24 R - 250 miles - DEAD!

[SRTConvert]

There is a drain. Had the same problem on a Lincoln Navigator. As soon as I stopped driving it daily, I ended up having Lincoln replace 3 batteries before they finally solved the drain problem.

Lincoln Black Label was a lifesaver. They stepped it with Lincoln engineering and compensated me for my loss of use of the Gator.

 

[cscape]

Send me a DM, OP. I dealt with a very similar issue on my ‘22. It’s been resolved, legally.

 

[RCorsa]

I have the exact same issue in my 2024 raptor R.

No power at all. Manually opened the door and hood. Checked the battery which was at zero. Put it on a charger overnight and saying it’s at 82% out nothing comes on.

I know there is a battery management system but can’t even key on the car?

No way a tow truck can get to my truck in my driveway.

 

[EricM]

I have a battery tender on everything that is not a daily driver.

 

[GT11]

I had Ford replace 3 brand new batteries and the last one was the charm. Battery Tender, charger, high end charger won't do a thing to one of those faulty Ford Batteries. If this last one didn't work, I was ready to replace the Ford battery with another alternative manufacturer battery that was recommended here earlier. So far so good and I travel for work somewhat and haven't had any problems coming back after a week and the truck starting.

 

[Nex]

I would still keep an AGM tender on it with those long times between driving.

 

[MDJAK]

Although it's a rather big stretch for moi, I'm happy to take any R off anyone's hands who is having issues. I'll deal with them. And tow trucks can easily get down my driveway should one be needed.

 

[RCorsa]

Battery jumped and Ford service took off. Drove 10 feet and tons of error lights and died completely. Of course next ford truck was 6 hours out. Had to hook up two chargers to getting it running. Got it to the dealer. Hopefully new battery installed is all it needs. Such a great truck otherwise.

 

[TchokaEewe]

I wonder if there is a larger battery issue across manufacturers. I’m supposed to take delivery of an R in the coming weeks after being on a waitlist since May ‘23.

I lost my patience in December and ordered a Ram RHO along with my brother. His RHO arrived last week with a dead battery. New battery put in by dealer and later that day it was nearly dead again. My RHO has been sitting in production since early Feb and with no update I’m starting to wonder if it has a battery issue that won’t pass inspection.

This is common on the RHO forums and now seeing it here has me a little nervous.

 

[EricM]

I put Everstart MAXX batteries from Walmart in everything. No need for a space grade battery.

JC, Delphi and Exide make nearly every auto battery sold in the US. I hgihly doubt they made a "bad batch".

They sometimes use slightly different plate configurations to get different CCAs within the same group size, but for the most part it's the same battery in a different colored case.