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- 2023 BS BL, Ford F-150, Chevy C-10, '74+'75 Yamaha
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2023 Badlands. I've been driving this around for a year now, 22,770 miles. To Minneapolis many times, St Louis twice, Nashville, Chicago twice, you get the picture.
Great ride, gas milage is always around 29-30 mpg on the highway, no trouble passing people with the 2.0L, no trouble exceeding the speed limit whenever the mood strikes. Snow was no problem even with these crap tires. The car looks great.
Recently the FordPass app underwent a change and my wife and I had to reload the app and get the Ford Credit app as well. Ever since then I can't put the BS back on my phone app. No matter the different ways I tried I can't get it on my app-my wife either. She got a new iphone because she thought it might help her connect the BS better/easier. With all the traveling we do its nice wirelessly connect to the phone map apps but we have to use a wire to get it to work.
Sometime in here the BS will start with a blank screen and we have to do the volume button/ff button thing to get it to reboot. It works but we really shouldn't have to do that. Earlier this week I get a panic call that the BS is dead. They have to take apart the fob to get the actual key to get in the car. Car won't start but there is a flashing code like 'park brake alt' . Our Ford dealer is 6 hours away and had no clue about the code. The local Ford dealer said get the car here and maybe get it in Thursday (its Tuesday). Lots of stress because my wife and son were there for appointments. She calls a tow truck to get a jump start and maybe a tow. The guys starts the car. There is no code anymore. Tow truck guy says battery was dead. The battery is still good and your alt is still working fine. "Maybe you hit the start button as you left the car and it was in accessory mode all night". After scouring the internet I found that with the electric park brake if your battery is getting low it'll throw park brake codes/issues
They had no issues after that and are back home and its still running fine. I have an appointment with our Ford dealer to fix a recall and to look into the connect issue.
I still like this vehicle but maybe verging on some trust issues-time will tell.
vic
Great ride, gas milage is always around 29-30 mpg on the highway, no trouble passing people with the 2.0L, no trouble exceeding the speed limit whenever the mood strikes. Snow was no problem even with these crap tires. The car looks great.
Recently the FordPass app underwent a change and my wife and I had to reload the app and get the Ford Credit app as well. Ever since then I can't put the BS back on my phone app. No matter the different ways I tried I can't get it on my app-my wife either. She got a new iphone because she thought it might help her connect the BS better/easier. With all the traveling we do its nice wirelessly connect to the phone map apps but we have to use a wire to get it to work.
Sometime in here the BS will start with a blank screen and we have to do the volume button/ff button thing to get it to reboot. It works but we really shouldn't have to do that. Earlier this week I get a panic call that the BS is dead. They have to take apart the fob to get the actual key to get in the car. Car won't start but there is a flashing code like 'park brake alt' . Our Ford dealer is 6 hours away and had no clue about the code. The local Ford dealer said get the car here and maybe get it in Thursday (its Tuesday). Lots of stress because my wife and son were there for appointments. She calls a tow truck to get a jump start and maybe a tow. The guys starts the car. There is no code anymore. Tow truck guy says battery was dead. The battery is still good and your alt is still working fine. "Maybe you hit the start button as you left the car and it was in accessory mode all night". After scouring the internet I found that with the electric park brake if your battery is getting low it'll throw park brake codes/issues
They had no issues after that and are back home and its still running fine. I have an appointment with our Ford dealer to fix a recall and to look into the connect issue.
I still like this vehicle but maybe verging on some trust issues-time will tell.
vic
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