My f150 lightning range is horrible

[Highdesertgolfcarts]

My 2023 f150 lightning range is horrible my ford dealer lied to me and made excuses for there product i contacted Ford motor corporations, lemon law buyback department. They reviewed it for 60 days. They first said they were going to buy it back and then change their mind. It's been in the dealer for over 30 days sitting there. has anyone else dealt with the terrible range or the excuses that the dealer made about?The poor performance

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[GoodSam]

How many miles do you expect a pickup size golf cart to go?
No, I get it, "230 miles for Standard Range and 320 miles for Extended Range batteries", but cold weather, towing, and fast driving cut into that deeply. Range anxiety when getting down to an empty tank of electrons and no electron stations in sight is scary.
Why is your truck at the dealer? Waiting on a repair? What state are you in and what are the lemon law rules? What is the Build Month/Year of your new or used truck (top of sticker, driver's door B pillar)?
But man, the 775ft-lbs of torque and 450-550hp, the roominess and frunk storage, are very nice.

 

[Highdesertgolfcarts]

It says it's supposed to get 240 miles to a charge. It did that for the first week. Then it dropped down to 222, then 213. If it's cold, it doesn't charge all the way if it's hot. It doesn't charge all the way if I'm pulling a trailer. It's supposed to cut the mileage in half. But in actuality, when I hooked up a trailer for every mile, I drove it took two miles of range off of it.It's been in the shop for them.Trying to fix the range issue along with a number of recalls that it's experiencing i've had the truck for only one year. It has 10000 miles on it. In order to travel 400 miles round-trip, it took 11 hours and 7 stops to charge.

 

[biers]

Sounds like you would be happier if you were to sell it.

 

[Highdesertgolfcarts]

That would be fine if they weren't trying to give me $39000 for a truck, I paid $57000 for that. Only has ten thousand miles that I purchased one year ago

 

[Kev12345]

In order to travel 400 miles round-trip, it took 11 hours and 7 stops to charge.

You had to charge every 60 miles? What’s the story there?

 

[potato]

You had to charge every 60 miles? What’s the story there?

They were towing. Didn't say what kind of trailer or how fast they were going.

If your primary use case is towing long distances at highway speeds, then I'd agree the Lightning isn't the best choice. You can make it work but it's not ideal.

 

[HOTAS]

My advice to any EV buyer is Always buy the extended range battery. Better range, better longevity, (typically) better warranty, faster charging, more flexibility.
If You bought the SR and are towing, it’s not a good fit. A little research would have revealed that.
Otherwise, to improve your range you need to slow down, limit your acceleration rate and learn to use the power meter to get a 0 demand power state and glide and exploit hills and declines etc.
Just ease up up the accelerator.
Our F150 Lightning Flash delivers exactly what I expected, if not more.
I can routinely get 260+ on the interstate and 300+ mixed driving on a charge.
Are you charging at 240V at home ?

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