The truck won't charge... again.

[Adventureboy]

Thanks for the pointer. I am starting to suspect the EVSE, but I've tried everything they suggested in that thread without managing to fix the problem.

You might also check the time/timezone settings on the Emporia and the truck. An update a few weeks back took out the settings on my truck and turned off the automatic time set feature. I had to turn it back on to get back on schedule.

Perhaps the Emporia has similar time/timezone settings that may be out of whack?

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[Adventureboy]

My driveway parking area is 3 lanes wide. I sometimes park in one lane or the other. On several occasions, I have found that the truck failed to begin charging at the scheduled time. Last night I parked in the “alternate” space and found that the truck didn’t begin charging at the scheduled time. When I replugged the truck, it began charging. I had a similar situation when I charged at my daughter’s home, a few feet forward of where I had charged previously. I didnt realize that the GPS would be so sensitive (or even be involved) during charging. I suppose I might need to make some marks on the parking area and stick to them.

It sounds like corrupted location profiles. An update a few months back corrupted mine and it did whacky things. If the location profiles are intact and it thinks it is outside of the location profile GPS area it should start charging right away.

I'd follow @TaxmanHog's direction and delete the profiles and recreate.

 

[lipnorth]

Last week, my truck stopped charging altogether, and I got the red screen of death. Happened on multiple chargers. Took it to the dealer and they did a software update which fixed the issue. It temporarily screwed up a number of other things, but I can charge again.

 

[dajohn3]

@Ford Motor Company, your software needs work.

This has been an infrequent but recurring problem for me.

Charged overnight, no problem. Take the truck out early, drive it a bit. Get back home, plug in the charger, and... nothing. All I get is a grayed-out "charge to 100%" button the message "Charge paused at home."

I've reset everything one can reset, including the "one time charge level." I've cycled everything that can be cycled. I've disabled all schedules, and created them again. I've started and stopped the truck. Plugged in and unplugged and plugged in again. I've checked the EVSE settings and power cycled it.

Experience would suggest that, when I get up tomorrow morning, the truck will be charged. But for the rest of today my only choice is to drive to a public charger and pay (while my solar system pushes a lot of excess electrons out to the grid).

You are probably tired of hearing me say this, but... There should be a button on the "Charge Settings" page in the truck that says, "Charge NOW." It should ignore every other line of code and, assuming there is an EVSE offering charge, it should start charging the truck. I should not need a phone app to charge the truck.

I had the same problem so I brought it in to the dealership for service and they updated the software and replaced a couple of parts and it worked fine after that. During the wait for the truck to be fixed they gave me a loner vehicle for free.