Truck gripes
May. 23rd, 2024 01:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
johnridley(Archiving this here)
Not that I would have anyway, but I'm sure glad I didn't actually pay for the navigation on my Ford truck. (well, except that it was "free" with the Lariat package).
I've related before about the ludicrous routes it's tried to put me on (like telling me to go down a sandy two-track through scrub areas with a camper trailer on the back, or taking me PAST the highway turnoff so it could tell me 1/2 mile later to take a dirt path through the woods, I guess because it was a few hundred feet shorter). I should note that I have NEVER flipped the "include 4x4 routes" switch to "on."
Today I was en-route to a destination I just went to a few days ago, I was unsure on one turn so I just brought it up on nav. It told me that the route was too dangerous to tow a trailer down and refused to start the route, even though the route was visible on the screen. The "start" button was greyed out. The route was 100% good paved county roads with no significant tree or bridge overhangs.
Then I tried starting the route via voice rather than "recents" and it plotted the route, started on it, the map switched into nav mode tracking my progress, then about 10 seconds later it said "route unsuitable for towing. Use caution" - I clicked OK and it cancelled the navigation.
And the idiot thing bings at me a few hundred yards before every bridge on the interstate telling me "height restriction ahead" even when I have told it that the trailer I have attached is only 4 feet high, far shorter than the cab of the truck. I did manage to figure out how to shut that off.
Mostly the features in this truck give me something to try to figure out how to disable when they finally bug me over the edge.
I'm just happy it has Android Auto. Navigation and audio that just works. Pretty much. If I hook up via wifi, sometimes it just randomly decides the connection failed, and I can't reattach even with USB, unless I stop and turn the truck off and restart.
As for its operation as a truck, I really can't complain. It's a lovely truck and a joy to drive and just to sit in.
It is throwing a evap code, but very infrequently, only 3 times since I've had it and it clears after a day or two. The freeze frame data on the codes indicate that I was either standing still with the engine not running, or moving with the engine not running, so I suspect it's a software issue with the hybrid system.
I have occasionally felt a slight bucking that seems almost like the 4WD is engaged when just driving, but I think I would have to jack the truck up all 4 corners, or mount a camera watching the front drivetrain to see if it is engaged or not.
Not that I would have anyway, but I'm sure glad I didn't actually pay for the navigation on my Ford truck. (well, except that it was "free" with the Lariat package).
I've related before about the ludicrous routes it's tried to put me on (like telling me to go down a sandy two-track through scrub areas with a camper trailer on the back, or taking me PAST the highway turnoff so it could tell me 1/2 mile later to take a dirt path through the woods, I guess because it was a few hundred feet shorter). I should note that I have NEVER flipped the "include 4x4 routes" switch to "on."
Today I was en-route to a destination I just went to a few days ago, I was unsure on one turn so I just brought it up on nav. It told me that the route was too dangerous to tow a trailer down and refused to start the route, even though the route was visible on the screen. The "start" button was greyed out. The route was 100% good paved county roads with no significant tree or bridge overhangs.
Then I tried starting the route via voice rather than "recents" and it plotted the route, started on it, the map switched into nav mode tracking my progress, then about 10 seconds later it said "route unsuitable for towing. Use caution" - I clicked OK and it cancelled the navigation.
And the idiot thing bings at me a few hundred yards before every bridge on the interstate telling me "height restriction ahead" even when I have told it that the trailer I have attached is only 4 feet high, far shorter than the cab of the truck. I did manage to figure out how to shut that off.
Mostly the features in this truck give me something to try to figure out how to disable when they finally bug me over the edge.
I'm just happy it has Android Auto. Navigation and audio that just works. Pretty much. If I hook up via wifi, sometimes it just randomly decides the connection failed, and I can't reattach even with USB, unless I stop and turn the truck off and restart.
As for its operation as a truck, I really can't complain. It's a lovely truck and a joy to drive and just to sit in.
It is throwing a evap code, but very infrequently, only 3 times since I've had it and it clears after a day or two. The freeze frame data on the codes indicate that I was either standing still with the engine not running, or moving with the engine not running, so I suspect it's a software issue with the hybrid system.
I have occasionally felt a slight bucking that seems almost like the 4WD is engaged when just driving, but I think I would have to jack the truck up all 4 corners, or mount a camera watching the front drivetrain to see if it is engaged or not.
