ford did a bait and switch on me. I told them that Ford must have done an update that reduced the acceleration. Ford just lost one more selling point for the Lightning and that's the last thing they need.

I'm ready to stop Ford from stealing prominent features we bought in good faith only to have them steal the features back in the middle of the night.

I'm ready to join the class action lawsuit. I encourage you to do the same in order to teach Ford a lesson. I want my Lightning back. I purposely didn't by a Prius.
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I'm sure you are aware of this but you didn't mention it, so I'll ask. Were you driving in Normal or Sport when you noticed the difference?

 

[RickLightning]

If you search for the lawsuit it points you directly back to this discussion! We are providing for the AI fodder.

Exactly why I complained about the video posted the other day with a clickbait title.

 

[Literider150]

I haven't figured out what Sport does other than make the pedal more touchy at the start and makes the steering heavier.

Putting my 2024 Flash in Sport is a noticeable upgrade in acceleration. Sometimes I will put it in Sport when needing to pass on a 2-lane road. When my wife is along, I usually put it back in Normal Sort of tricky though. I have to take my eyes briefly off the road to make that change.

 

[Tony Burgh]

Ford, for its part, has framed the change as a safety and durability measure tied to the truck’s high-voltage battery system, not a stealth downgrade. Company statements cited in the lawsuit coverageemphasize that the update was designed to protect components under heavy load and extreme conditions, and that the truck still meets its advertised capabilities in most everyday driving.

If Ford degraded the performance of MY truck to protect THEIR warranty, I deserve compensation for that. I bought the truck with the “electrical components” being warranted for 8 years/100,000 miles. If I don’t drive the truck it should definitely last through the warranty period. If the downgrade is correct then Ford understands that using the truck to haul or tow will cause the truck to fail prematurely.

 

[Maquis]

Ford, for its part, has framed the change as a safety and durability measure tied to the truck’s high-voltage battery system, not a stealth downgrade. Company statements cited in the lawsuit coverageemphasize that the update was designed to protect components under heavy load and extreme conditions, and that the truck still meets its advertised capabilities in most everyday driving.

If Ford degraded the performance of MY truck to protect THEIR warranty, I deserve compensation for that. I bought the truck with the “electrical components” being warranted for 8 years/100,000 miles. If I don’t drive the truck it should definitely last through the warranty period. If the downgrade is correct then Ford understands that using the truck to haul or tow will cause the truck to fail prematurely.

Don’t try to apply logic to AI-generated nonsense.

 

[astrand1]

Putting my 2024 Flash in Sport is a noticeable upgrade in acceleration. Sometimes I will put it in Sport when needing to pass on a 2-lane road. When my wife is along, I usually put it back in Normal Sort of tricky though. I have to take my eyes briefly off the road to make that change.

I love fucking with my wife. Putting it into sport mode and she does not even notice because face buried in phone. then put it to the rug! She gets so pissed. Ahh it’s the little things about marriage.

 

[EvilUser007]

Ford slowed an electric truck and now lawsuits are piling up

Has anyone heard about this? I didn't see a mention of which update caused this change.

Thanks for the link. Well-written article. The TL;DR is the final paragraph:

"For drivers, the most immediate step is more basic: reading update notes carefully, asking pointed questions at the dealership or service center, and recognizing that in the EV era, a truck’s performance is no longer frozen at the moment of purchase but can be reshaped, for better or worse, with a single download."

Of course, who has actually read the "terms and conditions" before clicking away?

 

[Maquis]

Thanks for the link. Well-written article. The TL;DR is the final paragraph:

"For drivers, the most immediate step is more basic: reading update notes carefully, asking pointed questions at the dealership or service center, and recognizing that in the EV era, a truck’s performance is no longer frozen at the moment of purchase but can be reshaped, for better or worse, with a single download."

Of course, who has actually read the "terms and conditions" before clicking away?

We’ll add you to the list of those duped by AI.

 

[RickLightning]

I love fucking with my wife. Putting it into sport mode and she does not even notice because face buried in phone. then put it to the rug! She gets so pissed. Ahh it’s the little things about marriage.

Coming up in 2026, letter from wife's lawyer....

 

[mr.Magoo]

Thanks for the link. Well-written article. The TL;DR is the final paragraph:

I'm so glad someone finally summarized the article two days and five pages of forum posts, debunking it as AI slop, later.

Won't be long before AI posts their own posts about their own articles and then bumps their own threads two days later...

 

[Cvh8601]

I think you just described the ‘dead internet’ theory. Just ai talking to ai about stuff ai made up.

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