Battery again?

[steve2150]

Have a 2019 Bullitt, used it 2 days ago with no problems, today got in hit the ignition button to move my seat up then I would normally press clutch and pust ignition button but this time just clicks, then screen showed in battery saving mode, press ignition to start then everything electric shut down, even windows, luckily it stayed down the 1/2" or so to clear door, car completely dead. But the front driving lights kept flickering. Had it towed to dealer as last time it was jumped and dealer 34 miles from me and battery showed good. Dealer called car came in dead, they jumped it to run it then gonna put it on the machine, watch them say battery good, could any bad circuits or whatever causing this. Car is about 1 3/4 yrs old. Had it new.

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[Chef jpd]

Factory battery is a giant stinking turd POS.
Replace it with an AGM and never worry again.

 

[Stangnut]

That's a little early, but not by much. My went out at 2 years.

 

[Polski]

I call the Motorcraft battery a total piece of shit. It died on my 2019 almost 3 months ago and the dealership replaced it. Now, I came back after 2 weeks of vacation and the battery is completely dead. (I drove the car the day before my vacay) I mean no power at all, dash doesn't turn on, Mustang logo in the mirror , windows don't roll down when opening the car. Tested the battery and it just said - "charging aborted/defective battery"
I am going to call the dealership tomorrow morning and tell them to figure it out what they want to do. I can't jump or charge the battery so I can't drive there. They can send a tow truck or a f**** spaceship... This is beyond ridiculous at this point.

 

[Rock&Roll]

Hmm … my battery still good snd it’s 5 years old. You can push start these cars right ?

 

[ORRadtech]

I call the Motorcraft battery a total piece of shit. It died on my 2019 almost 3 months ago and the dealership replaced it. Now, I came back after 2 weeks of vacation and the battery is completely dead. (I drove the car the day before my vacay) I mean no power at all, dash doesn't turn on, Mustang logo in the mirror , windows don't roll down when opening the car. Tested the battery and it just said - "charging aborted/defective battery"
I am going to call the dealership tomorrow morning and tell them to figure it out what they want to do. I can't jump or charge the battery so I can't drive there. They can send a tow truck or a f**** spaceship... This is beyond ridiculous at this point.

I agree the batteries are pretty much . Personally I feel like they are undersized for what's asked of them. But that's beside the point.
First, I'm impressed that the car recognized a faulty battery and won't charge it. A much better option than a car fire for sure.

What's stopping you from jump starting, beside being angry? The hood is not lock electricly, as long as you have access to the interior just pop the hood and hook up. Even if you're locked out you can use the hard key in the fob for access.

I'm sure Ford will replace the battery again but it's just going to be another Motorcraft one. Why not forgo that and get an AGM one as someone already suggested?

 

[NightmareMoon]

I’ve had a battery which was obviously going out test ok on thursday, get charged back up and then die again on friday and this time fail the test.

9 times out of 10 its battery issue. If it passes the test, it very well might still be dying.

 

[Polski]

I agree the batteries are pretty much . Personally I feel like they are undersized for what's asked of them. But that's beside the point.
First, I'm impressed that the car recognized a faulty battery and won't charge it. A much better option than a car fire for sure.

What's stopping you from jump starting, beside being angry? The hood is not lock electricly, as long as you have access to the interior just pop the hood and hook up. Even if you're locked out you can use the hard key in the fob for access.

I'm sure Ford will replace the battery again but it's just going to be another Motorcraft one. Why not forgo that and get an AGM one as someone already suggested?

Sorry, I did not mention that I tried jumping it and it doesn't want to. I used the jump starter before when the battery was weak and it worked. This time it is just so dead that it doesn't help.
And my battery charger displayed that the battery is defective not the car

 

[ORRadtech]

In the case of a defective battery I would suggest disconnecting the negative lead from the battery. Then connect the jump pack to the car cabled. That should let the car start without the bad battery sucking all the power.
That's what I would try anyway.

 

[NoVaGT]

Have a 2019 Bullitt, used it 2 days ago with no problems, today got in hit the ignition button to move my seat up then I would normally press clutch and pust ignition button but this time just clicks, then screen showed in battery saving mode, press ignition to start then everything electric shut down, even windows, luckily it stayed down the 1/2" or so to clear door, car completely dead. But the front driving lights kept flickering. Had it towed to dealer as last time it was jumped and dealer 34 miles from me and battery showed good. Dealer called car came in dead, they jumped it to run it then gonna put it on the machine, watch them say battery good, could any bad circuits or whatever causing this. Car is about 1 3/4 yrs old. Had it new.

Dude....

Spelling, punctuation and grammar make it easier for us to help you.

Anyways.......Occam's razor says it's just the battery. So just relax, stop worrying about "bad circuits or whatever", and get a new one.

You got a bad battery, replace it. Regardless of what the dealership says about it's condition.

It's not the end of the world.

 

[Sivi70980]

2.5 years and about 7 months of it was away from home for work. Battery tender when away and it's my DD. Still factory battery. Zero issues.

 

[Bluelightning]

I'm still on the O.E. battery from 2017....

 

[dirtwarrior]

It must be hit or miss. I still have the 2015 battery and doing good

 

[NoVaGT]

I'm still on the O.E. battery from 2017....

I've heard a few times that heat kills batteries.

Guessing your car is garage kept and battery tendered, I'm wondering if that's helped the battery last as long as it has.

 

[Bluelightning]

I've heard a few times that heat kills batteries.

Guessing your car is garage kept and battery tendered, I'm wondering if that's helped the battery last as long as it has.

Garage kept, but I'm down in Houston so it gets pretty hot in there still. I've never put it on a tender though. Not my daily, so it'll sometime sit for a few weeks in between times I drive it. Fires up every time I hit the button.

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