Priority Update: FHCM-24.AC.AD - Frunk Operation

[Jim Lewis]

Leaving the frunk open for an extended length of time will always require you to manually close it.

It seems like that's something they could fix, though. The vehicle has the sensors to know that I'm sitting in the driver's seat, the vehicle is turned on, and I'm pushing the frunk button. Hopefully, anyone who's in the driver's seat and not absolutely smashed or incredibly high will notice. aaahh, the frunk is open! Just like I'm responsible for not running over any kids as I back out of my garage, you'd think a driver could be grown up enough to get a frunk close request honored. But maybe they figure it might be a different driver than the person who originally opened the frunk and left whatever lying around inside or hanging out of the frunk. But you could apply the same argument to whatever might be outside the garage behind the truck: make the driver circle the truck and call Ford for approval to back out of the garage!

I managed to carelessly lower my tailgate while parked inside the garage with the door closed. If Ford is going to be extra careful about the frunk, I'd like more monitoring on tailgate openings. I probably accidentally swiped the tailgate button with the Controls pop-up screen open in FordPass. Would be nice if the sensors could take a quick read of what's behind the truck, figure out that there's a solid wall close by, and refuse to lower the tailgate. That's the sort of smart vehicle behavior I'd like to see.

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[Maquis]

It seems like that's something they could fix, though. The vehicle has the sensors to know that I'm sitting in the driver's seat, the vehicle is turned on, and I'm pushing the frunk button. Hopefully, anyone who's in the driver's seat and not absolutely smashed or incredibly high will notice. aaahh, the frunk is open! Just like I'm responsible for not running over any kids as I back out of my garage, you'd think a driver could be grown up enough to get a frunk close request honored. But maybe they figure it might be a different driver than the person who originally opened the frunk and left whatever lying around inside or hanging out of the frunk. But you could apply the same argument to whatever might be outside the garage behind the truck: make the driver circle the truck and call Ford for approval to back out of the garage!

I managed to carelessly lower my tailgate while parked inside the garage with the door closed. If Ford is going to be extra careful about the frunk, I'd like more monitoring on tailgate openings. I probably accidentally swiped the tailgate button with the Controls pop-up screen open in FordPass. Would be nice if the sensors could take a quick read of what's behind the truck, figure out that there's a solid wall close by, and refuse to lower the tailgate. That's the sort of smart vehicle behavior I'd like to see.

Agree with that. I was only pointing out how it works, not defending it.

 

[Jim Lewis]

Agree with that. I was only pointing out how it works, not defending it.

I very much appreciated your reply and didn't fault you in the least. It was just a good excuse to fault Ford!

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