An Update on Your Forum Experience from Ford Motor Company

[Danface]

I know it's not what you're asking, but I'm curious if you regularly use a Bluetooth OBD2 scanner and the Car Scanner app? I just started using Car Scanner to monitor battery preconditioning on road trips, but I find myself referencing it more than the truck's instrument panel. With so much data available on a few screens, I almost find it easier to check things like tire pressure there in the app when I can see battery temps and motor temps and battery SOCs all at the same time.

Yeah verily ... Ford treats the EV like an ICE vehicle when it comes to providing info about what the vehicle is acually doing ... The GOM is a perfect example of showing something that is pretty (and) meaningless. They need to buy a good software house.

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[Lytning]

I know it's not what you're asking, but I'm curious if you regularly use a Bluetooth OBD2 scanner and the Car Scanner app? I just started using Car Scanner to monitor battery preconditioning on road trips, but I find myself referencing it more than the truck's instrument panel. With so much data available on a few screens, I almost find it easier to check things like tire pressure there in the app when I can see battery temps and motor temps and battery SOCs all at the same time.

Yes, I have a scanner and app. I also have a dash cam which plugs into the OBD2 port for power and some data. I read where a splitter will not work on 2 devices requiring data. (I would be very interested if someone has found a splitter which does work in this situation.) So, to use the scanner and app, I have to unplug the dash cam. In hindsight, a mirror-powered dash cam would keep the OBD2 port open.

 

[mrau]

In hindsight, a mirror-powered dash cam would keep the OBD2 port open.

Not sure if something like this would help power you dash cam. No personal experience, but have seen others said it worked for them.

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