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2,000 miles in and here are my rants. Warning, unpopular opinion follows.
1. No Owner's Manual: I cannot forgive Ford from not supplying or including an option to purchase an owner's manual. The HTML version on the Ford website is riddled with broken links and pages not found. The version on the screen in the vehicle contains broken links and pages not found. Table of contents? Nope. Search function sucks. Worse, you have to sit in your vehicle with the accessory on discharging the battery or sit in your vehicle with it idling. This is fun when it's 90F+ outside. Why is there no PDF version that reads like one complete document where you can scroll through pages? Why do I have to click and click and click and click oops page not found, back up, click and click... Annoying!
2. Seatbelt Warning at Start-up: WHY ... WHY do I have to select Ok after starting to make sure seated passengers are belted up? Is there a way to disable this? I have not found it if so. That OK button on the steering wheel is going to wear out fast!
3. Autostop - Start: The disable function doesn't work. Push the button, the screen says it was disabled by the switch, it works once or twice, then after a few minutes driving, come to a stop, the engine shuts off. Annoying.
4. Ford Spy Vehicle: Like most vehicles today, this is a "connected vehicle". Ford is incredibly cryptic about what is recorded, captured and sent to Ford and their third parties possibly including your insurance company! You can't find this information. A vehicle owner should have to OPT-IN rather than have all of this stuff defaulted on spying on you until you figure out how to turn them off. Do they really turn off? Probably not.
5. Door Code: You can't reset the door code from the screen. Luckily you can do it manually on the door.
6. Connectivity: Updates ...my truck has said no updates since owning. Ok. But how do I know the vehicle has the current update? There's no way to readily figure this out.
7. Cellphone USB/WIFI/AppleCarPlay: Every time I enter the vehicle will it connect or not connect. Sometimes you have to stop, turn off, open the door, lock, unlock, restart and let your phone connect. iPhone user. Then when it does connect, there's no sound. If you were on a phone call when getting into the vehicle, they can hear you, you can't hear them. Selecting Apple Car Play icon from the cellphone list turns on truck's wifi and usb. Why are both required? What's transmitted onto or off your device when using wifi, usb and/or connected with a cable. We don't know. They're never going to tell us.
8. The Brake Pedal: The clearance between the brake pedal and the dash is inadequate. My foot touches the bottom of the dash when my foot is on the pedal. Transitioning from the gas pedal to the brake pedal is impeded by the dash. Size 12 shoe.
9. If you plug in a device that needs charging, you get constant "This USB device will charge only" messages. Over and over.
10. Off-road and locker functions are embedded in the screen. We knew it. It still sucks!
11. Sport Mode: Seems sluggish on throttle response, too much turbo lag and holds gear at high RPM before switching gears.
12. Audio Glitch ... if you have music playing and someone touches the screen, sometimes there's an electronic buzz interruption in the audio.
There's probably more I just can't think of them right now.
1. No Owner's Manual: I cannot forgive Ford from not supplying or including an option to purchase an owner's manual. The HTML version on the Ford website is riddled with broken links and pages not found. The version on the screen in the vehicle contains broken links and pages not found. Table of contents? Nope. Search function sucks. Worse, you have to sit in your vehicle with the accessory on discharging the battery or sit in your vehicle with it idling. This is fun when it's 90F+ outside. Why is there no PDF version that reads like one complete document where you can scroll through pages? Why do I have to click and click and click and click oops page not found, back up, click and click... Annoying!
2. Seatbelt Warning at Start-up: WHY ... WHY do I have to select Ok after starting to make sure seated passengers are belted up? Is there a way to disable this? I have not found it if so. That OK button on the steering wheel is going to wear out fast!
3. Autostop - Start: The disable function doesn't work. Push the button, the screen says it was disabled by the switch, it works once or twice, then after a few minutes driving, come to a stop, the engine shuts off. Annoying.
4. Ford Spy Vehicle: Like most vehicles today, this is a "connected vehicle". Ford is incredibly cryptic about what is recorded, captured and sent to Ford and their third parties possibly including your insurance company! You can't find this information. A vehicle owner should have to OPT-IN rather than have all of this stuff defaulted on spying on you until you figure out how to turn them off. Do they really turn off? Probably not.
5. Door Code: You can't reset the door code from the screen. Luckily you can do it manually on the door.
6. Connectivity: Updates ...my truck has said no updates since owning. Ok. But how do I know the vehicle has the current update? There's no way to readily figure this out.
7. Cellphone USB/WIFI/AppleCarPlay: Every time I enter the vehicle will it connect or not connect. Sometimes you have to stop, turn off, open the door, lock, unlock, restart and let your phone connect. iPhone user. Then when it does connect, there's no sound. If you were on a phone call when getting into the vehicle, they can hear you, you can't hear them. Selecting Apple Car Play icon from the cellphone list turns on truck's wifi and usb. Why are both required? What's transmitted onto or off your device when using wifi, usb and/or connected with a cable. We don't know. They're never going to tell us.
8. The Brake Pedal: The clearance between the brake pedal and the dash is inadequate. My foot touches the bottom of the dash when my foot is on the pedal. Transitioning from the gas pedal to the brake pedal is impeded by the dash. Size 12 shoe.
9. If you plug in a device that needs charging, you get constant "This USB device will charge only" messages. Over and over.
10. Off-road and locker functions are embedded in the screen. We knew it. It still sucks!
11. Sport Mode: Seems sluggish on throttle response, too much turbo lag and holds gear at high RPM before switching gears.
12. Audio Glitch ... if you have music playing and someone touches the screen, sometimes there's an electronic buzz interruption in the audio.
There's probably more I just can't think of them right now.
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