Got a message today: Remote features disabled to preserve battery

[Maverick2023]

No wonder it’s so god damn cold out

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[icegradner]

Common issue, the form is loaded with threads about this.

 

[Art Vandelay]

There's probably at least 50 threads already and probably at least a 1K posts about this.

https://www.mavericktruckclub.com/forum/threads/deep-sleep-mode-battery-saver-mode.38269/

 

[Grand Nat.]

Your battery is below capacity that's why you received that message. Hybrids an ego boost have the same battery management system. Do what the instruction say drive the heck out of it and while you're at it when you get home recharge your battery with a separate charger just don't connect the negative side of the charger to the battery but to the chassis ground instead.

 

[Packer Bill]

Ford's BMS stinks...it ruins batteries. Meanwhile I use a battery tender to prolong the life of my battery.

 

[Ozarkbeard]

Get a battery tender and use it. Connect it under the hood at the Jump/charge posts. NEVER connect a charger or jump to the battery under the seat.

RTFM, or one of thousands of posts on this forum about the problem.

 

[TheSEARCH]

Get a battery tender and use it. Connect it under the hood at the Jump/charge posts. NEVER connect a charger or jump to the battery under the seat.

RTFM, or one of thousands of posts on this forum about the problem.

You sure on not connecting a charger to the battery itself under the seat. I know where the jump points are under the hood. Thats the best place FOR SURE?? I may connect charger in another day if I keep losing my dome lights and ford pass app.

 

[icegradner]

You sure on not connecting a charger to the battery itself under the seat. I know where the jump points are under the hood. Thats the best place FOR SURE?? I may connect charger in another day if I keep losing my dome lights and ford pass app.

I hook my battery maintainer to the battery, but in theory you could damage the battery monitoring sensor that is located near the battery. Thankfully I have not had to do it since last February, but it does get lowish. There is no reason why there should be an issue unless you pump too much voltage into the battery, or if you connect it improperly.

To be honest I don't even know if it charges the battery if you hook it up under the hood, my smart maintainer never shows full charge if I do it that way. Best as I can tell those posts are only for jump starting the system if you have a dead battery.

 

[Clarence Roller]

I hook my battery maintainer to the battery, but in theory you could damage the battery monitoring sensor that is located near the battery. Thankfully I have not had to do it since last February, but it does get lowish. There is no reason why there should be an issue unless you pump too much voltage into the battery, or if you connect it improperly.

To be honest I don't even know if it charges the battery if you hook it up under the hood, my smart maintainer never shows full charge if I do it that way. Best as I can tell those posts are only for jump starting the system if you have a dead battery.

I hooked my battery maintainer to the positive terminal and the negative to the car side of the BMS that is on the negative terminal. I've got a battery monitor hooked across the terminals and I've never seen the State of Charge above 77%.
Never had this problem with my 64 Galaxie 500, 390, four speed. Want it back!

 

[glider]

It's like a plug-in. Ford should just make a battery maintainer standard equipment and a place to plug it in.
Never had this problem with my "40 Ford woodie. You could always push start it. Didn't really need a battery.

 

[BlueSpec1]

I use the jump post when I charge the battery.
It looks to be a piece of busbar that bolts into the High Current Battery Junction Box.

 

[Bill K]

Take it to your Ford dealer next week. They will check your original battery and replace it. Crappy original battery.

 

[Matso]

Don't even bother taking it to the dealer. They will likely tell you the battery needs replaced but alas, yes there are no batteries today. That T4 series has been on backorder since last I checked.

 

[Lpninnc]

No wonder it’s so god damn cold out

My 2024 just started doing this and it was driven on 2 one hour trips today.

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