I will update my post to reflect that. Thank you. I searched for it, but that resulted in a lot of nothing.
This kinda begs the question, why did Ford put those symbols on the plastic cover if they didn't provide any access to them? I suppose they could help find the battery jump points if you don't know where to look, but since you have to remove that cover, the symbols are gone when you're looking. Having access ports that are labled + and - makes perfect sense, but the labels without access don't make any sense to me.
1000% agree and I was thinking the exact same thing. NOW ... in the bumper there's the battery leads. I just have no confirmation that these will work in the same way that the jump points work for the purpose of performing updates and preventing the car from sleeping. You would think that if Ford wanted that to be more obvious about that, they would have done this differently
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They don't. The only thing those leads do is pop open the frunk if your 12v battery is dead. Once you get the frunk open, you still have to get to the normal jump points to deal with your dead battery. If your battery isn't dead, those leads don't do anything, unfortunately.1000% agree and I was thinking the exact same thing. NOW ... in the bumper there's the battery leads. I just have no confirmation that these will work in the same way that the jump points work for the purpose of performing updates and preventing the car from sleeping. You would think that if Ford wanted that to be more obvious about that, they would have done this differently
See and that's not even clear, in my opinion... but now that you pointed it out I guess you're right and that makes a lot of sense... But the + and - still don't make sense without reasonable access.
Yup, the only explanation I can think of is that Ford originally planned on providing access ports but then later scrapped the idea and just never removed the labels. It would have been so much better if they just had those bumper leads directly connected to the jump points. That still would allow you to get into the frunk when the 12v battery is dead, but also give you so much more.
That's what I'm thinking too. Just make the wires in the bumper connect to the jump points. When I first saw them I thought "oh that's brilliant!" Then discovered that they only open the frunk, and then you have to fight with those damn panels and clips just to get to the jump points...."oh that's not brilliant, it's overly complicated".
There probably would be a safety concern if those bumper leads were live since they're just loose in there. But that could easily be solved by putting covers on them and having clips to hold them and keep them from touching each other.
Right, and they don't have to be loose leads. The hole in the front bumper could just expose jump points...but maybe it would have to be too big for that. I guess I'm just irritated with all the damn plastic covers and cheap clips.
I used 2.5" caps from Amazon (for a 2.5" diameter hole, 2.75" dia. cap top).
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Only if your 12v battery is dead.
I would think it would just provide the power, the frunk would still have to be opened via the lever.
Nope. Those leads actually don't provide power to the car, so you can't open the door to get to the lever. When you apply 12v to the leads, the frunk will pop open (if your LVB is dead). Then you have to hook the jump box to the battery leads under the hood to get power to the car to open the door. The whole thing is rather silly.
