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Has come up about 6-8 times in the last 3 weeks why would it be doing this it's a 2023 with 5,300 miles? It has started fine just curious why it's doing this!!
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Some things to check:

Are you driving enough to keep the battery charged (over 30mph for at least 30 minutes)? Or are plugging in a battery maintainer to keep the battery charged?

Did you have Recall 24S24 completed?

have you checked the battery terminals and the negative cable mount on the drivers side fender? These 3 connections all need to be tight.
Just curious if you have an AGM Battery?

It’s not unheard of for new or nearly new batteries to be defective.

You could have a current drain from after market devices installed.

Are you driving enough to keep the battery charged (over 30mph for at least 30 minutes)? Or are plugging in a battery maintainer to keep the battery charged?

Did you have Recall 24S24 completed?

have you checked the battery terminals and the negative cable mount on the drivers side fender? These 3 connections all need to be tight.
Just curious if you have an AGM Battery?

It’s not unheard of for new or nearly new batteries to be defective.

You could have a current drain from after market devices installed.
mine did that for while then stopped on its own.…whether I drove it or not. I’m 4 months away from being 3 years on original battery.
my opinion
the battery management system is determining that there is a voltage draw somewhere and is preserving the battery so that you get a start….it seems like there’s a problem but there’s likely not.
Think about this ….in previous vehicles, we’d never know. All these features are new and most of us, certainly me anyway, never owned a vehicle that we can control from an app and has all these notification and communication abilities. To run all these features..All the time…takes a power source. I think this thing over communicates and gets people excited.
my opinion
the battery management system is determining that there is a voltage draw somewhere and is preserving the battery so that you get a start….it seems like there’s a problem but there’s likely not.
Think about this ….in previous vehicles, we’d never know. All these features are new and most of us, certainly me anyway, never owned a vehicle that we can control from an app and has all these notification and communication abilities. To run all these features..All the time…takes a power source. I think this thing over communicates and gets people excited.
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Not to sound too crude, but if you are using Auto Stop/Start then you need to get off the ASS. This is one “feature” that I am NOT happy my new BS will have. These cars are computers on wheels, and it makes no sense to me to shut down the only power source for the battery at every stop light. Sorry…just got up and need my coffee…..
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Do you have a dashcam installed? I had this message pop up when I had my dashcam set to always on when parked. Once I set it to come on when it sense movement only, the message went away because it wasn't using as much battery power.
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Our 2021 Badlands did this for 3 YEARS! It will disable auto start/stop (which is a good thing). We ignored the issue and I just put the battery on charge once a month. But recently it completely shut off the dash and that's when I replaced the battery. We have NOT done the BCM update.
Agreed.
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I shut off the auto start-stop every time I get in the car. I don't like that function. I just wait for it to fail in the middle of the intersection.
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Mine was doing this due to my drive to work being only 15 minutes and the battery never getting charged enough. Started using trickle charger and never did it again
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Thanks, I drive over 30 mph but about 15-20 minutes away from work. No battery maintainer never had the problem on my 2021 F-150 driving the same distance to work when i had it. I haven't had that recall done i'm waiting until next month when i have a couple weeks off to have that done and also another recall and the Wiper Motor Issue. I haven't checked the cables but i will in the next few days. Not sure if i have the AGM battery i'll check that also. A guy on the F-150 site that works at a Ford Dealership IIRC says there's a plug on the Neg Cable that i can unplug and see if it helps. I have the JMS Pedal Max but can't see that being the problem. FWIW yesterday and last night it didn't do it. Here's what the guy said not sure if you guys tried this or not or know about it. He said on your negative battery terminal, there is a sensor, unplug that, that will then default the computer to command to charge at the 'traditional ' charging volts of 14 V at the battery.
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I turn the Stop Start off every time i start it.
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I don't have a Dashcam installed.
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That's what mine was doing when i opened the door it was showing up on the Stereo Screen and the door chime sounded different than when it didn't come up on the Stereo Screen.The last 2 days and nights it hasn't done it. But it started fine every time.
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