What is a 4X?

[markboris]

8th digit of your vin should be an X. Plus all 25 GT's should have the extended range battery.

If the 8th digit of the VIN is an X, U, E or 7 it is an extended range battery.

VIN 8th digit code:

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[bassman28]

Maybe they removed the X because it reminded people of Elmo?

Or, maybe they shipped AWD orders with RWD by mistake?

What/Who is Elmo? The sesame street character?

 

[RickMachE]

What/Who is Elmo? The sesame street character?

Elmo is a nickname for the richest man in the world.

 

[JohnFoxeSheets]

Don’t forget they also sent the wrong battery!

Yes, but only in the winter

 

[bassman28]

Elmo is a nickname for the richest man in the world.

Why elmo?

 

[RickMachE]

Why elmo?

Ask the internet. I didn't invent it.

 

[4-Mustangs]

8th digit of your vin should be an X. Plus all 25 GT's should have the extended range battery.

Thanks.

Clearly, it's because they accidently send standard range batteries out instead of extended all winter long.

This is why I was asking. Did Ford actually put standard batteries in some extended range cars?
if so how can you verify?

 

[Kamuelaflyer]

Ask the internet. I didn't invent it.

I really like the direction this thread is going.

 

[rhougey]

Did Ford actually put standard batteries in some extended range cars?
if so how can you verify?

It wasn’t Ford that was putting the standard batteries in extended range cars. It was Old Man Winter. In fact he comes to your home in the dead of night and switches out your battery twice each year.

 

[Mike G]

This is why I was asking. Did Ford actually put standard batteries in some extended range cars?
if so how can you verify?

Nope I'm not gonna touch this...I'm just gonna let it go by...sometimes it's best....

 

[corradoborg]

Why elmo?

 

[NY_Cade69]

Employees used it so they could obfuscate the fact that they were referring to Leon

It was an easy nick... Elon Musk - El Mu - El Mo - Elmo.

 

[bassman28]

Ask the internet. I didn't invent it.

Employees used it so they could obfuscate the fact that they were referring to Leon

It was an easy nick... Elon Musk - El Mu - El Mo - Elmo.

Gotcha, thanks.

 

[4-Mustangs]

It wasn’t Ford that was putting the standard batteries in extended range cars. It was Old Man Winter. In fact he comes to your home in the dead of night and switches out your battery twice each year.

got it

Mine is in AZ! Don’t need to worry too much about cold.

 

[A-A-Ron]

Thanks.


This is why I was asking. Did Ford actually put standard batteries in some extended range cars?
if so how can you verify?

No, Ford has not accidently put the wrong batteries in extended range cars. But every winter, especially in the earlier days, we'd start seeing people asking this when they get their new car and the range is lower than expected because range drops when the battery is cold.

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