The lightning is awesome, except the embarrassingly bad infotainment system.

[Sleepa]

Obviously I know this truck is less “tech-y” than a tesla, but dang you’d think a vehicle that relies so heavily on the infotainment system would have a little better quality and better refresh rate than what feels like 10-15hz.

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[davehu]

huh? have had my truck for a year. Have no idea what your complaining about.

 

[Scorpio3d]

Obviously I know this truck is less “tech-y” than a tesla, but dang you’d think a vehicle that relies so heavily on the infotainment system would have a little better quality and better refresh rate than what feels like 10-15hz.

I mean we’re getting karaoke what do you want?

 

[priceb]

There are much worse infotainment systems out there.

 

[Eboss]

Yeah, the Lightning software is awful. Anyone who also owns a Tesla will agree.

The navigation shows you where all the gas stations are. Telling, and how embarrassing.

Why can't I send a destination from my phone? Why can't I get a real time location? My kids laugh when I try to add a destination with vioce commands. Options show up in a list but not on the map. Useless.

Why does it take so long to boot up every time? (10 seconds). Why do we have to turn it on and off? Why don't the windows work when it is "off" and someone opens the door? Why does phone as a key work only most of the time? My wife now only carries the monster key fob in fear of getting locked out again. Old ICE mentality.

Navigating to a DC fast charger? Total gamble unless you've been there before. How do you pre-heat the battery for fast charging? It doesn't matter because the fast charging isn't fast.

OTA updates? Kareokee is the biggest one? What a joke.

Tesla is iPhone 16, Ford is like a flip phone.

Oh well, it is a good truck, not a great electric vehicle. I got a good deal on it. I wish the dealer could figure out why the service engine soon light keeps coming on.

 

[luebri]

There are much worse infotainment systems out there.

A million % this. I came from a 2017 Nissan Titan SL (which I loved) but their infotainment was on the horrible side of bad. If I came from Tesla the Lightning would be a dramatically harder pill to swallow Im sure.

 

[Mach Turtle]

I'd rate the system as OK but unimpressive. My wife seems to consider it somewhat bad, but she's been spoiled by the better system in....our Mach-E. We do use 'Droid Auto, ABRP, Plugshare, etc. rather than the built-in navigation system*, and we gave up on Phone as a Key years ago. Lower expectations FTW. Also, we like down-to-Earth features such as the air vents and gloveboxes which you can operate with hands rather than using Tesla's system of voice or touchscreen commands.

No disagreement with those who say that Ford can and should do better.

* We probably get away with not using built-in navigation because we live in California and seldom drive in cold weather, thus don't depend so much on preconditioning. A company based in Detroit really ought to get preconditioning for cold weather trips and charging right. Why are departure times or chargers as destinations the only options, without a "precondition now" button? Or am I missing something?

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