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Ummm....hmmmm...how do I say this delicately? Read the post!
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How to never miss a OTA software update! [Instructions]
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Some people just love to complain. Sell your Bronco.
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No need to be delicate. You're wrong. All of that got added later via an edit. The original post by the Ford rep had only the first part and everything else got added later in response to my questions.
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Still confused. What vehicle features or systems does this apply to??
3:00 am and the Tones go off for a structure fire, ....Sorry you can't go....maybe in a hour IF the update was successful....
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It's 3am... Do you know where your bronco is?
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Personally I feel like you should evaluate the probability that "Tones" are going to go off at the exact same time as an OTA non-drivable update. I'm no rocket surgeon, but I'd bet you a bottle off the top shelf that this will never happen to you while you own a Bronco.
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I can imagine where a hospital staff member, military service member, or other emergency responder is unaware that automatic updates could make their vehicle unavailable for 45 minutes gets the call, heads out to the vehicle, and finds out that they can't respond. Let's use the example of a spouse or other person driving the vehicle schedules the update.
Do you think my command is going to be ok with this excuse?
FWIW, as hospital staff, I could easily see this happening... as I routinely get called in at all hours when on-call for the ER.
Do you think my command is going to be ok with this excuse?
FWIW, as hospital staff, I could easily see this happening... as I routinely get called in at all hours when on-call for the ER.
Ya just don't know, and it the people that dont understand are the ones saying " it took along time for EMS, of Fire dept to show at MY emergency, the bastards"....
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What I think is crappy is volunteer firemen are literally forced to buy broncos as response vehicles
I just don’t understand how they can be forced to buy them
here they drive teslas
so if the grid is down so are the firemen
We're not "forced" to buy anything. But a FYI.... approximately 80% of all fire departments in the U.S are volunteer departments. It's not like the Show Chicago Fire were we sit around and are in trucks within 60 seconds when "toned out" We are at home, or work and response times are longer already.
Now as a Volunteer , most of us have our Bunker gear and rescue/ EMS equipment in our cars/trucks. so when the sh** hits the fan "your off to the races"
Now your personal vehicle must be ID'd as a First responder (no matter what you buy) and have blue or red lights installed for this so (most of the time) people get out of the way....
Sooooo lets take the 3am call, Wake up realize what's going on get dressed and off to the garage, if you got one, so ya don't have to clean the snow off, hop in and....nothing... updating.
OK run back to the house grab the keys to the other car,.... Oh, that's right, I have to move all the gear to the other car (hope ya don't forget something) and drive away in the un-marked car and travel at "the flow of traffic" speeds and no one needs to move out of the way.
Sorry your wife died of cardiac arrest..
This DOES happen now with slower response times....
My department is on the last Diesel ambulance, caus we can't take the risk of it "regenerating" to keep the EPA happy.
This has happened to our newest Engine/Tank on a routine inspection run, went into limp mode to Regenerate....
And if all newer vehicles do this "updating" well, you'll have to live with it.
Why do we carry our stuff with us you ask, "just leave it in the Firehouse"? with me, I may have to respond to 1 of 2 Houses, North side and South, Leave it in the North and crap is going on in the south = double the trip... Just going to the dump or some where? pretty instant response cause it's with you....
"forced to buy a Bronco"...Stupid statement.....
Now as a Volunteer , most of us have our Bunker gear and rescue/ EMS equipment in our cars/trucks. so when the sh** hits the fan "your off to the races"
Now your personal vehicle must be ID'd as a First responder (no matter what you buy) and have blue or red lights installed for this so (most of the time) people get out of the way....
Sooooo lets take the 3am call, Wake up realize what's going on get dressed and off to the garage, if you got one, so ya don't have to clean the snow off, hop in and....nothing... updating.
OK run back to the house grab the keys to the other car,.... Oh, that's right, I have to move all the gear to the other car (hope ya don't forget something) and drive away in the un-marked car and travel at "the flow of traffic" speeds and no one needs to move out of the way.
Sorry your wife died of cardiac arrest..
This DOES happen now with slower response times....
My department is on the last Diesel ambulance, caus we can't take the risk of it "regenerating" to keep the EPA happy.
This has happened to our newest Engine/Tank on a routine inspection run, went into limp mode to Regenerate....
And if all newer vehicles do this "updating" well, you'll have to live with it.
Why do we carry our stuff with us you ask, "just leave it in the Firehouse"? with me, I may have to respond to 1 of 2 Houses, North side and South, Leave it in the North and crap is going on in the south = double the trip... Just going to the dump or some where? pretty instant response cause it's with you....
"forced to buy a Bronco"...Stupid statement.....
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Can we just go back to regular car radios that just work?
I've had enough experience with computers crashing and locking up, that I'd rather not have to worry about that from my car. Hopefully these updates aren't too frequent and annoying, and Ford doesn't accidentally release any broken updates that glitch out the truck.
I've had enough experience with computers crashing and locking up, that I'd rather not have to worry about that from my car. Hopefully these updates aren't too frequent and annoying, and Ford doesn't accidentally release any broken updates that glitch out the truck.
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Just call your grandkids over
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