Feels like a different car after software update

[RedStallion]

I took my car to the dealership earlier this week to work on all three recalls at once. They asked me whether I wanted a Blue Cruise update that takes 13 hours, I said yes. The service guy couldn't explain what it was because I already had functioning BC in my car.
The car I got back feels and drives a lot better. I don't know what update was that, but I can finally feel the difference between all three driving modes. Before that they all felt equally weak with little to differentiate between them.
Now in Unbridled I finally got a good regen, so I don't need the break pedal while driving in 1PD. The steering also feels stronger and more precise.
The L2 charging issue has been resolved for me. Before the charging current would drop by about 7% after the first minute or so, which correspondingly increased the total charging time. Now the current stays close to the max during the charging.
I though the autolock issues have been fixed, but today I found there is no consistent behavior, sometimes the car locks and sometimes it doesn't.
P.S. while in dealership I checked MME they had in stock. A whopping $10K markup on them.

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[Jimrpa]

13 hours? I haven’t heard of any 13 hour updates. Maybe some of our experts here can weigh in. Anyway, glad you like your enhanced car!

 

[Garbone]

They took the car out for 13 hours of joy riding and now the computer is conditioned to be more agressive. That is why it feels different.

Or not.

 

[Dude]

My pony feels different as well after the recall OTA. BC was applied OTA last month in two overnight sessions. I am not going to use BC much because I am retired which drastically changed my driving requirements. We will not renew the BC application when the complimentary period expires. I enjoy riding my Mustang whenever we leave the barn.

 

[RedStallion]

They took the car out for 13 hours of joy riding and now the computer is conditioned to be more agressive. That is why it feels different.

Or not.

A good guess. But FordPass log doesn't support that theory. Though one thing in the log is really strange, it shows that at 3am the doors, frunk, hatch were suddenly open. I have hard time believing they work that late. I have a suspicion their security on site going through parked cars, perhaps fishing for stuff they can pilfer.

 

[Gullwingdmc]

I definitely noticed the gear lash issue was gone after the recall update. Before when I used to alternate between slowing down and accelerating like when you’re waiting to pull out on a busy street I would get a clunk feeling as the car switched between regen and accelerating. Now that’s all gone and it’s totally smooth!
Job 1 2021 with 1PD

 

[Gimme_my_MME]

I definitely noticed the gear lash issue was gone after the recall update. Before when I used to alternate between slowing down and accelerating like when you’re waiting to pull out on a busy street I would get a clunk feeling as the car switched between regen and accelerating. Now that’s all gone and it’s totally smooth!
Job 1 2021 with 1PD

A massive amount of work went into that so glad to see people noticing the improvement

 

[Mach-Lee]

A lot of improvements have been made, you could notice a huge difference in the way the car drives after the recall updates if haven't gotten anything updated in the past year. Especially if you skipped 21P22 updates.

A massive amount of work went into that so glad to see people noticing the improvement

Thanks for that, but wanna keep gong? It feels like dropping an anchor any time you have to use the brake pedal in 1PD. Can't use it lightly. Also blend in friction braking below 5 mph instead of waiting till 0 mph in 1PD to take up the driveshaft slop.

 

[Gullwingdmc]

A massive amount of work went into that so glad to see people noticing the improvement

Oh really? It is a HUGE improvement. Why was causing the clunking feeling before the update? Someone explained it once as gear lash?

 

[Hibtone]

A good guess. But FordPass log doesn't support that theory. Though one thing in the log is really strange, it shows that at 3am the doors, frunk, hatch were suddenly open. I have hard time believing they work that late. I have a suspicion their security on site going through parked cars, perhaps fishing for stuff they can pilfer.

Or sitting in the cool car & pretending it's their own.

 

[db4z]

I definitely noticed the gear lash issue was gone after the recall update. Before when I used to alternate between slowing down and accelerating like when you’re waiting to pull out on a busy street I would get a clunk feeling as the car switched between regen and accelerating. Now that’s all gone and it’s totally smooth!
Job 1 2021 with 1PD

Which updates did you get? Low speed gear lash/clunk is definitely annoying on my GT. So far I have only got OTAs upto 2.8.3.

 

[scoopman]

I just gotta say, I had someone with a Job 1 car visited me for updates including BlueCruise, and it absolutely took easily 12 hours. Some updates for BlueCruise really do take forever for early cars.

 

[Gullwingdmc]

Which updates did you get? Low speed gear lash/clunk is definitely annoying on my GT. So far I have only got OTAs upto 2.8.3.

The recall update. It’s not numbered, but I would think you’d get it soon.

 

[npgeorgeuw]

Which updates did you get? Low speed gear lash/clunk is definitely annoying on my GT. So far I have only got OTAs upto 2.8.3.

Hmmm.. Me too. Here I thought I was just behind everyone even though I scheduled updates and did everything right. Maybe that's just a GT thing?

 

[Logal727]

Hmm, would there be any reason an update would take 13 hours if you got BC all OTA?

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