Battery saver mode don't know what to believe anymore

[MakinDoForNow]

I have been getting these types of messages since day one with my 2022 mustang. The battery tested fine. Two years later I still get the occasional message (random, sometimes right after it has been driven and also when it has not been driven for a couple of days) but the car always fires right up and have never experience a slow start. Same thing with my one year old Hybrid Maverick, battery tested fine and it always fires right up. I just ignore them now.

It's ok to ignore them if you carry a jump pack.

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[OneAlienBoi]

Thankfully the notification seems to be gone for now.

 

[Nuclear One]

I can drive my Mav in the morning and get the battery saving mode later in the afternoon. Crazy, isn’t it?

You need to change the State Of Charge in ForScan from 80% to 95%

 

[Mark1]

You need to change the State Of Charge in ForScan from 80% to 95%

If you mess with the data you void your warranty. If it was that easy, there would have been a recall already. There is a SSM # 53087 regarding the issue for a 2025 first quarter recall. Be careful not to overcharge and possibly catch the interior on fire or breath corrosive gas. I know, laugh. But let Engineering find the correct fix.

 

[Camdak]

You need to change the State Of Charge in ForScan from 80% to 95%

Does Ford know about this ForScan and is there proof that if you alter factory settings they will deny warranty? Seems like 89% of the fellow Mav owners on this forum have it.

 

[Mark1]

Does Ford know about this ForScan and is there proof that if you alter factory settings they will deny warranty? Seems like 89% of the fellow Mav owners on this forum have it.

Yes Ford knows about Forskin. If you alter your build data they will know. It is VIn and model specific. Go ahead and chance it and lose the 8 year 100k hybrid system warranty. You can reflash the oem data before taking it in for repairs. Why would you do that when a fix is coming. Why would you pay to buy a different battery if yours goes dead before warranty expires. Keep bringing it back to the dealership. Why do people insist on a hide the problem and band-aid approach. Good God you payed money for this thing to work problem free. I'm making sure FORD is aware and held accountable. Jeez

 

[HeyBales]

Why would you pay to buy a different battery if yours goes dead before warranty expires.
Keep bringing it back to the dealership.

The annoyance is strong with this one ... can others be turned to ..... oh never mind.

Those 2 phrases above.

The latter exactly explains why many do the former.

Time is money is one factor.
They've done the calc's.
And they would be more annoyed doing the latter than you are annoyed with people doing so.
Another factor - they'd rather have the assurance that it seems to be better than yet another Motorcraft battery, IF that is even done as a fix.


I still think way too much is being read into that SSM - battery drain I think is going to be an operative phrase regarding what is going to be fixed. I think they are being specific on that.
Then again the manual points out their writing style isn't always that great.
But most aren't experiencing what is described there.
Slowly degrading batteries undercharged constantly, that leads to battery saver processes being done, perhaps resulting in deep sleep eventually - sure.
That process perhaps eventually killing a poor quality battery - sure.
But the number reporting drained batteries - park one night next morning dead - is not that frequent.
I hope I'm wrong on what the fix covers. It would be smart to take care of charging methodology and a specific issue at the same time.

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