That won't happen. It's a power limit (still drives) or a SSN that only shuts everything down after you've come to a stop. It's perfectly fine to drive it to the dealer with a "service vehicle soon" message.
Take this for what it's worth, as I'm neither a forum regular nor do I have a lot of expertise (compared to so many great resources here), but your behavior (and/or the way you express yourself via your posts) makes it very hard to have much sympathy for you.
Drive like a housekeeper by running it to a low SOC, doing a DCFC, then run it on a highway or in some hills. That should get some load into your contactors!
You can download the warranty in PDF there is a link here or at ford.
sure the tesla will be worth so much more and why? Super duper batteries? At least MME has modules and they are not all glued together. All components can be replaced. HVJB is like a tranny job but easier. Don't see your logic in my crystal ball. I will see if I will still be driving it at 10 years old and paid cash.
I have two vehicles and roll them down and out. The MME may last a while who knows. Had some problems they get fixed no more problems. Nice drive into town with it and more than enough juice now and in the future. I don't see that fun/enjoyment getting old any time soon.Strictly from a financial point of view, on average one would be best to keep the car until the wheels fall off (well unless it is a Toyota EV)
Ford will honor the HVBJB issues warranty or not. This is an educated guess from past experience. If Ford wants to be in it for the long haul, they will at minimum retro fit a part that will last longer. This is their maiden voyage in many respects and they are going to get killed on reputation if they don't make it right.
I have actually have had a few vehicles that honored the part after the warranty expired. I had a 1991 Grand Am that had issues with the head gasket in their 4 cylinder engines (quad 4). The head gasket went out and after I called GMCARES, they took care of it with it being 15k past the warranty. In doing that, that will get you a fair amount of miles without pocketbook costs.
In any event, if you are trading cars every 3 years it really doesn't matter what you get. You are paying up the nose in either event. You may not realize it, but you are in effect paying much more for newer tech than to repair your own car. I currently own 8 cars and I know this all too well....................................
Totally agree. Fewer mechanical parts should lead to fewer costly repairs. Once again, if there is a default that is known it will either be solved via a recall or Ford will step up and "make it better" (we hope).
By electrical gremlins in the software you mean memory leaks and data corruption? Good thing is with those a clean install usually clears all up and no hardware is required. We just need one good legacy MME sync 4a version (all modules) and agree we may not be there yet. Third year same OS/car while ramping up production gives hope. Has gotten much better and hoping Ford has got this but only time will tell. Appears patience is required and by the end of three years we should all know.
