Software Update - Instrument Panel View

[maverickangel35]

Hi, all - sorry if this has come up already but I didn't see it in any other threads from the past few weeks. I believe everyone else has the same thing where we had a software update and now the instrument panel is rearranged? Now I have the battery life stuck over on the left and the speed limit and speedometer all the way to the right and just a picture of a car in the middle which is probably the least useful thing ever. It was super helpful when I could see the battery life and the speed limit right in the middle, but now the speedometer is almost always covered by my hand... I assume there's no way to change this?

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[generaltso]

Hi, all - sorry if this has come up already

Nope, I think you’re the first one to mention this.

Just gotta wait for another software update to change it back.

 

[RickMachE]

Nope, I think you’re the first one to mention this.

Just gotta wait for another software update to change it back.

That dry Vermont humor...

 

[generaltso]

That dry Vermont humor...

At least something in Vermont is dry this summer.

 

[ToOldForThis]

You are correct - no way to change this. Many, Many posts/threads about this already. Here is one - https://www.macheforum.com/site/threads/sad-about-losing-my-centered-speedo.36059/page-4#post-802258

 

[Bruboy]

You should receive an update requesting you to move your hand to a new position as to not interfere with the newly placed speedometer.

 

[n2585722]

I got my car in December and it has always been the way you describe.

 

[ack154]

One thing these posts always do tell me is that software updates continue to roll out. Which is a good thing, regardless of anyone's feeling of the position of the speedometer or car.

 

[67 Stang Convertible]

In the good ole days the speedometer was in the middle. They way it SHOULD BE. Now we all just have this annoying Gray Car in the middle of our heads up screen. Annoying!!!

For those that have always had it. That car would only pop up with when using Driver Assistance Features, then go away when not. After 6.8.0 if memory serves, it is stuck in the cernter.......

 

[SonicBlue]

If it bothers you guys this much, you could tape a picture of a beloved family member of pet to the middle of your screen. Or you could enable Lane Keep Assist. The car graphic sort of serves a purpose if you enable the fancy safety features you paid for.

 

[Chuck]

Hi, all - sorry if this has come up already but I didn't see it in any other threads from the past few weeks. I believe everyone else has the same thing where we had a software update and now the instrument panel is rearranged? Now I have the battery life stuck over on the left and the speed limit and speedometer all the way to the right and just a picture of a car in the middle which is probably the least useful thing ever. It was super helpful when I could see the battery life and the speed limit right in the middle, but now the speedometer is almost always covered by my hand... I assume there's no way to change this?

I've owned about 25 or so cars in my life. Not a single one had the speedometer in the center of the IP.

 

[SonicBlue]

I've owned about 25 or so cars in my life. Not a single one had the speedometer in the center of the IP.

It’s not really about the centered speedo. It’s about the animated lines that surrounded the speedo. Which is pretty silly. Which is why people claim they are upset about it not being centered.

 

[phil]

One thing these posts always do tell me is that software updates continue to roll out. Which is a good thing,

No, it's a bad thing. The updates generally do more harm than good.

 

[jgcom]

That dry Vermont humor...

Lived here all your life?
Not yet.

 

[moog]

In the good ole days the speedometer was in the middle. They way it SHOULD BE. Now we all just have this annoying Gray Car in the middle of our heads up screen. Annoying!!!

For those that have always had it. That car would only pop up with when using Driver Assistance Features, then go away when not. After 6.8.0 if memory serves, it is stuck in the cernter.......

....perhaps you never drove a vehicle with a tachometer on one side, and a speedometer on the other? {sarc}

I get people's "preference", but at the end of the day Ford did NOTHING "wrong" with this change.
A speedometer on the left or right of center, in a vehicle, is more normal than "abnormal".

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