This looks like the truck is charging just fine, assuming the spikes are when you are driving and I'm sure they are.Since monitoring the 12V battery is hard to do with a plug in 12V adapter I decided to pick up a Bluetooth monitor (BM6). I believe it is still learning (I have only had it 2 days) as the SoC is slowly moving up but the voltage data should be true. You can see my trip to and from work did not net much of a charge, but my two back to back trips to and from the dog park today caused it to almost fully charge?
I have only had one instance of Deep Sleep so far in the 3ish weeks I have had the truck and it worked as it should and started no problem.
Today after the two short trips
This morning before going to the dog park
Yesterday after getting to work
I 100% agree. I have been monitoring my charging system with ScanGauge and my Mav charges just fine. But I still had battery issues. Changing my battery to Interstate AGM battery and changing the charge level to 95% fixed my issue. The the recent charging battery recall will NOT fix most of the battery issues seen on this forum.
Ya, I'm still running the crap Ford battery in my hybrid. I consider myself lucky, especially since I had a draw from a dealer installed alarm that killed my battery overnight 4 times.
Is this another recall issued today? Because the one they issued a few days ago does not include all '23 MY Hybrids, at least not mine.
I just checked mine and it shows nothing too.
Replaced my Ford battery and it made no difference. Still have to trickle charge once a week. Most owners do not monitor voltage levels. They just drive till systems quit working in deep sleep mode. Ford needs to address this issue. I drive mine once a day for about 10 miles in town. The 12 volt battery doesn’t even run a starter which is the main reason cars have a large battery. It should be a simple matter for the inverter to keep it topped off, even on a short trip.So.... this is showing voltage only, correct? It's good for logging when your truck is on and when it isn't.
It would also show if your truck was "waking up" and drawing the voltage down without your knowledge.
But it's not going to show much about charging or state of charge unless you also install an ammeter.
like this:
The battery is crap.
The battery is perhaps sulfated.
OR poorly made.
My hybrid is NOT using much power over-night. 1% or 2% battery capacity.
So I should be able to park it for 50 to 100 days. But it won't hold a charge.
Set in the garage it won't hold a charge.
Ford sold us crap in a box for the 12v anyway. I start to get upset; then remember this is a $20k truck before add-ons. Add-ons that are creature comforts or appearance related and not related to the truck's performance.
We got what we paid for. So I've come to terms with it. Soon I will replace with a new better battery. I'm convinced my truck is fine. 12v battery is crap.
I am hopeful but no optimistic
I totally agree, if there is sufficient power in the HV battery it should continue to top up the 12v until it’s fully charged or the HV drops to low!
No. And no need to.
Source?
