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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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Wow this is awesome, thanks for sharing. Good to know this is actually possible.

OP later that day..

Nice to see it’s fixed. I would also recommend putting in a quality memory card (like Samsung or similar) and ditch the one it came with if you haven’t done that already.

Yeah that’s frustrating to have zero explanation for what happened. The first thing that comes to mind is a weak 12v battery, which is surprisingly the cause of numerous EV issues.

Also just got this this morning. I was trying to use a public level 2 charger in town and the truck would keep refusing to handshake with the EVSE and stop the session. I got frustrated and started driving away and then I see the “update successful” message on the screen while driving. I then...

I guess my 2023 will just have to keep on rollin’

Curious if there’s a definitive part list out there of what’s considered “EV powertrain” for this reason. I agree that anything that has to cool or warm the HV battery is to me “Powertrain” but we’d need to know what the Ford lords say.

Is the PTC heater in a hard to reach location or basically under the frunk tub somewhere? Just wondering for years down the road (hopefully years) when I may have to DIY replace it. Does it also require a coolant flush when being replaced?

Do you have phone as a key (PAAK)? And if so, is there another phone paired to the truck (spouse) that is at home? The phone passing near the truck (50ft or less) will also trigger the lights to come on.

I just hope Ford is wise enough to plan and design the next Lightning so that it can be either fully electric OR with an onboard engine generator, using the same assembly line. No one knows how the political and technological tides will shift over the next 3-5 years. They have to be ready for...