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After a second attempt and after I almost started a search for an attorney my vehicle is fixed. Big thanks to Bozeman Ford. The guys have really shown effort and creativity. The whole mess was caused by the driver's seat harness. I am not making this up. It rubbed on the track to the point that insulation got damaged and it would intermittently short when a bit of extra pressure was applied, such as g forces during a turn or myself moving in a driver's seat. No wonder the thing was really tough to identify. I have pics of the thing and I have talked with the guy who eventually identified the issue both before and after. I have a basic degree in electrical engineering and pretty good understanding of the networks, and the guy has impressed me. I believe it is major design blunder by Ford that the seat harness short would cause a cascade of faults in the car's major safety systems! And the insulation rubbing off at just 9k miles... Hmm...

An update on this. My car has been at the dealer for three weeks and it is still not fixed. The dealer replaced GEM module, but it has not fixed anything. The dealer says on record that the car is "not safe to drive, as it can stall at any time". They say they replicated the problem, send some data to Detroit, then Ford asked them for some additional data, and this back and forth goes on for two weeks. Very frustrating experience :(

I am aware about the outlet limitations and I am replacing it with Nema L6-30 socket and plug. I have removed the heater altogether, as it was not used anyway. This was not the point of the thread. The charger works well on 220V circuit. I've done at least 60 charges since on it.

Finally got to the dealer. Diagnostics suggests that my GEM module went bad and the equipment in the car is not communicating properly. Waiting for the new module to be installed next week (we are in a rural area and the dealer had to order it from Ford). Will see how it does.

Hi. By accident I found out that OEM charger supports 220V, despite marked only for 110V. And it charges the car very fast. Full charge in 2.5 hr. I found this out by accident. Our garage in on the same fuse as bathrooms and it always blew, when the car was charging and someone would switch on the hair dryer. The only other mains on separate fuse was garage heater and I thought I will split the mains from the heater into a separate socket for charging. I was convinced it is 110V circuit and did that. Installed simple 115V socket. Noticed immediately how the car started charging much faster. Only a few weeks later, I realised that it was actually a 220V circuit! Now I been using the OEM charger on 220V circuit for couple of months without issues. Spared me $400 from buying separate charger for 220V.

Me too is having the same problem + a bunch of other electronic issues. All intermittent. The car is 2017 Energi with only 7000k miles. I am not sure it is low ambient temp related. I am in MT and we get subzero temps, but this started happening over the last couple of weeks, when temps are higher. I tried to google it, and it looks like a lot of different Ford models have the same problem, but I was not able to find a solution.

Most annoying that the faults are intermittent. After another two days of driving, they persist through some trips, but go away on others. They clearly connected somehow, since they appear together. Most dangerous is the going out of the central console. Yesterday it was raining and my windshield was fogging up, but I was unable to blow it off, since I was unable to operate central console for up to 5 min at a time :( Waiting for the dealer appointment next week.

After ~7000 miles trouble free, I started having all kinds of electronic faults over last week. Started with ext temp sensor getting stuck at 50 degrees. Then I got CEL lit up on the third day after the ext temp sensor would get stuck. Now I have BLIS & Cross Traffic Fault notices coming up every 2-3 mins of driving, plus weird notice about "Memory recall not available while driving" (even though it is not touched). Moreover, central console (HVAC) controls are going out and seem to restart in couple of seconds. We are worried of what is going on and whether it is safe to drive the vehicle. Attempting to schedule service appointment with the dealer. Has anyone had any similar experience? Thanks.