✅ 7/31/2023 Lightning Build Week Group (MY2023)

[VictorM]

One 2023 XLT ER in its now home after lots of waiting and mystery

Congrats!

 

[invertedspear]

My tracker rolled back to "order confirmed" today. Should see a shipped date tomorrow. Probably a week for it to get to Phoenix. Very exciting.

 

[TaxmanHog]

My tracker rolled back to "order confirmed" today. Should see a shipped date tomorrow. Probably a week for it to get to Phoenix. Very exciting.

I imagine a slingshot being pulled back to full tension before launching your trucks~>

 

[FleetVehicle23]

Update on trucks

Truck 1: Still in Dearborn.

Truck 2: Picked up yesterday and is currently being driven like it was stolen. It had the CSP for the battery modules but passed the inspection.

I've given up on trying to figure out when my truck will arrive. I am just going to check status once a week going forward.

 

[invertedspear]

Looks like they're finally dug out to the near back of the lot Just confirming that the roll back to "order confirmed" is the first indicator that it's actually shipped.

 

[JL13]

Looks like they're finally dug out to the near back of the lot Just confirming that the roll back to "order confirmed" is the first indicator that it's actually shipped.

If your truck was at the back of the lot then mine should be now visible (I hope) with a destination to Chandler AZ; unless it's on the other side of the back lot fence.....

 

[TaxmanHog]

Who are left

 

[Brewer14]

@TaxmanHog Do you have a composite list of build weeks and vehicles remaining to be delivered? Not sure if it will help or hurt the disappointment of waiting?

 

[invertedspear]

If your truck was at the back of the lot then mine should be now visible (I hope) with a destination to Chandler AZ; unless it's on the other side of the back lot fence.....

I was at the tail end of the build week I think it was 675 out of 696 for the week. So I guess at the front of the far back group. Good luck that yours sees the light of day sometime this week.

 

[TaxmanHog]

@TaxmanHog Do you have a composite list of build weeks and vehicles remaining to be delivered? Not sure if it will help or hurt the disappointment of waiting?

Unfortunately no, my methodology is a lot different than last years research.

It would be awesome, if everyone who listed on the forum database updated their records to current status, then we could all do comprehensive analysis
* Lightning Change Request Form <-- Link to submit edit request for your submitted order info.

 

[VictorM]

Hey there fellow build week folks. I just started week #3 with 'ol 592 and will be taking our first road trip into Allegheny National today. Lessons learned so far include accepting the realization that Ford and Sun Run personnel are not in any position to actually help at this time. This is an outcome of circumstance that companies can't avoid in the infancy of a launch. They are learning from us. Learning much more than we are from them.

My best educational experiences have been from forums like this and YouTube. PSA: YouTube Premium is worth the price.

My first 14 days of ownership included taking delivery of one hell of a vehicle, badgering Sun Run to send my FCSP (it arrived 7 days after Sun Run received the Sold notice from Ford Dealer), 1st public charging session at EVGo, having neighbor electrician install FCSP and an additional 50a/240v outlet, taking the virtual walk through offered by Ford Customer Service, worked with FordPass Customer Service to find out why my 22,000 points deposited for the sale were deleted (because the sale was canceled?). Turns out that when my dealer re-invoiced the vehicle to adjust the price down off the original window sticker, it sent a cancel notice through the system. I worked with the dealer to correct and ordered Lightning mudflaps. By the way, when you only provide your VIN to the parts department, they will tell you they have mud flaps in stock but, they will not be Lightning customized unless you use the part numbers below. I installed a Fitscamx dash cam (front/rear facing), tinted the front windows, installed a grill guard to keep leaves out, installed shorty antenna and dog proofed the rear interior and console. Weathertech bed liner and 4-panel folding hard bed cover. New tires and Rough Country 2" leveling kit on the way. I like the wheels and plan to update the tires to Goodyear Wrangler Ultraterrain AT 275/65 R20's.

My current challenge is getting my FCSP and FordPass to connect. The FCSP works fine and connects to the CSP Set-up app but FordPass or the truck doesn't "see" the station. Im working with the support team and EV Dealer rep to resolve. Prob have to do some resets and off/on sequence to correct but the connection does not seem simple.

I did resolve my CarPlay issue working with Ford CS. Wireless CarPlay works easy if your phone is connected to the truck's WiFi. My phone doesn't auto connect to the trucks WiFi so I need to set it each time I get in the truck. Not a big issue but wish it would auto connect. Anyone?

I completed my first 100% charge last night to prep for my first trip to camp in 592. Planning to test out how close the FordPass Guess-o-Meter is as I drive up and down the Allegheny Mountains.

Thanks for all your help folks and best of luck with your Lightning!

Lightning Mud Flaps
NL3Z16A550AA
NL3Z16A550BA

 

[itdwebman]

Unfortunately no, my methodology is a lot different than last years research.

It would be awesome, if everyone who listed on the forum database updated their records to current status, then we could all do comprehensive analysis
* Lightning Change Request Form <-- Link to submit edit request for your submitted order info.

Done

 

[itdwebman]

Hey there fellow build week folks. I just started week #3 with 'ol 592 and will be taking our first road trip into Allegheny National today. Lessons learned so far include accepting the realization that Ford and Sun Run personnel are not in any position to actually help at this time. This is an outcome of circumstance that companies can't avoid in the infancy of a launch. They are learning from us. Learning much more than we are from them.

My best educational experiences have been from forums like this and YouTube. PSA: YouTube Premium is worth the price.

My first 14 days of ownership included taking delivery of one hell of a vehicle, badgering Sun Run to send my FCSP (it arrived 7 days after Sun Run received the Sold notice from Ford Dealer), 1st public charging session at EVGo, having neighbor electrician install FCSP and an additional 50a/240v outlet, taking the virtual walk through offered by Ford Customer Service, worked with FordPass Customer Service to find out why my 22,000 points deposited for the sale were deleted (because the sale was canceled?). Turns out that when my dealer re-invoiced the vehicle to adjust the price down off the original window sticker, it sent a cancel notice through the system. I worked with the dealer to correct and ordered Lightning mudflaps. By the way, when you only provide your VIN to the parts department, they will tell you they have mud flaps in stock but, they will not be Lightning customized unless you use the part numbers below. I installed a Fitscamx dash cam (front/rear facing), tinted the front windows, installed a grill guard to keep leaves out, installed shorty antenna and dog proofed the rear interior and console. Weathertech bed liner and 4-panel folding hard bed cover. New tires and Rough Country 2" leveling kit on the way. I like the wheels and plan to update the tires to Goodyear Wrangler Ultraterrain AT 275/65 R20's.

My current challenge is getting my FCSP and FordPass to connect. The FCSP works fine and connects to the CSP Set-up app but FordPass or the truck doesn't "see" the station. Im working with the support team and EV Dealer rep to resolve. Prob have to do some resets and off/on sequence to correct but the connection does not seem simple.

I did resolve my CarPlay issue working with Ford CS. Wireless CarPlay works easy if your phone is connected to the truck's WiFi. My phone doesn't auto connect to the trucks WiFi so I need to set it each time I get in the truck. Not a big issue but wish it would auto connect. Anyone?

I completed my first 100% charge last night to prep for my first trip to camp in 592. Planning to test out how close the FordPass Guess-o-Meter is as I drive up and down the Allegheny Mountains.

Thanks for all your help folks and best of luck with your Lightning!

Lightning Mud Flaps
NL3Z16A550AA
NL3Z16A550BA

Great report - Were you able to get the latest OTA updates - My truck seems not to want more updates and I think that I do not have he latest updates - even after the dealer indicated no further updates available.

Did you install the Mud flaps yourself?

 

[TaxmanHog]

My current challenge is getting my FCSP and FordPass to connect. The FCSP works fine and connects to the CSP Set-up app but FordPass or the truck doesn't "see" the station. Im working with the support team and EV Dealer rep to resolve. Prob have to do some resets and off/on sequence to correct but the connection does not seem simple.

This is one of the difficult processes to get through when I set mine up last year, hopefully they get you hooked up.

 

[invertedspear]

did resolve my CarPlay issue working with Ford CS. Wireless CarPlay works easy if your phone is connected to the truck's WiFi. My phone doesn't auto connect to the trucks WiFi so I need to set it each time I get in the truck. Not a big issue but wish it would auto connect. Anyone?

I've been driving a MachE for the last couple years and one thing I decided was that wireless carplay is trash. Even when it works flawlessly, it's laggy as pushing the "next song" button takes about a quarter to a half second to actually change your music. Also the wirelss charging in the MME is crap and just overheats my phone. I doubt the F150L is any better. I disabled wireless carplay on my phone and everything works so much better. Connection is instant as soon as I plug in my phone. Phone charges without getting hot. Interface is far more responsive. I also have it set up using the Shortcuts app so that when carplay starts, my phone hotspot turns on for the kids, and the car, and thus I don't use the Ford streaming/conenctivity, the car just connects to the phone's WiFi.

Planning to test out how close the FordPass Guess-o-Meter is as I drive up and down the Allegheny Mountains.

I appreciate all your info, hoping to have my truck this weekend and absorbing everything I can. I want to also call out that the GOM is WAY to optimistic in the MME, and I assume the F150L is the same as well. In the MME on roadtrips I always made sure to give myself a 50 mile buffer, and I still occasionally had to turn the AC off and reduce speed so that I arrived at the next charger with barely 10 miles to spare. With the F150L I intend to make that buffer at least 75 miles.

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