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How do I activate vehicle location? Is this derived from the hot spot which I have not activated.
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How do I activate vehicle location? Is this derived from the hot spot which I have not activated.
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Al
Do you mean in the Ford Pass app? You don't have to activate the hot spot. If the app doesn't see it, uninstall and reinstall the app. That should clear it up.
 
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I can see my 2020 Ranger as well as my old 2019 in the app. I can check everything as well as lock/unlock the doors & start the truck up. The only thing I can't do is locate my truck.
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I can see my 2020 Ranger as well as my old 2019 in the app. I can check everything as well as lock/unlock the doors & start the truck up. The only thing I can't do is locate my truck.
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Try and logout of the app and back in. If that doesn't fix it uninstall it and reinstall it. That has resolved it for many others (myself included).
 

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I can see my 2020 Ranger as well as my old 2019 in the app. I can check everything as well as lock/unlock the doors & start the truck up. The only thing I can't do is locate my truck.
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A 2019 Ranger is old???
OMG, my 2002 Honda CR-V belongs in the Smithsonian then right next to the first wheel invented!
 


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It does that on mine sometimes too. Either that or the tire pressure goes grayed out. As others have said, logging out and then back in can clear it.
 
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Sorry about that. My 99 Ranger was old. I lemon lawed my 2019 & replaced it with a 2020 FX4.
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Sorry about that. My 99 Ranger was old. I lemon lawed my 2019 & replaced it with a 2020 FX4.
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Thanks for clarifying!
Thought I was ready for the catacombs...mummified of course.
Sure hope your 2020 is living up to your expectations bud...
 
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OK. I logged out & in no change. I uninstalled/reinstalled the app & lost my 42000 points & it now says I have to have an authorized user to activate my vehicle. The guide says I should have a notice in my messages with a link to click on. I don't have any message with anything like that. What now?
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OK. I logged out & in no change. I uninstalled/reinstalled the app & lost my 42000 points & it now says I have to have an authorized user to activate my vehicle. The guide says I should have a notice in my messages with a link to click on. I don't have any message with anything like that. What now?
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I'm sure you didn't lose your points - those are at Ford and are independent of the app. I'd check your spam folder in your email for a message from Ford with that message. Sounds like something got hosed up.
 
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Nothing in spam folder. Already checked. At the Ford owner site it shows I don't have those points.
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Nothing in spam folder. Already checked. At the Ford owner site it shows I don't have those points.
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As much as I hate to say it, you might have to call to figure it out. Your points shouldn't be affected by uninstalling/reinstalling the app - you didn't change email addresses did you? The account is linked to your email. If you changed it that could potentially cause issues.

Anyone else have a different idea? It shouldn't be this hard to implement this kind of a system.
 
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Thanks Rob, I was using the wrong email address. All OKAY now.
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How do I activate vehicle location? Is this derived from the hot spot which I have not activated.
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Al
I was having trouble with the location back in early November late October when I bought my truck and I turned on location in the settings menu on my phone and it was fixed but just recently had the same problem and the ford guide had me log off and log back in and location started locating again.
Okay, glad you got it , ya, I also had to change email to the owners site email for the phone app to show my rewards points available.

Wow Man you lemon lawed your 2019 Range? Ford must have reacted rather quickly for you huh?
Happy for you Al.

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