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Have you ever disconnected the 12v battery … wait about 10 minutes and then reconnect it? I ask because, when I received my ‘23 I couldn’t activate BlueCruise even though the feature showed as being activated. Ford was able to confirm it was active and also that the car’s modem was on. BUT …...

When I check the Ford Power Promise page it is still mentioning QMerit.

The Ford Connected Charge Station and I *think* also the Ford Charge Station Pro are made by Webasto. They have a Ford cosmetic cover with Ford branding on it … but inside it is a Webasto EVSE. I never did understand why they didn’t just give people the Ford Connected Charge Station (48 amp)...

Clipper Creek (now Enphase) makes dual-chargers. It’s one EVSE with two charging cords and it shares the load. If only one car is charging then it works like a normal charger. If a 2nd car connects to start charging it divides the load in half. It’s NOT cheap though. They come in different...

EA have a mode they fall into when not everything is working correctly (e.g. the cooling system is not working) but they still have power.. So they fall back to this slow mode where it technically works … but isn’t very fast. Whenever you have an EA station that will only provide around 35kW...

It is normally in the glove box. Check the sun visors (it may be tucked into one of the holders on the top or bottom). For my latest car, it would have been in the glove box except that dealer normally pulls the card out and puts it with the paperwork (often they’ll give you a thick envelope...

I should probably bring up something that I’m not entirely sure everyone understands… Regen isn’t everything and there are times when you really do not want to use it. There is no free energy. When you are stopped (the car has no kinetic energy) and you accelerate, the car takes energy from...

I‘m a bit over 31k miles and the tread looks great. BUT… this REALLY depends on a few factors. 1) proper tire inflation. I have an air compressor in the garage so maintaining tire pressure is no big deal. While some gas stations have air … many (probably most) tire shops also have air. And...

I do not work for Ford, but I do live in Dearborn and know a ton of people at Ford (most of whom are retired these days) and they gave me the inside info on how build scheduling is done. Cars get organized into a build order based on options. For example… back when sunroofs were popular, it...

You mentioned your car is “generally kept above freezing”. I noticed when the temps are in the 30’s (°F) that the range loss is not very much … usually less than 10%. It’s when it’s much colder (temps in the single digits or teens) and that’s when it’ll make a much bigger difference. I have...

Once the battery can supply enough power to the various modules, it takes a while before all the modules are powered back up. In my experience … about 20 minutes. I was able to start my car sooner, but still got some error messages about modules that weren’t responding … after about 20 minutes...

If you own a 12v battery charger suitable for use with AGM batteries AND it can put out 10 amps (a trickle charger wont be enough) you can open the hood, pop out the panels behind and left (charge-port side) of the frunk basin and there are two battery charging posts. One has a red cap covering...

Major restyling efforts cost money. Years of R&D go into making a totally new model (especially if that model is not on an existing vehicle platform.). Redesigns mean they have to remake the “machines that make the machines” (new tooling is needed). You want to milk as much as you can before...

Use a regular charger. I do know (from personal experience) that if the battery is low enough for the car to throw errors, a battery tender (in my case a 4 amp rate) wasn’t enough to charge it. I had to switch to a regular charger with a 10 amp rate.

If you open the "This Trip" app (or even just have the tile on your screen) you can see the miles/kWh consumption rate. The range estimate is a guess. It's based on your driving history and/or IF you created a "route" via the Ford Nav screen it will take the speeds and terrain of that route...

You can do either method. I've done both Plug & Charge as well as the Tesla app.

The key in “connected navigation” is the “connected” part. Maps are updated as roads are built or changed. It gets real-time traffic and routes around problems, etc. If you allow it to expire and don’t renew, the basic navigation still works … but maps revert to the base-maps and it wont...

Every wall-mounted EVSE I have seen is configurable … you can set the maximum amperage permitted. On a 50 amp breaker you can configure it to limit charging to 40 amps. If you want 48 amp charging then you’ll need a 60 amp breaker and appropriate wire gauge. (The wire and breaker have to be...

Yes. See the VIN decoder on this post: https://www.macheforum.com/site/threads/2021-mach-e-mustang-vin-decoder.651/

The feature I _really_ want … is ad-hoc pre-conditioning of the battery pack. I don’t have a daily “schedule” where I need to leave at the same predictable time each day. If I have an appointment at 2pm … I might want to pre-condition the car for say … a 1pm departure. But only for that...