Battery Contactor Recall Software (22S41) Now Available at Dealers

[RickMachE]

My account is showing this, guess I do not need to do anything.

Not correct.

I'm not showing the recalls on either my 2021 or 2022. That's because Ford hasn't put them into the system to trigger them showing. Nothing more, nothing less.

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[redranger04g]

My dealer said try calling back in 2-3 days late yesterday. They have almost 40 Mach-Es they have to update and they’re not sure where I’m in that line. I even told them I’m ready to buy today. Their response was “so is everyone else.”

First time I think a dealer is telling the truth. I’m sure they are working as fast as they can, but that’s a lot of Mach E’s to update

 

[scoopman]

@scoopman, thanks for the heads-up on life after 22S41! I'm hoping we'll be seeing some folks do 0-60 runs and if you'll do another DCFC test to compare against your last charging video.

I will be road tripping over about 10 days, 1,000 miles with a 360 camera so hope to be doing some fun videos out of the trip .... but I'm not going to be doing another DCFC test. I think agressively running my SOC down to 0% (in rainy somewhat cold weather) and then charging it right then from 0-100% wasn't the best idea in retrospect for "contactor health".

 

[Secret Sauce]

Start with these.

https://www.macheforum.com/site/thr...e-battery-main-contactors-may-overheat.18681/

https://www.macheforum.com/site/thr...obdmc-sobdmb-updates-available-in-fdrs.19011/

https://www.macheforum.com/site/thr...ers-biggest-fear-facts-and-info-thread.18143/

I have been reading/participating in these threads. Thousands of posts. Since the topic of this discussion is the remedy I thought it would be useful to those of us who are waiting for their cars to know how long it's taking for dealerships to install it and deliver the stop-sale cars. Was that such a bad idea?

 

[scoopman]

My dealer said try calling back in 2-3 days late yesterday. They have almost 40 Mach-Es they have to update and they’re not sure where I’m in that line. I even told them I’m ready to buy today. Their response was “so is everyone else.”

That's a lot of button-pressing someone has to do.

 

[scoopman]

What is this wireless charger improvement you speak of? I just recently got my MME and my only gripe so far is that in order for the wireless charging pad to charge my phone my phone has to be exactly in one spot.

I didn't see much of an improvement after doing the wireless charging module update last night with an iPhone 13 Pro -- still shut off wireless charging after a little while and phone got pretty warm. Ford's charging coils aren't aligned well with the phone, and the phone doesn't stay in one place.

I shoved an Anker MagSafe charging puck in the area and just plop my phone on there and it charges reliably without drama instead of the poor Ford part -- no module updates required as well!

If you want to keep the Ford charging solution, I would play with putting a magnet ring sticky at the precise place you think the phone charges on the Ford coils (you can do so under the rubber tray part). This at least should have your phone align properly and not move around so much -- but still I tihnk the Ford charger has poor performance.

 

[generaltso]

I have been reading/participating in these threads. Thousands of posts. Since the topic of this discussion is the remedy I thought it would be useful to those of us who are waiting for their cars to know how long it's taking for dealerships to install it and deliver the stop-sale cars. Was that such a bad idea?

I too would prefer that all the related info was in one place, but it's not. You didn't seem to know about some of the information that I saw in other threads, so I was trying to be helpful by pointing out that there was additional information elsewhere. It looks like you already know about those threads, so I'm very sorry for wasting your time. I may just stop trying to be helpful since it so often becomes confrontational for no apparent reason. It's just human nature, I guess.

 

[i8iridium]

I too would prefer that all the related info was in one place, but it's not. You didn't seem to know about some of the information that I saw in other threads, so I was trying to be helpful by pointing out that there was additional information elsewhere. It looks like you already know about those threads, so I'm very sorry for wasting your time. I may just stop trying to be helpful since it so often becomes confrontational for no apparent reason. It's just human nature, I guess.

I feel like the search feature only works for a few people. It’s very helpful to you and I so maybe we’re the only two that have access to it.?

 

[Jimmy2]

To those having this software update installed early: Love to hear back comments on whether your performance is affected under full acceleration.

 

[generaltso]

I feel like the search feature only works for a few people. It’s very helpful to you and I so maybe we’re the only two that have access to it.?

That would explain a lot! ?

 

[generaltso]

To those having this software update installed early: Love to hear back comments on whether your performance is affected under full acceleration.

I haven't noticed any difference.

 

[generaltso]

Dealers will prioritize those anyways. Doesn’t look like it’s a long process so shouldn’t be an issue.

Not necessarily. Though it's such a quick update that I wouldn't think prioritization should be much of an issue.

 

[Howard]

My 2022 Mach E arrived at dealership last Saturday. Talked to dealership today and they are going to install the update this afternoon. Picking it up this Friday.

 

[kmusk01]

I just finished updating my car via at home with FDRS. Took about an hour to finish this update and the few outstanding ones (Wireless charger, hvac, memory seat) Figured since I bought the license would knock them all out.

The only thing I have noticed are my save charging locations are gone. This tends to happen every time I update the car, so was expecting. Luckily I only have my home set as a charger location, so its on the charger currently, and will take off and set it.

I have notice no difference in feel/performance, but I am not really hard on the car anyways. Have a road trip planned for next week, so will be DCFC. More curious to check that my charging speed has increased over the 80%

Thanks,

Ken~

 

[Kamuelaflyer]

Decision decisions. I COULD bring my car into the dealer for this update and hope they install the updated charge curve for the GT, too, or just wait for this OTA in a couple weeks and avoid having the dealer make my car dirty, potentially damage it, and potentially screw up the software update.

No sarcasm here, either...those are the options and those are the possibilities when bringing it to the dealer.

Personal opinion? Avoid the dealer. I don't have a GT, so it's not as big of an issue, but I'll wait on the PowerUp fix.

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