Ford Pass app before delivery?

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Is there any advantage to downloading the app well in advance of taking delivery? Vehicle info, order tracking, etc. Or is it pretty useless without a vehicle?
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It's mostly useless without a vehicle. Stuff like order tracking seems to be web only.

Once your car is built, you can use the app to do "remote vehicle setup," which is your opportunity to upload a profile photo for yourself (and some other settings which can all be done in-vehicle, as well). I believe you can also get to RVS via your account on Ford.com.

If you send your profile to the car, it'll greet you when you first step into it and will invite you to complete the setup and activation. This pairs it to your phone, downloads the profile info, etc.
 

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Earlier recommendation was to download the app but to add the vehicle by scanning the barcode at delivery to prevent various issues encountered by early delivered cars. I dont think Ford pAss improved significantly to avoid the issues
 

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I added mine ahead of time, but it didn't do anything until the sales guy hit the accept button in the car at the dealer. But then it was nice to be able to get into the car to check it before having to talk to anyone. In the grand scheme of things though, it doesn't really matter.
 

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Is there any advantage to downloading the app well in advance of taking delivery? Vehicle info, order tracking, etc. Or is it pretty useless without a vehicle?
It is pretty useless without a vehicle.
Heck, even with a vehicle it isn't much better....

I started the app this morning so I could remote start the car and then I forgot to close the app. An hour later my phone battery was already down to 90%.
It is a good thing I looked at my phone noticed the battery drain early enough into my day to turn off FordPass or else I would have a dead phone later tonight.
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