Yes they are. For years In Texas at annual inspection the milage has been gathered. It is my understanding that the milage tax has not been implemented due to some restrictions on federal distribution of highway/road money. If funds were collected by milage tax and not gasoline tax the states would lose some of all federal disbursements.
NOT an option. The heat exchanger is used to either directly or indirectly through an additional heat exchanger to warm the HVTB which needs to get to 72°F in order to charge/discharge adequate amperage for Regen and traction. I believe it has electrical power to it or maybe the possible additional heat exchanger does to heat the battery "coolant" faster than the ice and the exhaust can operating alone. Someone posted over a year ago that they thought their were almost forty error codes just for the coolant system. If this exchanger is bypassed it will result in a much longer time for the HVTB to be used at design capacity.
If you live in Florida, it is expensive. Florida has a law that won't let you buy an ESP from a dealer in another state. In Florida it costs around $2500, Flood Ford is at least $1000 less!
If Ford can't do better than this, I'm really questioning keeping my hybrid if I ever get it. I've had two Prius's with no such problems and have run them to 100K/ten years with only normal minimum maintenance as recommended by the book.
Well please by all means go ahead and inform your dealer that you no longer want the truck cause you read on a forum someone had a problem with a part on their truck that due to them being over 36K and not having a extended warranty they had to pay for a repair.
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I think this MAY be a viable option to those like me in California who are always in above freezing conditions.
Take it to another ford dealer, sometimes the way a dealer diagnoses a problem cause it to be turned down for warranty coverage. I had a Ford truck that the engine developed a bottom end tapping at just a few miles short of the 5/60,000. One dealer said no, lucky I had enough miles left to get it to another dealer they said yes didn’t even tear it down and told me to go ahead and drive it until new engine came in. I asked what about going over the 60,000 miles as it was that close they said not to worry and when engine arrived I was over not a problem. Four days later my truck had a new engine.
Theres an old sayin my pappy used to tell me - If a frog had wings he /she/ they / them ( depending on their preferred pronouns ) wouldnt bust their ass jumpin......
Well, I do think the button-style shifter makes more sense than our rotary dial.
I would complain that they should've replaced it the first time the code came up. It's a super common issue. I would talk to some higher ups.
I've almost pulled that Rivian trigger a couple of times. Two years from order to delivery has put me off, as well as the extreme weight of the vehicle. The Munro tear down suggested it was still somewhat hand built & entirely over-built. Still, there were some wire and cooling routing decisions that appeared iffy and the quad motor - while cool, is more than I'd ever want. I'd prefer lighter weight & easier charging. Overall, the Lightning really is a better truck, IMHO.Theres an old sayin my pappy used to tell me - If a frog had wings he /she/ they / them ( depending on their preferred pronouns ) wouldnt bust their ass jumpin......
FYI - have you not seen the Rivian - About Ranger sized full EV and 75K
If you are looking for a cheap electric - 2023 Hyundai Kona Electric—$34,885
That is my plan at this point. I had planned on a long-term ownership with this vehicle.
