I got a Southend postcode, come under Wickford, but pay council tax to Chelmsford. Work that out.lol.
The Mustang Mach-E segment is from IIHS. More info here:
Mine landed in Antwerp on 18th May and Fordpass sent me a message about the recall this afternoon. Would be nice if this meant it was on the move. But since I only picked up a cancelled order a couple of weeks ago I cannot complain too much.
I think this has been the experience for many of us. Some things to try include standing slightly further back before you kick or maybe kick a little slower. But I think the primary issue is likely the current state of the software and its bugs. Hopefully this will be resolved in time.
Exact same, opening is completely fine, but I struggle to get it to work when closing.
Hiya
Yes. I’ve got that model and that was what mine was saying at the start and that was what I was expecting.
Thanks @Tony Alonso and @Mercury8So nice to see an influx of new faces on the forum - welcome to all of you who are picking up cars imminently.
The Mach-E has so much in built connectivity that I though it might be worth while to run through the different connectivity systems, as the terms "Wi-Fi" and "Cellular" often get conflated and they cover multiple systems in the car.
Ford Connected Services Modem
This is a cellular data connection that enables all the smart services in the car. This includes all the FordPass Connect systems such as Navigation and Map updates, Live Traffic info functions, an even your location and tyre pressure data shown in the FordPass app. It's also the main connection your car will use to download Over-The-Air (OTA) Updates. There is no data limit on this connection as it is not accessible to the customer, it's purely used to connect your car to the outside world and Ford's servers. It is included free of charge for the first 5 years of vehicle ownership. After the 5yrs it is subscription based (no price info known as yet)
Onboard Wi-Fi Hotspot
This is the second cellular data connection in the car. It's completely independent to the first one and is solely used to provide a Wi-Fi hotspot for passenger devices in the car. It's tied to a Vodafone "Internet in the Car" eSIM which gives a 1Gb/1 month free trial on activation. Thereafter it's £11 or £20 a month if you decide to sign up on Vodafone's website. It's not required to allow the car to download updates or perform any functions, it's purely to provide passenger internet.
Wi-Fi Network Connectivity
To help speed up the OTA update process you can also connect your car to your home Wi-Fi. The use case here is when your car is parked outside your house it can connect to the internet on a faster connection (and use your bandwidth instead of Ford's
App Wi-Fi Projection
Yet another Wi-Fi connection broadcast by the car - this one is solely used by Wireless Apple CarPlay or Android Auto. It creates a data connection between the car and your phone to display the CarPlay / Android Auto interface. Note most phones can only be connected to one Wi-Fi network at a time - so if you are using CarPlay etc you won't be able to connect to the In-Car Vodafone Wi-Fi at the same time. It's one or the other unfortunately.
So as you can see there's a lot going on here with connectivity, and anyone new to the Mach-E can be forgiven for not knowing how it all links together.
Hope that helps
Tone
You have to set up the car to save a location for charging when you charge the car for the first time at home and then you should be able to set charge times and change the setting to "use preferred charge settings".
