Ford Pro™ Telematics

Vehicle Health insights play a vital role in increasing uptime by helping fleet operators maintain vehicles to the highest standards.

Features

• Vehicle Health Status
• Odometer mileage readings
• Diagnostic trouble code descriptions
• Oil life remaining
• Engine hours
• Field Service Action
• Configurable service due reminders

Benefits

• Configurable reminders can be tailored to the needs of a specific fleet.
• Provides complete clarity on the issues affecting vehicles.
• Increases uptime by reducing the risk of missing a service or facing an unexpected repair.
• Helps fleet managers to prioritise the most important vehicle issues.

Fuel Insights provide full visibility of fleets’ fuel usage, helping businesses to increase efficiency and reduce waste.

Features

• Accurate mileage
• Fuel level monitoring
• Idle waste costs
• Miles per gallon reports

Benefits

• Allows fleet managers to identify areas where efficiency can be improved.
• Creates opportunities to reduce waste from idling and inefficient driving.
• Aids fleet management by providing a real-time overview of a fleet’s fuel levels.

Location Monitoring helps to quickly locate vehicles. An invaluable tool for real-time workload planning and maximising productivity.

Features

• Live Maps
• Location History
• Custom Geofences

Benefits

• At-a-glance overview of the fleet’s location lets fleet managers assign last-minute or emergency jobs in the most practical way.
• Provides accurate records of vehicles’ location history.
• Geofences give fleet managers a clear view of when vehicles enter or leave an area with custom-set boundaries.

Driving Insights allows fleet owners to monitor driving behaviour and take action to reduce risks and increase driver safety.

Features

• Driving Insights
• Speeding events
• Harsh acceleration and braking events
• Seat belt usage
• Driver score

Benefits

• Gives fleet managers assurance that their business’ reputation is being upheld by drivers.
• Provides companies with real data to back up commitments to employee safety.
• Driver scores can pinpoint drivers who may need coaching or support to drive more safely or efficiently.
• Reducing tyre, clutch and brake wear across the fleet could result in significant savings.

In-vehicle coaching helps to promote driver safety with prompted messages played into the vehicle when unsafe or inefficient driving behaviours are detected.

Features

• Checks driver behaviour such as exceeding the speed limit, rapid acceleration, harsh braking, excessive idling, or failing to fasten a seatbelt.
• Plays prompted messages into the cabin to coach the driver.

Benefits

• Supports compliance by promoting safer driving behaviour.
• Optimises energy usage on vehicles.
• Reduces unnecessary wear and tear.
• Highlights areas where fleet operators can provide additional training and coaching to drivers.

Note: In-vehicle coaching is available through SYNC 4 and SYNC 3 with the latest software updates.

Vehicle Security helps to ensure that business vehicles are safe, secure and easy to track when you use Ford Pro Telematics.

Features

• Inconsistent location alerts when there is a change in location without an ignition on event.
• Security alerts indicate if the vehicle is started or doors are opened during a set time schedule.

Benefits

• Aids recovery of stolen vehicles by providing the location of missing vehicles to authorities.
• Provides early detection of theft and impacts to allow them to be dealt with as quickly as possible.

Ford Pro Telematics Essentials is a complimentary Connected Vehicle service available on any fleet vehicle equipped with a FordPass Connect modem.

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Ford’s connected uptime system, utilises the vehicle Health insights available through Ford Pro Telematics Essentials to help commercial vehicle operators increase their productivity by maximising vehicle uptime.

It provides real-time Vehicle Health information to maximise uptime for fleets, including:

• Vehicle Health Status
• Odometer mileage readings
• Diagnostic trouble code descriptions
• Oil life remaining
• Engine hours
• Product recall information
• Configurable service due reminders

Below are the benefits of Ford Pro Telematics Essentials:

• Provides insights that contribute to increased uptime by ensuring the fleet is well maintained.
• Detailed Vehicle Health data is available to the Ford Authorised Repairer network, so unexpected repairs can be dealt with more quickly and efficiently.
• Complimentary Ford Pro Telematics Essentials is a great way for customers to become familiar with the functionality and benefits of Ford Connected Services.
• Track and plan maintenance and repairs with local Ford-authorised dealers with Online Service Bookings.

The table below demonstrates the differences between Ford Pro Telematics Essentials and Ford Telematics: