Battery issues & Looking for advice before 1PM Mountain Time

[DaveInMn]

Pretty sure you were draining the battery with those short durations vs doing it any favors. Needed to be on a decent battery tender.

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[rschap1]

Appreciate all the advice.
Looks like I will bring a tender along when it gets stored next winter.
THANKS all ! ! !

 

[swoop1156]

Once I changed my battery I have had no further issues. I'm not gonna take a battery tender with me in a new vehicle. That's stupid.

My Mustang is in storage and tells me two weeks on the dot each time that deep sleep mode is activated, and it's hooked up to a maintainer. It's a timer.

 

[Zeusmotorworks]

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Applies to new cars just as it does the old. You don't drive it often enough to maintain the battery, or unintentionally deplete the battery, result is the same.

 

[Raptorbert]

Sounds about right for Ford Batteries.

Buy an H8 and don't look back.

I did this in the winter and haven’t even thought about battery charge or start stop since. Very happy I just spent the money and fixed it myself. Battery blanket gets stretched out but fits too.

 

[impactbumper]

I read all the battery posts and have contributed to them in the past myself, but now looking for advice from folks here with technical knowledge as truck sitting with Ford dealership for service.

Ford Pass app weekly gives me "remote features shutdown message" and dealt with it for months but becoming more frequent. In for service now and ask them to run battery test. This is what they told me...

2022 Raptor w/ 23K
Battery temperature: Normal
Capacity/Charge: 28%
Health: 63% (tech said expecting 68%)
Electrical draw .01 - tech states not enough to be concerned about.
Load test: Normal/No issue
Alternator: No found issues

Tech recommendation: Charge it at dealer while being serviced, expecting 4-5 hours on charger.

Daily driver and average 30+ miles a day/5-days a week, 3/4 of it highway. Tech state this is sufficient to keep the battery "topped" and charged. Also agreed that leaving "auto download on" contributes to battery drain issue.

States I could "purchase" new battery or see what happens after charging. If I am going to purchase, rather purchase Duracell Ultra Platinum from Battery Plus then what Ford installs.

Does not seem right that after 22-months of ownership the battery health is 63% and being a daily driver the charge is at 28%??? Seems like either battery is bad or alternator?????

2023 w/22.5k replaced battery. Started having weird warnings that would clear up after restart like bliss, adaptive cruise etc. Battery tested bad> replaced