Got the Truck yesterday Newbie

[NW Ontario Ford Lightning]

I have solar and low cost ToU overnight at home, so a nice sunny day I get a "free" charge for the truck, but a cloudy day like today I charge overnight on the "Ultra low" (2.9Cents/kWh) rate which sure beats the heck out of the $140-$160 a week I used to spend at the pumps...I can see this Truck will feel like it was "free" after ten years of "not-Gas" driving !!
It sure is a new sensation compared to being a slave to the fuel stations...loving it.

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[MaintGrl]

Hope to see you post the outcome, good or bad.

So, had my recall appt. today, Ford Dealer is 42 miles away. Goggled driving times, one said 1 hr. Put the Location into the trucks Nav, it said 91 Minutes. Appt was @ 9am, left @ 7:15 am, got there @ 9:10am. Service writer, Jazmin was Nice, had some questions she could not answer. One was about the BMS. In any case One update was to take 30 to 4.5 Hrs. . depending. She came & told me 24S76 was done 45 Min later. Finally came & told me they were done @ 1pm. Ball joint Insp, (24S56) was NPF (No Problem Found).5 Hrs But they replaced both Upper Ball Joint nuts & Torqued.. The 24B56 recall took almost 2 hrs. Spoke to the Owner/GM told him I was VERY happy with my lightning, and the attention they were providing. Told the service writer that this was a test . . to see if I was ever coming back for service there, Told Jazmin I was happy. Asked her how they did the updates, if they connected a computer to the OBDII, she had no idea what that was , , , Hum. Any way, took 110 min to get there and 50 min to get home. Glad that is done...

 

[NW Ontario Ford Lightning]

So, had my recall appt. today, Ford Dealer is 42 miles away. Goggled driving times, one said 1 hr. Put the Location into the trucks Nav, it said 91 Minutes. Appt was @ 9am, left @ 7:15 am, got there @ 9:10am. Service writer, Jazmin was Nice, had some questions she could not answer. One was about the BMS. In any case One update was to take 30 to 4.5 Hrs. . depending. She came & told me 24S76 was done 45 Min later. Finally came & told me they were done @ 1pm. Ball joint Insp, (24S56) was NPF (No Problem Found).5 Hrs But they replaced both Upper Ball Joint nuts & Torqued.. The 24B56 recall took almost 2 hrs. Spoke to the Owner/GM told him I was VERY happy with my lightning, and the attention they were providing. Told the service writer that this was a test . . to see if I was ever coming back for service there, Told Jazmin I was happy. Asked her how they did the updates, if they connected a computer to the OBDII, she had no idea what that was , , , Hum. Any way, took 110 min to get there and 50 min to get home. Glad that is done...

This is a great posting - showing the real world experience you had with the truck and service centre. Glad it worked out, and you got the truck back for the ride home!

 

[NW Ontario Ford Lightning]

In my third week of the new Lightning - I am still giddy over this truck.
I look for any excuse to run out and get something, just to ride around in it.
I got my new Typhoon Pro adapter from A2Z EVshop online - ordered last weekend, and it came in today, so about a week.
{edit paid $219.99 CDN$ plus tax, free shipping in Canada}.

I know a Tesla charging station that is near-by so I will set up the app and test this out close to home - better to make sure it works before I actually need it lol.
I have to wonder about all the different charging standards CSS1, NACS, CHAdeMO, J1772
in a few years maybe we will laugh at all the conflicting "standards" we had in the Old-Days.

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