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The FordPass Performance App and the Ford Bronco

David
Mar 02, 2021

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Mar 02, 2021

Hey everyone,

Here's the first of a series of articles diving in to the FordPass Performance app. It's a pretty cool feature of the 2021 Ford Bronco and we can't wait for you to see all the details.

https://community.thebronconation.com/the-fordpass-performance-app-and-the-2021-bronco-part-1/
https://community.thebronconation.com/fordpass-performance-app-for-2021-ford-bronco-part-2/
https://community.thebronconation.com/fordpass-performance-app-and-the-2021-bronco-part-3/
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ZWSMITH, robatl067

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Apr 13, 2022

#160
DRWright
I tried onX over the weekend and couldn't get it to show anything but a map. It wasn't responding and had no options on the screen on my Bronco. I resorted to using it on my phone and worked fine.
I find it can lag a bit especially when it is loading an offline map. It usually works after a few minutes.

That's a terrible idea, when do we start?

Apr 14, 2022

#161
DRWright
I tried onX over the weekend and couldn't get it to show anything but a map. It wasn't responding and had no options on the screen on my Bronco. I resorted to using it on my phone and worked fine.
I have had it do that to me as well. But just jumping out of the app and back in again while connected to Car Play fixed it. I've used it a few times while out at Rowher Flats and it worked like a champ. You just have to remember to download the map before you go so you can use it in offline mode. Also, Go & Track is cool. It will track your run and save it for you. You can even add waypoints as you go and then add pictures to the waypoints later.
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Apr 14, 2022

#162
Funny how Ford hopped right in on another thread about a guy whose window closed on the outside of the weather strip, but we're 9 pages in on this thread and they can't give us any kind of update on when we can expect the trail maps to be live.
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Apr 14, 2022

#163
nrlucas
Funny how Ford hopped right in on another thread about a guy whose window closed on the outside of the weather strip, but we're 9 pages in on this thread and they can't give us any kind of update on when we can expect the trail maps to be live.
Would you believe the answer even if the customer service rep told you a date? :ROFLMAO:
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Chief1301, D190065

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Jul 11, 2022

#164
Has the FordPass trail app been released?

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Jul 11, 2022

#165
Airkudlik
Has the FordPass trail app been released?

Crickets, crickets, and more crickets.
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Jul 11, 2022

#166
Airkudlik
Has the FordPass trail app been released?
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Jul 13, 2022

#167
Also interested in an update here.
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Jul 13, 2022

#168
It has not, and I've heard release dates for this year but they've been pushed back twice now.
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Chief1301, DRWright

That's a terrible idea, when do we start?

Jul 13, 2022

#169
I also heard a rumor that the driving force behind it has left Ford.
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Jul 13, 2022

#170
JoergH
I also heard a rumor that the driving force behind it has left Ford.
Interesting. I didn't hear that specifically... but honestly I wouldn't be surprised at all.

I do know that Ford (and many companies) are hurting for IT workers right now. Work-from-home really shook up the IT industry as a whole, and people that lived in... say... Michigan could now work for major Silicon Valley companies without actually living anywhere near California. If I'm a manager at Ford and looking for the best place to allocate my (now limited) developer talent, I'm putting them towards products like the Mach-E and Ford Lightning, not a map application that will be offered for free to Bronco owners.

My opinion... if Ford isn't able to actively develop the application, they should just sign a contract with a company like onXmaps. Sell them the intellectual properly, have them integrate it into their onX Offroad app, and provide a free 1 year trial subscription to onX for Bronco owners.
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Soupcook, Dimo302

That's a terrible idea, when do we start?

Jul 13, 2022

#171
RagnarKon
Interesting. I didn't hear that specifically... but honestly I wouldn't be surprised at all.

I do know that Ford (and many companies) are hurting for IT workers right now. Work-from-home really shook up the IT industry as a whole, and people that lived in... say... Michigan could now work for major Silicon Valley companies without actually living anywhere near California. If I'm a manager at Ford and looking for the best place to allocate my (now limited) developer talent, I'm putting them towards products like the Mach-E and Ford Lightning, not a map application that will be offered for free to Bronco owners.

My opinion... if Ford isn't able to actively develop the application, they should just sign a contract with a company like onXmaps. Sell them the intellectual properly, have them integrate it into their onX Offroad app, and provide a free 1 year trial subscription to onX for Bronco owners.
I have to agree. I have used both OnX and GAIGPS and they are both OK. OnX needs to fix some car play app bugs, but hey, all software has bugs, right? What I would really want them to do is integrate in the cameras on the Bronco, so that I can take pictures/record video from those cameras.

As for developer talent, I think that Ford was already scrapping the bottom of the barrel there, and you're right, the current situation just makes it worse/harder.
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Jul 20, 2022

#172
JoergH
I have to agree. I have used both OnX and GAIGPS and they are both OK. OnX needs to fix some car play app bugs, but hey, all software has bugs, right? What I would really want them to do is integrate in the cameras on the Bronco, so that I can take pictures/record video from those cameras.

As for developer talent, I think that Ford was already scrapping the bottom of the barrel there, and you're right, the current situation just makes it worse/harder.

In regards to OnX: There are bugs, and there is not working at all randomly. The only way I've found to make OnX stable is to force quit the app, place the iPhone (or Android!) into airplane mode, and connect it over a USB connection before reopening the application. If I use wireless app projection, OnX will simply stop updating the screen, or stop showing my routes and waypoints, and if you happen to be on the fringe of service, it will destabilize entirely which is why airplane mode is required to kill the cellular data services.

Funnily enough, on my last campout to Joshua Tree area OnX decided it wasn't going to cooperate at all, and the Bronco's onboard connected NAV just happened to have the red canyon jeep trail on it and I just used that instead.
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Jul 20, 2022

#173
I handed my Bronco off this morning so an app can be tested on it ...:censored:
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Soupcook, Dimo302

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Jul 20, 2022

#174
Laura
I handed my Bronco off this morning so an app can be tested on it ...:censored:

Well, let's call that good news! Now if only they did open beta testing.
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Jul 20, 2022

#175
JoergH
As for developer talent, I think that Ford was already scrapping the bottom of the barrel there, and you're right, the current situation just makes it worse/harder.

I think Toyota has the bottom of the barrel position securely in hand.
Dimo302, Deano Bronc

That's a terrible idea, when do we start?

Jul 20, 2022

#176
JediMcMuffin
In regards to OnX: There are bugs, and there is not working at all randomly. The only way I've found to make OnX stable is to force quit the app, place the iPhone (or Android!) into airplane mode, and connect it over a USB connection before reopening the application. If I use wireless app projection, OnX will simply stop updating the screen, or stop showing my routes and waypoints, and if you happen to be on the fringe of service, it will destabilize entirely which is why airplane mode is required to kill the cellular data services.

Funnily enough, on my last campout to Joshua Tree area OnX decided it wasn't going to cooperate at all, and the Bronco's onboard connected NAV just happened to have the red canyon jeep trail on it and I just used that instead.
Yeah, I've had similar issues with OnX, where it just stops updating on CarPlay. Th most recent update seems to have resolved that MOST of the time, but it still has some random instances where it freezes up. I've gone almost entirely using GAIGPS these days. I also like the route planning capabilities go GAIGPS, specifically the snap to route capability.
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Jul 21, 2022

#177
Laura
I handed my Bronco off this morning so an app can be tested on it ...:censored:

Come on @Laura
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Dimo302, Deano Bronc

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Jul 22, 2022

#178
2ndGenBroncoOwner
Laura
I handed my Bronco off this morning so an app can be tested on it ...:censored:

Come on @Laura

I just completed the Ford survey on my most recent service experience (oil change and recall inspection) for my Bronco…

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Jul 22, 2022

#179
Laura
I handed my Bronco off this morning so an app can be tested on it ...:censored:
Any update?
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