jwhamlin244
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Last night I went to an EVGo charger at the airport while waiting for a friend, and I noticed that the concrete parking barriers were set up in a way that I could pull up only barely enough for the charging cable to reach my car.
I got it to plug in, but I was nervous by the amount of stress I was putting on the car connector. I got about 10 charging station fault errors before giving up, but I can't help but think the errors were due to my struggles connecting, because a VW with the central front port was able to pull up and charge with relative ease after I gave up.
1. Should I be so concerned with the stress on the charging port? Surely they're made "Ford tough" but those cables are heavy, the connector is only plastic, and I hate to see it flex under the weight.
2. Does anyone have any typical tricks to get close to chargers? As part of my troubleshooting, I just pulled in sideways taking up two spaces since the lot was empty, but I can't always do that.
3. How do yall typically solve 'charging station fault'? I called customer service and they said basically to try to unplug it, roll up my windows, lock the car, plug it back in.
I got it to plug in, but I was nervous by the amount of stress I was putting on the car connector. I got about 10 charging station fault errors before giving up, but I can't help but think the errors were due to my struggles connecting, because a VW with the central front port was able to pull up and charge with relative ease after I gave up.
1. Should I be so concerned with the stress on the charging port? Surely they're made "Ford tough" but those cables are heavy, the connector is only plastic, and I hate to see it flex under the weight.
2. Does anyone have any typical tricks to get close to chargers? As part of my troubleshooting, I just pulled in sideways taking up two spaces since the lot was empty, but I can't always do that.
3. How do yall typically solve 'charging station fault'? I called customer service and they said basically to try to unplug it, roll up my windows, lock the car, plug it back in.
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