Dumb things my truck does

[fordtruckman2003]

Sometimes when starting truck, without using remote start, heated steering wheel light will be on, heat never turns on, just the light. I always turn off heated wheel and seats shortly after I start driving anywhere so it's definitely off on last run.

Remote starting truck if I had fan speed at 5 last start, it will have the 3 lights on auto button when I get in, so I think it is on 3, but it's really on 5, as I can see just changing it up or down one click. Plus it's obviously making more noise which is why I keep messing with it knowing 3 isn't that loud.

For over a week every time I get in truck it says "F-150 Saved" on screen and kicks screen over to settings screen instead of audio where I left it.

Changing drive modes kicks me back to home screen on cluster and I have to go back into "my view."

I can't tap reply on screen for a text to reply by voice with custom message. This isn't a bug just annoys the hell out of me. I have to tell truck to "reply text message" so I can send custom message, which does work perfectly, but it should do that with the screen button.

4A in sport mode rarely sends power to front wheels. 4A in normal is almost identical to 4H sending lots of power to front wheels. Judging by "power distribution" screen in cluster. Probably always been that way, but it annoys me.

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[Paul Neubauer]

I get that "F-150 Saved" message all the time and no idea why.

 

[fordtruckman2003]

I get that "F-150 Saved" message all the time and no idea why.

Used to be after an OTA making me think it was actually backing up my asbuilt data.
Now it is daily, but only once per day. I doubt now it is anything to do with that.
I'm not getting the phantom update messages others are getting, maybe this is my version of that.

None of those things are breaking the truck, just annoyances that started after buying truck but I can't say which update. I'm used to my routine of pushing buttons fixing things then on my way.

 

[jhelrey]

Things always seem to be changing on my truck. MyView will change screens and add/subtract my saved pages, etc. Radio will not open to last played.

 

[Iconic22F150]

My center screen definitely has gremlins. Also, it alerts my wife’s phone that it’s going into power safe mode a lot for a few days then it stops for a week or two then starts all over again.

 

[TexasTruck]

For over a week every time I get in truck it says "F-150 Saved" on screen and kicks screen over to settings screen instead of audio where I left it.

I see this message each time I start the truck. Doesn't seem to effect anything. though.

I'm not sure if it's related to your experience, but I will add that after the 6.4.0 update for my truck on December 8th some dumb things started to happen...
-I park on the left side garage bay. When I back out the reverse sensors remind me I'm close to the wall. Once I clear the garage opening the reverse sensors stop beeping as expected. However, when I stop on the garage apron and turn off the truck then restart it, the reverse sensors continue to beep until I move the truck forward or backward.
- I have to reboot the head unit more often to get CarPlay music working again. My iOS version has not changed.
-Siri's voice has static on the first use and sometimes voice commands need to be said twice.

 

[Popplemer]

The inability to respond to a read text directly with a voice to text is absolutely ridiculous. Many of my work contacts have letters and numbers to categorize them so trying to identify them in a manner Sync will understand is nearly impossible. Ford definitely fumbled there. That's my only legitimate pet peeve with Sync.

 

[Ford Motor Company]

Sometimes when starting truck, without using remote start, heated steering wheel light will be on, heat never turns on, just the light. I always turn off heated wheel and seats shortly after I start driving anywhere so it's definitely off on last run.

Remote starting truck if I had fan speed at 5 last start, it will have the 3 lights on auto button when I get in, so I think it is on 3, but it's really on 5, as I can see just changing it up or down one click. Plus it's obviously making more noise which is why I keep messing with it knowing 3 isn't that loud.

For over a week every time I get in truck it says "F-150 Saved" on screen and kicks screen over to settings screen instead of audio where I left it.

Changing drive modes kicks me back to home screen on cluster and I have to go back into "my view."

I can't tap reply on screen for a text to reply by voice with custom message. This isn't a bug just annoys the hell out of me. I have to tell truck to "reply text message" so I can send custom message, which does work perfectly, but it should do that with the screen button.

4A in sport mode rarely sends power to front wheels. 4A in normal is almost identical to 4H sending lots of power to front wheels. Judging by "power distribution" screen in cluster. Probably always been that way, but it annoys me.

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