Say what you will about Ford’s MyFord Touch infotainment and connectivity system, but the company has no plans to stop offering what it says is a very popular feature with its customers. FoMoCo announced today that the 2014 Ford Fiesta will now offer the MyFord Touch option with a new 6.5 LCD touch screen unit. [...]
When FoMoCo first launched the MyFord Touch infotainment system, the full-touchscreen system was met with much negative criticism by the media and the customers. Ford then decided to offer everyone a free update to existing customer and decided to offer its 2013 model year vehicles with an upgraded version. The upgrade was intended to make [...]
After some horrible reviews from the media and many complaints from customers on the slow performance of the MyFord Touch and MyLincoln system, FoMoCo and Microsoft engineers have added some huge improvements to the system. “SYNC has put us in a unique position to change customer expectations for their ownership experience,” said Derrick Kuzak, group [...]
Okay – it’s no joke that FoMoCo’s MyFord Touch infotainment touch sensitive system was a total failure for the automaker. The glitches in the system even ended up hurting the way the company’s vehicles were recommended by Consumer Reports. Well, Ford heard the complaints of the media and its customers and is unveiling a new [...]
Ford will become the first automaker to allow parents to block phone calls and text messages on their teens phones while driving. The new technology, known as MyKey Do Not Disturb, will launch on the new Ford Explorer in 2012. Does that means parents will have to buy a Ford Explorer for their teen? Probably [...]
Ford is giving its engineers the opportunity to get some feedback from consumers on development of the Ford Focus Electrics in-dash display. Driving simulations were used for MyFord Touch display enhancements, to be featured in the car. The simulator provided two 4.2 -inch LCD screens in full-color, with a speedometer in between. Information displayed includes [...]
Ford’s new MyFord Touch infotainment, connectivity system isn’t perfect and the company isn’t afraid to admit it. Consumer Reports has gone as far not to recommend some Ford vehicles with the MyFord Touch system and recently, it was reported the Dearborn automaker is missing quality targets due to the glitches in the system. Recently, FoMoCo [...]
Ford is adding its award-winning SYNC AppLink software to a new line up of vehicles for 2012, making it available on a total of 10 models. The program gives access to, and voice control over, driver’s smartphone apps while mobile. Doug VanDages, director of Ford Connected Services Solutions comments “We understand more and more drivers [...]
A little while ago, the egmCarTech crew had the chance to first-handedly get a glimpse of Ford’s new MyFord Touch center console control system that relies solely on the occupant’s touch for action. Needless to say, despite the cars being preproduction samples, we found the system to be rather glitchy. We were hoping Ford would [...]
Ford has certainly done a good job publicizing its MyFord Touch driver connect technology featuring SYNC, and now it has introduced the technology to the Chinese market as it debuts the newest version. “MyFord Touch, combined with the new SYNC functionality, is an experience that Chinese drivers will easily relate to their first time behind [...]
