Typical winter driving in the Rocky Mountains of Alberta and British Columbia, Canada. Photo is from 1 week ago. Running dedicated winter tires : Nokian Hakkapeliiitta R3 SUV plus 255 pounds of sand in the truck bed.
The R3’s are the top rated winter tire in Western Canada and really grip the road. Especially nice in frosted asphalt and black ice. Cost is about $300 Cdn per tire.
I have 265/60 R18 on my 4x4 XLT Ranger from October- April. With plenty of mountain winter driving, I will also add about 200...
I actually called Ford Assist and they had no idea about the problem. As I was walking toward the truck I was pushing the unlock on the remote to determine the effective distance. Might be that pushing unlock more that a couple of times within a certain time period shuts down the electrical...
The truck had been parked about 1 hour after a 4 hour drive. I am thinking both my wife and I pushed our remotes at the same time as we approached the truck and somehow caused an electrical reset that took 5-10 minutes to complete..
Went to unlock my 2019 Ranger XLT today with my remote and no response. My wife then tried her remote with no response. Used the key to unlock the truck and attempted to start the truck with the key. Entire electrical system was dead. No lights, no noise, no nothing - completely dead. Even...