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On this note I use 5% SOC as my 0. I won’t plan to be lower than 5% at any point. I was towing a 7300 lb trailer and showing an arrival at the DCFC with 5% when the power dropped and soon the truck stopped. I was on the exit ramp and could see the DCFC, but the truck wouldn’t move. I...

If you aren’t going to be plugged in over night, it is best to get your charge the night before while the battery is still warm from driving. If you cold soak it over night and try to get a charge in the morning you will waste time waiting for the battery to warm up. If you have a it if a drive...

This truck is constantly changing what I think of as ‘truck tasks.’ So hauling firewood is a traditional truck task, but now my truck also helps in the processing. In fact, if I could convince Ford to get back into the tractor business and make an electric tractor, I could quit burning dead...

Does anyone know if the replacement camera is actually different? Was there a bad lot of cameras or are all of our cameras subject to heat exhaustion? I park under cover in PA, so have not experienced this issue. I’m also well out of the factory warranty, so is my camera going to fail during a...

I bought a small PDR kit on Amazon that I used to pull dings from some aluminum on my Airstream. However, the aluminum on my Lightning seems thinner and I had a pro pull the door ding I got on a windy day at a Walmart EA where the bollards are strategically placed to do maximum damage. It...

Yep—now I have more time than money! The trip to ID took us 1.5 days longer than if we had towed with an ICE vehicle. It was only slightly cheaper, but the truck is so much more comfortable than the Ram 2500 diesel that it replaced, that I don’t mind the extra time on the road. A lot of the...

I’m currently towing a 7300 lb travel trailer from PA to ID and back. I’ve been using the Ford provided adapter and it is awesome. Although sometimes I wish I had a third hand to unhook it. The release button is awkwardly placed under the NACS so that it is difficult to depress while securely...

I know this thread is about infotainment, but since you opened the door on other vehicle features, I have to mention a couple of my pet peeves with my Tesla. It is a MY, so classified as an SUV, but despite having a great sized cargo area, it has no cargo tie down points. Also no spare tire...

I guess I’m one of the lucky ones. My infotainment system works. Occasionally I do have Apple CarPlay connect without audio, but it resolves with a power cycle. I own a Tesla MY and to be honest I much prefer the Lightning. With CarPlay I can dictate a book if I want and send it as a text. The...

I would suggest the OP try Tow/Haul mode. When I come down an 8% grade towing 7000 lbs, I can take my foot off the accelerator at 45 and the truck will hold 45 for several miles until the grade flattens a bit and I have to engage the accelerator to keep from slowing too much. It is actually...

Yep, order 9776 shipped!

We’ve done a lot of towing with our Airstream Classic (25’ long, 8.5’ wide, 9.5’ tall, 7300 lbs loaded). We average 1.1 mi/kWh at 65 mph. We don’t typically tow any faster. We’ve increased efficiency to average 1.3 mi/kWh at 50 mph (long stretch between available chargers).

Just wanted to let folks know how this issue resolved. I never found the incandescent lights, but it turns out that wires to one of my trailer taillights were actually reversed at a splice further along in the wiring. After this was corrected, the LED lights worked fine. The Lightning is quite...

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Another interesting feature that I’ve come to appreciate is that the auto fold on the mirrors doesn’t happen if you lock the doors with an exposed FOB or phone inside the vehicle. The doors will lock but the mirrors don’t fold. This has saved me multiple times from walking away without my phone.

Ditto on tls’s assessment. I actually don’t use autopilot in my Model Y unless there are no other vehicles around. It just isn’t worth the risk. I use Blue Cruise all the time—it doesn’t scare me.

I just replaced my OEM Grabbers at 41k miles. They had a bit of life left in the tread, but I sprung a leak around a plug that was put in to repair a road debris puncture. I ended up going with the Grabbers again. The tire place had them in stock and they were pretty good tires and I couldn’t...

I wish Ford would have ducted some climate control to the frunk and then given us the option to set it as a separate zone. This could be great for keeping my groceries cool in the summer or preventing my ski boots from becoming ice blocks in the winter. It would also allow the outlets to...

I’ll second the Camp and Dog mode request! I even authorized Ford to use the term “Pet Park” (to avoid any nasty copyright issues with Tesla). I’m currently using Appalachian Pet Park mode with the Sketch app (as a member of this forum suggested). Ford is welcome to save me anytime!

My 2022 Lariat has it, but it is broken (probably was from day 1). The part is on order and will be covered under warranty, but it did cost me several jugs of windshield washer fluid. Whenever I used the washer the fluid would continue to leak out of the camera area (almost like a siphon had...