Recent content by Dan Texas

This is the web page the email took me to: https://www.earlyaccess.ford.com/ You might try the contact email from that page -

Maybe the truck doesn’t care much what the oil pressure is when the engine isn’t running, as long as there is pressure, and only queries the sensor at a reduced refresh interval to avoid taking up bandwidth on the network. When the engine is on, it cares a lot, and requests refreshes more...

Got the same thing. About a month ago, I got an email from Ford inviting me to join the early access program for evaluating new software features; I promptly signed up. Then yesterday I got an email from them saying Blue Cruise would be rolled out to that program, and I again signed up for...

I ordered a 502a. The 360 cameras were a specific add-on, with an additional charge, and showed as an item on the green sticker. The co-pilot active was a separate add-on, also listed on the green sticker. These packages are horribly named, I think; very confusing. And none of the...

The adaptive cruise control is flawless; I wouldn’t take a long trip without it. The intelligent cruise control, where it reads the speed limit signs and adjusts, is also good, but not perfect; it occasionally gets fooled (for instance, reading a speed sign on a frontage road) but it’s still...

Same problem here; mine was built 5/5. I called the Ford pass number earlier in the week, and was told it’s a known issue and they are working on it. Spoke to service yesterday, the guy thought it was a software issue and Ford would issue a fix, but they haven’t tried any diagnostics on the...

When I picked up my truck, it appeared during the orientation session. The dealership guy said it had to do with a calibration cycle for the speedometer for MPH and KPH. His explanation didn’t really make sense, but he said he had asked a Ford service guy and that’s what he was told..

I believe I saw somewhere that job #2 will start 7/6/21, and will include the availability of the new features such as the smart hitch and payload scale. So I’m assuming it refers to a minor change, like a 2021 1/2. But I’m guessing this means Ford anticipates all the current orders to have...

Each leg of the 7.2kW should have 30 amps available, but the household type (NEMA 5-20) outlets are supposedly limited to 20A, right? Perhaps the truck knows when only one outlet is in use, and limits to 20A before shutting off. When it senses two outlets on the same leg being used, it allows...

The bubble icon represents the Death Star. The truck is performing a routine Death Star scan, to see if any Death Stars in your local solar system are powering up their main weapon systems. If none are detected, the icon goes out. Ford notes that, if the icon stays illuminated, your warranty...

I asked if, given the current tight supply situation, if they would be willing to order for X-plan. Since what I wanted wasn’t typical (Velocity blue Lariat powerboost max tow, without moonroof or FX4) and they thought they’d have a harder time selling it if I walked away, they wanted a $3,000...

Added order info

Hopefully this doesn’t mean that they think the backlog of orders they already have will take long enough to work through that it will run up to model changeover...