Stuff you want Ford to fix in the next software update

[5.0ALM]

When will Job 2 begin? My replacement is scheduled for 12/11, hoping it’s after that date

If you were reading the posts from newface, you would have seen a few weeks ago that Job 1 was "balanced out".

Job 2 was scheduled to start Nov 9, and you can see this in the dressing period.
(Retooling, whatever, to implement any production tweaks)

Sorry all, getting off topic.

Here's one thing I'd like fixed:
The communication from head office, trickling down through middle management muppets, through the dealer network, and ultimately to me, the guy who is paying a small fortune only because I "want" one, not because I need one.

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[wilkinda65]

That's weird because mine starts in quiet mode in the morning. The initial start up is normal, but then it goes to quiet. I don't have to hit the button - when I walk out into the garage it is running quiet mode.

The initial start up in normal is what the engineers opted for. My son-in-law is an engineer with Stellantis and he said that was a huge argument over the Challenger with one group saying, "but that is what the owner wants to hear is that initial deep exhaust note" but the other side won out and it starts up right in quiet mode.

Mine only starts in quiet mode if I start it from inside the car

 

[DannyJ7]

3. Setting to turn off artificial sound from engine/active noise dampening.

 

[Unixis]

Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but...

For reverse compatibility reasons, that's not ever going to happen.
The GTs from Job 2 onwards will have the Auto Start/Stop.

It was always a "late availability" item:

And if you go the builder, you'll see this now:

Our RHD builds are mid-January, and although there is no mention of this "feature", it's pictured in the brochure:

I'm absolutely with you, can do without this crap, and prefer a second programmable favs button.

mmmm... tastes like disappointment... I am pretty bugged by the empty/useless button in a $60k car that already has too few direct buttons, but also pretty happy mine doesn't have Auto Start/Stop. I live in [gentler] northern California now, but back when I lived in Texas an Auto Start/Stop feature was pretty much just an annoyance as the A/C kicked out every time the engine stopped and the temps in the cabin would soar on days above 90F/32C (which happened... too often). But who knows? Maybe that feature will up the fuel mileage just enough [probably like 0.01 mpg] to get rid of the $1000 gas guzzler tax on the manuals (not applied to A10s) in the US...

 

[Gregs24]

That’s crazy auto doesn’t show what gear. Manual even shows it which was quite interesting

Auto's do too

 

[highvoltage]

Auto's do too

Then why people saying it doesn’t in this post?

 

[wilkinda65]

Auto's do too

I have an auto and it does not show the current gear on the display UNLESS I am using the paddle shifters

 

[Spykexx]

- weird audio glitches, especially on Bluetooth while using the screen.
- put the current gear on the fox body gauge.
- stop restricting certain options to the mode you're in such as steering being locked in sport.
- not a huge fan of the cruise control not being stopped on clutch in and it resuming/pulling as soon as clutch engages.

 

[Dena]

- not a huge fan of the cruise control not being stopped on clutch in and it resuming/pulling as soon as clutch engages.

It does that? The clutch on my old car always disengage the cruse control but I haven't tried it on this one. Normally I tap the brake to disengage the cruise control and let the engine slow me down before I use the clutch. That reduces brake wear and give the person in back of me time to realize I am slowing down and they should as well.
No lift shifting might figure into this so you might look for a setting to disable it. I have turned rev matching off but I think that only applies to downshifting.

 

[Gregs24]

I have an auto and it does not show the current gear on the display UNLESS I am using the paddle shifters

Very odd, as in the manual it has a picture with the standard cluster showing the gears displayed in the rev counter for an auto in D (not M), as for the S550.

 

[wilkinda65]

Very odd, as in the manual it has a picture with the standard cluster showing the gears displayed in the rev counter for an auto in D (not M), as for the S550.

I know, I saw the same thing in the manual. You can be in "D" and use the paddle shifters and the gear shows. As soon as the car takes control again, because you are in "D", the gear disappears again

 

[Spykexx]

It does that? The clutch on my old car always disengage the cruse control but I haven't tried it on this one. Normally I tap the brake to disengage the cruise control and let the engine slow me down before I use the clutch. That reduces brake wear and give the person in back of me time to realize I am slowing down and they should as well.
No lift shifting might figure into this so you might look for a setting to disable it. I have turned rev matching off but I think that only applies to downshifting.

Yup! So for example if I'm coming on to an on ramp, and go to shift down a gear in preparation to slow down, as soon as you reengage the clutch it'll take off to catch back up to the set speed. I think it's actually part of the adaptive cruise control with stop and go. It's just kind of an odd implementation in a manual.

 

[Smaaron]

Yup! So for example if I'm coming on to an on ramp, and go to shift down a gear in preparation to slow down, as soon as you reengage the clutch it'll take off to catch back up to the set speed. I think it's actually part of the adaptive cruise control with stop and go. It's just kind of an odd implementation in a manual.

All of my manual cars since around 2015 have had this feature. Even my base Honda accord resumes cruise control set speed after using clutch to shift.

 

[Spykexx]

All of my manual cars since around 2015 have had this feature. Even my base Honda accord resumes cruise control set speed after using clutch to shift.

Strange it's a first for me. My 2020 ZL1 didn't do it, nor did my BMW M3.

 

[MagneticMartian]

Very odd, as in the manual it has a picture with the standard cluster showing the gears displayed in the rev counter for an auto in D (not M), as for the S550.

I feel like this is how it was intended to be but it's not showing, they need to fix it in a software update but I don't know if that's possible or if they care enough to.

Edit: Quiet mode remote startup needs to be fixed ASAP so it actually starts in quiet mode, it's pretty much useless for me because quiet mode only works if you start it from inside the car which I almost never do.

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