The next day it would not start again w/o jump start so I hooked it up to a trickle charger overnight. Paperwork came back that battery tested OK, so I doubt they did a load test on it. I mentioned the above list of problems I was having and that I suspected they all were battery related. ![]() I had to jump start it off a battery charger to get it started to its scheduled service appointment. Tuesday, I got in and the seat and pedals defaulted to my (short) wife's settings as I pushed the start button, but no start and my settings had disappeared. I will just piggyback on the post by asking if you have your original battery? Strange movements of the seats, pedals, shifting into 4A, and loss of "memory" settings have all recently been happening with my Expedition. ![]() Since Covid, this vehicle can often sit six days out of the week so I'm thinking I ought to buy a battery tender. I know this is all my fault for not driving it enough. If it acts up again, I'll take it to another Ford dealer before the B-T-B warranty expires. Ran fine today and it held MY memory settings but the *** (Auto Start Stop) still doesn't work so either my old charger isn't the proper one for an AGM battery, or the battery itself cannot reach full charge. I am calling my dealership tomorrow to inquire about a bearing I’ve been waiting on and parts for the cam phasers so I’ll add this to the list as well. Also, the line for the anderson plug is one single run direct from the battery to the rear of the car and it’s in conduit the entire way. I do know that today while the seat shorted the breaker for the Anderson plug was on the “off” position. I am not sure that these two issues are related. It moved to the maximum backwards position and for a few minutes I can hear the motor being activated on and off. Today, the passenger seat decides to move all by its self, backwards. It had been raining and I had driven through a bunch or mud and crappy forest service roads, I chocked it up to water in the anderson plug and replaced the plug on the camper that I had removed for diagnostics. No continuity issues, no voltage drops, nothing on a visual inspection, the breaker didn’t short, no fuses blown. ![]() After some troubleshooting with the multi meter I can’t find anything that’s amiss on the camper, I checked pretty much everything and visually inspected the Anderson plug and cable on both the camper and vehicle. I did not know if the short was a result of the 7pin or the anderson plug, I tried the 7pin again and no issues so I assumed it was the anderson plug and I drove home without it connected. The breakaway cable was connected to the hitch and was touching the hitch and safety chain. Quickly I unplug the 7pin plug and the anderson plug that supplies power to my camper and the issue stopped. So this past weekend we were leaving camp and I was hitching up our camper, within a minute or so I smelled burning plastic and look to see the trailers breakaway cable smoking and melting. 2018 Navigator Reserve with 30 way seats and tow package.
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