Winter storage and hybrid batteries

[Shelby1962]

I live in New York snow country and they salt the hell out of the roads, so I store all my vehicles for the winter. Each winter I drive an older Focus to save my cars. I have 6 cars on battery tenders until spring and never have an issue. Will this work for the Maverick or will that only keep the 12v fully charged? Any long term damage to the hybrid battery by sitting over the winter?

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[Art Vandelay]

It's actually covered in the owners manual. Page 328.
Edit: Page 325, not page 328

https://www.mavericktruckclub.com/forum/threads/-2022-ford-maverick-owners-manual-download-pdf-inside.1129/

 

[Probity]

It's actually covered in the owners manual. Page 328.

https://www.mavericktruckclub.com/forum/threads/-2022-ford-maverick-owners-manual-download-pdf-inside.1129/

I think Brian meant page 325. It was news to me about disconnecting the 12V battery, just proves the worth of "read the owners manual"...

 

[Art Vandelay]

In addition Toyota recommends for long term storage to charge the hybrid battery at least once every two months. I couldn't find any similar information from Ford

I think Brian meant page 325. It was news to me about disconnecting the 12V battery, just proves the worth of "read the owners manual"...

Yes page 325, thank you for catching that and sorry for the mistype above.

 

[fbov]

This makes sense. Li-ion batteries store very well at 50% charge, and disconnecting 12v keeps the HVB disconnected.

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