OTA v.2.8.3 ... ???

[Deleted member 3569]

Having used BlueCruise for a few weeks now, I do hate that it follows the car in front of it at a distance big enough to allow cars to easily merge in, and when they do merge in the car does have a pretty forceful brake. It really should either follow cars more closely or have a much smoother brake, because I'm pretty sure all these brakes are considered hard brakes with my insurance company

.... that is EXACTLY what my experience w/BlueCruise ... if I set the speed too high the car just becomes very jerky, it still follows the center lane and curves but it is very abrupt... then I lower the speed (following distance set at maximum) and idiots start to cut in .... in one instance the guy who cut me in came to a full stop I had this RED warning pop up and flashing ... got panicky and ended up jamming on my brake full force and hearing my wifey screaming at top of her lungs ...

As far to force braking it could the inherent way the brake system on the Mach-e was designed to work? (I have One-Pedal always engaged.)

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[Dnorwood98]

dealer updated blue cruise on my MME but I still see 2.7.2 as latest version.... any idea?

The system won't update what your last install was unless it was OTA from my understanding.

 

[Deleted member 3569]

The system won't update what your last install was unless it was OTA from my understanding.

... very true to that. Mine was stuck on something like 2.7. x after the dealer performed the 21P22 and all of sudden I was at 2.8.2 and landed with the BlueCruise at the land of the Wizard of Oz !!!

 

[Chuck]

Following a car w/BlueCruise activated center lane, and that car slow down abruptly and came to full stop rather fast... I saw red pop ups on dashboard and ended jamming on the brake pedal full force ... never will let that happen again, need to pay even more attention w/BlueCruise on.

Slowing down was not the issue but I guess I have mot encountered a situation where the car ahead of me fully stopped while BlueCruise was activated.

Yeah, set the distance barrier to a larger gap.

 

[Deleted member 3569]

Yeah, set the distance barrier to a larger gap.

There must an "art" of BlueCruise ... I don't know it is yet. Just like when the Prius came out, there were Hybrid Forum discussing about "hyper-milling" ad nausea ... this was supposed to be the art of achieving maximum miles per gallon of actual driving.

My follow distance was already set to its maximum allowable range when in Intelligent Mode I hope this setting will carry over to BlueCruise mode... the issue is that if you set speed too high the car is jerky and makes erratic movements ....if you set too low then idiots cut in ... I live here in central FL and believe me we got all the winners here !!!

 

[Logal727]

There must an "art" of BlueCruise ... I don't know it is yet. Just like when the Prius came out, there were Hybrid Forum discussing about "hyper-milling" ad nausea ... this was supposed to be the art of achieving maximum miles per gallon of actual driving.

My follow distance was already set to its maximum allowable range when in Intelligent Mode I hope this setting will carry over to BlueCruise mode... the issue is that if you set speed too high the car is jerky and makes erratic movements ....if you set too low then idiots cut in ... I live here in central FL and believe me we got all the winners here !!!

Ugh I know all too well about driving on I-4. Have you seen if BlueCruise can be activated on the I4 Express lanes yet? I’ve been curious about that since they are so new.

 

[machdady]

noob question - but i can't find where my version is (i believe i have the latest with the ford pass alert, but doesn't say a release number, nor does software updates on the IPC). how do you find the version number?

 

[pljackson1]

I got the 2.8.3 update and the new button appeared. However now bluecruise is not longer listed as a connected service. When i get on a highway that has blue cruise, i turn on lane centering, then i get a message that says "BlueCruise not available". Has anyone seen this issue?

 

[AZBill]

I got the 2.8.3 update and the new button appeared. However now bluecruise is not longer listed as a connected service. When i get on a highway that has blue cruise, i turn on lane centering, then i get a message that says "BlueCruise not available". Has anyone seen this issue?

I saw that last week, then this week on connected services it came back and stated Activation Pending. Today it says BlueCruise active and I got a Ford Pass notification.

But it still does not work, waiting on info from Ford on what to do next. And they indicate it will expire one year from today. I have been without lane centering for three weeks, since I got it back from the dealer. I am scheduled to have another call with Ford on Tuesday.

Also, until today the expiration date on the Sync page showed —, but today it shows Oct 22 for the maps expiration, which seems to indicate I have the latest maps.

 

[MW1515]

noob question - but i can't find where my version is (i believe i have the latest with the ford pass alert, but doesn't say a release number, nor does software updates on the IPC). how do you find the version number?

I have the same question. Don't see a version number in Fordpass or in my car software anywhere.

 

[Mach1E]

There must an "art" of BlueCruise ... I don't know it is yet. Just like when the Prius came out, there were Hybrid Forum discussing about "hyper-milling" ad nausea ... this was supposed to be the art of achieving maximum miles per gallon of actual driving.

My follow distance was already set to its maximum allowable range when in Intelligent Mode I hope this setting will carry over to BlueCruise mode... the issue is that if you set speed too high the car is jerky and makes erratic movements ....if you set too low then idiots cut in ... I live here in central FL and believe me we got all the winners here !!!

Bluecruise (like intelligent cruise) has its place.

I don’t think typical crazy I-4 traffic is that place!

It’s better used for long boring stretches of highway where traffic isn’t that bad.

 

[rikker]

noob question - but i can't find where my version is (i believe i have the latest with the ford pass alert, but doesn't say a release number, nor does software updates on the IPC). how do you find the version number?

Another noob here. Where do you find the software version? On your iPhone Fordpass or in the vehicle? Thx. Rick

 

[MG101]

2.8.3 is a Sync update. It adds in the menu options to enable or disable hands free driving. No other end user changes.

Just curious where that is. My settings for cruise/lane keep have looked the same since at least 2.8.1. ?

 

[Deleted member 3569]

Another noob here. Where do you find the software version? On your iPhone Fordpass or in the vehicle? Thx. Rick

On your FordPass (iOS v.4.15.1) - from Home screen press the Account (upper right) button; go to Message Center, check your messages received ... if you got the FordPowerUp OTA update v. 2.8.2 it will appear there.
If not go to vehicle, press Vehicle button (upper left) on your center display, then go to System UpDates ... press Updates ... you will see Ford Power update, only the latest version you received, not prior ones though.

 

[Deleted member 3569]

Just curious where that is. My settings for cruise/lane keep have looked the same since at least 2.8.1. ?

In my case, my Ford PowerUp update v.2.8.2 gave me the BlueCruise without the BlueCruise notification button ... I got that two days later through OTA v.2.8.3 ... and also my BlueCruise is now a lot more smoother (or because I am becoming more daring?).

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