Had to get her Towed in last night.

[ZSHO]

The battery is certainly a weak point on this platform and had mine replaced under warranty for an upgraded MC-BXT-75-850 which is a heavy duty battery for sure....

I'm on my 3rd battery, lol.

Its amazing its only a TEN dollar and TEN pound difference between the 650 and 850 battery and you would think they would improvise after the 3rd battery or at least give you a 750 like our PI Predecessor to maybe troubleshoot the issue unless in fact one of the modules does not like to sleep and is draining the battery slowly and if so they need to step UP there game a bit and find out the underlying cause rather than replacing battery's and certainly dont wait until the 3yr-36k is up,just my 2 cent.  Z

[sholxgt]

My car is on its third battery also.  Another 650.  When it's my dime, I'll go for the 850.

[FoMoCoSHO]

The battery is certainly a weak point on this platform and had mine replaced under warranty for an upgraded MC-BXT-75-850 which is a heavy duty battery for sure....

I'm on my 3rd battery, lol.

Its amazing its only a TEN dollar and TEN pound difference between the 650 and 850 battery and you would think they would improvise after the 3rd battery or at least give you a 750 like our PI Predecessor to maybe troubleshoot the issue unless in fact one of the modules does not like to sleep and is draining the battery slowly and if so they need to step UP there game a bit and find out the underlying cause rather than replacing battery's and certainly dont wait until the 3yr-36k is up,just my 2 cent.  Z

It is so random and intermittent I have no idea how we'd track it down.

It's not an issue when the car is regularly driven and a part of me thinks its the MX....but then I go months with it plugged in with no issue so IDK.

Giving someone an upgraded part under warranty is a Ford no go and I would never ask the Mrs to violate any Ford policy, I'm not special and $10.00 isn't worth causing a bruhaha if there's a Ford audit. I will just pony up for a monster when the failure occurs outside of warranty.

[r1crusher]

My time was more valuable than the cost of an 850 vs. several free 650's.  Not to mention if it dies while on a trip or nowhere near a dealership or in the dead of night or not having a car potentially in the worst case scenario.

That's just me of course.

[AnotherGreenFusion]

My time was more valuable than the cost of an 850 vs. several free 650's.  Not to mention if it dies while on a trip or nowhere near a dealership or in the dead of night or not having a car potentially in the worst case scenario.

That's just me of course.

This was my logic too, I don't have time for the car to randomly fail and go through that whole process. With my luck it would happen at the very worst time possible. I went ahead and swapped for an AGM style at about 11k miles.

[ZSHO]

The battery is certainly a weak point on this platform and had mine replaced under warranty for an upgraded MC-BXT-75-850 which is a heavy duty battery for sure....

I'm on my 3rd battery, lol.

Its amazing its only a TEN dollar and TEN pound difference between the 650 and 850 battery and you would think they would improvise after the 3rd battery or at least give you a 750 like our PI Predecessor to maybe troubleshoot the issue unless in fact one of the modules does not like to sleep and is draining the battery slowly and if so they need to step UP there game a bit and find out the underlying cause rather than replacing battery's and certainly dont wait until the 3yr-36k is up,just my 2 cent.  Z

It is so random and intermittent I have no idea how we'd track it down.

It's not an issue when the car is regularly driven and a part of me thinks its the MX....but then I go months with it plugged in with no issue so IDK.

Giving someone an upgraded part under warranty is a Ford no go and I would never ask the Mrs to violate any Ford policy, I'm not special and $10.00 isn't worth causing a bruhaha if there's a Ford audit. I will just pony up for a monster when the failure occurs outside of warranty.

FoMoCo Definitely respect your opinion and certainly agree you cannot step outside Ford's boundaries,hopefully there is a potential fix in the horizon in form's of a TSB,update,etc.  Z

[jbeez]

my '14 SHO has ~40k miles on it, maybe I haven't had an issue with my battery because of the auxiliary reserve capacity I've installed for stereo things...

[SHOdded]

Eye candy!

[thmullan]

Thank you for the input everyone.  I'm not surprised that you were all correct! 
It was indeed a dead cell in the battery and has now been replaced.  They also bypassed the 02 sensors for me to permanently clear the CEL and they are currently working on the TSB 14-0186 for me.  Should have her back by the end of day.......thankfully, as I have 1,200kms of driving to do for work next week

[sholxgt]

Great news on all!  I'm glad (and surprised) they were willing to bypass the rear O2 sensors.  That is the main reason I was suggesting a tune.  With that done by the dealer, you can decide whether or not you want the extra power, but don't have to tune to rid yourself of the annoying CEL.

All good stuff!

[thmullan]

Great news on all!  I'm glad (and surprised) they were willing to bypass the rear O2 sensors.  That is the main reason I was suggesting a tune.  With that done by the dealer, you can decide whether or not you want the extra power, but don't have to tune to rid yourself of the annoying CEL.

All good stuff!

I am also surprised that they put a tuner on it as well.  No tune though....just a bypass of the 02's.
I do want to get a dyno and decent tune don eventually though.

[SHOdded]

Just might have a keeper dealer there!

[ZSHO]

Thats great to hear and hopefully they resolve the TSB and do both sides of the hub's(wheel bearings)thrust washer's,best of luck to ya.  Z   https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8JUL90DXgdiQlZKd29scTd0eUU/view

[thmullan]

Sooooooo just picked my car up. 
New battery, CEL bypassed, half shaft thrush washers fixed. 
And for all the hassle they left me a surprise in my trunk. )



The SCT X4 that they ordered to bypass the 02 sensors!

[AJP turbo]

Now its time for a tune!