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I've been wondering why the MachE has a 12-volt battery. Someone is going to say it's because there are a bunch of things in the car that run off of 12 volts. But you don't need a battery to have a 12-volt source. A DC-to-DC converter could supply 12 volts from the main battery. And, in...

Since we live in a very dusty area, I swapped out the cabin filters in both cars about six months ago. Interestingly, even after several years with the old filters, there did not seem to be much dirt on the filters. I just went to swap them out again, and I don't see any dirt on either of the...

I have reserved a MachE rental from Budget for next week in Austin, TX. Having been a MachE owner for over 3-1/2 years, I obviously know how to use the car. My question has to do with charging a rental. Here is what I think will happen, but if anyone has any better advice, it would be...

We took a trip in our 2023 ME to Telluride yesterday, both to enjoy the trip and to try our Tesla adapter. There are 8 chargers in Mountain Village, which is part of the "greater Telluride" area. As we turned into the parking garage, there were 5 chargers on the left, all in use. (My wife...

We got both of our Tesla adapters today! (We have 2 MachE's.) We ordered back in February. Now I just have to find a Tesla charger that's reasonably close to test everything. We are supposed to be getting Tesla chargers in Durango, but nothing so far.

I've seen a tremendous amount of disinformation here about how the 12V battery charging system works. Here are the "facts" that I determined when my 12V battery ran down! I hadn't driven my 2021 ME for 3 or 4 days. I had been getting warnings about the battery being low with a message to plug...

We bought a 2023 MME Premier Edition in November. We have never been able to get the hatch to open using a foot. I've perused quite a few posts here on this subject, but no luck. So, then I thought maybe our car doesn't have that feature. I posted a private message to Ford, which of course...

My 2021 Mach-E just passed the 3-year mark, so the bumper-to- bumper warranty has expired. Has anyone found any extended warranty plans that are specific for EVs, or even better, for Mach-E's?

I took my 2021 MachE to the dealer because creating a departure time was not heating the interior as it should. I did not have any good way to tell if the battery was being conditioned. (This has worked fine for about 2 years.) The dealership's service department said it was working fine for...

I was in an accident on May 3, 2022 where the other driver was at fault. I had seen "diminished value" discussed some here. I have filed a claim and have now received payment, so I thought I would summarize how it went. Here is a picture of my car (2021 AWD, standard batter) after the...

I finally got my MME back after my accident on May 3! Here is a picture of the car just after the accident. I was concerned that the car would be totaled which would mean having to order another and wait a long time. However, it turned out that the main battery was fine. The total cost of...

I was driving on a city street at about 35MPH when someone pulled out in front of me. I tried to swerve around him, but no such luck. At this point, I don't know if the car is repairable or not. If anyone has any experience with a totaled MachE, in terms of how much your insurance reimbursed...

I took my car into the dealer today to get the windshield recall done. They weren't able to do that, but they did some software updates. Here is a scan of what was done. Is there any way to know what each of these actually does? (I find it interested that there are 4 labeled "Door Control...

I saw in another thread where people were stating that you might lose up to 40% of your battery range in really cold weather. I got my car in early February (standard battery, AWD), and it was still pretty cold in SW Colorado. But I always kept the car in the garage when not driving. The car...

About three weeks ago I took a trip from Southwest Colorado to San Antonio, TX and back. My FE is standard battery and AWD. I never intended to take this kind of trip in the ME, and always planned to take my wife's ICE car on a long trip. But after taking a few trips around the area I decided...

We are somewhat short on Fast DC chargers here in SW Colorado, so I wanted to take a trip to Del Norte and try out the ChargePoint charger there. On a trip to Denver, we might very well want to use that charger. We live about 6 miles north of Bayfield, so the trip was projected to be 108...

I'm seeing 3 notices for problems which have suddenly appeared in my FordPass app. FWIW, I've been trying to set the start code (for use when no key fob or PAAK is present) this afternoon with no luck. These problems weren't present this morning. 1. The Restraint Control system has detected a...

A couple of weekends ago I took the car to the only Fast DC charger around here. After charging for 35 minutes, the car had received 14.4 kWh according to the receipt from Ford. This is a ChargePoint charger that can supposedly deliver 62 kW. So I would have expected a much faster charge...