What’s wrong with this picture? Ford Nav wants to strand me …

[Maquis]

no idea I’ve never messed with it

but on a previous trip, detailed in the same thread, linked above, it would not allow me to do that. that was prior to 6.3 or 6.2, so I’m hoping something changed.

I think the default is 20%, but I wouldn’t swear to that.

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[TaxmanHog]

Unfortunately, it's still not a great idea to blindly follow a gps.

At least you didn't drive into a lake or river.

I did need to stop at Dunks for a hot coffee though, so not a total loss.

 

[Ecstatic]

A huge reason this is important and a problem in cold weather. If Ford NAV can't properly route to a DCFC how can it be trusted to "Precondition for DCFC" properly prior to the arrival.

This is why it is so damn important to have a Manual Precondition for DCFC option!!!

A similar thing happened to me, in which Ford NAV simply would not re-route itself to the Charger and route I planned on using. Thus the preconditioning never occurred!!!

Exactly. It’s also a safety issue. My question now is can I trust the nav on all routes when I may be driving in sub freezing temperatures in areas where cell service is spotty? As I did on this trip, I’ll continue to verify with Google maps along the way.

 

[GDN]

Exactly. It’s also a safety issue. My question now is can I trust the nav on all routes when I may be driving in sub freezing temperatures in areas where cell service is spotty? As I did on this trip, I’ll continue to verify with Google maps along the way.

This for the win. I will never rely only on Ford and rarely on Ford overall. I've had 10 years experience with their various versions. Other aspects of their system lose my confidence too, like searching for places. if you can't do that, then I do not trust your routing. This is where a second routing system whether Google or Apple or even ABRP is imperative to have. I love that CarPlay now has EV routing built in. It isn't perfect either, but at least 2 sources of truth and comparison.

 

[queuewho]

That’s a well-known characteristic of the nav. It acts like it doesn’t know we can charge at home…..some people can’t!
It will try to route me to a charger every time if the predicted arrival SoC is below the “low battery” warning level.

Thing is, even if it knew I was going home and was ok with it because I charge there regularly, the GPS location of my house is not the same as what the truck has as my 'home' in the app. Maybe its interference or something but it has me across the street and down as my home charging location. If the 'it is ok I can charge at home' functionality existed, I'd have to navigate to my neighbors' I don't even know's house.

 

[jmc6020]

My truck registers my home as across the street too.

 

[Maquis]

Thing is, even if it knew I was going home and was ok with it because I charge there regularly, the GPS location of my house is not the same as what the truck has as my 'home' in the app. Maybe its interference or something but it has me across the street and down as my home charging location. If the 'it is ok I can charge at home' functionality existed, I'd have to navigate to my neighbors' I don't even know's house.

Correct….”Home” in the nav and “Home” in charging locations are not the same thing.

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