Premium Connectivity Expires Soon

[dajo]

Read this entire thread and read what Ford said on my notification. Still don't know what to expect when Premium and nav expire. Guess I will find out after the end of this month.

Well let it expire and now no nav using the steering wheel talk button. It is only a little over $6 per month for 12 month subscription. Still have not got it reactivated Ford is really slow. So if you want to keep it don't let it expire.

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[got3fords]

I found this thread because I recently discovered my factory nav does not work. It just shows a basic featureless map. There was no discussion of nav when I bought it, how to enable it or whatever. It's not that big a deal because I have been using Waze. But every once in a while it wigs out.
I had factory nav in my '21 that was always there if I needed it. Was I supposed to get a trial or something on the '26?
One feature that is there in factory nav is elevation. It's grayed out but active. That's cool to watch going through the mountains.

 

[saf1]

I found this thread because I recently discovered my factory nav does not work. It just shows a basic featureless map. There was no discussion of nav when I bought it, how to enable it or whatever. It's not that big a deal because I have been using Waze. But every once in a while it wigs out.
I had factory nav in my '21 that was always there if I needed it. Was I supposed to get a trial or something on the '26?
One feature that is there in factory nav is elevation. It's grayed out but active. That's cool to watch going through the mountains.

I think I had posted here or maybe in another similar thread but when I purchased my 2026 Ranger Raptor back in March I asked the dealer about subscriptions for sync. They said that it was included.

A couple of weeks after driving it around I hit sync asking for navigation and said the feature was not available. I checked on Ford's portal and it says it is there but interesting enough has an expiration date. Not a huge deal other than that is different than what the dealership said to me but maybe I heard it wrong.

In any case still couldn't get it to work, called Ford, they confirmed I have it, but still can't access it the way they mentioned it.

Figured I'm just a dumb@ss at this point so just use my phone.

 

[AugPal]

I found this thread because I recently discovered my factory nav does not work. It just shows a basic featureless map. There was no discussion of nav when I bought it, how to enable it or whatever. It's not that big a deal because I have been using Waze. But every once in a while it wigs out.
I had factory nav in my '21 that was always there if I needed it. Was I supposed to get a trial or something on the '26?
One feature that is there in factory nav is elevation. It's grayed out but active. That's cool to watch going through the mountains.

On your Ford app if you go to Connected Services you should see Conected Navigation. It's $80 a year

 

[got3fords]

On your Ford app if you go to Connected Services you should see Conected Navigation. It's $80 a year

Thanks. Just checked, it says Connected Navigation trial ends in April 2027. Wonder why it is not coming up on the truck.

 

[saf1]

Thanks. Just checked, it says Connected Navigation trial ends in April 2027. Wonder why it is not coming up on the truck.

And therein lies the mystery. Similar here but it says feature not available when I try to access it in the truck.

 

[AugPal]

I paid the $80 for the Navigation and I like it a lot more than Google maps on long trips. Google maps is always trying to find the shortest route and it will want you to exit the Interstate and go through a residental or city area to save you a mile, but it actually slows you down.

 

[got3fords]

I paid the $80 for the Navigation and I like it a lot more than Google maps on long trips. Google maps is always trying to find the shortest route and it will want you to exit the Interstate and go through a residental or city area to save you mile, but it actually slows you down.

My exact experience last time I drove home from Ohio. I have since switched to Waze. I'll see how it does tomorrow on the same basic route. I have been very pleased with Waze.
I just don't understand why factory nav shows on the app only. Stupid.

 

[got3fords]

And therein lies the mystery. Similar here but it says feature not available when I try to access it in the truck.

I figured it out! With engine running and not moving, (that's what AI told me) you have to go to Settings, Connectivity, Connected Navigation, and toggle it on. Verbiage may differ by MY or Sync version. It may take a couple of on/off cycles, but it works!
But I'll more than likely not renew it when it expires next year.

 

[saf1]

I figured it out! With engine running and not moving, (that's what AI told me) you have to go to Settings, Connectivity, Connected Navigation, and toggle it on. Verbiage may differ by MY or Sync version. It may take a couple of on/off cycles, but it works!
But I'll more than likely not renew it when it expires next year.

Thank you. I just went out to the truck and this helped. I have it enabled as well. Thank you.

I went to that page previously but it wasn't there. Upon checking after reading this post it still wasn't. Car was parked, not moving. I saw it had hotspot enabled so turned that off. Still nothing. At some point I was scrolling up and down then saw it. Moved the slider to on and that was it.

I actually called Ford earlier about this and they verified the truck has it and it was active. We followed up with emails to look further before I said to myself that it isn't worth the effort. I'm going to reply to that now and say it is working, and a bit wonky to get it enabled. Maybe they can put it on their bucket list / back log of things to look at. This seems a bit counter intuitive.

Especially if they are going the subscription route.

Thanks again.

 

[got3fords]

Thank you. I just went out to the truck and this helped. I have it enabled as well. Thank you.

I went to that page previously but it wasn't there. Upon checking after reading this post it still wasn't. Car was parked, not moving. I saw it had hotspot enabled so turned that off. Still nothing. At some point I was scrolling up and down then saw it. Moved the slider to on and that was it.

I actually called Ford earlier about this and they verified the truck has it and it was active. We followed up with emails to look further before I said to myself that it isn't worth the effort. I'm going to reply to that now and say it is working, and a bit wonky to get it enabled. Maybe they can put it on their bucket list / back log of things to look at. This seems a bit counter intuitive.

Especially if they are going the subscription route.

Thanks again.

I totally agree, this should be one of those things that the dealer could take one minute to help you turn it on.

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