It’s eye opening just how much of the manufacturing process is just in time parts delivery
and any disruption to the supply chain is deadly to companies like Ford.
AK,
Thx for response. Vehicle in service 9/23 and currently just turned 18,000m. And as an 82 year old widower, I don't plan my meals for the week 😎...so I'm constantly taking short trips with an occasional 200 mile RT to Cape Cod. You are probably correct as when I got the Coyote, I hardly ever drove my MKZ and that led to a battery failure at around 60,000-and that was a bitch to change as the negative is tucked under the cowl on drivers side. So I managed to get that changed but like a dummy, I again did not drive it much and it failed to start about two weeks ago.
So put the charger on it and got a good ground on the shock tower sparing me the ordeal of dragging the battery out.
And very recently a friend of mine has a 22 150 Coyote and he told me his battery suddenly failed at around 21,000. What ever happened to the days when your battery would warn you with slow starting for a few days before total failure.
I'll put the charger on it tomorrow.
So much for all the relays that are used today??
I liked it at first, but the appeal wore off fast. Ford talks about customization in one of their CE1 press releases, so its not even like Slate has the market cornered there.
And that’s the problem when Ford is on such a steep learning curve,
the next solution to an immediate problem looks like the cure but does
that new project and strategy bring a whole raft of new problems to solve.
Gotta admire Ford’s quest to find an electric vehicle package that it can
sell at a profit and attract enough buyers to make the whole thing work.
Simple - weak battery. Either it’s not driven enough or it’s defective or you have a parasitic draw.
Go get a Solar BA-9 tester and check the CCA (cold cranking amps). Charge the battery and retest. That will tell you if it needs to be replaced or just charged. You might need a trickle charger.
I was sad when they dropped the performance pack from the ecoboost Mustang, the RTR gives some of the performance/handling goodies back and then some (anti-lag). Only thing I haven't seen is if they are going with the Torsen rear axle or what ratio they are using.
I admit I don't know much about drifting and if the Torsen differential helps or hurts for that.
I just did a post on F-150 thread same title. Not sure how often people read that so if anyone has Ideas please check it out. ( I do miss the old "Today's Post" feature😎