Why charging door is not lockable?

[Donna216]

Probably became if it dies you won't have access.

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[Mrn]

Yes, perhaps it should just require more pressure to open.

 

[EasyPass]

While I am generally a satisfied customer, the charge port door is near the top of my most annoying features in ownership. It feels like the design/engineering team was late for lunch the day they zipped off a barely thought out spec. It is a challenge to open and close nearly every time, the plastic exterior cover can come off with little effort when opened, and an open arm will make the proverbial sore thumb look like a natural occurrence.

 

[Art]

Since most ICE car fuel doors need to be opened via a latch inside the car, is there any rational for Ford not to have done the same for the MME charging port door?
I'm not a fan of drive through car washes, but even a hand wash often results in playing wack-a-mole with that door!

If I were to design a fuel door, it would be a slideable door. No costly latches or rubber stops to add cost.

 

[VaporRT1]

Wow... !, and I was only worried about it ripping off at the car wash ?.

That should be enough. Obviously other EV makers like Tesla saw the common sense of a secured charge door. Why not Ford?

 

[VaporRT1]

You may have a defective charge port door latch. I had to have mine repaired to get it to work reliably.
There’s no real reason to require a lock - your port is not bi-directional so no one is going to siphon your charge.

How about other reasons like car wash inadvertent opening, basic malicious vandalism protection, any accidental pressure push opening event. I presume that is why other manufacturers design it that way to this day.

 

[noway]

If I were to design a fuel door, it would be a slideable door. No costly latches or rubber stops to add cost.

And add a tiny bit of ice to it and it will completely stop working. Not that current design is very good at handling ice, but anything slideable is going to be a disaster.

 

[MoonRiver]

Since most ICE car fuel doors need to be opened via a latch inside the car, is there any rational for Ford not to have done the same for the MME charging port door?
I'm not a fan of drive through car washes, but even a hand wash often results in playing wack-a-mole with that door!

Until they find the way to steal electrons out your Mach e I don't see there is need to lock it up.

 

[Mach1E]

Probably became if it dies you won't have access.

Probably the real answer.

Kinda shocked this post didn’t get any likes. ?‍

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