New BlueCruise Version 1.4 - Rollout IPMA-24.204.10.9

[PJnc284]

Got the update last night. Drove to work this morning which is probably 30 miles of Blue Cruise highway.

Seems smoother? Less bouncing back and forth.

I didn't have any automatic lane change capability though. I looked in the options and didn't see the ability to turn that on at all. The update said this control will added later???

It isn't true "automatic" which is in 1.5. You short tap the turn signal and it should change lanes. It flashes the turn signal until the lane change completes. If you're willing to tinker, you can add the toggles using FORScan but lane-change assist and in-lane repositioning should work out of the box.

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[MrH42]

It isn't true "automatic" which is in 1.5. You short tap the turn signal and it should change lanes. It flashes the turn signal until the lane change completes. If you're willing to tinker, you can add the toggles using FORScan but lane-change assist and in-lane repositioning should work out of the box.

Thanks. Sounds like I need to get the toggles via FORScan. I thought it was strange that they push this update for BC 1.4, but then describe in the update that the toggles to actually turn on the feature is coming later. I just wanted to confirm I was interpreting that right.

 

[PJnc284]

yeah it should work by default but who knows. We've seen instances where you need to disable and reenable something to get it working. And Ford has a habit of adding stuff and not give you the toggles. They did the same with WAL so if you had your BCM updated at the dealer or got the OTA they pushed out that enabled it, you got WAL by default with no way to disable it. FORScan is quite nice for tweaking things that are disabled also (e.g. matrix headlights).

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[ddimit]

Also got some Thursday night goodness as well

 

[MichaelCA]

Where’s my update FORD??
I feel like an unwanted step child from a prior marriage..

 

[rugedraw]

Thanks. Sounds like I need to get the toggles via FORScan. I thought it was strange that they push this update for BC 1.4, but then describe in the update that the toggles to actually turn on the feature is coming later. I just wanted to confirm I was interpreting that right.

You interpreted it correctly.....the toggles come with a separate APIM update, but you can use FORScan to add them.

 

[bmwhitetx]

Thanks. Sounds like I need to get the toggles via FORScan.

So the truck will not change lanes on its own if you tap the blinker - and BC is engaged, and the lane is very conservatively clear?

Anybody else getting this latest round finding that Lane Change Assist doesn't work?

 

[rugedraw]

So the truck will not change lanes on its own if you tap the blinker - and BC is engaged, and the lane is very conservatively clear?

Anybody else getting this latest round finding that Lane Change Assist doesn't work?

The IPMA update not enabling the config for BC 1.4 is a known issue. This is why there is another IPMA OTA that is config only that enables the features if the IPMA update that updates the firmware doesn't update the config. The config only OTA is IPMA-DC-24.204.8.27.

 

[bmwhitetx]

The IPMA update not enabling the config for BC 1.4 is a known issue. This is why there is another IPMA OTA that is config only that enables the features if the IPMA update that updates the firmware doesn't update the config. The config only OTA is IPMA-DC-24.204.8.27.

Good to know. I wish when folks say they got an update that they would scroll to the bottom of the release notes and say the exact release.
My BC 1.4 back in January was IPMA-24.204.10.9

 

[MrH42]

So the truck will not change lanes on its own if you tap the blinker - and BC is engaged, and the lane is very conservatively clear?

Anybody else getting this latest round finding that Lane Change Assist doesn't work?

That's correct. Seems wild to me that Ford would push this update, claiming new features, but then have to include a disclaimer at the bottom that they might not work because it's also dependent on an additional update that they can't seem to push out.

In the release, it states: "Sliders to turn Lange Change Assist and In-Lane Repositioning On or Off in the Driver Assistance screen will be made available in a future update"

This forum is basically all enthusiasts that are very technically minded. Imagine trying to explain this all to the average person.

I'm not sure why Ford struggles with this so much. Push both updates together at the same time or in quick succession.

 

[VTHokies]

This update was pushed to my truck today, got notice it didn’t complete, hopefully it gets it done tonight!

 

[PJnc284]

The one "not completed" update I got cost me $1k. Well probably more that I got impatient after waiting 3 weeks.

 

[rugedraw]

That's correct. Seems wild to me that Ford would push this update, claiming new features, but then have to include a disclaimer at the bottom that they might not work because it's also dependent on an additional update that they can't seem to push out.

In the release, it states: "Sliders to turn Lange Change Assist and In-Lane Repositioning On or Off in the Driver Assistance screen will be made available in a future update"

This forum is basically all enthusiasts that are very technically minded. Imagine trying to explain this all to the average person.

I'm not sure why Ford struggles with this so much. Push both updates together at the same time or in quick succession.

The problem is that the update that gives you the sliders installs while the vehicle is on and running, and the update that gives you the actual features installs while the vehicle is off and parked. While it is possible to update more than module with an OTA, these two modules in particular cannot be updated simultaneously due to the fact that they are updated in different ways.

I do agree that they should be pushed in a quick succession to one another.

 

[sfringer]

As I mentioned, the update notified yesterday and installed overnight, just in time for today's ~300 mile road trip. I was able to use BC most of the drive and will say it met my expectations. I didn't suffer the ping-ponging on 1.0 others have experienced, so it seemed as stable as before. The lane change worked very well, just a quick tap of the turn signal and it would prepare for lane change and then execute. Easy-peasy, nice and smooth. In fact, at one point I was behind another vehicle that was going slower than my set speed, and BC notified me on the dash that a lane change was possible, and if I tapped the turn signal it would execute it for me.
All-in-all a nice upgrade from the previous release.

 

[Henry Ford]

The problem is that the update that gives you the sliders installs while the vehicle is on and running, and the update that gives you the actual features installs while the vehicle is off and parked. While it is possible to update more than module with an OTA, these two modules in particular cannot be updated simultaneously due to the fact that they are updated in different ways.

I do agree that they should be pushed in a quick succession to one another.

The global problem is that the truck has 50+ modules with software developed and maintained by whatever supplier made the most sense to deal with whenever the feature was first developed. It's not so much an architecture as a ramshackle shelter. Sort of amazing it works at all.

As an aside, Ford canceled the successor to their legacy architecture earlier this year.

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