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No issues with cold weather here. However I have discovered my rear defrost and seat heaters are enabled once the temperature passes a certain threshold.
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Exactly. Unlike the key fob remote start which needs to be in close proximity to the truck, the Ford Pass start will work wherever you and the truck has AT&T signal.The truck uses an AT&T cellular connection to the FordPass app so if AT&T reception is spotty in an area, FordPass will also be spotty.
If I park my truck in a certain part of my driveway the FordPass app won't work.
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Ford Pass had some issues a couple days ago on remote starting. They said the were working Diligently to get it resolved. Mine worked fine the next morning when i tried it.Does anyone else have issues starting Ranger remotely with FordPass in cold weather?
Haven't had trouble myself. Might be a Covid thing: maybe a shortage FordPass IT/admins availble.? Try:I have troubles all the time. Part of the time my truck does not even show up in the APP.
Sometimes it fails to start. I even had it say failed to start but it started. Fords App is garbage.
Our Tucson never a issue and our Colorado never a issue. The Ranger more than half the time has issues. Ford needs to get this right no excuses now a days.
maybeI had this issue this morning but said oh well. Went out and the truck was unlocked. Locked and tried again and it started right up. So maybe you forgot to lock the doors the night before. The app will not tell you if the truck is locked or not.
I find that if you "Refresh" the app after you open it and then push the Start command it will usually work. Sometimes the App says that vehicle information was last updated 8 hours or whatever hours ago.I make an "attempt" to remotely start the vehicle every morning before i leave for work. I would say 1-2 days a week it fails and will not start.
I don't know, I never lock my truck in the garage. Used Ford Pass to start it this morning. Worked fine even locked the truck for me.I had this issue this morning but said oh well. Went out and the truck was unlocked. Locked and tried again and it started right up. So maybe you forgot to lock the doors the night before. The app will not tell you if the truck is locked or not.
I think FordPass Connect is now lifetime free. They bake the service cost in as part of the other telemetry you do have access to: miles to empty oil life, etc, and don't have easy access to: how often windows are operated, heated seats are on, ASS is used, etc.Ex Ford employee here. FordPass communication has nothing to do with proximity of the vehicle to your phone. Basically you are communicating with their servers in Dearborn/Allen Park, Michigan and sending an encrypted request. That request is then unencrypted, processed into a response, re-encrypted and sent to your vehicle. Failures can be anywhere in that path. I'm waiting for the day that they try and monetize it.