Just had my "free battery test"

[MakinDoForNow]

Out of the blue I got an email from FoMoCo last wk recommending I take my Mav in for a free battery check. Don't know why they sent me the email, other than Ford must have suspected the battery might be bad.

I get at least one "free battery check" email every week for last 2-3 months. Plus separate discount offers also.

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[Raymundo76]

I get at least one "free battery check" email every week for last 2-3 months. Plus separate discount offers also.

Are you having issues with the battery?

 

[MakinDoForNow]

Are you having issues with the battery?

I have 2 2022 hybrids. The first one I took in last November at 33 months and 35,200 miles and the "free" 12v handheld battery check said OK but low charge it. I talked to service rep and told her that I had to put maintainer on it every 2-3 days and requested the over night test. They did that and replaced the BXT99RT4A that the test showed a bad cell with a BXT99RT4A MAX SERIES (same number & physical size but has more CCA & reserve capacity). I had no problem with the original for about one year and then had to put on maintainer at more frequent intervals until it was almost daily and my 3yr/36k mile was about to expire. My second 2022 Maverick I have had 27 months. I don't drive it as much has only about 3k miles so I keep maintainer on it anytime it sits over a week or if the dome light fails to come on. I will take it in for the free test and long test st 34 months ago. It a necessary PIB to put them on maintainers but do not expect getting around doing so until Ford has their battery fix that's coming. Even then I will put on maintainer at least quarterly to keep battery from sulfation.

 

[Dad]

My 25 has AGM battery

Thanks for the confirmation.

 

[Don806]

Thanks for the confirmation.

Was first thing I checked when I went to look at the truck the day it came in

 

[Dad]

Was first thing I checked when I went to look at the truck the day it came in

No doubt because of what you learned from this club, right?

 

[Don806]

Exactly!!!!

 

[JimParker256]

There is no hybrid battery recall, which the OP has.

But there is a 12V battery recall, which the OP also has in his Hybrid. That's the "free battery test" he was referencing.

 

[HeyBales]

But there is a 12V battery recall, which the OP also has in his Hybrid. That's the "free battery test" he was referencing.

There is a 12V battery recall - for EB's, not hybrids.
Not what the OP was referencing without mentioning.

Free battery test does NOT require a recall, or an SSM.

Just go in with a complaint and they'll test it - if still under warranty.
Many posters have commented about taking it in for a test - some have discovered bad batteries which got replaced, most seem not to, because the truck still starts.

 

[Don806]

just got this email.................made me laugh
I didn't realize the battery recall is for EB's only?

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