Dead Battery

My 2010 OEM battery lasted exactly 4 yrs from the date of manufacture. I had two starts that i noticed seemed weak. Upon a test, the guy said he was surprised it would even start. I immediately replaced it with a Maxx Everstart with a 850CCA.
I think the 2013+ are different, but, with the 2010-2012, an ECU flash can look similar with a dead battery event.
 
Ok guys so i just talked with the dealer...and I got a few surprises, well one surpirse and a confirmation.

The battery is shot and they are replacing it. Covered under warrenty. Service guy said that is what the Sync was not working and the air bag light was on, not enough voltage to power everything. Problem one fixed.

How for the confirmation: I had metioned on here a week or so ago that I thought the car was leaking fluid, but concluded that it was road grime coming off the car due to all the snow we had gotten. Well I menitoned to them that I felt like it always smelled like something was burning when the heat was on. Turns out the oil feed line was leaking, so they have to replace it.

Now for the surprise...This one really got me!

He says while they were under the car looking around, they noticed that the right front axle was popped out of place. So that needs to fixed as well. The aggravating part about this one, I had the car at the original dealer I bought it from about two months ago for front end noise I thought was funny sounding and they told me it was all good. But I think it is funny that this dealer, tells me this now.

So the SHO will be at the dealer for a few days while she gets fixed. I hope to have her back by Wed.

Fun fun! Only 8 months old!
 
Sounds like this dealer is a keeper!  No fun driving around with a disconnected axle OR a bad oil feed line ...
 
Had to jump my '13 yesterday and it hasn't been super cold or anything here near Cinci, OH.  I used to work from home before I was laid off and the car would only get driven maybe once a week.  Now that I'm unemployed it gets driven even less really.  I have noticed that the longer it sits the harder it is to start.  I do have a radar detector in it that I had in my TBSS which never killed the battery in it after sitting a week but I did have an optima red top.  I turned off the detector before I parked it yesterday and I'll check the battery voltage at the end of this week to see where it's at after sitting with nothing on in the car.  I'm going to guess it'll be low and just time to replace it which is BS for a 2+ y/o battery.  It's still under the 3/36 but I have the extended warranty also.
 
I think the combination of having the alarm active with cold weather and seldom starting would slowly drain any battery.
 
I have the 650CCA and my car is a 14'
So are they automatically putting in the 850CCA when people come in with battery problems with these cars?
 
I cannot confirm it,but based on members experiencing these issues,many are getting the updated 850cca,in my case i had the 650cc,but based on the work order it states different,go figure.
 
So you had an 850 and they put a 650 in? I'd demand the 850 lol....I just looked on ford oem parts and put my vin in and there were various batteries from the BXL 59 to the bxl 65 in CCA 650, 750 and 850...That's weird. I thought there would only be one battery when filtered by VIN
 
ajpturbo said:
slurppie said:
I had a 850CCA in my 2013 before it grenaded and they replaced it with a 650CCA model.
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You blew up your SHO?
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No the battery did

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r1crusher said:
That's def. not good, slurppie.

PS - I see you're a fellow racer as well.  :)
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Never did any actual racing just track days with what used to be called NESBA, STT, and a few other local organizations.
 
Gotcha...just assumed with number plates you might have.  I typically run and race with Moto Series but have done stuff with N2 and STT.  :beer2:

Now back to the regularly scheduled thread.  :)
 
So I got the car back last night after it spent four days with the dealer.

They gave me a new battery. Exact same one, BXT-65-650. Sucks they didn't give me the upgraded one, but if it happens again, I will take it in again.

As for the oil leak. It was coming form the drain line from the right side turbo, not the oil feed line as I stated earlier. All new tube assembly.

The right axle is all new. New shaft and new hardware.

I'll drive it a day or two on the stock tune, make sure everythgin is all good....then back to the fun.
 
Well...car sat yet again for about a week and it's completely dead this time.  I had to use the key to unlock the door to get the hood open.  I was just getting ready to make a drive up from Cinci to the west side of Cleveland to visit my folks and then on Monday go to a new client in Canton.

This is totally unacceptable for a car that just a few years old.  I'll be stopping by the local Ford dealer while I'm up north to just get a new better battery and make them warranty it as well.

F@#$()!*$%!!!!!
 
That would seriously annoy me too!  Hope the upgraded Motorcraft works out for you, maybe they will give you the 7 year warranty since they'll be installing it?  Also get yourself one of them newfangled lithium pocket jumpstarters :D
 
I had some battery issues as well when I first got my SHO (used). They replaced under warranty but with a 39 month battery, 650 CCA. I said screw it and bought an Interstate MPT-65 850 CCA. haven't had any issues and voltage is consistently 14.5

Cars been sitting in garage since mid November. I start it every couple weeks and starts up just fine.
 
Interstate's making a comeback!  Good to know, Brad :)  Anyone crack open the caps to check electrolyte levels/charge in the MC batteries?  If the case itself is weak, can't do anything about that ...

MC batteries are supposed to be maintenance free, right?  Those 2 caps may not be removable, IDK for sure.  If they are, there should be 3 cells under each cap that can be checked and topped off if need be.  At least 2.1V per cell.
 
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