Does complex in-car technology make your head spin? Ford Motor Company thinks they have found a way for you to master the features in their vehicles. More than 100 short how-to videos, called “video snacks,” are supposed to help Ford owners become more familiar with the features their new car offers.
According to a Ford press release, the video snacks are a part of a new Vehicle Orientation program that starts this week in Ford dealerships nationwide. At the end ...
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Ford Introduces 'Video Snacks' to Ford Owners to Help Them Learn New Features
Does complex in-car technology make your head spin? Ford Motor Company thinks they have found a way for you to master the features in their vehicles. More than 100 short how-to videos, called “video snacks,” are supposed to help Ford owners become more familiar with the features their new car offers.
According to a Ford press release, the video snacks are a part of a new Vehicle Orientation program that starts this week in Ford dealerships nationwide. At the end ...
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2013 Ford F-150 Unveiled
Ford released details today for the 2013 Ford F-150, which receives a restyled front end and MyFord Touch, among other features. The refreshed full-size pickup truck also gains a new luxury trim level, as well as expanded availability of some of its engines.
The 2013 Ford F-150 becomes the latest in Ford’s lineup to gain MyFord Touch, albeit a slightly different version than the one test drivers have complained about in other models. “Ford asserts the touch parameters of ...
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2013 Ford Super Duty Details Unveiled
Last week, Ford announced that its 2013 Super Duty heavy-duty trucks will offer a new trim level: the Super Duty Platinum. According to a press release, these trucks will include similar features to the Ford F-150 Platinum, which debuted in 2009.
As a concession to the Super Duty trucks’ hardworking capabilities and to numerous complaints about MyFord Touch, Autoblog reports that Ford has tailored the interface system to make it easier to use. Ford has added a few actual knobs ...
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Ford Announces MyFord Touch Upgrades
Since the MyFord Touch and MyLincoln Touch interface systems debuted on some 2011 models like the Ford Edge, the Ford Explorer and the Lincoln MKX, it has been almost universally denounced by critics like Consumer Reports for being slow, buggy, confusing and distracting. As we previously reported, this partly led to Ford’s precipitous decline in J.D. Power & Associates Initial Quality Study for 2011 models. To mitigate the interface’s negative effects, Ford announced this morning that it will ...
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