Mustang Mach-E: 18 Months of Maintenance and Recalls 

Glad to hear your Mach-E is doing well! Hope the HVBJB replacement goes smoothly.

Same experience here

Me too, although I did have an orange wrench light pop up on my driver's screen, and the notice to service car soon. So, I took it to my dealer who analyzed it from what I assume was my Ford.pass data. They did not need to even look at the car. They have already ordered the parts and will call me when the come in. I am still able to use the car daily, but I am not doing any road trips that would require DC fast charging or repeated full throttle launches. To be perfectly honest, this car is so fast that doing a lot of full throttle launches will probably land me in court with a big fine. I've only fast charged it once as I needed to.

What about oil change?😂

Haha, does the service interval change based on number of blinks?

I'm secretly hoping by the time batteries need replaced there's a replacement version that has more energy density for less cost than the original and can be retrofitted. Probably wishful thinking, but we'll see.

Thanks for sharing your experience so far! Glad to hear it's working well for you. What mileage are you at now? Do you use different tires in the winter?

Just rolled over 16k miles. Nope, just use the Continental performance all-seasons that come with the GT (non-performance pack). The GT has wider wheels than the Premium.

I'm in southern Idaho, so north enough for winters, but nothing too extreme. I have a video talking about the Mach-E's AWD: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Y2nqEBZyK_0.html and some data on my in-town range based on temperature: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8ZSju7t8Xb4.html Will be making more winter content over the next few months!

I had a Mustang GT prior the Mach-E. Loved the V8. Performance wise the Mach-E keeps up, but can't beat the V8 sound.

Good point. For the recalls it makes sense. The customer satisfaction programs that are fixed exclusively with software it feels unnecessary to have a mailer, but maybe we will see some rules change as cars/technology continues to evolve.

Interesting. Still seems like good practice to keep up with the regularly recommended service intervals.

@@studzstudios What will you service on an electric car?

I discuss this from 00:46 - 02:32 in the video. The recommended list is pretty short.

Darn. Hope nothing serious.

@@studzstudios parking break cable engagement or lack of😂, doors possibly opening going down the road 😂. Those are the two big ones. The vehicle has been good to me though.

Really curious to see Ford's 2025 lineup. If they can make the Maverick for

I don't know the exact specifics, but my understanding is there's fluid in the front and rear differentials.

Nice, love the Charger. I hope the next 18 months is a little smoother. I had a Mustang GT Coupe prior this for 8 years and most years were very simple with oil changes only, but there were a few other issues along the way. Maybe I'll make a video about maintenance for that car at some point...

This definitely looks like a compelling car, but not in full production yet. It'll be interesting to see Ford's 2025 EV lineup.

Ford wanted to show commitment to EVs so they put the F150 and Mustang badges on them to alley fears that they were just making some soon to die EV.

One of my first videos is about this topic: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-5lEyt3q6yZo.html

hey give them credit where its due, they haven't built any good ICE cars en mass lately either.

Let’s see. My Mach-E has driven 15k miles, and had one very small rear hatch leak (like a couple drops after a torrential downpour) which was fixed under warranty and hasn’t come back. All recalls have been fixed with over-the-air updates, just like a phone. It doesn’t squeak or rattle like a Tesla, and insurance is a quarter what my brother pays on his Tesla Model Y. Ford is far from the worst EV manufacturer. They’ve been selling EVs since 2011 (Focus EV), so it’s not like they’re brand new to the concept.

There's a few kinks to work out, but generally my Mach-E has been very reliable and I haven't had any major issues like mentioned in the video.

I think it will really depend on charging in your area, both availability and cost. The Mach-E should be very efficient for taxi-type driving with stop and go due to the regenerative braking. But, the Corolla vehicle is cheaper and should get decent gas mileage.

It does seem like supply finally caught up with demand from a mix of Ford expanding their manufacturing and also the car market in general. Ford isn't giving up on EV's though, I think they'll have quite the lineup for 2025 and I suspect they'll do a refresh of the Mach-E.

@studzstudios My understanding is that Ford actually sold more Mach-Es in 2023 than in previous years, but they made far too many extra Mach-Es that year, hence there are now enough surplus cars for a year's worth of sales. Love my 2021 California Route 1, and it just keeps getting better and better with all the over the air updates. Anxiously awaiting the ability to charge on the Tesla network as the CCS charging situation here in Florida is abysmal -- too few chargers per station, almost always at least one charger per station not working, and often all chargers have been derated to 50 kw.

I find that a little hard to believe, given the scope of recalls like Takata airbags, which impacted millions of cars across many different brands and decades of model years. Buying a car used may not get you registered for recall alerts, or the car might have had recalls earlier in its life prior to you owning it. I’ve had 9 cars spanning 6 brands from the US, Japan, and Germany. The cars have been manuals, automatics, ICE, EV, FWD, RWD, and AWD. The EVs (a Leaf and Mach-E) by far and away have required the least amount of service of any of the cars, with my Miata being the least maintenance-heavy of the ICE vehicles (but the oil filters are a huge PITA to reach). The Leaf has only needed a new set of tires in 55k miles, and in 15k miles the Mach-E had a very minor seal leak in the rear hatch that was fixed under warranty in a day. I will also say that Ford has done a really great job pushing lots of updates to the Mach-E. It worked fine when I bought it, but it’s had lots of new features added, and small quality of life tweaks that continue to make it better and better. I wasn’t expecting that, but have been pleasantly surprised. The Mach-E is a new car, and as with any new car, there will be some bugs. The existence of bugs is less important to me than how quickly and painlessly Ford responds to them, and so far, they’ve done a great job. I also appreciate Ford continually improves it with updates when they easily could have left it in the state I bought it in.

Its almost like modern car makers are held to a higher standard. Maybe, just maybe, problems they would have ignored they are now being forced to deal with.

Geez. I've only had one other car my entire life and I would get recall stuff all the time for it. It was a great car, too.

I've had a few recalls on other ICE vehicles as well. Primarily airbags like Isaac mentioned.

RECENT SAFETY RECALLS 24S02: 2011-2019 Ford Explorer® 23S65: 2021-2023 Ford F-150® 23S64: 2016-2022 Ford EcoSport® and Focus® 23S48: 2021 Ford Bronco® and 2022-2023 Ford Transit® Van.

Haha, fair point, this video definitely doesn't need to be HDR. I'm experimenting with some settings for future videos.

Haha, it's not for everyone but I like mine. I appreciate your opinion. If we all liked the exact same things, the world would be pretty boring.

It is the second-best EV on the market after the Tesla. I remember when people complained about ECUs on ICE cars in the 70's. EVs are the future; burning fuel to move a piston to turn a crank is inefficient compared to turning a rotor using a rotating magnetic field.

Tell me, what car do you drive?

@@chinoytheman 1988 Supercharged Toyota MR2, 2001 BMW 325Xi, 2015 Chevy Volt, 2018 Mazda 3, 2023 Tesla Model Y, 2024 Tesla Model 3 (on order)

@@ericgregori Tesla? Haha!