- May 25, 2022
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Well……………… the dust didn’t come home with me after all. My Raptor is sitting at Performance Ford of Moab and I’m back in California. Ugh.I’m in Moab now, dust everywhere. I even brought a bunch of dust from Kanab. A little bit of Hog Canyon, Fins and Things, Seven Mile Rim and a few other trails will be coming home with me
After finishing my last day of wheeling on this trip, just passing 20k miles and about 100 yards from pavement, I got the dreaded 12V Charging System dialog box. After shutting off any lights, the A/C etc we drove back to Moab watching the battery voltage drop from 12 to 10. Good news, Performance Ford got me in the next morning and diagnosed an alternator failure.
Bad news, there are no 3.0L Bronco alternators nationally and no ETA on the back order. Plenty of 2.3 and 2.7, though. So I rented a car And came home, Raptor’s sitting in Performance Fords lot until further notice.
With the savings in gas driving home. from the rental car (37 mpg) I may leave my Raptor (13.3 mpg) there and just buy a new one here.