Voltmeter

[Kazumi]

Hello.

1. I drive a 2-liter diesel. Is it possible to change the device in the photo to a voltmeter?
　I enabled the Battery Voltage Display on the Forscan IPC, but nothing happened.


2. When I press the adaptive cruise control button, can I also turn on lane keep assist at the same time?

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[Jason B]

I don't know about you volt meter question.

Here in the US, Lane Assist automatically comes on when I turn on cruise control, so you should be able to use both at the same time.

 

[stemplar]

I live in the US and have not found a way to monitor battery/charging voltage in any of the modes and it drives me bananas. My other Ford’s have a volt meter as an option, even cheaper ford’s of the same model year.

I just bought a meter with a wireless remote display and installed it yesterday along with a new, fully charged odyssey battery. The meter is functioning but I don’t believe it’s accuracy yet, because my new battery is showing something like 60% or 80% SoH. I’ll load test the battery when I get a chance and maybe buy a more accurate meter if needed. The one I bought was ANCEL BM200 PRO 12V Battery... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DGQH5S1H?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

 

[chasc]

Just a guess, but I suspect Ford probably intentionally chooses not to offer voltage display because most people wouldn’t understand the complexity of why “smart” alternators are constantly changing the voltage and it’d likely lead to a bunch of dealer visits and hurt their quality scores.

 

[Blue_Raptor]

I’m not sure if this is available on the smaller clusters, but you can configure voltage. You can enable it in “measurements” on my view. Also, do the Lariats come with the larger clusters?

 

[TBone4Eva]

Yeah, you can. At least on the US model with the large cluster. I don't think it's as helpful as I would prefer. I would like it to show me the exact voltage as a value not just a gauge. The one in the measurement in My View isn't all that great either. There is a huge difference between 12v and 12.6v, for example.

 

[stemplar]

Just a guess, but I suspect Ford probably intentionally chooses not to offer voltage display because most people wouldn’t understand the complexity of why “smart” alternators are constantly changing the voltage and it’d likely lead to a bunch of dealer visits and hurt their quality scores.

I don't subscribe to that theory because it doesn't explain why my other Fords have a volt meter, including a 2025 bronco sport which got a tech upgrade from previous years.

 

[stemplar]

Yeah, you can. At least on the US model with the large cluster. I don't think it's as helpful as I would prefer. I would like it to show me the exact voltage as a value not just a gauge. The one in the measurement in My View isn't all that great either. There is a huge difference between 12v and 12.6v, for example.

I'm thinking this option might be Raptor-specific. I hope I'm wrong, but I don't see that option in any of the drive modes in my Lariat.

 

[Blue_Raptor]

Yeah, you can. At least on the US model with the large cluster. I don't think it's as helpful as I would prefer. I would like it to show me the exact voltage as a value not just a gauge. The one in the measurement in My View isn't all that great either. There is a huge difference between 12v and 12.6v, for example.

Agree on the lack of going down to tenths. Disappointing

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