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It has driven me crazy from day one that the PPOB cutoff is in miles/km and not battery %. Stupidest design ever.

So many things in the app could be improved if they just included a timestamp of the event and/or last update. Then you would have some clues where the communication problems arise. The truck talks to Ford's servers through its cellular modem. The app also talks to the servers through the...

Do you use 1 pedal drive? Does this only happen when coming to or starting from a complete stop? On my truck, the hydraulic valve that controls pressure to/from the accumulator for the brakes makes a little squeak sort of noise. This happens at low speed when applying/releasing hydraulic...

The article doesn't specifically say. 🙄 I assume the Hummer and Silverado but the article also talks about the Sierra. And it's a two week extension of a pause already in effect, so not necessarily the end times just yet. Given the way oil prices are headed I wouldn't make any major cuts just...

2 winters here now charging outdoors in a northern climate and no issues with no cover. Snow just brushes off, and it's already water resistant enough for rain. Freezing rain would be the only concern for me; if that was forecast I'd throw a towel over it. But haven't had to so far. When I...

Biggest benefit is probably motivating the developer to keep it going. Won't hurt to throw some money their way once in a while. I suppose Rivian has deep pockets but in general that's how I look at software.

I stand corrected. Sounds... dangerous 😅 but it's good to know it's more powerful than I thought

FORscan? Sounds like you are talking about module configuration. The OP's question was about the module firmware itself.

I had that. Bed outlets stopped working and got the service required error when I tried to turn on PPOB. Dealer fixed it under warranty - they had to replace the bed outlets even though the problem was with the wiring harness, since the harness itself wasn't available as a separate part and...

My new EVSE could do that. Maybe it's the lesser of the evils. I don't know. The truck would lose the ability to keep the battery warm in cold weather though. I know it doesn't try very hard, but when it gets truly cold it does draw a few kWh every now and then.

There is a whole subreddit dedicated to this. r/spicypillows

I should try it again to see if anything has changed recently. I am using a different EVSE now, and there have been a few software updates. The issue I had before - I think I've complained about this here - is that if the charge is just right, the truck will error out. I can charge about 45-50%...

That doesn't solve it, for me at least. I never use departure times. But if I plug in early and the truck doesn't think it can reach the target charge before the end of the charge window, it will start charging early. Interestingly it will start early but it won't run late. It will stop at the...

They said they are using a very low duty cycle (1 second on, 220 seconds off) using a timer, so the heater uses negligible power on average.

Right? It seems like a proper dog mode that disabled the window switches and seat heaters would be pretty easy. But no

Personally I freaking hate hate hate the fact that it doesn't observe my charging schedule. There is a very good reason I set it to not start until 11 p.m. and that is that it costs me $$$$$ (okay, $$) if it starts charge during the peak periods. If I arrive home with a low state of charge I...

They could easily fix it in a software update by removing that silly low power / inactivity shutdown, yes. No there is no known fix in Forscan. But no a dealer can't do anything; the software gods would have to do it. I just leave the truck "on" with the main shutdown timer disabled (there *is*...

Only thing you're missing is that the feature is fundamentally broken. It's pretty much useless due to the "inactivity" timer. As noted above, you have to jump through ridiculous hoops to keep it alive so you might as well just leave the truck on.

I also went with the Tesla mobile connector. As noted above, it has a pretty good variety of dongles, and was pretty reasonably priced. Also because I can then charge any vehicle from the bed outlet if necessary. Not that I've had to, but it's possible.

I think the point is to guarantee the EVSE is not physically capable of overloading the circuit it's plugged into. If you rely on software / user configuration to limit current, sooner or later you are going to mess up and draw more than the circuit can safely supply. Something will overheat...