11StiLimited Posted April 2, 2013 Report Share Posted April 2, 2013 I did the 11 on/off cycles when I arrived home today. I will update tomorrow after work with whether or not it recognized my house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RachelnLa Posted April 2, 2013 Report Share Posted April 2, 2013 Mine took awhile to recognize my work. A few weeks at least. 11StiLimited 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jus-A-CMax Posted April 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2013 Mine is weird...when I go to the gym coming from Galpin Ford, it would find the EV+ as I approached my gym. If I took my other route, it would not recognize it. Mark this as another "X" to a CMax quirk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edsel Posted April 3, 2013 Report Share Posted April 3, 2013 Should be an option in the EV+ menu to learn/forget current location. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C-MAXER Posted April 3, 2013 Report Share Posted April 3, 2013 It learned my home PDQ within a day or two of buying it (master reset at dealership before leaving) but it hasn't learned work yet. Will try the "it goes to eleven" method and see what happens. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveofDurham Posted April 3, 2013 Report Share Posted April 3, 2013 I started to use the 11 method at a location I go to almost every weekday. I got tired of this after about 4 or 5 cycles and found that was enough. Since then this location is always recognized as an EV+ location. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11StiLimited Posted April 3, 2013 Report Share Posted April 3, 2013 My home was recognized today so the 11+ method seems to be working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C-Maxgo Posted April 3, 2013 Report Share Posted April 3, 2013 I just noticed the EV+ for the first time today when I got near my house. How interesting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetiredJohn Posted April 5, 2013 Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 Waiting for my C- so I have a lot to learn. If you don't have GPS will the EV+ mode work? :confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeB Posted April 5, 2013 Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 All C-Max cars have a GPS receiver, even if you don't have Navigation. The GPS module itself is actually quite cheap compared to maps and a big screen to display them. And EV+ isn't based on roads, just location, so that's all you need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C-MAXER Posted April 5, 2013 Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 Will try the "it goes to eleven" method and see what happens. :) I tried it at work (actually went to 13 for luck!) and, yup, it now registers EV+. I rarely power on/off at my kids school but that whole area is a natural EV+ zone; especially since I exit the highway with a full battery to get there. Tomorrow morning I'm going to find a parking spot and perform the "11 step program" to get my 3rd EV+ site. :happy feet: 11StiLimited 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11StiLimited Posted April 5, 2013 Report Share Posted April 5, 2013 Waiting for my C- so I have a lot to learn. If you don't have GPS will the EV+ mode work? :confused:The GPS module is located in the SYNC system, if I am not mistaken. Ford simply found a way to use the data that was already being collected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetiredJohn Posted April 6, 2013 Report Share Posted April 6, 2013 All C-Max cars have a GPS receiver, even if you don't have Navigation. The GPS module itself is actually quite cheap compared to maps and a big screen to display them. And EV+ isn't based on roads, just location, so that's all you need.Thanks MikeB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetiredJohn Posted April 6, 2013 Report Share Posted April 6, 2013 The GPS module is located in the SYNC system, if I am not mistaken. Ford simply found a way to use the data that was already being collected.Thanks 11StiLimited Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C-MAXER Posted April 6, 2013 Report Share Posted April 6, 2013 Tomorrow morning I'm going to find a parking spot and perform the "11 step program" to get my 3rd EV+ site. :happy feet: 2nd Update: I did the 11 step program this morning at the school and upon picking up the kiddo's this afternoon, the car had set its third EV+ set point. 11StiLimited and salsaguy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oxnard Posted April 6, 2013 Report Share Posted April 6, 2013 Worked for me too! So cool :woohoo: --Marty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kc1174 Posted April 14, 2013 Report Share Posted April 14, 2013 I'm up to 5 EV+ locations so far, which is nice. The 3x on/off method seems to work for me. My work is also by an interstate and drove past it yesterday doing 70.. EV+ kicked in for a minute as I passed by, which was surprising to say the least. Didn't think EV works past 62. Maybe my car's defective in a good way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C-Maxgo Posted April 14, 2013 Report Share Posted April 14, 2013 I just saw my second EV location. We have a place at the beach we got to monthly where I just saw the EV+. That's so cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C-MAXER Posted April 15, 2013 Report Share Posted April 15, 2013 2nd Update: I did the 11 step program this morning at the school and upon picking up the kiddo's this afternoon, the car had set its third EV+ set point. Other than when performing the 11 step learn mode, I don't power off/on the car when I drop/pickup my kids at their school. A week later, EV+ now doesn't come on there. Hmmm. Battery is always full so that isn't it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11StiLimited Posted April 15, 2013 Report Share Posted April 15, 2013 (edited) Other than when performing the 11 step learn mode, I don't power off/on the car when I drop/pickup my kids at their school. A week later, EV+ now doesn't come on there. Hmmm. Battery is always full so that isn't it.I found my EV+ locations to be pretty useless, so I turned my EV+ mode off . For Sh*ts and Giggles, I turned it back on yesterday. It has forgotten both my stored EV+ locations. My guess is that since I turned mine off, it reset my locations. I am going to manually retrain mine and see what results I can come up with. Edited April 15, 2013 by 11StiLimited Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhackwyatt Posted April 15, 2013 Report Share Posted April 15, 2013 Other than when performing the 11 step learn mode, I don't power off/on the car when I drop/pickup my kids at their school. A week later, EV+ now doesn't come on there. Hmmm. Battery is always full so that isn't it.I think it forgets old ones that you don't poweroff or shutdown at. My tint shop was stored as an EV+ location (turning the car on and off to roll up/down the windows I guess). I drive by the tint place every day and EV+ just stopped coming on when I drove by. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C-MAXER Posted April 16, 2013 Report Share Posted April 16, 2013 I think your right. I'm going to power on/off more there to keep it in memory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotomoto Posted April 17, 2013 Report Share Posted April 17, 2013 . I'm going to power on/off more there to keep it in memory. One power cycle each in the morning and afternoon yesterday brought EV+ back this morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnOhio Posted April 17, 2013 Report Share Posted April 17, 2013 Mine only has my house as a location so far. I've been driving to work for almost as long and no EV+ yet. I'll try the 11 on off cycles method before I leave today. Thanks for the tip. I knew I saw somewhere that you could speed things up, but couldn't remember how. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colea Posted April 17, 2013 Report Share Posted April 17, 2013 I just have to ask. What Ford engineer came up with the number 11? And why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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