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  1. Pre 100,000 mile warranty work I should get done

    I recommend that the OP checks out my thread here: https://www.f150lightningforum.com/forum/threads/failing-bearing-in-front-drive-unit-just-diagnosed-at-112-647-miles.37619/

  2. Failing bearing in front drive unit, just diagnosed at 112,647 miles.

    Pls see post #59 above.

  3. Looking for Buying Tips

    The 12 Volt batteries will usually swell at their sides before failing. Those will last 50 thousand miles or so. The big traction battery will likely be fine when the Lightning's wheels begin to fall off.

  4. Failing bearing in front drive unit, just diagnosed at 112,647 miles.

    This was a well-established dealership with a very good EV tech who has been known to me for three years with quality work: Ted Britt Ford of Fairfax, VA. And yes the EV tech expected some teething problems programming the new motor to the truck, and he got through that in an afternoon.

  5. Failing bearing in front drive unit, just diagnosed at 112,647 miles.

    So I picked up my Lightning. BTW it is amazing how much quieter it is now - is the 1st thing I noticed. The tech said that the Mercon fluid in the rear motor was pretty clean. Pics are attached below. The 3d Pic is of the rear motor fluid pan. The black round thing in the center is the...

  6. Real-World Home Power Backup Options Using F-150 Lightning

    I made a short 30-amp wire whip, 18 inches, and put male and female twist-lock plugs on either end. This whip goes between the Lightning 30 amp 240V receptacle and a normal 50 foot generator cord. I cut and liquid-rubber sealed the whip's ground wire on one end. This way, no one can make a...

  7. Looking for Buying Tips

    In that case I'd go with the lower-mileage truck. See my worn OEM shocks comment above.

  8. cant decide myself on tonneau covers

    Look into the Decked Drawers, 2nd generation. I've had mine for 20 months and in all kinds of Summer and Winter weather, all over the country. Very satisfied. Plus I could finally clean out my basement as the Decked Drawers hold a lot of my tools and my camping stuff, organized and very easy...

  9. Looking for Buying Tips

    QUESTIONS to help You decide: 1. Does the 2024 XLT have the 311 or the 312 trim package? My 2023 XLT has the 312 Option A package, and I've found its extra items very useful over time: the 30 amp 240V PowerPro receptacle with four prong slots in the rear left bed corner to potentially run...

  10. Failing bearing in front drive unit, just diagnosed at 112,647 miles.

    I expect to pick up the truck later today and I'll report afterwards.

  11. Will US EV production survive?

    An interesting read. Thank You.

  12. Will US EV production survive?

    Not having read the OP's cited article, I think that U.S. EV production will survive. It may zig and zag for a bit before it finds a reliable market niche. I can think of several such niches, for example panel truck delivery fleets in large urban areas.

  13. Upper Control Arms - OEM ball joints are worn out at 116,000 miles

    Yup. The UCA ball joints are easy to check. I'm surprised that mine were O.K. last Fall and now they have so much play in them. I even pushed one of my UCA ball joint pressed fittings up out of the UCA wheel knuckle back when I was changing out the front shocks, just to be more certain... of...

  14. Failing bearing in front drive unit, just diagnosed at 112,647 miles.

    - it all really depends on how the vehicle is used. - Oil analysis can also reveal trace metals of components which are microscopically beginning to approach failure, and which haven't yet begun to actually fail. Therefore, it can serve as a factual predictor. IMHO we aren't talking here...

  15. Failing bearing in front drive unit, just diagnosed at 112,647 miles.

    Both front and rear motors do have a small spin-on fluid filter each. A filter exchange and then a lab analysis of the fluid trapped in the filter could provide such a sampling. However, I cannot answer how easy or even feasible getting to these spin-on filters would be without unbolting the...

  16. Failing bearing in front drive unit, just diagnosed at 112,647 miles.

    UPDATE (14 July 2026): after replacing the front motor unit, the EV Technician repeatedly washed out the front motor's Mercon cooling radiator, basically a smaller radiator akin to a gas / diesel engine's transmission coolant radiator. While washing the small coolant radiator out over and over...

  17. Upper Control Arms - OEM ball joints are worn out at 116,000 miles

    Actually, I haven't noticed any differences in steering or suspension. Then again, after we returned from our Frozen Arctic trip to Newfoundland Canada in early January and after our February three-week long frozen ice season here in Northern Virginia I have only driven on cleared...

  18. Upper Control Arms - OEM ball joints are worn out at 116,000 miles

    Truck is in the shop for a new front motor unit (failed motor bearings - separate thread). Tech checked the upper control arms' ball joints while truck is up on lift. Ball joints on the upper control arms are worn out at 116,000 miles. As heavy as these trucks are (mine is ER), it's not...

  19. Tow/Haul, Max Tow, and Hot Weather Road Trips

    I just drive it like I stole it ;) a habit which might, just might be reflected by a failed front motor bearing (separate thread).

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