I've owned my 2025 XLT for 2 weeks and I already hate the 12" vertical screen and lack of knobs

[DutchRanger]

Try talking to it. It actually understands my voice pretty good

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[purdyd]

Yes on single zone climate controls, the fan speed is the right dial, temperature is the left. the system power button is the button in the left dial, and the ac is the right on both single zone and dual zone. the universal symbol for power for decades the circle with line. Ill update comment with pic when I get to my truck when Im going to work shortly.


fan speed dial no button. volume button is power/play/pause for radio/media, temperature adjustment left knob, hvac power button.

basically the same functionality as the dual climate control

what app is that screen from?

 

[purdyd]

Try talking to it. It actually understands my voice pretty good

i will say it again because this is where ford messed up

all You can do for voice control is adjust the temperature for climate control

they should add vents, ac, defrost, fan, and temp for passenger driver for the dual climate control

https://www.ford.com.au/support/discover-your-ford/vehicle/everest/functions/talking-to-sync4a-2022

 

[richman555]

I think the one thing I appreciate about the center screen is it's well integrated with the dashboard. It doesn't stick out and isn't in my line of vision too much.

I had read there were rules/laws coming to lower the distracting screens on vehicles.

 

[ShadowDragon24]

basically the same functionality as the dual climate control

what app is that screen from?

basically yes. we dont have the fan speed as a button, but a dial and our ac is a bottun on the stack, and not in the dial like the dual zone. otherwise they are the same.

and it's android auto, using the OBD Link MX/MX+ app OBD Link, its AA compatible, you set the screens up on the obd link app disconnected from AA, then you can load aa and pick what pids you want. I did find out, while in motion it will only display 4 picks, but in park or neutral it will do more, but you can set up multiple screens.

I do miss torque pro layout like I had on the android headunit I put in my 2012 escape piror. or running forscan lite. it was nice having the onboard diagnostics without haveing to use my phone. might get a old tablet and hook that up for AA, and put the phone back to bluetooth only, that way I can set the tablet up hopefully to turn on automatically and open obd link to automatically start. torque I had set up as dash install so as soon as it started, it fired up and start loging fuel useage and stuff and showed my extended guages. I constantly forget in the ranger. lol

 

[gtyates]

I knew when I test drove the Rangers that I would probably dislike the Infotainment screen set-up. But I didn't think I'd absolutely hate it so soon.

This was just an absolutely asinine design decision by Ford. I can't use it to do anything while driving. It's bad enough to not be able to easily control the stereo, but you can't really quickly control the HVAC either.

Sadly, I won't be surprised if people wind up dying in wrecks because of the damn thing.

Honestly, if I hadn't wanted the dependable V6 so badly I probably would've taken my chances with a GMC Canyon.

You would hate the GM system then. Even the headlights are in the stupid screen system... I do agree, however, that the heated seats/steering wheel control as well as the airflow directional should have buttons instead of being at the very bottom of the screen. That is really my only gripe about the large screen setup.

 

[purdyd]

You would hate the GM system then. Even the headlights are in the stupid screen system... I do agree, however, that the heated seats/steering wheel control as well as the airflow directional should have buttons instead of being at the very bottom of the screen. That is really my only gripe about the large screen setup.

The problem with the vent control is that you need to hit the screen to open a another screen

and the heated steering wheel icon is very small

so instead of redundant controls for a/c on off and max defrost, ford should have used those for either of the above functions

ford could also add a climate control menu at the steering wheel

along with expanded voice commands

and there should be a climate control status screen

my truck is always doing mysterious things like turning in the compressor or blowing cold air when it is already cold

if we had a screen showing what was going on and why, I think that would be very useful

like the off-road screen showing the drive shafts, locker status and angles

 

[Ron Quixote]

Subaru has a similar screen setup, including the fixed climate controls on the bottom. One nice touch is that one of the digital buttons is programmable. So if you want it to be the vent toggle, you can set it for that.

 

[superj]

That’s a fair critique. Glad there’s someone else here who is crazy enough to own both a Ranger and a JL

Me too. 2019 sport s unlimited and 2024 stx ranger

 

[Justin_Glen]

That's not the benchmark.

This is:

Two massive control knobs specifically for dual zone climate?? You set and forget so why have them? I haven't changed the temperature setting in 2 years.

 

[cozzishc]

I knew when I test drove the Rangers that I would probably dislike the Infotainment screen set-up. But I didn't think I'd absolutely hate it so soon.

This was just an absolutely asinine design decision by Ford. I can't use it to do anything while driving. It's bad enough to not be able to easily control the stereo, but you can't really quickly control the HVAC either.

Sadly, I won't be surprised if people wind up dying in wrecks because of the damn thing.

Honestly, if I hadn't wanted the dependable V6 so badly I probably would've taken my chances with a GMC Canyon.

I agree with you, it is so annoying and dangerous (yes ford I hope you monitor this site) trying to do something as setting the heated seats only to hit a minor imperfection in the road and your finger moves off the location on these screens!

These are vehicles not video games and these gimmicks are not appealing for buyers. I only wonder how many accidents occurred bec of such screens in all makes...

 

[Granite Stater]

I wouldn't mind a few programmable steering wheel buttons. Let folks put the controls they want on the wheel.

 

[sjs713]

Not a problem for me. It's better than a tablet sticking up out of the dash.

I knew when I test drove the Rangers that I would probably dislike the Infotainment screen set-up. But I didn't think I'd absolutely hate it so soon.

This was just an absolutely asinine design decision by Ford. I can't use it to do anything while driving. It's bad enough to not be able to easily control the stereo, but you can't really quickly control the HVAC either.

Sadly, I won't be surprised if people wind up dying in wrecks because of the damn thing.

Honestly, if I hadn't wanted the dependable V6 so badly I probably would've taken my chances with a GMC Canyon.

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