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I’ve never heard of an experience like this one. I gave your post to Gemeni AI and here’s what it had to say: That is a classic, "ghost in the machine" Ford Lightning story. Since you're active on the forums, you know these trucks can be incredibly sensitive to communication errors between the...

So today I tried an EV Connect DC fast charger at a Ford dealership and everything was fine. I started the DC charge session and later locked the truck while it was charging and no issues. So it must have been the Electrify America charger I was at earlier.

Looks good and the specs are impressive. This is the kind of “from the ground up” next gen EV that Ford keeps telling us they’re working on. These major OEMs have to give it all they’ve got if they want to survive China EVs.

This is good to know about EA chargers. Come to think of it this might have been only my second time using one of those. I usually use Tesla for fast charging. So apparently this was just an EA issue.

Bug and performance fixes.

Mine did it again this morning too and it’s been consistently cold (under 30F). Parked last night at 89% and when driving a few mins this morning it was 91%.

Ok this is good to hear. Next time I DC charge I’ll try a Tesla or Ionna one and double check. Thanks for letting me know!

Maybe I missed this being discussed elsewhere, but I ran into this issue just now. This is my first time DC charging after I got the PT-25.8.5 update which locks the charge port on the truck when DC charging. I pulled up to Elecrify America charger, plugged in (plug n charge) and the session...

So you’re telling me there’s a chance

Don’t forget the coffee maker. Can’t live without that too.

Wow 200k miles. I was thinking it was like 60k or something. Amazing.

That’s a bummer the whole motor has to come out for this but I guess it makes sense.

I’m about to take off the winter wheels/tires but I realized I may not have shared my setup. We had a good amount of snow this year in MA so I really got to try out these blizzaks on unpaved roads and wow. I used to have an Audi Quattro that was a beast in snow but the Lightning with snow tires...

Mine has been doing this with the sudden warmer temps in MA to. Yesterday I charged it at work in the morning up to 93%. Then it sat for a couple hours. When I got in and started driving a couple miles I looked down at the dash and it suddenly said 96%.

Curious to know what parts they had to replace if you’re able to share a dealer receipt. Wonder what broke.

Two things I guess I would try: 1. Disconnecting the shifter for about 30 mins. You can find videos on this when searching for the rotary shifter mod that people do. Takes about 10 mins tops. 2. Maybe the parking pawl is stuck? Sounds weird but sometimes pushing the truck with your hands rocking...

The only other thing I’d check that’s 12v related is to make sure the connections to the 12v battery are tight. Even slightly loose and that also causes issues.

Wow 2nd Lightning that went brick on you? It does sound like a weak 12v battery issue. Got any aftermarket accessories using 12v power? Or doing short infrequent drives? Those two things can result in drained 12v battery.

I’m a little confused by all the Donut hype because apparently China is already rolling cars out with solid state batteries as prototypes? https://electrek.co/2026/02/11/solid-state-ev-battery-standard-china-2026/

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