Are rear seats supposed to have ambient lighting too?

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Just picked up my wifes Mach E yesterday and we are very excited!

My question is, does the rear seats suppose to have ambient lighting too? I noticed that the rear doesn't light up and went thru the setting to see if it was off, but i couldn't find it.

https://www.ford.com/buy-site-wide-content/overlays/mach-e-galleries/mach-e/

If you look at pics 11 and 21, It seems that there should be ambient lighting in the rear. I know these are pre production pictures and many things dont make it to final design. Just curious if other owners have lighting in the back similar to fords official pics.
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It does show in pic 11; cost savings? The settings explained in the manual are pretty minimum.

1. Access the vehicle drawer on the touchscreen.
2. Press SETTINGS.
3. Press Ambient Light.

Is there toggles on that screen for back, front, both? Or just what they highlight in the manual? Can you see a LED in the back door storage (front where it is working for reference). Congrats on being one of the early lucky ones.
 
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Just picked up my wifes Mach E yesterday and we are very excited!

My question is, does the rear seats suppose to have ambient lighting too? I noticed that the rear doesn't light up and went thru the setting to see if it was off, but i couldn't find it.

https://www.ford.com/buy-site-wide-content/overlays/mach-e-galleries/mach-e/

If you look at pics 11 and 21, It seems that there should be ambient lighting in the rear. I know these are pre production pictures and many things dont make it to final design. Just curious if other owners have lighting in the back similar to fords official pics.
My Ford edge has ambient lighting in the back too so I assumed it would be same with the edge - probably not
 

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My escape has ambient lighting in the rear (I’m pretty sure anyway).
 
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It does show in pic 11; cost savings? The settings explained in the manual are pretty minimum.

1. Access the vehicle drawer on the touchscreen.
2. Press SETTINGS.
3. Press Ambient Light.

Is there toggles on that screen for back, front, both? Or just what they highlight in the manual? Can you see a LED in the back door storage (front where it is working for reference). Congrats on being one of the early lucky ones.

Unfortunately my wife has the car til she gets off from work in a few hours, so I cant mess with it. Although if I do go to the ambient settings, there is a map of the car and the map does show lighting in the rear.

Once She's home I will physically check the rear for any LEDs and if i find any, i'm calling my dealership to service it to get them hooked up. I bet it's just a wire than needs to get connected.

When I first picked up Model 3, the rear speakers weren't working. Mobil tech came buy and said the wires weren't connected. Easy 5 minute fix.
 


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Yea, hope that is an easy fix, not a big deal relative to others, but disappointing if the lights aren't there. I know it happens but I don't expect Ford to forget to connect wires...

Just went through the ordering process on ford.com, looks like the ambient lighting is not shown in the rear passenger area of the car on the renderings there.

Unfortunately my wife has the car til she gets off from work in a few hours, so I cant mess with it. Although if I do go to the ambient settings, there is a map of the car and the map does show lighting in the rear.

Once She's home I will physically check the rear for any LEDs and if i find any, i'm calling my dealership to service it to get them hooked up. I bet it's just a wire than needs to get connected.

When I first picked up Model 3, the rear speakers weren't working. Mobil tech came buy and said the wires weren't connected. Easy 5 minute fix.
 
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Yea, hope that is an easy fix, not a big deal relative to others, but disappointing if the lights aren't there. I know it happens but I don't expect Ford to forget to connect wires...

Just went through the ordering process on ford.com, looks like the ambient lighting is not shown in the rear passenger area of the car on the renderings there.
Just talked to a fellow owner on this forum and he confirmed that are no LEDs on the rear of his Mach E. Just like mine, only the front side light up. He even got under and did not see any LED installed where they should be. Looks like they didn't make it to final production. Sucks.
 

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Ugh, thanks for the confirmation, yep that sucks. Worse than the 2-tone steering wheel that was deleted from the light interior.

I'm sure I could install lights under the seats without too much trouble using parts, but not sure I'd want to drill on the doors. Beancounters... at this price point. ? Will file this under "nothing's perfect," early adopter disappointments.

Just talked to a fellow owner on this forum and he confirmed that are no LEDs on the rear of his Mach E. Just like mine, only the front side light up. He even got under and did not see any LED installed where they should be. Looks like they didn't make it to final production. Sucks.
 

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Especially since it's still shown on the center display, for now anyway. Another thing they may add to mid-cycle refresh. Sadly, something that cannot be added OTA, other than updating the graphic.

early nickel and diming on stuff like this does not bode well. People DO notice this sort of thing. These sort of things can add up to the point of customers choosing something else.
 

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Just to confirm, is your Mach E a premium or FE? It says those two and the GT are the only ones with ambient lighting. Route 1 and Select don't have ambient lighting.
 
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What about the rear door pockets? Is there ambient lighting there?
 

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Just to confirm, is your Mach E a premium or FE? It says those two and the GT are the only ones with ambient lighting. Route 1 and Select don't have ambient lighting.
Looks like OP has premium
 

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Just to confirm, is your Mach E a premium or FE? It says those two and the GT are the only ones with ambient lighting. Route 1 and Select don't have ambient lighting.
And the ground effects lighting. Does it have the promised horses on the ground when you approach the car.
 
 




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