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Help please im loosing my mind with my focus

sallie ford
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Hi all,

A couple of days ago my dash was displaying handbrake malfunction managed to get it home and my battery died. I charged my battery and put it on the car. Wouldnt start tried turning it over and within a couple of tries the battery was dying. Ive bought a new battery for the car which i will put on in the morning will i need to reset the bms ti get it to start again ? My car is a 2019 1.5 ecoboost

Thanks ever so much

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    If you search the focus club for reset bms there’s definitely threads , I’ve forgotten how to share a thread. No longer have a Ford but had a 1.5 ecoboost 2020.

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    Thank you so very much

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    2 hours ago, sallie ford said:

    Hi all,

    A couple of days ago my dash was displaying handbrake malfunction managed to get it home and my battery died. I charged my battery and put it on the car. Wouldnt start tried turning it over and within a couple of tries the battery was dying. Ive bought a new battery for the car which i will put on in the morning will i need to reset the bms ti get it to start again ? My car is a 2019 1.5 ecoboost

    Thanks ever so much

    It will start without resetting the BMS but you should reset it at some point to let the car know that the Battery is now new and not 6 years old.

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    Unless you have both an Ecoblue (diesel) and an Ecoboost (petrol) you might need to amend your profile. Bit confusing at present.

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