Optional Product Improvement Program 21G01 - BlueCruise Programming

[Nikos]

I got 2.4.2, 2.4.3 and 2.4.4 over 3 days last weekend. I got 2.4.5 on Friday, 2.5.1 yesterday and 2.5.2 this morning. Took it for a drive on Interstate 69 and I now have Blue Cruise after 14 months of ownership. I am in the Early Access program for Blue Cruise.

Yesterday I got the2.5.1 update done.
So you are ahead of me.
I am in the Early Access program also.
It seems to me....my observation....that Ford uses the piecemeal approach. Not everyone who is eligible get the updates at the same time but in waves.
When the updates are successful, Ford gets the message. If unsuccessful then they try again later or you get a message to visit your dealer for further troubleshooting.

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[smartino]

Yesterday I got the2.5.1 update done.
So you are ahead of me.
I am in the Early Access program also.
It seems to me....my observation....that Ford uses the piecemeal approach. Not everyone who is eligible get the updates at the same time but in waves.
When the updates are successful, Ford gets the message. If unsuccessful then they try again later or you get a message to visit your dealer for further troubleshooting.

If you haven’t driven you car today. Take it out for a 15/20 minute drive. Then plug it in and see if that does the trick. Seems all my updates started to download and be ready to install after a drive. I think this wakes up the car and when you get back home assuming your car connects to WIFI that allows the next update to load

 

[Nikos]

If you haven’t driven you car today. Take it out for a 15/20 minute drive. Then plug it in and see if that does the trick. Seems all my updates started to download and be ready to install after a drive. I think this wakes up the car and when you get back home assuming your car connects to WIFI that allows the next update to load

I did drive my Mach E this morning.
More like 15 min leisurely drive.
It indicated to us that the update was successful. We were hoping that the next update will be ready for a download.
That message was not visible but I have scheduled my updates for 10pm every day.
I will walk out again in a few minutes and change the scheduling for an earlier time.
It may do the trick.
Thanks.

 

[louibluey]

I am.

Cool. I'm guessing about two weeks then, I can wait. I was away for a while, I missed that most are EA, that makes sense.

 

[macchiaz-o]

You should ask them to install glass in the middle of the hood while you’re there. So at least you can see down into your frunk even if you can’t open it.

plug up the drain and you can have a lovely fishbowl. just be sure to get some oxygen in there sometimes.

Has anyone done this mod yet? @Murse-In-Airy? @markboris?

I'm thinking the best strategy is to repurpose one of the coolant pumps as an air pump and filter. I saw that we don't need two pumps anyway, according to That Guy Who Used to be a Fastener Specialist in the 1980s on some YouTube video I once saw.

Salt water or fresh? I'm wondering which fish will handle high acceleration events better. I'm guessing saltwater... Ocean waves.

Hmm... I'm also wondering how to keep the fish from dying in summer heat. Does Mach-E have Pet Mode yet?

 

[Murse-In-Airy]

Hey @Murse-In-Airy, can't you connect your GT to the Premium and give it a transfusion?

I’d need two j45 to usb adapters. And there’s a chance of them both gaining sentience. I AM NOT having MegaTron stomp my garage into kindling.

 

[HBGuy]

My (build-date: 15 Mar 21) MME Premium is BC-ready, I'm not in the EA program, and the last OTA I received was 2.4.1. It installed without any issues. Since then, nada. I haven't received any correspondence from Ford concerning dealer installation of any updates, either.

Should I just be patient in the hope that the OTAs might someday resume, contact Ford, or what would any in this group suggest?

 

[RickMachE]

My (build-date: 15 Mar 21) MME Premium is BC-ready, I'm not in the EA program, and the last OTA I received was 2.4.1. It installed without any issues. Since then, nada. I haven't received any correspondence from Ford concerning dealer installation of any updates, either.

Should I just be patient in the hope that the OTAs might someday resume, contact Ford, or what would any in this group suggest?

If you want, you can simply make an appointment with your dealer for 21G01 and get BlueCruise.

 

[generaltso]

If you want, you can simply make an appointment with your dealer for 21G01 and get BlueCruise.

Unfortunately, that doesn’t seem to be working for everyone, and it’s not always because of incompetent dealers. Some cars just don’t have all the updates available in FDRS for some reason. Ford still has some sorting to do.

 

[RickMachE]

I’d need two j45 to usb adapters. And there’s a chance of them both gaining sentience. I AM NOT having MegaTron stomp my garage into kindling.

 

[chuckles]

Unfortunately, that doesn’t seem to be working for everyone

Indeed, only Early Access ponies have seen success with OTA or dealer-installed 21G01, as per the current poll numbers:

https://www.macheforum.com/site/threads/job-1-blue-cruise-status.16428/

 

[BMT1071]

My (build-date: 15 Mar 21) MME Premium is BC-ready, I'm not in the EA program, and the last OTA I received was 2.4.1. It installed without any issues. Since then, nada. I haven't received any correspondence from Ford concerning dealer installation of any updates, either.

Should I just be patient in the hope that the OTAs might someday resume, contact Ford, or what would any in this group suggest?

I think you are the first user I've seen that is into the 2.4.x series that isn't in EA.

 

[Gullwingdmc]

My (build-date: 15 Mar 21) MME Premium is BC-ready, I'm not in the EA program, and the last OTA I received was 2.4.1. It installed without any issues. Since then, nada. I haven't received any correspondence from Ford concerning dealer installation of any updates, either.

Should I just be patient in the hope that the OTAs might someday resume, contact Ford, or what would any in this group suggest?

You’re not in EA and you got 2.4.1? That’s lucky!

 

[machefan]

I can confirm loading all of the updates from FDRS and being in EA will yield BC for at least JOB 1 2021 cars.

 

[imstriker]

From Thursday to today I flew through all of the update to 2.5.1. I was one of the stuck cars in EA prior to whatever magic the OTA team did. I have an appointment scheduled at the dealer tomorrow but think I will cancel it now and wait out 2.5.2. My dealer apparently didn't follow directions well the last time anyway and caused some PAAK issues so I'm probably better taking my chances on OTA.

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