Thank you Jacte...I'm an old-school gear-head and just learning the complexities of the eCVT and hybrid. Your explanation makes a lot of sense.
I too have been curious as to how/what charges the 12v battery … I have not (yet) found how the 2024 Nautilus handles this, but seems some have an ICE driven alternator and others use a (hi voltage) DC to (12 volt) DC circuit to charge it from the hi voltage battery pack.
No problem. I am too, graduated from auto tech school a few decades back and moved on mechanical engineering. The eCVT was so foreign to me i almost dismissed the nautilus. Decided to research it a bit and was very surprised how elegant and robust the system is. These things are more software than hardware. Its just a pair of planetary gearsets with a fixed ratio with 2 electric motors that can slow, hold and even reverse the gearset by manipulating the ring and sun gear speeds/directions. Simple but super complex control and timing.
I don't want to hi-jack this incredibly good thread on the battery issues to the eCVT!
So, when the car dies due to 12V battery no longer supplying the power for the computers, due to parasitic drains, is the jump starter package (like the various ones talked about here) really just providing enough power to get the 12V battery (and therefore the computers) up to a usable voltage, with the hybrid battery pack then doing the main job of starting the car and charging the 12V battery?
I am having a similar problem. My gas-powered Nautilus only had 1500 miles on it when the battery died last week and I was locked out. I had driven it the day before. In the two weeks prior to the dead/drained battery, I also received a brief warning on the dashboard, but it didn't show up on my Lincoln Way app. After reading posts here, I'm concerned that my battery is going to drain again. I've also had problems with the software. Since the new battery was installed, the Android Auto app is not working. Settings will not appear, and I have to unlock my phone with each trip. The weather information also blanks out on the dash with each trip. The service department or Lincoln Roadside Assistance were no help. I think the the service staff knows there's major problems with the 2024 Nautilus but have been instructed not to acknowledge this to customers. I sent an email to my salesman who's on vacation until August 11. I have been a satisfied Ford/Lincoln customer for over 40 years, but no more. I'm thinking this vehicle is a lemon.
Yes. As long as there is no high amp load caused by accessory/fans you technically could jump it with a few Duracell 21/23 batteries. Would have to pull all interior light fuses and door chimes but it COULD do it.
4*21700 lithium in series, 3 sets of those in parallel
I was told by my dealer's service representative that the battery was "drained" (or depleted as you mentioned) and wouldn't hold a charge. I had it jumped three times before taking it to the dealer and the vehicle wouldn't start afterwards.
Yes...there is a specific AGM selection using the Antigravity Gravity Battery Tracker Plus (virtually identical to the BM300 Pro).
My understanding is there is only one planetary gear assembly in the e-cvt.
There are 2 in parallel.
I’m down. Let’s collect all the info we have come across. I’ll have to dig back, I found a ton of good info a year or so ago during the wait for order banks to open.
Excellent.
OK, then it just seems a random series of issues, that are loosely connected to each other, but yet still have different outcomes.
A couple weeks ago I deleted “Phone as a Key” to eliminate any controllable battery usages. I did it in Total Accessory mode (not starting vehicle), all screens immediately went totally blank for 10-15 seconds (oh crap) then one by one came back up. I let settle in for a couple minutes and turned it off, exited and locked the car. About a half hour later, I tried to access the car but the door switches wouldn’t recognize the Key Fob (had to use the fob unlock button). I entered car and did a BMS (Battery Management System) reset…headlights turned to off, car on Total Accessory mode (no foot on brake), wait a minute or so and within 10 seconds…flash high- beams 5 times and step on brakes 3 times (foot off between steps). Within a few seconds, the Battery Light on the dash should flash 3 times (wait for it), if it doesn’t…repeat. I turned the car off and locked the doors. I came back in about an hour, and the door switches still did not recognize the Key Fobs…bummer. Car sat overnight (about 8 hours) and to my surprise, the door switches recognized the Key Fobs in the morning per normal. She’s temperamental!!!
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