I have a 2022 F150 with Ford Pass on my phone. ..Is that service free for life?

 

The ability to start/stop/lock/unlock/window controls/etc, is free for life, unless Ford changes their mind.

The only connected items with a subscription currently are:
BlueCruise (After pre-purchased period or trial period)
In-Vehicle HotSpot (Through AT&T after Trial)
Ford Streaming
Ford Connected Nav (After 3 years)
Alexa Integration (After 3 years)
Sirius (not through Ford, but including it)

But FordPass was switched to being a no subscription feature years ago.

 

Thanks... I have no clue what any of that other stuff is anyway..

 

Might want to read your sticker and see what features you paid a lot of money for, then read your manual to use them.

 

Yeah I tried that.. I read about my hotspot telematics modem and still have no clue. Now the dual sunvisors I have down pat..

 

Do you know what a hotspot is?

Many cell plans let you use your phone as a hotspot.

A hotspot is simply a small network, using the data plan of your device - either the phone or your truck. The vast majority of people will never need the vehicle's hotspot, so paying for it is a waste of money for them.

When driving, if my wife wants to download a book to her WiFi tablet, I turn on my phone's hotspot, she downloads her book to her tablet, and I turn it off.

So, you don't need that.

Next?

 

Not yet...

 

Pardon the nit (but Ford's preference for giving features stupidly confusing names forces us into it nit picking territory).
I believe the three year navigation feature to which you refer is Ford *Built-in* Connected Nav. AFAIK, Ford Connected Nav requires a subscription after a three month (? I think?) trial period, whereas Ford *Built-in* Connected Nav includes a three year complementary subscription. As far as I can tell, that is the ONLY difference between the two "features".
Please correct me if I'm wrong. I hate hate hate the way Ford gives these features such ridiculously confusing names.

 

When connected nav dies does the Radar map die as well?

 

Not sure what you mean by "radar map"? Are you referring to GPS, perhaps?
To the best of my understanding (and I am on thin ice here), once your NAV subscription ends (either Connected NAV or Built-in Connected NAV) the system will continue to show you a map and your location on the map using GPS to find your present location. What it won't do is the following:
- calculate routes based on an address keyed into the system,
- re-route you based on traffic ("we found a faster route, press 'continue' if you want to stay on the current route")
- update the maps.
One interesting feature (again, I'm no expert!): If the system temporarily loses contact with the GPS satellites, it will continue to update your location using what a sailor would call "dead reckoning" - it guesses intelligently about where you are based on your last known position and the distance and direction travelled since then.
I hope that someone with more sure-footed understanding with confirm or correct.