Vehicle stolen from dealer lot.

[13MikeH]

Doesn’t the bronco sport mark your last location? I get notifications in maps after I lock the car that it has marked the last location.

Yeah and honestly for most scenarios odds of recovery are good. Bottom line keep it locked up, keep it secure the best you can. Even if you track it, what's missing, what damage was done? I'm a teen thief and land an SUV...I. hitting some mud hard

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[YukiSport]

Since most everyone on this forum is the first owner of their vehicle, and also the first user of the Ford Pass app with that vehicle, my comment is not directly applicable but is certainly related to auto theft.

If you ever purchase a previously-owned Ford that has previously been associated with a Ford Pass account, make sure you contact Ford to verify that the vehicle has been un-paired from the previous owner. There is no requirement for the seller (or a dealer) to de-activate a vehicle from the seller's Ford Pass account, meaning that the seller can continue to monitor the vehicle's location and gain entry to the vehicle via the remote unlock feature. Probably can't drive away without the key or fob, but the contents of the vehicle are not secure.

I discovered this after I traded in a Ford Edge on a new Ranger, and 6 months later I could still see the Edge in my Ford Pass account, along with my new vehicle. Apparently the new owner of the Edge did not activate a Ford Pass account. I always wondered if anything ever happened to the Edge if I would be a suspect. Don't want to find out.

When I picked up my BS, I forced my salesperson to witness me de-activating my trade-in from my Ford Pass Account. Ridiculous that you have to do this, but it's better than being accused of something you didn't do.

I contacted Ford Customer Care about this and they pretty much blew me off, saying it's up to the seller to de-activate the Ford Pass vehicle, and/or up to the buyer to open a Ford Pass app after purchase. FCC said that they do not track who owns what vehicle nor whether a Ford Pass account is opened after a re-sale. I assume that if a buyer of a used Ford tried to pair their vehicle to a Ford Pass account that would raise a flag of some kind, but I don't know that for sure.

Pretty scary. Technology run amok.

Anybody else have a comment?

 

[13MikeH]

Since most everyone on this forum is the first owner of their vehicle, and also the first user of the Ford Pass app with that vehicle, my comment is not directly applicable but is certainly related to auto theft.

If you ever purchase a previously-owned Ford that has previously been associated with a Ford Pass account, make sure you contact Ford to verify that the vehicle has been un-paired from the previous owner. There is no requirement for the seller (or a dealer) to de-activate a vehicle from the seller's Ford Pass account, meaning that the seller can continue to monitor the vehicle's location and gain entry to the vehicle via the remote unlock feature. Probably can't drive away without the key or fob, but the contents of the vehicle are not secure.

I discovered this after I traded in a Ford Edge on a new Ranger, and 6 months later I could still see the Edge in my Ford Pass account, along with my new vehicle. Apparently the new owner of the Edge did not activate a Ford Pass account. I always wondered if anything ever happened to the Edge if I would be a suspect. Don't want to find out.

When I picked up my BS, I forced my salesperson to witness me de-activating my trade-in from my Ford Pass Account. Ridiculous that you have to do this, but it's better than being accused of something you didn't do.

I contacted Ford Customer Care about this and they pretty much blew me off, saying it's up to the seller to de-activate the Ford Pass vehicle, and/or up to the buyer to open a Ford Pass app after purchase. FCC said that they do not track who owns what vehicle nor whether a Ford Pass account is opened after a re-sale. I assume that if a buyer of a used Ford tried to pair their vehicle to a Ford Pass account that would raise a flag of some kind, but I don't know that for sure.

Pretty scary. Technology run amok.

Anybody else have a comment?

I think that's excellent...and scary. I have in the past run a factory reset and deleted phones/map locations etc. But this Ford pass is a different animal. As you said, I don't even want to find out, and burden of proof is tricky but I'd hope shenanigans wouldn't be a big deal.
My son bought his first car, it was a salvage. It had been involved in several rounds fired into the glass and body. Still some bullet holes in the seats. We gained one key. We had to replace it, when the locksmith cut new keys he offered to reprogram the electronic key system so if another key was out there it would no longer work with the engine. On one side it was really cool he did that. On the flip side...it was disturbing he did that...meaning anyone with the stuff and about three minutes could easily do the same.

 

[ZeroCool]

Since most everyone on this forum is the first owner of their vehicle, and also the first user of the Ford Pass app with that vehicle, my comment is not directly applicable but is certainly related to auto theft.

If you ever purchase a previously-owned Ford that has previously been associated with a Ford Pass account, make sure you contact Ford to verify that the vehicle has been un-paired from the previous owner. There is no requirement for the seller (or a dealer) to de-activate a vehicle from the seller's Ford Pass account, meaning that the seller can continue to monitor the vehicle's location and gain entry to the vehicle via the remote unlock feature. Probably can't drive away without the key or fob, but the contents of the vehicle are not secure.

I discovered this after I traded in a Ford Edge on a new Ranger, and 6 months later I could still see the Edge in my Ford Pass account, along with my new vehicle. Apparently the new owner of the Edge did not activate a Ford Pass account. I always wondered if anything ever happened to the Edge if I would be a suspect. Don't want to find out.

When I picked up my BS, I forced my salesperson to witness me de-activating my trade-in from my Ford Pass Account. Ridiculous that you have to do this, but it's better than being accused of something you didn't do.

I contacted Ford Customer Care about this and they pretty much blew me off, saying it's up to the seller to de-activate the Ford Pass vehicle, and/or up to the buyer to open a Ford Pass app after purchase. FCC said that they do not track who owns what vehicle nor whether a Ford Pass account is opened after a re-sale. I assume that if a buyer of a used Ford tried to pair their vehicle to a Ford Pass account that would raise a flag of some kind, but I don't know that for sure.

Pretty scary. Technology run amok.

Anybody else have a comment?

Good call I remember when making my first payment still seeing my old ride on Ford.com. I better look into that and see if I got it off there I can’t remember if I did or not.

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