Are there any new features, looks or anything on 2023 Lightning compared to 2022?

[Lightning Rod]

I've tried searching for the answer but I don't see anything except a price hike difference. Is there anything different?

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[Fordskeptic]

I think you pay more and get less, sums it up.

 

[Lightning Rod]

I think you pay more and get less, sums it up.

Get less?

 

[Lime Green]

Get less?

Base price on all trims has gone up. Some features are unavailable due to parts shortages. Some color choices are different. But it's still mostly Ford's array of blue and grey.

Onboard scales and companion Smart Hitch system are no longer available. Trims that include this are credited $650.

Heated steering wheel is removed, $140 credit. There will be a retrofit kit to enable it later in '23, but details on that are not out yet.

Cabin security intrusion detection sensor is eliminated - $50 credit.

Most XLT and Lariat builds starting a few weeks ago are being shipped with the 20" all-terrain tires by default due to short supply of the 20" all-season.

 

[Fordskeptic]

Get less?

I think lime green summed it up well. There has been so much griping (justified in my view) about the feature deletions for pitiful credits, I did not care to attempt to list them and sparking another gripe session.

 

[MTBAZ]

Is the ford Sync getting replaced with an Android system? I thought that was due on 2023, but it may be later.

 

[metroshot]

No AM radio for MY'23.

Love my AM radio as I use it a lot in my 2022.

 

[skiborsy]

Don't forget paint color changes!

 

[YankeeCP]

$500 charge for mobile cord

 

[Lime Green]

Is the ford Sync getting replaced with an Android system? I thought that was due on 2023, but it may be later.

We don't know what Ford is doing here. I'm not sure Ford knows what they're doing. The Sync system in the '22 and '23 Lightning runs on top of Android. Actually all Sync 4 units do and some of the more recent Sync 3 units as well.

But I think what many of us were hoping for is that Ford would integrate a full Android based UI system complete with Play Store access and all the other features we could benefit from in terms of communications and contacts, navigation, etc.. As GM has done with the latest Silverado pickup refresh or is offering in the Hummer EV. I think that is their plan to do away with Sync and go that route. We just don't know when... if... whatever... Knowing Ford, they will introduce it when they bring out their ground-up EV pickup design or when they give us the 2nd-generation Mach-E, or something major like that. I think the Lightning would have been a great time to give us this system, but it obviously wasn't ready yet and the Lightning is just expanding from the existing Mach-E platform, adapting to the existing F-150 design.

 

[Lime Green]

$500 charge for mobile cord

Yeah, that too. I left it on my order as I moved to '23, but wish I hadn't now that I've learned how crappy it is.

 

[XLT Jeffy]

No AM radio for MY'23.

Love my AM radio as I use it a lot in my 2022.

Love AM radio and a warm steering wheel.

The same XLT trim for MY23 costs approximately $10k CAD more than what I paid. I think that would put me out from wanting one TBH.

 

[metroshot]

Yeah, that too. I left it on my order as I moved to '23, but wish I hadn't now that I've learned how crappy it is.

Had I been given that option, I would have rather saved $500 on a charger that I have never used in my '22.

 

[YankeeCP]

Yeah, that too. I left it on my order as I moved to '23, but wish I hadn't now that I've learned how crappy it is.

same here. I did it mainly for the convenience of having it available day one and not having to research what to buy

 

[BennyTheBeaver]

Only changes I'm aware of:

-No AM Radio
-Pro model has heated seats
-Windshield has a 75th anniversary logo at the top
-Mobile Charger no longer included ($500 add-on
-2 new colors

(And then the multiple deletes as noted above)

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