Strange Level 2 Charging Behavior

[kkmoon]

This is new and strange behavior that I saw yesterday from my '22 GT. Maybe someone can offer some insight into what's going on?

Plugged in to my Juicebox charger last night at about 8:30 with the HV battery at 66%. I noticed that the light on the juicebox was flashing yellow (which it always does for a few seconds after plugging in). Usually it turns to flashing green right away and I know it's charging. This time, it just stayed yellow. I waited for a couple minutes and it stayed yellow. I unplugged and plugged back in, and it still didn't charge. Turned on the car and the display said something along the lines of connected but not charging. Don't remember exactly what is says. So I unplugged the charger from the car, cut the power at the breaker, turned back on, and waited a minute or so. I plugged back in, and the car started charging. Great, problem solved! I checked Fordpass app and it said charging at 8kW.

So this morning I get in the car and the HV battery is at 65%. Actually went down 1%. Got to work and checked the juicebox app and it doesn't show a charging session (which doesn't mean much to me, the juicebox app has always been unreliable).

The really strange thing here is that the Fordpass app DOES show a charging session from 9:01 PM to 11:51 PM, 68% to 90%, 20 kWh added. How is that possible?

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[Draco]

I had a similar gremlin visiting the evening of 30 Sept; came home around 6pm ET from a day long trip, and about 90 min after plugging in the car, got a charging error on the Ford app. Was surprised as the car is not scheduled to start charging until 10pm. The car itself was not showing any issues or anomalies, so I rebooted by Charge Point Flex EVSE. I then noticed the charging screen on the Ford app was showing the car starting to charge for brief moments, and also was able to hear relays tripping in both the car and EVSE. I unplugged the car for about an hour, but the Ford app was still acting strange with the target charge flipping from the expected 80% up to 100%. While I had no proof, my intuition said this might be a Ford app/Ford cloud issue and not something with the car. When 10 pm came around, the car began charging to its 80% target and everything behaved as normal for the rest of the night. I will post an update if there is a similar issue tonight.

 

[johnnycombo]

I had a similar gremlin visiting the evening of 30 Sept; came home around 6pm ET from a day long trip, and about 90 min after plugging in the car, got a charging error on the Ford app. Was surprised as the car is not scheduled to start charging until 10pm. The car itself was not showing any issues or anomalies, so I rebooted by Charge Point Flex EVSE. I then noticed the charging screen on the Ford app was showing the car starting to charge for brief moments, and also was able to hear relays tripping in both the car and EVSE. I unplugged the car for about an hour, but the Ford app was still acting strange with the target charge flipping from the expected 80% up to 100%. While I had no proof, my intuition said this might be a Ford app/Ford cloud issue and not something with the car. When 10 pm came around, the car began charging to its 80% target and everything behaved as normal for the rest of the night. I will post an update if there is a similar issue tonight.

Could be the gps, I’ve had two homes set for the same spot in my driveway before.

 

[Draco]

I checked that possibility - only one location showing in both the car and Ford pass.

 

[EtotheO]

Had a similar issue, I changed the charge level slider on the pass app, up or down 5%, can't remember which, probably doesn't matter, and the app recalculated everything and started to work normally.

 

[ashadkc9]

Have a similar issue. 23 premium ER. With charging time and location set, as soon as I plug in the Charge Station Pro it does what is said above. The charger clicks on and off every few seconds, the blue ring will flash as if it's charging for those few seconds, rinse and repeat until I push the handle button on the Charge Station Pro. After that it waits like it's supposed to. It doesn't do it with my Lightning, so it has to be tied to the MachE somehow.

 

[ten8bike]

My charger was causing the home's breakers to trip. After that happened twice, and the electrician said there was nothing wrong with the home's electrical system, I bought a new charger.
New charger, installation.... The breakers tripped again on the first try to charge.
I took away all the settings in the car/app - time to start, maximum charge point, etc, and the car charged to 100%.
I will set some parameters again, and see what happens. I am not happy right now.

 

[johnnycombo]

My charger was causing the home's breakers to trip. After that happened twice, and the electrician said there was nothing wrong with the home's electrical system, I bought a new charger.
New charger, installation.... The breakers tripped again on the first try to charge.
I took away all the settings in the car/app - time to start, maximum charge point, etc, and the car charged to 100%.
I will set some parameters again, and see what happens. I am not happy right now.

I had that problem at my camp, I replaced the breaker and it solved the problem. Another option is to turn down the charging amps, if your charger has that option. The charging amps should be 80% of the breaker amps.

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