Not charging

[steveb]

Trying to figure out why my lightning isn't charging. I have it set up to charge between 9pm and 5am and it's been working great, although the last two nights it has decided not to work. When I get in the truck in the morning, the truck tells me that the charging has paused. As an experiment, I changed the charging schedule and tried to charge it again today at 11 today and it automatically goes into a "charge paused" state. Any ideas?

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[RickLightning]

Trying to figure out why my lightning isn't charging. I have it set up to charge between 9pm and 5am and it's been working great, although the last two nights it has decided not to work. When I get in the truck in the morning, the truck tells me that the charging has paused. As an experiment, I changed the charging schedule and tried to charge it again today at 11 today and it automatically goes into a "charge paused" state. Any ideas?

What charger? What does the light display on the charger say before plugging in?

 

[steveb]

I'm charging at home using the ford mobile charging cord plugged into an exterior 50 amp plug

 

[Maquis]

What color are the lights on the charger?

 

[steveb]

What color are the lights on the charger?

its orange/yellow

 

[Maquis]

its orange/yellow

The charger is defective. There is a chart in the owner‘s manual describing what different combinations of lights mean.

 

[K6CCC]

Make sure that the 120V or 240V adapter is fully seated into the mobile charge cord. If not fully seated, it can result in that error.

 

[tubby]

I'm assuming you are not using an extension cord with the mobile charger. I had a bad extension cord before that gave this symptom.
I'll also assume you reset the mobile charger by unplugging it and even turned the breaker off and on for the 50 amp outlet...and deleted and re-added the home location in FordPass.
If it works at another charger and still not at home, you will need to recheck the wiring at home, and as previsouly stated, everything needs to be seated correctly, not dirty and completely dry (high humidity?) , and if still not joy, you will need to replace the faulty Ford Mobile Charger. But I wouldn't get a new Ford Mobile Charger since they are known for their reliability issues. I would purchase one of the many better ones out there that are even less expensive. Just search the threads.
And then hope the issue is not with the Lightning’s onboard charger (SOBDM module) or a battery management system malfunction, but if it works at another charger, that shouldn't be the issue.

 

[RustleT]

Push the plug adapter firmly into the charger's body. If you don't mount the charger's body to the wall, it will wiggle just slightly enough to detach from the body even though it looks firmly plugged in.

 

[Ted23Lightning]

its orange/yellow

What was the resolution?

 

[BlueLightning]

Different but similar, last week plugged in my charger and the five blue circular light start flashing depending on state of charge.

This week plug in and blue lights don’t light up, but truck and phone app show truck is charging???

But no blue lights???

 

[TaxmanHog]

Different but similar, last week plugged in my charger and the five blue circular light start flashing depending on state of charge.

This week plug in and blue lights don’t light up, but truck and phone app show truck is charging???

But no blue lights???

Next time that happens, tap the center "unlock" button, IIRC it wakes up the blue circle of lights.

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