The frunk is so slow!

[rio]

Has anybody modified a frunk to use plain old gas springs? Are there ForScan codes for only using the frunk latch, not the linear actuators and the @&$* beeper?

The trunk on our Mach-E Select uses plain gas springs, and it has been just fine... In contrast, I've had the Famous Frunk Malfunction (requiring manual closing a couple of times to fix) after only having opened the frunk a couple dozen times since buying the truck.

I know most people wouldn't tolerate a manual frunk, but for some of us it might be preferred.

I would personally rather have a manual frunk.

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[kubel]

It's slow because of lawyers. It needs time to beep. I hate the nanny features on this truck, much prefer the wild west in the Tesla world where frunks sever limbs and summon runs over small children.

 

[kubel]

Has anybody modified a frunk to use plain old gas springs? Are there ForScan codes for only using the frunk latch, not the linear actuators and the @&$* beeper?

The trunk on our Mach-E Select uses plain gas springs, and it has been just fine... In contrast, I've had the Famous Frunk Malfunction (requiring manual closing a couple of times to fix) after only having opened the frunk a couple dozen times since buying the truck.

I know most people wouldn't tolerate a manual frunk, but for some of us it might be preferred.

You can unplug the speaker and then use forscan to disable the alert that its absense normally generates. Doesn't help with reliability but it stops the annoying sound.

 

[Mach Turtle]

You can unplug the speaker and then use forscan to disable the alert that its absense normally generates. Doesn't help with reliability but it stops the annoying sound.

About time to do some hacking...or maybe just put some sound absorbent glop on the beeper. (Replace it with an appropriately specified resistor?) Will consider going manual in the future, though, as I found that when the frunk malfunctioned, it wasn't so bad operating it by hand anyway! It wasn't raining, though.

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