New owner, new questions

[someone22]

So I got the MY21 AWD car, European version, but still have a few questions after reading a lot:

- the dash display is very sparse, is this by design?
- no way to see the current charge rate
- air recirculation is hidden behind the air vents touch option, is it automatic or any way to get to it faster?
- parking sensors only activate very close to the obstacle, compared to other cars
- when slowly driving forward, would be nice to have the camera activate automatically, not sure if this is possible
- PaaK option is missing, perhaps this takes time to activate after a fresh Fordpass account is created and the VIN assigned
- once the headlights are manually switched to the high beam and back to dipped, the only way to activate automatic high beam seems to rotate the selector to manual beams and back to auto
- the infotainment seems very sluggish, but not sure if anything can be done about it
- can you clear individual radio presets?
- can you assign them automatically by scanning?
- the easy entry option moves the seat quite far to the back, can this be changed?

Otherwise quite happy with the car, still learning new stuff every day.

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[DeltaDelta]

- air recirculation is hidden behind the air vents touch option, is it automatic or any way to get to it faster?

Yeah it's real annoying and loves to switch itself back to outside air on it's own.

Don't think parking stuff is adjustable

- the infotainment seems very sluggish, but not sure if anything can be done about it

It's unforgivably laggy. I've gotten used to it though.

 

[AliRafiee]

About the auto high beam. The manual says to push the stalk forward again to reenable auto high beam

 

[RickMachE]

- the dash display is very sparse, is this by design? Yes.
- no way to see the current charge rate Correct.
- air recirculation is hidden behind the air vents touch option, is it automatic or any way to get to it faster? No.
- parking sensors only activate very close to the obstacle, compared to other cars Yes
- when slowly driving forward, would be nice to have the camera activate automatically, not sure if this is possible Activate it manually
- can you clear individual radio presets? No, simply save another station on top of it.
- can you assign them automatically by scanning? No.
- the easy entry option moves the seat quite far to the back, can this be changed? No.

 

[Adventureboy]

Charge rate can be seen in FordPass. That's the only way that I know of to see it.

 

[RickMachE]

Charge rate can be seen in FordPass. That's the only way that I know of to see it.

That's true. But it's the NET rate, after loss. And only visible while actively charging.

 

[someone22]

I see, after a while, when the charge is supposedly finished, but no charge rate. In the browser there isn't even that information available in the status JSON. It doesn't even have to be in Fordpass, most cars display that in the dashboard. I have real-time monitoring of my house consumption so can figure it out at home, but that information is not visible when I'm about. Did not try fast charging yet and don't plan to.

Weird question: does the windshield have a weird patterning in it? I assume they are heating wires, but at night they to make lights sparkle in a bad way, like if it was chipped / sand-blasted. Is this normal? It's not just the wires, the entire windshield looks uniformly packed with small "pixels".

 

[someone22]

I have another strange question. The steering wheel feels like it turns with every unevenness in the road and I have to fight it. I don't remember when test-driving a similar model that it behaved the same. My suspicion is on the stabilizer bar bushes (or whatever those are called) but I don't hear any noise. Is this normal?

 

[Billyk24]

Charge rate can be seen in FordPass. That's the only way that I know of to see it.

Can be seen with an ORB2 reader and app such as Car Scanner Pro 2.

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