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Totally sucks waiting for people with experience. We have same issue with Chevy Volt - very few technicians remaining. I put zero faith into what other claim they are getting - most of the time these claims which sound really good are not backed up with any measured values / photos / over a period of time. Local around town driving is nothing compared to driving on a bay area freeway at 70+ through rolling hills. We have the chargepoint charger - so I can provide quantified examples of what our 2014 will take from empty, 4.5 to 5.2 kWh. The trip data can help show measured energy pulled from battery - I have seen 4.2 - 4.6 kwh full to empty. We have 62K miles and car is driven mixed 50/50 between freeway 70+ / hills and local streets. Unfortunately, I didn't keep good records when the vehicle was younger so I can't be sure when / if battery changed.. The data i would like to see is in the individual cell voltages - I have an app for the Volt. Does Forscan or any OBD readers help with cell voltages? My point - everyone needs the ability to quantify the health of battery. It sucks for all of us Ford can't ( OR DOESN"T ) provide a full report on a compete battery cycle. In theory, manufactures should be capturing and providing battery information for the owner - but this is obviously a business decision to not provide information to the owners. If we don't know the HV battery health - the expectations for mileage is meaning less. I hope they find a technician that can help dig into the issue.

I think I have/understand everything except for a cable? Can Forscan be used with OBDLink MX+ via bluetooth?

For the DIY success owners - are you purchasing a related modem that is less expensive then $310+ the part department is charging - which I believe includes the antenna and cables per the instructions. I am considering purchasing (again since they cancelled my last order) and just completing install myself. If there some money to be saved would like to hear about that. I know the part numbers are listed somewhere in the related forums - didn't catch if the TCU part Ford is selling for upgrade over laps with part numbers for other vehices etc.

Thanks for suggestion.. I understand the dealer had bad experiences with trying to get earlier attempts to work - maybe they have had some recent success. I will follow up with dealer first - but really don't want to push the issue until there is a clear path for it to work. We can wait a little longer for the upgrade - don't want to deal with multiple trips and/or down time.

Thanks for suggestion.. I understand the dealer had bad experiences with trying to get earlier attempts to work - maybe they have had some recent success. I will follow up with dealer first - but really don't want to push the issue until there is a clear path for it to work. We can wait a little longer for the upgrade - don't want to deal with multiple trips and/or down time.

Is it official has Ford documented and released a software fix for dealers to install with modem? We have 2014 FFE, I purchased / ordered a new modem couple of months ago and end of March they called and said they were cancelling order because of the software issues. I would like to get back in line - is there is anything I can reference to help convince the dealer? I could tell them to simply use the "UN" update and update the data in each and every line of the TCU configuration but hoping Ford has documented this for dealers.

Are these DTCs available from ODB app - Forscan etc? I have our Energi serviced at a local dealer and they have never mentioned anything and I have used a few general apps on the ODB port and never seen anything. For us it could be just poor batter performance - but if there is some hidden info definitely want to investigate.

What is the useable battery range of the 7.6 kWh set BY FORD? Car's don't use 100% of capacity, the manufacture programs to use a % of the range. Our Volt has a 18.6kWh pack - the car limits use between 14.0-14.3 Kwh. That's what it takes to charge it. I never expect it to charge 18.6 Kwh. We have a 2014 Energi Fusion - the trip meter we get between 4 and 4.6 Kwh of use, charging the most I have seen is 4.5 - but we just installed the Chargepoint charger so I don't have a lot of data yet on what it is using. Your MPE is dependent on so many factors and shouldn't be used as battery health. We live in SF Bay area - drive up hill on the freeway to get anywhere - range on battery 10-14 miles. If we could drive around town under 40 MPG it would probably get 18+.