Recent content by alfsauve

Believe it or not the BMS reset is in the Owner's Manual. I recently did a battery replacement after 2 winters and also fully charged it before installing. Then did the BMS reset and left the vehicle alone for 12 hours. Made sure not to take the fob anywhere near it during that time. All...

My 2023 is 2 years old and the dealer said the CCAs were down. I replaced it with a slightly larger capacity, 4yr warranty battery, not from FORD. Thing is in the whole history of cars/trucks the emphasis has been on Cold Cranking Amps. The thinking was if you could just get the motor started...

Didn't opt for the H8, but on the question of what do you loose: 23 XLT FX4 package. Didn't loose my radio settings, and the Trip 1 and Trip 2 plus the overall mileage(economy) setting were unchanged. Adaptive Cruise "over" mileage was still the same. However, and why this isn't saved is...

Thanks, Bluegrass. I like to monitoring charge/discharge rates. Think that would tell me a lot, too. I'm ordering the OBDLink and we'll see what I learn from that.

Have same year and Battery Management System (BMS) shutdown ancillary systems when not in use recently. Couldn't unlock from passenger door, no area lights when I approached vehicle... Reset the BMS. (I like to say you face Detroit and click the heels of your Safire Slippers together 5 times...

Appreciate the references/links. Not thrilled with plug in VMs. Not sure how some of these products measure current by just taping across Positive-Negative. A lot of "hang" on meters out there. Baring some upgrade by Ford soon, I'll DIY. Volt Meter LED modules in multiple colors are 8...

Thanks Buyer 2021. I don't want to appear tech-stupid, but when you do a search you get so many results it's hard find the answers you're looking for. Am working my way through Porposie Hork's academic paper

Had the BMS go into hibernation or sleep or whatever. Cut off all auxiliary services. So I learned how to reset that (It's in the manual, btw), Face the Blue City, close your eyes and click the heels of your Blue slippers together 5 times. Every thing seems to work well for several weeks...

I have captured many weird and illegal behaviors, as well as a train that almost hit me because the signal crossings had been disabled. On of my favorites is a police vehicle "blocking the box" while fussing with his com tablet.