Remote start from across town

[Robot-Wrangler]

My 2025 Lariat Hybrid has worked flawlessly. I had to look up how to start it remotely with the key fob a couple of weeks ago. I usually use the app, but my electric, wifi and internet were out because of the ice storm. Good news is it worked and we got electricity and wifi back, but no fiber in sight for internet.

Robot-Wrangler, good luck with your issue. Something is definitely broken in your system.

Thank you for the kind thought. I feel the breakdown is in FORD's systems, specifically their hybrid and electrical engineering. I studied Electrical Engineering years ago and currently program robots and control systems. If I put out crap like this to market I would certainly be unemployed quickly! Has anybody seen the "radio" aka Human Machine Interface (HMI) glitch out repeatedly? I don't believe it is all software, as I have seen it at least 20 times in less than a year. The backup camera freeze fiasco? I program HMI's too and this looks like to me like both hardware and software defects combined.

As both a Ford consumer of $200k+ since 2020 and a tier 1 supplier employee, I am grateful to Ford and don't wish to rub their noses in their mistakes, but what do all these issues say about the company? When it's an isolated event, you blame the workers. When it's repeated global failures, you blame the management. It's that simple. I work for my earnings and expect a certain level of value and quality from Ford. At the very least, Ford service, don't insult my intelligence by blaming the battery run down on a cell phone charger or an OBDII reader that I plugged in afterwards to look at the faults.

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[babytruk]

Truck talks to Ford servers.
App talks to Ford servers.

As long as both have network connectivity (truck via cell, phone via cell or wifi) - doesn't matter where they are.

The FordPass app does not work worldwide. It is primarily designed for use in specific regions, particularly in North America and select markets. Users can check the app's coverage in their area before purchasing a vehicle. While it offers various features like remote access and vehicle monitoring, its functionality may be limited based on location and local regulations.
So “I” lost it when I moved abroad. I also lost XM (even the app that doesn’t care where the satellite is).
PS…. It’s works in Peru

 

[Robot-Wrangler]

The FordPass app does not work worldwide. It is primarily designed for use in specific regions, particularly in North America and select markets. Users can check the app's coverage in their area before purchasing a vehicle. While it offers various features like remote access and vehicle monitoring, its functionality may be limited based on location and local regulations.
So “I” lost it when I moved abroad. I also lost XM (even the app that doesn’t care where the satellite is).
PS…. It’s works in Peru

Thanks for the info. I was referring to any place that you can take your phone. I could be wrong as I've not used my app from Mexico or Canada. I'm not aware that Ford blocks the app based on your device location. Can you enlighten us? I'm just curious.

 

[babytruk]

Depending on where you may chose to retire or live, some apps and websites are not licensed to operate in every location.
Ford app, CVS app, XM app and web, even my EZ-Pass access is denied on my little island. I’m in the states every 2 months so I can access everything when I’m there… except the truck stays on the island so no go for that one.
If I never had the Ford APP, I would have never missed it. Things like XM is missed because I’m limited to Spotify here. Ford states that it is accessible within most of the Americas. If you search a country and Ford access and the answer you find is “you may have limited functions…”. Also The truck is not sitting in a dot.com location anymore. The app sees the Mav and I’m registered, but even the master reset doesn’t allow me into the truck via the app.

 

[rtphokie]

Dang! I don't have an iPhone!

And you’re probably ot an astronaut either

 

[bgctcowboy628]

Thanks for the info. I was referring to any place that you can take your phone. I could be wrong as I've not used my app from Mexico or Canada. I'm not aware that Ford blocks the app based on your device location. Can you enlighten us? I'm just curious.

O will let you know about Mexico when I am there

 

[bgctcowboy628]

And you’re probably ot an astronaut either

So space cadet doesn't count?

 

[dochawk]

The Ford app works over TCP/ip, so you can start the truck from anywhere on the planet that has internet access. Like when on vacation in Peru for example.

If Peru has internet, wouldn't Paddington email Aunt Lucy to keep in touch?

Living a retirement life is sweet!

For me, yes.

But for poor Aunt Lucy, there in the Home for Retired Bears, with a nephew that never emails?

Astronauts could conceivably start their Ford vehicle sitting in the Kennedy Space Center employee parking lot from orbit from their iPhones.

the IP protocol can actually handle the lag of interplanetary distances.

In fact, not only was IP over carrier pigeon proposed, supplemented by a quality of service element, but some folks with too much time on their hands actually implemented it!

 

[Cancunbadlands]

If Peru has internet, wouldn't Paddington email Aunt Lucy to keep in touch?





For me, yes.

But for poor Aunt Lucy, there in the Home for Retired Bears, with a nephew that never emails?





the IP protocol can actually handle the lag of interplanetary distances.

In fact, not only was IP over carrier pigeon proposed, supplemented by a quality of service element, but some folks with too much time on their hands actually implemented it!

#saywhat

 

[dochawk]

#saywhat

oh, dear!

A sure sign of a deprived childhood!

Paddington is a two year old sunbear from Darkest Peru.

When his Aunt Lucy had to move to a home for retired bears, she managed to put him on a ship bound for London, with a suitcase and a couple of jars of marmalade for sustenance.

Fortunately, the browns read the tag of "please look after this bear" and took him in.

 

[dochawk]

bah.

Nothing new on starting from across town.

Roy Rogers was whistling for Tirgger to dash across town and come to him back in the 1930s!

 

[babytruk]

Depending on where you may chose to retire or live, some apps and websites are not licensed to operate in every location.

A follow-up. I talked to somebody in the Ford Apps Team (or whatever they called it).
They confirmed that the NA app we use will not work for me. They were also nice enough to give me a team number in the Netherlands who could give me a better response. I “know” it ain’t free there, so I told the NA guy that I’ll just have to pretend I have a normal pickup truck and pretend I never had an app.

 

[MavGator]

SecuriCodeO Keyless-Entry keypad makes this easy too!
I like it because I can go swimming at beach and leave key and phone in truck.

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