Factory battery ongoing issues

[Blue22]

That looks better and it's where I have mine mounted as well.

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[GingerGorilla]

I think this actually worked! My battery symbol didn't flash, but after a few minutes the low charge notification went away and it hasn't come back. Thank-you!

 

[MetalCord]

I think this actually worked! My battery symbol didn't flash, but after a few minutes the low charge notification went away and it hasn't come back. Thank-you!

Charging only delayed the issue from reappearing for me. If I let the truck sit over a weekend without a charger connected, I'd come back to a battery SoC warning and all the lower power annoyances. Once I reset the BMS... I actually haven't had a warning or needed to charge the battery manually.

 

[Regal]

I think this actually worked! My battery symbol didn't flash, but after a few minutes the low charge notification went away and it hasn't come back. Thank-you!

ok folks, So I went ahead and ditched the Ford provided motorcraft battery and went to Walmart for their battery ($190 for an A7 AMG) and after 5 days now, no problems. I have a battery monitor on my battery and my app says its' 90% all the time now. I have an ipad, fuzz buster, dashcam and flashlight all hooked to power outlets 24x7. I also did the reset I posted previously. I think I am back to focusing on other things now. All good.

 

[Jerome10]

I had the 12V battery issue late January or early Feb 2024.

Dealer did a quick test on it and it passed. They then had the truck about 2 hours, ran a "rotunda" test, according to the work order, the 12V battery failed that extended test, replaced with a new battery under warranty.

So I'm at what 4-6 weeks and never an issue since.

I am seeing a lot of these battery discussions lately. Here and the other forum. I'm starting to think they had a batch of trash Motorcraft batteries.

My truck was built in April 2023, if anyone is tracking build dates....

 

[JJSnell]

I am seeing a lot of these battery discussions lately.

Anyone started any official complaints with the NHTSA? I'm surprised there is not a recall in motion. How many complaints have we all seen?
I myself couldn't get my last OTA update until I trickle charged my battery.

 

[RossRR]

Anyone started any official complaints with the NHTSA? I'm surprised there is not a recall in motion. How many complaints have we all seen?
I myself couldn't get my last OTA update until I trickle charged my battery.

National Highway Transportation SAFETY Administration...They probably wouldn't consider a low life battery a safety issue. This is all on consumers accepting or rejecting inferior products.

 

[JJSnell]

National Highway Transportation SAFETY Administration...They probably wouldn't consider a low life battery a safety issue. This is all on consumers accepting or rejecting inferior products.

Well from what I'm reading the defective battery is causing a whole myriad of problems, affecting computer, drive train, and overall operative issues, some while people are driving down the road....
So, yeah. But thanks.

 

[Severdog]

Well from what I'm reading the defective battery is causing a whole myriad of problems,

I've actually had quite a number of signal/turn signal outages, even the license plate lights. (all of which were replacements to the OEM halogen/incandescent)

Turns out that my OEM battery was weak enough that the charging system was up over 15V trying to compensate. After changing the 12V primary battery to an X2 a couple of weeks ago, the battery monitor now shows a much "tighter" spread between high and low voltages, with the highs being a more-normal mid-14V range.

A weak battery is the root of all evil, not money.

 

[RickBullotta]

“The patient says, “Doctor, it hurts when I do this.” “Then don’t do that!””

— Henny Youngman

Just replace the battery and move on.

 

[JJSnell]

I've actually had quite a number of signal/turn signal outages, even the license plate lights. (all of which were replacements to the OEM halogen/incandescent)

Turns out that my OEM battery was weak enough that the charging system was up over 15V trying to compensate. After changing the 12V primary battery to an X2 a couple of weeks ago, the battery monitor now shows a much "tighter" spread between high and low voltages, with the highs being a more-normal mid-14V range.

A weak battery is the root of all evil, not money.

Yah it's amazing all the related issues and complaints we are reading regarding this battery...
How about this one... "My battery SoC is too low to update my truck..."
If you can't update your truck to a patch that fixes something, to me, that sounds pretty dangerous. Funny how they will fix a flickering light or windshield wiper but not something that powers the brains and computers of your entire automobile, kinda sounds like a SAFETY issue to me.

\shrug

 

[Gros Ventre]

Ford took delivery of a bad batch of batteries... Go buy a new, non-Ford battery and get on with life...

 

[GingerGorilla]

Charging only delayed the issue from reappearing for me. If I let the truck sit over a weekend without a charger connected, I'd come back to a battery SoC warning and all the lower power annoyances. Once I reset the BMS... I actually haven't had a warning or needed to charge the battery manually.

You're right. Warning came back 2 days later. Basically need to connect my charger to the battery every night to avoid this....or I could buy a new battery.

 

[RancidRacer]

I had the 12V battery issue late January or early Feb 2024.

Dealer did a quick test on it and it passed. They then had the truck about 2 hours, ran a "rotunda" test, according to the work order, the 12V battery failed that extended test, replaced with a new battery under warranty.

So I'm at what 4-6 weeks and never an issue since.

I am seeing a lot of these battery discussions lately. Here and the other forum. I'm starting to think they had a batch of trash Motorcraft batteries.

My truck was built in April 2023, if anyone is tracking build dates....

My truck was also built in April '23, and I am now on my second Motorcraft battery. My dealer replaced my original one in November. The replacement did not solve the problem. I'm going to take Gros Ventre's advice and go buy a Northstar H7 from Battery Plus.

 

[KTM753]

The large vehicle manufacturing company I work has a 5% cost reduction goal every year for the supply management group. Low bid wins. Low bid is only possible with less expensive materials for supplier components. Ford has to be buying the cheapest batteries possible. End sidebar.

I agree, just replace your battery with non-OEM, preferably an expensive one to avoid above situation. Northstar/X2 with 100% lead plates is the most expensive for a reason. You get what you pay for...

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