Seven General Gripes - Infotainment, Reverse Sensors, Remote Start, Accessory Locks, Driver Seat Spring, DC Fast Charging Adapter, Sunrun Solar Kaput

[ethquake]

1. Infotainment - The inability to use the transport mechanism when listening to music on a USB stick is extremely annoying. It's not a real safety issue because using the climate controls in this EV truck is far more dangerous than skipping through tracks on a USB stick.

2. Reverse sensors - Maybe it's the near triple-digit heat outside, but the sensors on one side of the truck light up and beep at me even if there's nothing outside to hit. This is extremely annoying and must be fixed.

3. The remote start died, along with reporting mileage, battery level, or any useful vehicle data back to the Ford Pass app. This took over 100 days to properly diagnose and fix. It also turns turns out ford would rather pay to tow a 7,000-pound vehicle to your home to retrieve the key fob than just drive you home to retrieve it. Why did I need to have the vehicle towed in the first place? I was using phone as a key when a Ford adviser asked me to reset the app, which wiped out my phone as a key and left me stranded 30 miles from home on a 109-Fahrenheit day in the middle of summer.

4. When the dealer sold me my truck, they did not offer any accessory locks of any kind. The other day, someone was trying to lift my truck to steal the 20-inch alloy Factory alloy wheels that came with the lariat model. They already had the spare wheel (also no lock) on the ground and a getaway truck waiting. Another punk was trying to pry the tailgate open (also no lock and didn't even realize it was an option).

5. Heard a pop on the driver seat the other day like a spring snapping. Now I have no support in the "tailbone" area, but Ford claims there's nothing wrong with the seat, even though I no longer have lower back/tailbone support.

6. DC Fast Charging “Complimentary” adapter was ordered back in February, then it got delayed from April, to June, to September, to god knows when.

7. Sunrun installation is a disaster because they refuse to install it in my area. They were willing to sell the inverter before they went belly up and no longer will offer any type of support for AZ. They folded their business and no longer have any office in AZ. Think about how absurd that is: a solar company that CAN’T do business in AZ of all places.


I'm putting these here to see if anyone else if experiencing these annoying nags. I love the truck to death, but these nags do add up

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[RickLightning]

You might want to read before posting, much of what you posted is well known, yes.

 

[Scott Libre]

Being an old guy, I used to load mp3s onto my phone and then you could simply use an app that works with Ford sync, like YouTube music and I know there's a few others. I finally quit that and subscribed to YouTube premium with YouTube music, and it's the best music experience I have been able to find.

It's so easy and simple, while driving, I can just say Hey Google, Play Green Day Bullet in a Bible and it will go out and find the playlist and play that exact thing. At least that's the way it works on my Pixel 9 Fold.

 

[invertedspear]

1. You are in a small minority of people that use this method to listen to music, so while I think your complaint is valid, I don't see it being fixed anytime soon.
2. I live in Phoenix and don't have any heat related issues with those sensors. Get video and find a dealer with a good service center to help you.
3. This sounds like it's more about your truck being able to connect to Ford. Your dealer sounds like complete idiots, find a better service center. Go through the connectivity settings and toggle them all off and then back on and see if it comes back.
4. Yeah, this sucks. Those locks were one of the deletes starting in 2023. Not much you can do about that other than add your own locks for a couple hundred bucks. If you have the power tailgate, it does lock, but that doesn't stop a crackhead with a crowbar.
5. Another dealer issue. Find a better dealer. If you're in the Phoenix area, try Chapman, they've been OK in my experience. Bell and Camelback are complete idiots. Sanderson is supposed to be OK, but no personal experience there. If you aren't in the Phoenix area, you might want to put where you are and see if anyone knows of better dealers in that area.
6. Sucks, but they're delivering now, and catching up at a pretty good pace. If you can't wait, there are plenty of A2Z adapters out there you can get at a discount since the market is getting flooded with official adapters.
7. Fuck Sunrun. Did you buy a HIS? I'm not sure what else you would need them for. Any sparky can install the FCSP. The bigger complaint is that the HIS is pure garbage. There's a thread going of HIS owners considering a class-action. If you bought in to that system, look for that thread and take action.

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