2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid: The Long Time Ago Center Stack

isnt that the excellent sync system? i'd hardly call it a 'relic'.

i hope this car gets some more attention. its been forgotten far too long.

I like things that are simple and work. What a concept.

Get in the car, close your eyes and push the recirculate air button.
Unless you have muscle memory for it, you have a pretty good chance of pressing the wrong button.
Whatever button you push, you will know you pushed a button, which I guess is important.

There's no reason Ford had to bump this setup so quickly... it wasn't even in production for more than 2 or 3 years. They should've kept it in place while fine-tuning Ford touch and making it... well, work.
Also, I wouldn't call it relic. It still has a massive display, and having sync doesn't exactly make it low-tech either

There's no reason Ford had to bump this setup so quickly... it wasn't even in production for more than 2 or 3 years. They should've kept it in place while fine-tuning Ford touch and making it... well, work.
Also, I wouldn't call it relic. It still has a massive display, and having sync doesn't exactly make it low-tech either

I have said it before and I'll say it again 3 knobs for HAVC and 2 for the radio with 7-10 preset buttons. If you want Dual zone A/C close the vents on the side you want warmer.

Ah, the good old days. Memories.

This is the worst indictment yet of MyFordTouch. Why? Because you are lamenting the departure of an interface that was good but not great. Some of these controls (which appeared in many Ford products) just felt a little cheap in your hands...the buttons and knobs were a little wobbly and imprecise. The temperature controls feature up/down buttons which most agree are worse than dials. It's just so damning that as pedestrian a setup as the old Fusion has, it seems most people would choose it over MyFordTouch.
Now that the verdict is in on MyFordTouch (Edmunds, Consumer Reports, survey results), it would be interesting if Edmunds could do some reporting on Ford's response (or lack thereof). Does Ford acknowledge that the system is badly flawed. Are they planning any fixes for vehicles on the road? Are they planning any changes for new models?

I am hoping that Albert's thoughts are more than a bit tongue in cheek.

Its kind of sad that IL is using other cars in its fleet to bash MFT....the Fusion barely gets any posts (none about driving or MPGs anymore)....and now they just use it to show how bad the Explorer is. Pretty sad journalism really. They cant think of anything to say about the Fusion or Explorer that does not have to do with MFT?

@bodyblue: I'm not sure your criticism should be a Edmunds on this one. Many staffers have driven the long term Explorer and many of them choose to post about MFT and the vast majority of those posts are negative. Sure I'd like to read more about how the Explorer stacks up dynamically vs. the competition. But my sense is that it's hard for Edmunds (and let's be fair, much of the automotive media and many consumers) to get past MFT. This makes sense. I probably would not choose to write about exactly how well the Explorer handles relative the the Durango, Pilot, CX-9, Traverse, etc. when I was to distracted because I couldn't adjust the volume on the radio.

This is Ford's problem, not Edmunds'. Ford chose to make the MFT prominent in the vehicle in many ways. There's no getting past it or around it. That would be fine if MFT were excellent. If the Explorer user interface was class competitive we'd hear less about it on Edmunds. If it were world-beating, we'd probably hear a lot about it on Edmunds. But it's not. It's a distraction. It's cumbersome. And it's unavoidable.

"Some of these controls (which appeared in many Ford products) just felt a little cheap in your hands...the buttons and knobs were a little wobbly and imprecise."

Huh? I have an '09 Flex and '11 Fusion, neither with navi, and none of the controls feel cheap or wobbly. I haven't felt cheap or wobbly controls since we owned a 2002 Escape either.

"The temperature controls feature up/down buttons which most agree are worse than dials."

That's only with the navi. Our vehicles both have temperature knobs for either side as well as volume and tuning knobs for the stereo which was the standard setup.

"Does Ford acknowledge that the system is badly flawed. Are they planning any fixes for vehicles on the road? Are they planning any changes for new models?"

I think it is pretty well know that Ford has acknowldged this and a software rewrite is already under way. You're probably not going to see that news on many auto sites or in mags because it's just not as thrilling to read.

"This is Ford's problem, not Edmunds'."

I agree with that actually. BUT just how much do we have to be beat over the head with how bad it is? And now they are using other Fords in the fleet (one that we never hear about and I suspect is not anywhere near the office that the eds are) to beat up on MFT. Why not a post on the Fusion about the Fusion? Because it is being used somewhere else just like the Edge was. So to figure out yet another way to trash MFT they post about a car that they never post about anymore. See my point?

Maybe Ford needs a creepy looking exec (like that VW weirdo they interviewed a few weeks ago) to stop by their offices.....after that happened ILs posts about the Jetta got much more positive out of the blue. Trust me, all of us get it. MFT is a terrible answer to a question that nobody asked. I would never, ever get it on any Ford I would buy and I bet few that read this blog would either. It is a shame that MFT is damaging the quality rep that Ford has worked so hard to build up over the years. Can we actually get a post about the Fusion ABOUT the Fusion instead of using it as a patsy to bag on MFT? Is that asking too much? It would be nice to actually get an answer about some of this.

I am not disputing that there are problems with the MyFord Touch system.
My '11 Explorer has it and I have not had any problems other than trying to figure all the things it can do and the several ways to do things.
I don't have Nav, so I have Audio and Climate control buttons.
Maybe adding NAV is part of the issue.
The Fusion is a 2010, but onlt has 16k miles on it?