JBenoit28

So my new L1 charge cord from Ford is nearly a month old and working as it should. I fully charge and discharge the battery 2X per day 5 days per week. So far so good. Joe

I've charged it several times on a public L2 charger and that works just fine. It cost more than burning gas does, but it charges the car up with no issues ;) Thanks, Joe

Another update. My L1 cord stopped working properly again. I finally got the whole car to Ford. They said they couldn't replicate the issue (find that hard to believe) but replaced my cord anyway. The day they had the car, it was cold and that is one of the things I noticed about my issues was that when cold, the cord tended to work fine or give the outlet warning but continue charging. When the temps were up, it failed every time. The part number on the new cord matches the one listed on the first page of this thread. My fingers are crossed that this solves the issue. The car has been great for us and we really like driving it. Thank you, Joe

Small update: I've been pretty busy and not able to get into the dealer to leave the car with them. I stopped charging the car for a couple of days, ran on gas, then charged it a few days on the 240V charger near my office. The car then sat for a weekend. Since that time, the car charges up just fine, no warning lights on the charging cord etc. This makes no sense but I'm not complaining. Joe

Thanks for the replies. I'm going to charge up the car today and time how long it takes before I get the blinking outlet warning. The dealer said I need to bring in the car and charger like you said. I hope it's something I can do and wait for it. I'll let you know what happens. Thanks, Joe

Timewellspent - Did you have to bring the entire car in to get them to swap out the charging cord, or just the cord? Do you know if you had the latest version of the charging cord? Thanks for replying. Joe

Meagan, Thanks for the info. The outlet in my garage is a 20amp dedicated line, wires are wrapped around the screw post. The outlet at work was just replaced with a new 20amp GFCI (?) and inspected by an electrician. His comments to me were about the wire gauge chosen by Ford for this purpose. He has installed chargers for other EV's so he is familiar with their needs. He wanted to know how many amps the car wants while charging? I wasn't sure of that. The plug is very snug and I remove it with two hands so that it's not getting stressed. I'm starting to think that temperature has something to do with this. Yesterday the car charged up completely even though the Outlet warning was flashing. Last night in my garage, the cord did the same thing. It charged completely but the outlet warning was flashing. Other times it has flashed but then the Triangle shaped warning pops up and it will stop charging. The cord is warm, not hot. I've read my manual cover to cover, information overload :) I contacted my dealer and I'm waiting for a reply. FlyingCheesehead - When I first plug in the car, it seems to act normal and starts charging. I've checked on it after 10 minutes and it's still fine. I checked again after 30 minutes and it was flashing the red outlet warning but still said it was charging. When the triangle warning lights up, I'll unplug it for a few minutes and then replug it all in. I was able to charge twice per day since August 28th until about two weeks ago on these same two locations. I changed outlets at the house to use the dedicated one and had an electrician install a new 20amp outlet at work. Problem remains, but most of the time the car still charges. No burn marks are appearing on the outlets at all. Even the one we replaced had no indications of burning. Do you happen to know how many amps the car is trying to draw while charging? My guess is that I'm hitting the temperature the charging cord plugs heat resistor shuts down at early in the charge cycle and then it shuts down, cools off, then starts up again. It's just a guess. Thank you, Joe

I bought my FFE in August, I'm just checked and I have the new model charger listed earlier in another post. I kept getting the "Check outlet" flashing light on the cord. I tried different outlets and had the same issue. Most of the time, the car charged anyway. I tried a 20amp outlet in my garage and it didn't give me the fault. I'm curious as to why the L1 cord was built with 16awg wire? I thought I read that the car wants 12amp to 16amp for L1 charging. I'm no electrician but isn't it a big ask to pull 12amps through 16awg wire continuously for up to 7hrs? Could that be what is heating up the plug? Sorry if this isn't the right place for the question. I'm new. :) Thanks, Joe