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I just took the battery out of my key fob to try this with my 2014. As you mentioned, on 2012-2015 FFEs placing the key at the bottom of the center console compartment doesn't work. At least it doesn't work in my car. Page 140 of my manual under "Starting your vehicle" says how to start it if...

Glad to hear no more problems with your 12v! The 12v on mine was dead a couple weeks ago after sitting for a week without driving. I'm guessing some module or other didn't shut down properly. After charging it up with my old Sears charger it was still at 12.8 volts a couple days later, so maybe...

Hi Deed, from other posts I've read on the forums here, the 23 kWh cars originally had about 19 kWh usable capacity with brand new cells. About 2 kWh is reserved as a buffer at the top, and a bit less than 2 kWh at the bottom so "full charge" is about 90% actual SOC and "battery depleted" is...

As Silverrabbit said there's a buffer of about 10% at the top and 10% at the bottom (might be 8% at one end actually if memory serves) of the battery range to help with longevity. This buffer is a much larger % of the battery's capacity than the very small buffers on Tesla or Chevy Bolt...

Mermaidhair I feel your pain. I got my 2014 FFE back in May after the 2nd dealer that I took it to finally replaced the HV battery. This was after having it towed 5 times and it sitting at dealerships for a cumulative total of 15 (!) months since the first SSN. During that time I was thankfully...

For an accurate measurement you do have to use the heater to run it all the way down from 100% to 0% (per jmueller's instructions). If you drive the car for part of the test you'll end up with a lower-than-actual measurement, because regen braking energy that goes back into the battery while...

Roanhouse welcome to the club! Perhaps nobody has replied because very few of us have tried to upgrade our car's infotainment. I would expect a fancy aftermarket head unit to be a nightmare to wire up and keep all the functionality. But may be feasible to replace your APIM with a newer Ford APIM...

James, I got my 2014 back on May 24th with the replacement battery. I received a 23 kWh pack, NOT a new 33.5 kWh one. At no time did the manager at the dealership mention the size of the replacement pack. I didn't ask either, because I haven't heard of *anyone's* replacement pack being the...

Charliedog that's great to hear! My 2014 is also at the dealership waiting for a replacement battery pack which should arrive next week. They only approved having it replaced after the 5th time that it was towed to the dealer over the past 16 months. I've posted most of the history in Carbuff's...

I reported them. Last time I messaged the moderator he responded in a day, hopefully they'll get deleted shortly.

I got my car back on Tuesday after its 3rd dealer visit for the SSN problem. The first time was in January, the longest I've had the car since then was most of the month of June. After driving only the Volt for the past 2 months I really forgot how much more I like driving the FFE. This time...

It doesn't matter what incentives you have in NC when buying a used FFE from another state. The price you pay should be discounted by whatever incentives the previous owner had when they bought the car. For $13k I would expect to get a 2016 in great condition with low miles and all the recalls...

Kinshi, I'm still in the same boat as you. I got my car back for 3 days, it rained the 2nd & 3rd day and sure enough, driving through puddles triggered the SSN again. It's now been back at the dealer for a month for its 3rd visit. I haven't heard ANYTHING since it was towed back to them, except...

Carbuff and I have both had our FFE's sitting at our respective dealer's lots most of the time since January this year, while they've attempted to diagnose them. (His dealer was awesome enough to admit defeat and buy his 2013 back from him, while my 2014 was just towed back this week for its...

Sefs, it's been fascinating watching the progress on your project. It's very inspiring and helps dissuade my tendency to think of the FFE's electronics as a bunch of inscrutable black boxes wired together. I'll bet if you're willing, someone on this forum would happily pay whatever your asking...

No matter how cheap used Leafs are I don't think I'd buy one...the styling is just too, you know, and I'd be constantly worrying about battery fade. I'm very happy with the Volt we're leasing, 3000 EV miles so far. The deals for buying or leasing new EVs in MA are very good. I probably won't buy...

I called the dealer for an update on my car, which isn't any deep mystery like Carbuff's - I know what's wrong just can't get them to fix it properly. They fiddled around with the HV battery connectors, got the SSN to go away, drove it around a little and are calling it good to go. I asked again...

Did *she* say the word "lawyer" with no prompting (or screaming fit) from you? If so that's kind of unbelievable. Before this whole fiasco, I naively thought "under warranty" was sort of like insurance, meaning they'll fix your car back to its original condition reasonably quickly, at no cost...

At least their service bulletin didn't just say "pull fuse #59, return to customer." The thing that bugs me is EVs can be simple. (PHEVs maybe not so much.) There's no need for all these feedback loops, DTCs and computer modules all over the car. You should be able to buy an EV that's just a...

I finally got Forscan installed and connected. There are only 2 codes present during the scan, P0A0A and P2601. (There are also 8 previously set DTCs which don't look like they're related -- ABS & TCU modules reporting low battery voltage and such.) ===BECM DTC P0A0A:00-8B=== Code: P0A0A - High...