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FSA Title: SYNC WITH MYFORD MYLINCOLN TOUCH WARRANTY EXTENSION COVERING ACCESSORY PROTOCOL INTERFACE MODULE APIM Field Service Action Number: 12M02The repair should not have cost you anything.

When rotors get wet, while sitting still, they develop rust. When you move the car the brake pads have to scrape the rust off of the rotors.

My car has the battery mile number correct now but it is losing whole trips. I did an 10.5 mile outbound trip this morning. An hour and a half later I did the return trip. The outbound trip was not recorded. The inbound trip was recorded.

All of the outlets that I have seen here always have the screw connection even when they also have the push in slot. Did those sales people pass a test in the Canadian equivalent of the NEC (National Electric Code)? I don't think so. They are pushing what they have in stock.

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Sounds to me like there is moisture in there that froze rock hard.

There are lots (technical term) of microprocessors in an Energi. They run all of the time. In a weeks time of non use the 12 volt battery will be discharged. When mine will be sitting for a long time I connect a battery charger to the 12 volt battery, using the under hood terminals, to keep it charged. I replaced the wet cell lead acid battery in my Energi with an AGM battery in late 2013. An AGM battery maintains its voltage to a much lower discharge level than a wet cell battery does. In spite of that I need to keep an eye on it. I have a 12 volt 7 AH gel cell battery in my glove compartment along with some home made 12 gauge jumper cables in the event the battery goes flat. So far I haven't needed to use it. I check its charge level every couple of months.

It uses the engine coolant if it is hot. If the engine coolant is cold the engine loop is bypassed so the electric resistance heater isn't trying to heat the engine. For a trip of city streets to expressway and then city streets to work, use EV Later while on the expressway and EV Now while on the city streets. EV Now on the expressway discharges the battery in a hurry.

Cold reduces the capacity of the battery. In the summer I get 25 miles. In the winter I get 18 miles and if I turn the heat on I get 10 miles. Use the seat heater and steering wheel heater if you have it and wear a warm coat. Preconditioning the car with GO times will help but you need a 240 volt EVSE for that to be of much use.

The car charges at 240 volts 16 amps. That is 3840 volt-amps. The supplied EVSE is 120 volts at 12 amps. That is 1440 volt-amps. At 240 volts you get 2.67 times the VA. It's a lot faster. Mine takes 2 hours from empty to full. It's plug and play. The J-1772 handshake has the EVSE and the car agree on what power will be used. A bigger EVSE is fine. I charge mine with an EVSE capable of 40 amps. EVSE (Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment) The charger is built into the car.

Fuel freshness mode can be overridden by putting fuel into the tank. Fuel freshness mode is triggered when no fuel has been put into the tank for 18 months.

I get the feeling that the Ford engineers figured out how to do the job but never actually tested their process before releasing it. My last trip was in three segments, 10.5 miles, 10.2 miles, and 0.3 miles. The 10.5 and 10.2 segments were not recorded, the 0.3 mile segment was recorded.

The only thing that immediately comes to mind is that if the Chargepoint station is connected to commercial three phase power it will be providing 208 volts instead of 240 volts. I do not know if that is a problem or not. The Owner's Manual does not list the charging voltage specifications. It's also possible the Chargepoint station is broken. Are there any other ones close by that you could try?

The date is in European format. dd.mm.yyyy Mine is correct for the build date for my car.

I suspect the trim only has to be replaced when the tech doesn't know how to disassemble the car and breaks the trim in the process.

Do you ever turn the car off at the end of a trip and then immediately turn it back on? That will destroy the trip data.

I forgot about that little detail.

This is an ongoing problem with 3.8. Instead of fixing the website they suggested going to your dealer to have it installed. There used to be a link on the forum somewhere to download the file. I don't remember where it was but it may still exist.

Are you setting the GO time for the time that you want to leave? It starts heating 30 minutes before that time. It works fine in my 2013 using a 240 volt EVSE.

For a car that is not being driven the 12 volt battery should be charged weekly. That is probably true for every car on their lot. The HVB can go a few months between checking the charge if the car is not being driven. I doubt that they keep any charge records. I seriously doubt that more than 0.1% of the salesmen have bothered to learn about how an electric car works or what it needs. When I picked up my car in April 2013 the salesman made a point of showing me the 240 volt EVSE thay had installed on the outside wall of the building. I was never able to use that EVSE because they always had cars waiting for service blocking access to it. They eventually built a new building and the EVSE is no longer there.

The charger is built into the car. The box that came with the car is an EVSE that provides the safety features to prevent electrocution. There is no voltage on the pins in the J-1772 connector until a handshake between the EVSE and the car is completed. I know the car can't be driven with an energized J-1772 plugged in. It may not be possible to drive the car with a de-energized J-1772 plugged in.

You need a new 12 volt battery. Once a wet cell lead acid battery has been completely discharged it is probably internally damaged and needs to be replaced. The 12 volt battery is charged at the end of the charge cycle for the HVB. Unfortunately the car does not monitor and restart charging if the 12 volt battery gets low. There are terminals under the hood that are used to jump start the 12 volt battery. When the car is off the HVB is completely disconnected. 12 volts must be available to close the contactors that connect the HVB to the car. Please read your manual and learn where the terminals are located. With your original problem, connecting 12 volts to the terminals under the hood would have got you back in operation.

The HVB is segmented into to two sections. A hybrid portion which my ancient memory says is 1.5 kWh and an EV portion. When the EV portion is depleted the car switches to hybrid mode. In hybrid mode it tries to keep the hybrid portion at the 50% point. There is no problem with the EV portion being empty since that happens in normal operation after driving about 21 miles in EV Only mode in the summer. When the car is off a pair of contactors open that completely isolate the HVB. There is nothing connected to the battery that could cause it to drain so only self discharge is possible. The HVB and the rest of the hybrid unique components have an 8 year / 100,000 mile warranty. A good dealer would be keeping the batteries (12 volt and HVB) charged. If at all possible determine if the dealer is a certified electric dealer. They are required by Ford to have people trained in the operation and servicing of electric cars. Since the cars you are interested in are new the dealers are probably certified since Ford won't let uncertified dealers buy an electric car.

They are both stamped as Leviton. I bought them from Amazon.

There should be an air compressor with a "goo" cartridge and a 120 volt EVSE (sometimes improperly called a charger) in the trunk. There should also be a plastic funnel in the trunk. It is used to manually put fuel into the gas tank. Carpeted floor mats come with the car. The rubber (plastic?) ones are an extra cost option. If it has been sitting for a long time the 12 volt battery will have gone dead. 9 times out of 10 a completely discharged wet cell lead acid battery is damaged by being discharged. The HVB should be okay since it is completely disconnected when the car is off. 240 volt EVSEs are available aftermarket. I have two Leviton EVSEs in my garage. There are several manufacturers of EVSEs to choose from.