New Button in FordPass

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Well this is new. Showed up with a FordPass app update today. Is this some sort of panic button? Afraid to press it and wake the neighbors.
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It has not shown up in mine either. I donā€™t get the idea of using your phone within key fob distance.

open app
Wait for it to load
Hit a button
Wait for the cell tower to get it
Wait for it to travel to a Ford server some place in the world
Wait for it to get a good token to send
Wait for it to send token across internet
Wait for it to find the vehicle
Wait for the vehicle to respond

Grab fob out of pocket
Select correct button
Press button
Horns honk or doors unlock or lock or remote start

When I traveled in my F250 diesel into the cold country, I would set a timer to start the truck every morning at 0630. That was handy. When I fly and leave my vehicle at an airport parking lot, I would remote start it to heat up or cool it down from baggage claim, that was handy.

Then people complain Mother Ford is watching everything I do.
 
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Donā€™t do it I just tried it . Honked and flashed for like 5 sec then stopped. It should be red. I just had to do it
Thank you for being my guinea pig! You're a hero. It should definitely be red.
 

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It has not shown up in mine either. I donā€™t get the idea of using your phone within key fob distance.

open app
Wait for it to load
Hit a button
Wait for the cell tower to get it
Wait for it to travel to a Ford server some place in the world
Wait for it to get a good token to send
Wait for it to send token across internet
Wait for it to find the vehicle
Wait for the vehicle to respond

Grab fob out of pocket
Select correct button
Press button
Horns honk or doors unlock or lock or remote start
Better yet:
Walk up to vehicle with fob in pocket/purse/backpack/......
Wrap hand onto/around door handle
Door unlocks
Pull door handle

Now, if I had lost my key the FordPass thing could be handy. In my case I got the keypad on the Bronco, so I could get in but not start it without FordPass.
 

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You can press it. I have many times. All it does for
me is bring up the recalls.
 

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I donā€™t have it yet, hope they give me a way to disable it as I can find my BS without it.
You just have to remember where it was parked. There can not be that many Bronco Sports in the parking lots?
 


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It has not shown up in mine either. I donā€™t get the idea of using your phone within key fob distance.

open app
Wait for it to load
Hit a button
Wait for the cell tower to get it
Wait for it to travel to a Ford server some place in the world
Wait for it to get a good token to send
Wait for it to send token across internet
Wait for it to find the vehicle
Wait for the vehicle to respond

Grab fob out of pocket
Select correct button
Press button
Horns honk or doors unlock or lock or remote start

When I traveled in my F250 diesel into the cold country, I would set a timer to start the truck every morning at 0630. That was handy. When I fly and leave my vehicle at an airport parking lot, I would remote start it to heat up or cool it down from baggage claim, that was handy.

Then people complain Mother Ford is watching everything I do.
You can access the Ford pass app from an apple watch or wearos watch
 

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