You can choose to share access to your vehicle to other users by authorising them in FordPass. This offers ultimate flexibility, particularly in a household setting where multiple members use the same vehicle. However, it is important to understand how the data moves in this situation.
In summary, if you are driving a vehicle fitted with a FordPass Connect modem, with a FordPass App account connected to it, the user(s) of the FordPass App may, depending on the Connected Vehicle Features selected in the vehicle, have access to:
- the vehicle's location;
- services which allow the vehicle to be remotely started, locked and unlocked; and
- services which show information about the vehicle's status (for example, its fuel level).
More than one FordPass App account can be connected to a single vehicle. If you are driving a vehicle with more than one FordPass App account connected to it, depending on the Connected Vehicle Features selected in the vehicle, the user(s) of each account will have access to the information and services outlined above.
If you choose to connect your FordPass App account to a vehicle which has already been connected to another FordPass App account, your name and the fact that you have requested this connection will be shared, via the FordPass App, with user(s) who connected to the vehicle before you. This user or users will be given the opportunity to allow or refuse your connection to the vehicle.
In detail, FordPass allows a customer to authorise other users to access their vehicle. The rules for this are:
- Firstly, the primary user must authorise their own access via the vehicle’s SYNC infotainment system. This means that the primary user must have physical access to the vehicle to complete this authorisation step.
- The primary user can then allow others access to their vehicle via the FordPass App. After the primary user is ‘linked’ to the vehicle, any users added after can be done solely via the FordPass App and physical access to the vehicle is not required to add users.
- For a secondary user to be added to the vehicle, the secondary user adds the VIN in their FordPass App account and requests access. This directs a notification to the primary user requesting in-app approval.
- Once approved, the secondary user now has same access and privileges as the primary user, allowing a second user to authorise a third user and so on.
- Every time, a new user requests access to the vehicle, all existing users receive a notification (request for approval) in the FordPass App. Any user can approve the new user request.
- The maximum number of authorised users to one connected vehicle VIN is ten (including the primary user).
- The primary user can see all the requests and authorised users in the Notifications tab in the FordPass App.
- The only way to delete users is to perform a Reset in the SYNC infotainment system of your vehicle. A Reset will delete all users and an in-app notification will be sent to all users removing access to that vehicle (as described below).
If you share your vehicle with others, please tell them about your settings Connected Vehicle Features. For example, let them know where they can find the information needed to turn off Location and other data sharing in the Settings menu in the SYNC infotainment system. You are responsible for ensuring that anyone you share your vehicle with is aware of the Connected Vehicle Features and have read and understood the Ford Connected Vehicle Terms and Privacy Policy and provided their consent (if consent is required) to our collection, use and/or disclosure of personal data when they are using your vehicle.
Your vehicle may tell a new driver that it is sharing data via pop-up notifications in-vehicle to alert drivers of data sharing settings. Drivers without a mobile device or with an unrecognised mobile device will see a pop-up displayed in-vehicle alerting them to the current vehicle data or location sharing settings. A mobile device is “recognised” if it has been paired with the SYNC infotainment system. This way if someone is new to your vehicle, or not driving it enough to pair their mobile device, the vehicle will notify them of its current Connected Vehicle Features.
You can choose to share access to your vehicle to other users by authorising them in FordPass. This offers ultimate flexibility, particularly in a household setting where multiple members use the same vehicle. However, it is important to understand how the data moves in this situation.
In summary, if you are driving a vehicle fitted with a FordPass Connect modem, with a FordPass App account connected to it, the user(s) of the FordPass App may, depending on the Connected Vehicle Features selected in the vehicle, have access to:
- the vehicle's location;
- services which allow the vehicle to be remotely started, locked and unlocked; and
- services which show information about the vehicle's status (for example, its fuel level).
More than one FordPass App account can be connected to a single vehicle. If you are driving a vehicle with more than one FordPass App account connected to it, depending on the Connected Vehicle Features selected in the vehicle, the user(s) of each account will have access to the information and services outlined above.
If you choose to connect your FordPass App account to a vehicle which has already been connected to another FordPass App account, your name and the fact that you have requested this connection will be shared, via the FordPass App, with user(s) who connected to the vehicle before you. This user or users will be given the opportunity to allow or refuse your connection to the vehicle.
In detail, FordPass allows a customer to authorise other users to access their vehicle. The rules for this are:
- Firstly, the primary user must authorise their own access via the vehicle’s SYNC infotainment system. This means that the primary user must have physical access to the vehicle to complete this authorisation step.
- The primary user can then allow others access to their vehicle via the FordPass App. After the primary user is ‘linked’ to the vehicle, any users added after can be done solely via the FordPass App and physical access to the vehicle is not required to add users.
- For a secondary user to be added to the vehicle, the secondary user adds the VIN in their FordPass App account and requests access. This directs a notification to the primary user requesting in-app approval.
- Once approved, the secondary user now has same access and privileges as the primary user, allowing a second user to authorise a third user and so on.
- Every time, a new user requests access to the vehicle, all existing users receive a notification (request for approval) in the FordPass App. Any user can approve the new user request.
- The maximum number of authorised users to one connected vehicle VIN is ten (including the primary user).
- The primary user can see all the requests and authorised users in the Notifications tab in the FordPass App.
- The only way to delete users is to perform a Reset in the SYNC infotainment system of your vehicle. A Reset will delete all users and an in-app notification will be sent to all users removing access to that vehicle (as described below).
If you share your vehicle with others, please tell them about your settings Connected Vehicle Features. For example, let them know where they can find the information needed to turn off Location and other data sharing in the Settings menu in the SYNC infotainment system. You are responsible for ensuring that anyone you share your vehicle with is aware of the Connected Vehicle Features and have read and understood the Ford Connected Vehicle Terms and Privacy Policy and provided their consent (if consent is required) to our collection, use and/or disclosure of personal data when they are using your vehicle.
Your vehicle may tell a new driver that it is sharing data via pop-up notifications in-vehicle to alert drivers of data sharing settings. Drivers without a mobile device or with an unrecognised mobile device will see a pop-up displayed in-vehicle alerting them to the current vehicle data or location sharing settings. A mobile device is “recognised” if it has been paired with the SYNC infotainment system. This way if someone is new to your vehicle, or not driving it enough to pair their mobile device, the vehicle will notify them of its current Connected Vehicle Features.