UK Customers

[davkd]

Does auto 1, 2 or 3 make difference to power drawn? Other than the fan speed (which must be a small difference).

I’m not sure. You would think the faster you get to temperature the faster it shuts off.

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[Tr1cky49]

Well... bollocks

Dropped off my son's friend at his house this afternoon and they're having a loft extension, so there's a bunch of building supplies outside their house. Went to pull away, thought I was well before the rubbish, but there was a bag of debris that I couldn't see that I drove straight through as I pulled away.

To say I turned the air blue is an understatement.

Let's see what Dentmagic quote me for that screw up. :-(

 

[Jonno21]

Well... bollocks

Dropped off my son's friend at his house this afternoon and they're having a loft extension, so there's a bunch of building supplies outside their house. Went to pull away, thought I was well before the rubbish, but there was a bag of debris that I couldn't see that I drove straight through as I pulled away.

To say I turned the air blue is an understatement.

Let's see what Dentmagic quote me for that screw up. :-(

Seems counter-intuitive to press the like button so instead

 

[Baz.W.]

I was part of this conversation a few weeks ago, tanks again Mercury8 for the tips. Haven't been back to Scotland recently to test but what has happened is that I've finally got a ChargePlace Scotland charging card. So between Mercury8's tips and the chargecard I hopeful of successful charging on my next visit. At the moment not sure when that will be, but will report back to the forum on any progress. If your not heading till November, maybe also worth trying to get a chargecard...might help?

Thanks for your input, I have ordered the chargecard so hopefully I won’t have to many issues, but its all part of the adventure ?

 

[portlandg]

Well... bollocks

Dropped off my son's friend at his house this afternoon and they're having a loft extension, so there's a bunch of building supplies outside their house. Went to pull away, thought I was well before the rubbish, but there was a bag of debris that I couldn't see that I drove straight through as I pulled away.

To say I turned the air blue is an understatement.

Let's see what Dentmagic quote me for that screw up. :-(

Interesting that your forward collision alert didn't activate and engage the brakes.

 

[Andeh]

Interesting that your forward collision alert didn't activate and engage the brakes.

Forward Collision Assist looks for pedestrians and cars, presumably using the radar from the cruise, not the parking sensors.

It's not designed to stop minor parking mishaps, if it did you'd never get anywhere on a single track road as each time you pulled towards a hedge it would stop you.

 

[coolshades]

looks like a MME boost for us UK folks.
https://www.ft.com/content/38579e30-d4ce-4dee-9acd-52d7e6350e87

 

[Wonky_Donkey]

looks like a MME boost for us UK folks.
https://www.ft.com/content/38579e30-d4ce-4dee-9acd-52d7e6350e87

Argh - the dreaded FT.COM paywall strikes again. ?

Here's the article on Ford's Press Office site...

Ford-to-invest-£230million-to-transform-halewood-operations

 

[Smoothbond]

I took my car in to the ford dealership due to no heat.
they rang and said that they found the e heat button and switched it on, and now it’s all ok.

i thought the e heat button was just a boost to start and then once you were going it didn’t need to be switched on. but apparently it does.

is this right?

I went through this a few months ago , and took my car into the dealership multiple times. The description of the e-heat function is misleading . It sounds like a boost but in reality it’s the only way to get heat in the cabin . The supposed heat generated by the battery is bullocks. Check out this thread

https://www.macheforum.com/site/threads/heater-not-working.10035/

 

[SashaLondon]

I'm sure in the summer the battery can pump out heat. Just not useful for us when it's cold. I purchased some good winter shoes that will keep my feet very warm. This negates me having to have the heating on as much for sure.

 

[coolshades]

i have only recently followed the e-heat issue and am now confused. doesn't aircon warm up the inside ambient temp?

or are we talking of a short, quick burst of heating, like a room warmer?

 

[Tony.T]

i have only recently followed the e-heat issue and am now confused. doesn't aircon warm up the inside ambient temp?

or are we talking of a short, quick burst of heating, like a room warmer?

Yes- a room warmer is a good description. There's been a Lot of chat on the whatsapp group about this and one of the members puzzled it out. Basically this is what you do-

Set the temp you want, then touch 'auto' and use that to select the number of bars under the button (1-3) I just use 19deg and 1 x bar which does the job for me as I don't like it too hot.

Now, if you touch the main climate setting button (between the L/H temp setting and volume knob) you should find that 'E-Heat' and 'Air Con' is selected on, but no directions (feet, face windscreen) have been set. Now leave it alone!

You should find that the auto setting will do everything for you- just as you were used to with your ICE cars. I think the confusion lies in the fact you can get fancy graphics that don't seem to be doing anything! If you manually select direction you'll see that 'auto' is now switched off.

I find that the heat comes on very quickly when I start up but soon settles when it reaches your set temp. Likewise with the air con which in the cool weather now hardly comes on. To demist the screen I use the electric heating as you would do the rear screen. This makes little demand on the battery compared to when I was overriding the auto setting and tearing my hair out!

 

[SteveUk]

I went through this a few months ago , and took my car into the dealership multiple times. The description of the e-heat function is misleading . It sounds like a boost but in reality it’s the only way to get heat in the cabin . The supposed heat generated by the battery is bullocks. Check out this thread

https://www.macheforum.com/site/threads/heater-not-working.10035/

Correct! The car can not create heat in this current cold climate with eheat turned off.

 

[stinky minky]

What I enjoyed about the misleading e heat button was the fact I took it in to Ford who phoned me to tell me they had found the e heat button and now my heating worked. Even after I said that the only way to heat it up was when the e heat button was on!!!

 

[stinky minky]

Next question is how do you stop the start up function automatically resetting everyday to Detroit?

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