bbf2530 Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 Hi gang. Thanks to MKZ forum member "Viking" for this information and link, for those interested in purchasing an OBDII interface cable for FORScan software: https://www.obdlink.com/ex/ Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Multitask Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 Mine is the Bluetooth one... worked fine in my FFH, haven't plugged it in the MKZ-H yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbf2530 Posted March 20, 2020 Author Share Posted March 20, 2020 (edited) 14 minutes ago, Multitask said: Mine is the Bluetooth one... worked fine in my FFH, haven't plugged it in the MKZ-H yet. Hi Multitask. My understanding (not firsthand knowledge) is Bluetooth adapters can not access all FORScan functions. If you have a link where yours can be purchased, post it here so other interested members can research Direct/Cable versus Bluetooth and decide. Thanks and good luck. Edited March 20, 2020 by bbf2530 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Multitask Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 (edited) Here is the info page I got the information from http://www.2gfusions.net/showthread.php?tid=4573 It listed the USB and the BT ... I would have to check, but I think I bought the USB, and it didn't work very well (could have gotten a bad one)... so I got the BT, and it worked for what I wanted.... Edited March 20, 2020 by Multitask Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbf2530 Posted March 20, 2020 Author Share Posted March 20, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Multitask said: Here is the info page I got the information from http://www.2gfusions.net/showthread.php?tid=4573 It listed the USB and the BT ... I would have to check, but I think I bought the USB, and it didn't work very well (could have gotten a bad one)... so I got the BT, and it worked for what I wanted.... Hi Multitask. Thanks for posting back with the link. It will certainly help others interested in using FORScan. Good luck. Edited March 20, 2020 by bbf2530 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 On 3/20/2020 at 3:53 PM, Multitask said: Here is the info page I got the information from http://www.2gfusions.net/showthread.php?tid=4573 It listed the USB and the BT ... I would have to check, but I think I bought the USB, and it didn't work very well (could have gotten a bad one)... so I got the BT, and it worked for what I wanted.... This was the reason for the link that I posted. The one mentioned on 2gfusions was from a 2016 post, and it really was iffy how it worked. So OBDLink manufactured the one in the link in the very first post of this thread, specifically for ForScan. It works very well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Multitask Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 Here i one I wish you could add... a way to know what 'mode' you are in .... Sport - Normal - Comfort ... I tend to leave it in Comfort... and switch to Sport for the more curvy roads... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zalvern Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 (edited) 26 minutes ago, Multitask said: Here i one I wish you could add... a way to know what 'mode' you are in .... Sport - Normal - Comfort ... I tend to leave it in Comfort... and switch to Sport for the more curvy roads... Huh? Does your instrument panel gauge not show your driving modes? Unless I'm misunderstanding something. It should be Blue when in comfort. No color when normal, and red when in Sport. Even should have the words "Comfort" and "Sport" on the instrument panel. MKZ should definitely do this from the get go, no FORScan modding needed. Edited April 27, 2020 by Zalvern Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drolds1 Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 Both my 2017 and 2020 show that in the cluster. My 2014 didn't. Robert Iggy Cerami 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Multitask Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 15 hours ago, Zalvern said: Huh? Does your instrument panel gauge not show your driving modes? Unless I'm misunderstanding something. It should be Blue when in comfort. No color when normal, and red when in Sport. Even should have the words "Comfort" and "Sport" on the instrument panel. MKZ should definitely do this from the get go, no FORScan modding needed. Maybe for the MKZ, but I have a 2020 MKZ Hybrid so no colors on the dash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drolds1 Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 1 hour ago, Multitask said: Maybe for the MKZ, but I have a 2020 MKZ Hybrid so no colors on the dash. Go figure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Iggy Cerami Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 My 13 Hybrid had the blue comfort light .. My 15 (3.7),17 (3.0) and My 2020 (3.0) all had Blue and Red lights when the settings were set to comfort or sport Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Multitask Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 Guess Ford didn't want to confuse the Hybrid users on color.... ? Robert Iggy Cerami 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zalvern Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 1 hour ago, Multitask said: Guess Ford didn't want to confuse the Hybrid users on color.... ? Same Instrument hardware so its definitely capable. I don't know the exact Asbuilt location to modify for it to be enabled on a MKZ Hybrid. Though sounds like they're just trying to keep it in the "green" range being a hybrid owner. ...Or just overlooked it cause of that thinking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Multitask Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 (edited) it's not though.... my hybrid has the center as the Speedo, and on either side are displays... left for fuel economy, right for what Sync mode I'm looking at... Entertainment, Nav, etc... I believe the regular MKZ has Spedo on right, Tach on left, and details in the center... and that is where the 'colors' would be... maybe the Tach too Edited April 28, 2020 by Multitask Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbf2530 Posted April 28, 2020 Author Share Posted April 28, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Multitask said: it's not though.... my hybrid has the center as the Speedo, and on either side are displays... left for fuel economy, right for what Sync mode I'm looking at... Entertainment, Nav, etc... I believe the regular MKZ has Spedo on right, Tach on left, and details in the center... and that is where the 'colors' would be... maybe the Tach too Hi Multitask. I realize Owner Manuals sometimes have incorrect, or not updated information. However, the 2020 MKZ Hybrid Owners Manual shows your transmission select buttons as being PRNDL as opposed to non Hybrids having PRNDS. Sport mode and Low mode have distinctly different parameters and behaviors. So with that in mind (and having not driven a 2020 MKZ Hybrid myself), what transmission select buttons does your MKZh have? Edited April 28, 2020 by bbf2530 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Multitask Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 In answer to your question, I have PRNDL (L=Low, although my 2018 FFH could go as fast as 60 in that mode.. .though I don't recommend it... I did it by accident getting on freeway) But that is not the 'mode' I was talking about... I'm talking about the selection of Sport, Normal, Comfort, on how it handles. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbf2530 Posted April 28, 2020 Author Share Posted April 28, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Multitask said: In answer to your question, I have PRNDL (L=Low, although my 2018 FFH could go as fast as 60 in that mode.. .though I don't recommend it... I did it by accident getting on freeway) But that is not the 'mode' I was talking about... I'm talking about the selection of Sport, Normal, Comfort, on how it handles. ? Hi Mt. Yes, I understood what you were asking about. I was checking the 2020 Owners Manual to see if I could find an answer to your Comfort/Normal/Sport question when I came across the transmission button information. So figured i would ask about what buttons you actually had. EDIT - And as an FYI: After looking through the Owners Manual and seeing that your current hybrid has no S button (replaced by a L/Low button), it also appears the hybrid does not have other handling/performance settings and features available, which are part of the conventional MKZ's Sport mode. But then again, you get much better fuel mileage than the conventional engine MKZ's and have various settings that conventional engine MKZ's don't. Two different buyer demographics, so two different setting menus. So I guess the moral of the story is: The different menus and menu options are probably why your MKZ hybrid does not have the dash readouts and color changes for the Comfort and Sport settings. ? Good luck. Edited April 28, 2020 by bbf2530 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Multitask Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 Now of course, if there is a Forscan option to change so that I get the colors.. i'd be all over that. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 For a pretty detailed read on what may work for MKZ mods by Forscan, the Fusion Forum has a 145+ page thread found here: http://www.2gfusions.net/showthread.php?tid=4573 There is a lot of cross use between the Fusions and the MKZ, but like all things, you pays yer money and you takes yer chances. Best to do a lot of reading, methinks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Multitask Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 Yea, my guess is that the MKZ Hybrid does not have that as a feature, because the Fusions don't have it (if they do it would be in the list) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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