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by troytc 1038 days ago
Anecdotal, but I drive a 2023 - Ford’s word is that this is “fixed” in 2023 models and later (the “2023.5” is shipping now) but unclear if that’s a software or hardware fix. Almost 10k miles in with no issues thus far. From my understanding, the issue is most common in the GT and GT Performance trims when maxing out the power - which tracks with the on-ramp story in the OP. MachEForum has a great tracker on where (since EV power is definitely temperature related), what trims, and what model years this is occurring on.
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It’s a hardware fix. They have a redesigned HVBJB that they install into older cars that run into the issue. Newer cars were built with the updated part.

The only “software fixes” for the issue was logic to preemptively detect an impending failure so people wouldn’t get caught on the side of the road.