Changing a flat tire, could not use the included jack

[Nolander]

The vehicle's included jack worked great for me on a rough dirt forest road.

Similar experience here. Had to be a little careful as, yeah, it’s not a floor jack, but it lifted just fine.

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[s_c]

I’m surprised to see such varying experiences with this supplied jack. Any guesses as to why it works for some and not others? It sounds like in some cases it doesn’t even work on flat pavement and in others it works as you’d expect on challenging dirt and gravel roads

 

[mikeyb]

I used jack, in a parking garage, on concrete, no problems. Understand unstable ground. Might need to carry some plywood or short 2 x 4's for cribbing.

 

[O’Majestic1’slightnigF150]

Used mine today. August 22 Platinum model. Back left wheel. On flat concrete. Knowing the history of the Jack I let my wife run the Jack. On proper lift point. . Jack started bending, handle started bowing, hook began to twist and could not get the tire off the ground even after I tried to finish the job. Helpful newly retired Army Veteran stopped and had a cheap 2 ton floor jack we put under shock mount and finished the job. Maybe Ford changed jacks at some point. I went and bought a compact 4 ton and put it behind the seat. The OEM jack is on the metal recycle pile. It’s a POS.

 

[BhamDCam]

I tried using mine a few weeks ago to change out the back passenger tire on flat, level concrete. Before the tire was off the ground the top portion of the jack was leaning far to one side even with the base flat on the ground. Looked super sketchy so I abandoned that effort.

This afternoon I met up with another Lightning owner to swap wheels. We tried using the jack that came with his truck and the same thing happened. Fortunately, the guy brought a large bottle jack and it worked perfectly.

Two different Lightnings, two different OEM-supplied jacks, both on flat, paved ground with the e-brake on, but both were so sketchy to use that I do not trust them.

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