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Wow. 35,000 recalls. Each recall is estimated to take ~25 hours -- requires dropping battery and accessing the relay inside. Even if a service department can st
by ballenf 3y ago
Wow. 35,000 recalls. Each recall is estimated to take ~25 hours -- requires dropping battery and accessing the relay inside. Even if a service department can streamline this, this could be a very, very costly issue.
I wonder if the "fix" will be to sharply reduce maximum power draw and reduce charge rates, instead of replacing the under-spec'd part. That would make for a lot of unhappy customers, but they likely wouldn't have a lot of recourse.
> Another concern is just how swamped Ford's techs might be with replacing the HVBJBs in nearly 35,000 cars. The part itself is located inside of the sealed battery pack, meaning that in order to replace just the part, the 1,300-pound battery pack must be dropped from the car and opened on order to access the HVBJB. According to another user on Mach-E Forums, a high voltage battery swap takes approximately 25 hours on a warranty replacement.
- toomuchtodo 3y agoSmart money will try to dump the cars on the used car market before the news catches up with vehicle values (if this materially nerfs vehicle performance). Considering the time required and labor shortages, the backlog for this work could be months if not over a year.
- enragedcacti 3y ago> I wonder if the "fix" will be to sharply reduce maximum power draw and reduce charge rates, instead of replacing the under-spec'd part. That would make for a lot of unhappy customers, but they likely wouldn't have a lot of recourse. They already tried the software fix. The solution will almost certainly be just replacing it with the new part that has been going into Mach-Es for the last year.