Anyone else have this message pop up on their 21+? Happens when I turn the truck off. The radio used to stay on for 10 minutes or until a door was opened.

I haven’t gotten the battery tested but wondering if it’s a common issue with fords?

 

Yep!

I'm going to guess that you probably don't put a whole lot of miles on yours?

Mine has been doing this off and on for 2-3 months now. I drive about 100 miles a week or so. I've tried to have it checked at the dealership, but the first time they "forgot" to check it, and the second time they tried to keep the truck for an additional day and didn't bother to tell me until I came to pick it up, and I couldn't leave it. My local Ford dealership service center is making me regret buying a Ford, the GMC/Silverado place was 100x better.

Does yours also beep from the dash instead of the speakers sometimes?

 

I haven’t notice where the beeping comes from but your right I drive maybe 100 miles a week average.

I made an appointment and the tech said sounded like a dying battery. Trucks only got 20k miles and will be 2 years of ownership next month.

 

I don't think the battery is dying. I think it's a design flaw with the charging system. Mine hasn't gotten any worse over the course of a few months, and if I drive more than normal one week, it starts acting right again for a few days.


Pay attention to the reverse beeping. I've noticed that when its not low enough to show the battery saver screen, the sound comes from the speakers, but when its low enough to show the screen, they come from the dash.

 

Does your Ford Pass App say the truck is going into Sleep Mode?

I might trying putting a battery tender on it over night to allow the battery to charge completely. I notice when I walk by mine with the keys in my pocket the outside lights turn on for a few seconds then turn off. I doubt it is a bad battery just not getting fully charged all the time. How many times do you start and stop it with only a few miles of driving it?

By all means get it checked out, but don't be surprised to find out they can't find anything wrong.

 

I've personally never gotten anything in my app indicating there's an issue, including the "deep sleep mode" thing.

 

@Michaelazarus how long have you had yours? I didn't start seeing this problem until close to the 1 year mark. I bought it in August 2021.

 

I bought the truck december 2020. It just rolled 20k miles

 

Well…here we go.

 

Varsity should be able to find out what's going on. But the battery is losing charge from lack of use and there could very well be something that isn't shutting down properly. During the covid shut down, I kept mine hooked up to a Battery Tender.