Optional Product Improvement Program 21G01 - BlueCruise Programming

[ReelSweet]

Bullcrap.

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[Mach-Lee]

This is awesome! My only worry is how complex this update is. When I brought my car in to have 21P22 done they did 5 of the 12 modules and then tried to get out of doing anything else. I don’t think they ever read the instructions. I could see them laughing me out of the service department with this list.

Shame, it's probably the easiest 8 hours of paid labor from Ford they will ever get, just need a tech to click buttons every so often. For the IPMA update they can click start and go work on another car for several hours until it's done. Talk about easy money.

 

[Mathington]

Shame, it's probably the easiest 8 hours of paid labor from Ford they will ever get, just need a tech to click buttons every so often. For the IPMA update they can click start and go work on another car for several hours until it's done. Talk about easy money.

That's a dangerous game haha. Considering how easy the previous updates were, yet gave dealers so much trouble, it may not work out well for the owner of the car.

Personally, I hate having to get a rental now when I leave my car in the shop. It costs me $20/day in gas vs the free charging I get at work, and I'm in a crappier vehicle while mine is in the shop.

 

[RonTCat]

So they’re saying I can go to my dealer and request BlueCruise for my job 1 non-EA car?

Yes.

 

[RickMachE]

That's a dangerous game haha. Considering how easy the previous updates were, yet gave dealers so much trouble, it may not work out well for the owner of the car.

Personally, I hate having to get a rental now when I leave my car in the shop. It costs me $20/day in gas vs the free charging I get at work, and I'm in a crappier vehicle while mine is in the shop.

Agree. Even driving my truck back and forth. 4 gallons of gas wasted. That's why I will give till mid April.

 

[Gullwingdmc]

Shame, it's probably the easiest 8 hours of paid labor from Ford they will ever get, just need a tech to click buttons every so often. For the IPMA update they can click start and go work on another car for several hours until it's done. Talk about easy money.

The other worry is if they don’t connect the 12vb to an external power supply the long updates will fail. My dealer also seemed clueless about this requirement.

 

[benk016]

The other worry is if they don’t connect the 12vb to an external power supply the long updates will fail. My dealer also seemed clueless about this requirement.

They shouldn't be, this is standard procedure for ALL cars, not just the MME.

 

[RonTCat]

They shouldn't be, this is standard procedure for ALL cars, not just the MME.

This. There is nothing magical about these updates or the process. Mach-E is FNV2, as are current Ford ICE vehicles, like F-Series. If a dealer can update an F-Series, they can update a Mach-E.

 

[BMT1071]

They shouldn't be, this is standard procedure for ALL cars, not just the MME.

Well... it's definitely the recommended procedure. Things don't always (seldom) get done as written when you're working flat rate.

 

[benk016]

Well... it's definitely the recommended procedure. Things don't always (seldom) get done as written when you're working flat rate.

FDRS also prompts to verify the car is hooked up to a power supply before every module update procedure.

Not saying there's no chance a dealer would skip that, But if they do, they probably shouldn't have that job.

 

[silverelan]

They shouldn't be, this is standard procedure for ALL cars, not just the MME.

not sure if you or @RonTCat knows, but are all 2021 GTs still on their original software? I’ve got a 1000mi road trip starting next weekend and could really use the revised charge cliff.

 

[benk016]

not sure if you or @RonTCat knows, but are all 2021 GTs still on their original software? I’ve got a 1000mi road trip starting next weekend and could really use the revised charge cliff.

The only OTA's that have went to any Job 2 cars, which is all 2021 GT's, Was the BC Map update to keep it functional.

 

[Blue highway]

Booked for Tuesday! (and yes I will bring the procedure with me and leave it in the car)

 

[Gullwingdmc]

They shouldn't be, this is standard procedure for ALL cars, not just the MME.

There’s the key word in your statement “Shouldn’t”, the problem is some of these tech either don’t care or just don’t read the instructions or prompts. I brought my car in twice to have 21P22 done and neither time did they connect the battery. I know that because I put a piece of tape across the paneling in the frunk to see if they broke or removed it, they didn’t.

Also, when they were fighting me about finishing the updates the said that some of these updates can take hours and then can fail because the battery voltage drops. Which to me says they aren’t connecting to a power supply for any updates. They I didn’t like when I replied that I knew that some modules can take upwards of 4 hours and none of these were those modules.

 

[silverelan]

The only OTA's that have went to any Job 2 cars, which is all 2021 GT's, Was the BC Map update to keep it functional.

thanks, Ford’s BC map update was nice to get. I’m surprised at how much I use BlueCruise and how annoyed I become when it reverts to co-pilot 360 so that I have to use torque-steer like some sort of Tesla Autopilot peasant.

It’s amazing how complicated Ford is making things with the incredible number of trim variants and software versions out there. The permutations at this point have to be insane.

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