Ooohh this is what I'm worried about. I'm kind of chuckling while I type this, not at your issue but cause this immediately brought up something for me. And I remember the anxiety and pain.
In 2017 I got a new sporty sedan and I wanted to get the windows tinted. I went into the shop that had done my last 2-3 cars. Great work, no issue. When I went to pick up my car I noticed the radio was turned down and the track listing (of about 3000+ songs) was very far down. I thought it was weird but didn't think anything of it. Rewind, the morning of I had just put my entire library on a USB to stick in the car to play music. I didn't listen to it, and it got left on track 1. Fast forward to the next day I start to have electronic transmission shifter. (which means I can't shift driving mods mainly, driving and restarting fixed it most of the time) At first no issue got to work but after work I was heading home and my car went into essentially turtle mode on the highway (NOT FUN). I called the dealer immediately cause it might have been a month. I'm thinking with the next "features" they took more juice to operate and that 12V is not up to the task.
The issue was a combo of things cause it was a new car for them (Alfa) and the auto start/stop feature didn't help but after they looked at the car they deduced...the battery was drained. So they charged it back up and no more issues. The second they said that I immediately was reminded of the audio tracks still playing. This is what I suspect happened to that other guys Lightning.
I'm not sure what they do to put on tint but my guess is the car gets left on and if the radio or some accessories are running, just like if you turn the engine off and just play the radio, your battery will drain and die. You'll need a jump. I can't imagine what that means for an EV.
I really think @Ford Motor Company should put out some additional information about how the 12V is utilized so that people are aware and it doesn't get drained unintentionally. I honestly didn't know there was one in there until one of the reviewer pulled that panel and showed it. I'm basically going to sit in the vehicle when they do the tint and baby sit them. It is easy in a gas powered car to know when the engine is off, everything is running off that 12V. It isn't that way with an EV. I didn't even think that until I saw that reviewer pull that panel. I didn't know there is one in the Mach E. I've sat in the car plenty of times with the touch screen on, radio playing after hitting the button to turn it off. I have been more mindful of that since.
In 2017 I got a new sporty sedan and I wanted to get the windows tinted. I went into the shop that had done my last 2-3 cars. Great work, no issue. When I went to pick up my car I noticed the radio was turned down and the track listing (of about 3000+ songs) was very far down. I thought it was weird but didn't think anything of it. Rewind, the morning of I had just put my entire library on a USB to stick in the car to play music. I didn't listen to it, and it got left on track 1. Fast forward to the next day I start to have electronic transmission shifter. (which means I can't shift driving mods mainly, driving and restarting fixed it most of the time) At first no issue got to work but after work I was heading home and my car went into essentially turtle mode on the highway (NOT FUN). I called the dealer immediately cause it might have been a month. I'm thinking with the next "features" they took more juice to operate and that 12V is not up to the task.
The issue was a combo of things cause it was a new car for them (Alfa) and the auto start/stop feature didn't help but after they looked at the car they deduced...the battery was drained. So they charged it back up and no more issues. The second they said that I immediately was reminded of the audio tracks still playing. This is what I suspect happened to that other guys Lightning.
I'm not sure what they do to put on tint but my guess is the car gets left on and if the radio or some accessories are running, just like if you turn the engine off and just play the radio, your battery will drain and die. You'll need a jump. I can't imagine what that means for an EV.
I really think @Ford Motor Company should put out some additional information about how the 12V is utilized so that people are aware and it doesn't get drained unintentionally. I honestly didn't know there was one in there until one of the reviewer pulled that panel and showed it. I'm basically going to sit in the vehicle when they do the tint and baby sit them. It is easy in a gas powered car to know when the engine is off, everything is running off that 12V. It isn't that way with an EV. I didn't even think that until I saw that reviewer pull that panel. I didn't know there is one in the Mach E. I've sat in the car plenty of times with the touch screen on, radio playing after hitting the button to turn it off. I have been more mindful of that since.
