New BlueCruise Version 1.4 - Rollout March 2025

[Scorpio3d]

Glad to see the 22s are getting some love!

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[TaxmanHog]

You might get it tomorrow!

Nothing yet, completed the road trip, no BC-1.4, but weather was decent and traffic easy going that I got a 2.2 MPK today, that's a positive!

 

[Scorpio3d]

Nothing yet, completed the road trip, no BC-1.4, but weather was decent and traffic easy going that I got a 2.2 MPK today, that's a positive!

 

[Jim Lewis]

And there’s something about the way the truck handles that I can’t explain, but it feels more confident in what it’s doing and I’m felt a little less tense in periods of highway stop and go traffic.

Same here! I've only driven about 40 miles with BC 1.4 so far, but my general impression was that its performance was "more buttery" (!) than BC 1.0. Rather than being unnerving at times, my drives so far have been more relaxing, and the truck behaves more responsively and confidently than before. I even imagined at one point that it recognized and responded more quickly to traffic suddenly stopped down the road further ahead than 1.0 - but that may have been a hallucination..

 

[luebri]

I got my 1.4 update today and just had a very brief ~5 mile stretch to test.

One initial dislike unless I’m missing something. From my testing if you initiate the lane change and it does the lane change the turn signal stayed on so I still had to manually turn off the turn signal. WTF!? Is this normal?

 

[Gimme_my_MME]

I got my 1.4 update today and just had a very brief ~5 mile stretch to test.

One initial dislike unless I’m missing something. From my testing if you initiate the lane change and it does the lane change the turn signal stayed on so I still had to manually turn off the turn signal. WTF!? Is this normal?

You need to only tap the turn signal not move it all the way. Like how you would indicate a lane change with a 3 blink

 

[luebri]

You need to only tap the turn signal not move it all the way. Like how you would indicate a lane change with a 3 blink

Ah, ok. Thanks. That’s gonna take some getting used to I’ve never used the “temp blinker” before because I just do the normal blinker and wheel turn with the hand in one motion and Then recenter and turn off with same hand. That Always Felt more natural to me.

 

[sotek2345]

Welp - got the notification yesterday, but for the first time ever, I had the update fail. Only note was that it failed and Ford would try to push a new update "as soon as possible". Back to the waiting game.

 

[Farmford42]

I got the update yesterday tried to run it during the day but it failed. It did not update last night so I guess I am in the wait for another try zone.
I have a 22 as well.

 

[mr.Magoo]

I got my official BC1.4 update last night after having had it through FDRS/Forescan for a few months.

 

[bmwhitetx]

Ah, ok. Thanks. That’s gonna take some getting used to I’ve never used the “temp blinker” before because I just do the normal blinker and wheel turn with the hand in one motion and Then recenter and turn off with same hand. That Always Felt more natural to me.

The turn signal lever is not motorized. If you push it all the way down or up, only you can return it to the center off position. Use the tap feature as mentioned.

BlueCruise 1.2+ Owners Manual

• Lane Change Assist can help drivers move through traffic on the freeway with more confidence while using BlueCruise. The system will perform a hands-free lane change when requested by the driver tapping the turn signal, and it can even suggest if a lane change would be beneficial when following slow-moving traffic.
• Predictive Speed Assist automatically and smoothly adjusts the speed as drivers approach a sharp curve and will help signal the driver ahead of time when a speed change is about to occur, so they understand why the vehicle is slowing.
• In-Lane Repositioning makes the hands-free highway driving experience feel more natural, keeping the vehicle in its lane while subtly shifting the vehicle’s position away from vehicles in adjacent lanes – especially helpful when next to bigger vehicles such as semis.

 

[luebri]

• Lane Change Assist can help drivers move through traffic on the freeway with more confidence while using BlueCruise. The system will perform a hands-free lane change when requested by the driver tapping the turn signal, and it can even suggest if a lane change would be beneficial when following slow-moving traffic.

One minor thing I noticed on my '22 is I on the Driver Assist page of the Drivers Gauge LED I am not getting the fancy Lane change animation that I've seen from others but simply a message that states lane change in process or something like.

It does seem to do the lane change as I would expect which is the much more important part!

 

[bmwhitetx]

One minor thing I noticed on my '22 is I on the Driver Assist page of the Drivers Gauge LED I am not getting the fancy Lane change animation that I've seen from others but simply a message that states lane change in process or something like.

It does seem to do the lane change as I would expect which is the much more important part!

Yeah, only the 24's have shown that. Maybe we get it for our 22-23's later. Probably would require an IPC module update.

I haven't used it enough to see if our 22-23's are getting the slow traffic lane change notice (24's have it already I believe):

Lane Change Assist can help drivers move through traffic on the freeway with more confidence while using BlueCruise. The system will perform a hands-free lane change when requested by the driver tapping the turn signal, and it can even suggest if a lane change would be beneficial when following slow-moving traffic.

 

[MoonWhaler]

Does it sound like the CSP parking sensor update is needed or no? I scrolled this thread, but did not see a definitive answer (sorry if I missed it). My dealer is super reluctant to do any software stuff /CSPs and not very knowledgeable about the lightnings. ‘23 Lariat - no CSP done - no update yet.

 

[TaxmanHog]

Does it sound like the CSP parking sensor update is needed or no? I scrolled this thread, but did not see a definitive answer (sorry if I missed it). My dealer is super reluctant to do any software stuff /CSPs and not very knowledgeable about the lightnings. ‘23 Lariat - no CSP done - no update yet.

Several people have reported getting the OTA without having the CSP done in advance, I'm holding of as well with fingers crossed that eventually I'll see the OTA post for BC-1.4

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