High voltage battery cell internal short circuit
Description
A manufacturing defect in one or more of your vehicle's high voltage battery cells may cause the cell to develop an internal short circuit.
Safety Risk
In the event of a high voltage battery cell internal short circuit, you will experience a stop safely now message and warning icon in the instrument cluster. You may also experience a loss of motive power, increasing the risk of a crash. You will continue to have 12-VOLT accessories, steering, and braking control. You may also experience battery thermal venting. In some instances, battery thermal venting can progress to a vehicle fire, increasing the risk of injury.
Remedy
A remedy is available. Software is available to repair your vehicle. Lincoln has authorized your dealer to update the battery energy control module (becm) software free of charge. This update reduces the risk of fire from this short circuit condition. Please be aware that this software update resets all the vehicle range learning regarding driving behavior, so you will see an initial change in range. This will correct itself after several drive cycles. This update also introduces a battery health monitoring algorithm which will limit the battery's usable energy capacity as the battery ages. Depending on your battery's state of health, once this algorithm is deployed you may experience an electric driving range reduction. Depending on driving habits and environment, this reduction in electric driving range could be approximately 12 percent. This software update helps to reduce the risk of any battery thermal venting experience and supports the safe operation of your vehicle. After this software update is completed, there is no need to limit charging to 80 percent.
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