Can any one explain the benefits of Ford Pass other then being able to lock/unlock and start the vehicle?

 

I receive software update information, recall notices, and I can see my service history. I can also see the fuel level in my wife's Expedition, so I know if I am going to need to fill it or not prior to us taking it somewhere before I go to her work place and and trade vehicles with her.

 

Along with these, you also get alerts when the alarm system is triggered.
My wife was out of town with her Expedition when I got a perimeter alarm alert about 2:00 in the morning. I immediately texted her and she was already up checking on her car because the alert on her phone woke her up.

 

So basically, it mostly is a convenience but what functionality would i lose if choose not to use it?

 

Correct, it is mostly convenience. Just like 99% of the features of today's trucks.

 

For Context, I picked up my 2022 last night and the dealer was overly instant that i had to have ford pass. As a old school guy who is not big on apps I figured there was some nefarious reason they were pushing it. Thank you all for the replies.

 

I was skeptical about it as well. But I've grown to like it in the first four weeks I've owned my F150. Its a convenience, sure, but its sure helpful to have around.

 

Don't know if it's necessarily nefarious or not, but data is absolutely exchanged with the Ford system. For instance, we purchased the extended warranty online from another dealer 11 months after buying the Expedition. On the contract paperwork it listed various things about the vehicle, including a timestamped reading of the odometer (which was slightly different than what I put), fuel level, tpms status, oil life, vehicle health alerts and trouble codes (both lifetime and previous 60 days).

Edit to add: I don't think that the above info is a result of the Ford Pass app. That info is already being transmitted to the mother ship via the OTA connection.

 

That is exactly the kind of stuff i don't like. I wonder if that is the ford pass or the tele-matics or are they all one? on my wife 21 Exp'y, i disabled the tele-matics but it is only sync 3. the F150s seem to be much reliant on being connected.

 

functionality lost while you’re in the truck: nothing.

functionality while you are away from the truck: lots of little conveniences. It provides all sorts of data on the vehicle; I particularly like being able to see the pressure at each tire, when the temperature swings in Texas and I’m trying to decide if I need to get out my pump to top anything up.