Onboard Navigation - Simulate Route

[Howard_Scott_Warshaw]

Rant #2 for the night.

I was at a super remote charging station this weekend. Didn't have cell phone coverage so Google Maps was useless. I fire up the onboard nav system, type in my destination and hit GO. I accidentally hit the button for "simulate route" or "simulate navigation" or whatever the prompt was. NEVER F*CKING TOUCH THIS BUTTON.

This feature will send your virtual vehicle through the entire route to your destination regardless of what button you push, how hard you yell at Alexa, how many times you cancel the route, how many times you restart the truck. Every single friggin time I tried to navigate to my destination, it would virtually restart itself where the virtual simulation left off. Even trying a new destination would start the route at the last place the "virtual" truck left off.

I can't explain in words how useless this feature is. I can only beg you never hit the "simulate route" button as I did.

@Ford Motor Company. This feature is not only useless, but harmful.

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[hturnerfamily]

yes, I've seen this 'feature', but have NO IDEA what it is for, what the thought process is for why someone would even want it, etc... makes little sense, and with little way to 'exit' the process, it's maddening. FORD, work on features that drivers actually use.

 

[Yellow Buddy]

Rant #2 for the night.

I was at a super remote charging station this weekend. Didn't have cell phone coverage so Google Maps was useless. I fire up the onboard nav system, type in my destination and hit GO. I accidentally hit the button for "simulate route" or "simulate navigation" or whatever the prompt was. NEVER F*CKING TOUCH THIS BUTTON.

This feature will send your virtual vehicle through the entire route to your destination regardless of what button you push, how hard you yell at Alexa, how many times you cancel the route, how many times you restart the truck. Every single friggin time I tried to navigate to my destination, it would virtually restart itself where the virtual simulation left off. Even trying a new destination would start the route at the last place the "virtual" truck left off.

I can't explain in words how useless this feature is. I can only beg you never hit the "simulate route" button as I did.

@Ford Motor Company. This feature is not only useless, but harmful.

If you pull the 12v battery and set it on fire, by the time you put it out and get a new battery installed the virtual routing will be reset and no longer run.

Alternatively, on your 400th virtual routing restart, start the truck and ram it into a wall. It will also stop the virtual routing while simultaneously bringing you instant satisfaction.

 

[Danface]

Thank for reinforcing my decision to unplug the TCU when I get my truck! If good technology makes use dumber then maybe bad tech just makes us mad!

 

[Heliian]

You can turn gps simulation off in the map settings.

If you do start a simulated route you can cancel it with the little red x on the top right when in vehicle centered display mode (top left map icon that looks like a truck with 4 cardinal points.)

 

[RickLightning]

LMFAO.

"No way to turn it off"

"Do this".

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