mountaineer
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A local Mr. Electric Installer—the franchise that installs the Ford-badged Leviton EVSE with a 10-y extended warranty if you pay $1,500 to Best Buy's Geek Squad for the turnkey package offered and promoted through Ford EV dealers—told me that his OEM-approved SPX trainer had told an installer training webinar that using a non-Leviton charger or a non-Ford-network installer could void the vehicle warranty. Since this is undisclosed and nowhere mentioned on the Web, I thought it unlikely, so I checked with a senior person at Ford Corporate who's responsible for Ford Focus Electric. He confirmed in writing that this is not the case; rather, that using a J1772-compliant, UL-approved charger from any manufacturer, properly installed by a licensed electrician in accordance with applicable electric codes and standards and used in accordance with the vehicle manual, will not affect the vehicle warranty.
Good to know. If you hear any scare-tactic sales claim implying otherwise in order to promote the Ford/Leviton offer, please post details here so I can tell Ford they have a more systematic training or network misrepresentation problem they need to fix right away.
Good to know. If you hear any scare-tactic sales claim implying otherwise in order to promote the Ford/Leviton offer, please post details here so I can tell Ford they have a more systematic training or network misrepresentation problem they need to fix right away.