Waiting for a replacement hybrid battery cable?

[Chris_G]

Am I the only chump waiting for a replacement battery cable? I'm on week three, dealership says they're waiting for Ford to ship parts. No loaner and payments continue.

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[Michaelkov]

Am I the only chump waiting for a replacement battery cable? I'm on week three, dealership says they're waiting for Ford to ship parts. No loaner and payments continue.

 

[Chris_G]

Sucks to be me

 

[mikellmikell]

I was one of the first to have the problem. I found out the dealer juse resoldered the cable and sent me on my way. All a rumor but ??

 

[Chris_G]

I was one of the first to have the problem. I found out the dealer juse resoldered the cable and sent me on my way. All a rumor but ??

From the little I think I know. The cable is aluminum and can't be soldered. Cold weather seems to compound the problem. Ford won't give the dealer any info on availability.

 

[Red Ryder]

I hate to hear about your situation, that is unfortunate regarding the downtime and no loaner.

Mine was dead this morning, the first glitch regarding this issue so far. I had purchased a Noco Boost jump starter earlier this year, anticipating this as a potential issue. The jump starter successfully got me going and the Maverick started afterwards unassisted. I put a charger directly on the 12V battery at the underseat location, but based on the charger's meter, it appears to be close to full charge. I think I have the dreaded cable/harness issue but there is no use taking it in before the holidays, knowing there are no parts and no-doubt limited staff.

I will pursue getting this resolved as quickly as possible via the dealer, but I don't have long patience with vehicles that strand me.

 

[Johnkn]

I hate to hear about your situation, that is unfortunate regarding the downtime and no loaner.

Mine was dead this morning, the first glitch regarding this issue so far. I had purchased a Noco Boost jump starter earlier this year, anticipating this as a potential issue. The jump starter successfully got me going and the Maverick started afterwards unassisted. I put a charger directly on the 12V battery at the underseat location, but based on the charger's meter, it appears to be close to full charge. I think I have the dreaded cable/harness issue but there is no use taking it in before the holidays, knowing there are no parts and no-doubt limited staff.

I will pursue getting this resolved as quickly as possible via the dealer, but I don't have long patience with vehicles that strand me.

I too am seeing voltage dropping quickly. Checking the voltage at the battery with a voltage meter then checking voltage at the pins under the hood will be an indicator of the bad cable/lug. A good cable would return very little voltage drop. Good luck


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[Johnkn]

Am I the only chump waiting for a replacement battery cable? I'm on week three, dealership says they're waiting for Ford to ship parts. No loaner and payments continue.

Hi, which dealer? Mine came from Ourisman Alexandria. I need to do something with mine after the holidays..

Good luck

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[KevCuRaoi]

I was one of the first to have the problem. I found out the dealer juse resoldered the cable and sent me on my way. All a rumor but ??

Early on (when parts were harder to get?), Ford said to repair or replace the cable. Now with the TSB, they are saying to replace the cable.

 

[GA Hot Pepper]

Does the TSB call out specific build dates? Does anyone know if this was corrected on later builds? Thanks for any input. This forum is great for getting info.

 

[uga]

If there is no harness available dealer should repair the connector, no excuse to keep your truck sitting for weeks/months with no loaner

 

[Chris_G]

I hate to hear about your situation, that is unfortunate regarding the downtime and no loaner.

Mine was dead this morning, the first glitch regarding this issue so far. I had purchased a Noco Boost jump starter earlier this year, anticipating this as a potential issue. The jump starter successfully got me going and the Maverick started afterwards unassisted. I put a charger directly on the 12V battery at the underseat location, but based on the charger's meter, it appears to be close to full charge. I think I have the dreaded cable/harness issue but there is no use taking it in before the holidays, knowing there are no parts and no-doubt limited staff.

I will pursue getting this resolved as quickly as possible via the dealer, but I don't have long patience with vehicles that strand me.

Possibly, my battery was fully charged when towed.

I went to the dealer one week prior to my truck having to be towed. I was trying to avoid the long wait that others mentioned.

On a positive note, the longer the truck sits at the dealer, the closer I get to utilizing the lemon law.

 

[Chris_G]

If there is no harness available dealer should repair the connector, no excuse to keep your truck sitting for weeks/months with no loaner

Agreed, something would be better than nothing.

 

[APD]

Show this to your dealer, they may not want to do it but its worth a shot

 

[Chris_G]

Show this to your dealer, they may not want to do it but its worth a shot

Thank you!

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