[Zacher]

Revived old post, and started new one here:

Update is available here for $199.00 USD. V.2011.

You will need the application number from your system to order that can be obtained by pressing the information or 'i' button on your Navigation system.

[rpreuss]

Zacher, on 09 July 2010 - 12:29 PM, said:

Revived old post, and started new one here:

Update is available here for $199.00 USD. V.2011.

You will need the application number from your system to order that can be obtained by pressing the information or 'i' button on your Navigation system.

I bet that is still the current, 2009 version 2.0. I would wait for 3.0. From NAVTEQ:

Thank you for contacting NAVTEQ. The latest disc for your 2010 Fusion is version 2.0 which was released November 2009. Generally new map updates come out ever 12-18 months. This can be ordered online by visiting NAVTEQ’s web store at http://www.navteq.com/store or over the phone.
If you need additional assistance, please send us your feedback by replying to this email or by speaking with one of our agents at the number provided below, Monday through Friday.
Kind regards,
NAVTEQ Customer Service
P.O. Box 1588
Orem, UT 84059
888.628.6277

[Howie411]

rpreuss, on 09 July 2010 - 12:57 PM, said:

I bet that is still the current, 2009 version 2.0. I would wait for 3.0. From NAVTEQ:

Thank you for contacting NAVTEQ. The latest disc for your 2010 Fusion is version 2.0 which was released November 2009. Generally new map updates come out ever 12-18 months. This can be ordered online by visiting NAVTEQ’s web store at http://www.navteq.com/store or over the phone.
If you need additional assistance, please send us your feedback by replying to this email or by speaking with one of our agents at the number provided below, Monday through Friday.
Kind regards,
NAVTEQ Customer Service
P.O. Box 1588
Orem, UT 84059
888.628.6277

Ford's map updates are sickening. All these other car companies and portable system have updated every few months. Ford NAV system is pretty impressive and revivals many portable ones and probably the best car system I've seen to date, but the maps are sickly old. The Nov 09 maps are almost 2 years old (based on missing streets near me.

[Waldo]

Howie411, on 10 July 2010 - 05:13 PM, said:

Ford's map updates are sickening. All these other car companies and portable system have updated every few months. Ford NAV system is pretty impressive and revivals many portable ones and probably the best car system I've seen to date, but the maps are sickly old. The Nov 09 maps are almost 2 years old (based on missing streets near me.

Ford buys it's maps from Navteq, the same company that supplies Garmin and most of the other OEMs. Navteq only updates their maps once a year.

[Howie411]

Waldo, on 10 July 2010 - 05:48 PM, said:

Ford buys it's maps from Navteq, the same company that supplies Garmin and most of the other OEMs. Navteq only updates their maps once a year.

I'm going to have to disagree there. Garmin has map updates every 1-2 months now. And on a side note my 2 year old Garmin had newer maps then my 8 month old FFH.

[sullied]

Howie411, on 10 July 2010 - 05:13 PM, said:

Ford's map updates are sickening. All these other car companies and portable system have updated every few months. Ford NAV system is pretty impressive and revivals many portable ones and probably the best car system I've seen to date, but the maps are sickly old. The Nov 09 maps are almost 2 years old (based on missing streets near me.

If you go to navteq's website, you can submit map problems/changes so that future updates are corrected. I submitted a change for a new road that was built about 6 months ago...still wasn't even in their online database. This could be part of the problem with having old maps...maybe they just don't realize there was a change made.

[kirkster57]

I' m not falling for that old trick this time. I did it once with my Infiniti G. You really need to wait a few years to make it worth you while.

[Howie411]

Just got a letter in the mail about the 2011 Update for my Fusion. $199 + 9.95 shipping. what a waste of money.

[jeff_h]

kirkster57, on 23 July 2010 - 03:05 PM, said:

I' m not falling for that old trick this time. I did it once with my Infiniti G. You really need to wait a few years to make it worth you while.

+1 -- I'll wait until the next one comes out in another year or so, don't want to pay $200 twice

[The Chad]

My July build of my FFH was version 1.0 of the navigation map data. This recent update; the one being discussed here, is version 3.1x of the software. I just installed it and can confirm it.

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rpreuss, on 09 July 2010 - 12:57 PM, said:

I bet that is still the current, 2009 version 2.0. I would wait for 3.0. From NAVTEQ:

Thank you for contacting NAVTEQ. The latest disc for your 2010 Fusion is version 2.0 which was released November 2009. Generally new map updates come out ever 12-18 months. This can be ordered online by visiting NAVTEQ’s web store at http://www.navteq.com/store or over the phone.
If you need additional assistance, please send us your feedback by replying to this email or by speaking with one of our agents at the number provided below, Monday through Friday.
Kind regards,
NAVTEQ Customer Service
P.O. Box 1588
Orem, UT 84059
888.628.6277

[Zacher]

The Chad, on 29 July 2010 - 02:31 PM, said:

My July build of my FFH was version 1.0 of the navigation map data. This recent update; the one being discussed here, is version 3.1x of the software. I just installed it and can confirm it.

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My build is also 1.0x, however not sure 200USD is worth the upgrade for us Canadians. Specially living in a smaller city.

[black70bird]

Why is it that I can buy a map update for my Garmin for $70 and the Ford version is $200, even from Navteq!

[SailCar]

jeff_h, on 27 July 2010 - 04:39 PM, said:

+1 -- I'll wait until the next one comes out in another year or so, don't want to pay $200 twice

+2 The price is more than twice what I am willing to pay. I recently decided not to update my other car, and the total cost of that was $79! I guess they assumed they'd be better off with margin over volume...

[wstcoaster07]

Just got my letter in the mail from ford about the $200 upgrade... what a joke. Maybe if my maps were 2 or 3 years old, but 1... no way. I guess if I lived in an area that had constantly changing POI's, roads, etc it may make sense. Love the car, love my FFH, but not loving the price for an updated map DVD

[Howie411]

Just got my Map update from Ford (After complaining for the last 8 months that my 2010 card came with 2008 maps) they gave me a copy for free. Anyways its installing now but this is going to take a LONG tine. the instructions says 2 hrs for the first disc and 1 hr for the 2nd.

Really? 3 hrs to install map data, thats pretty pathetic. Luckily you can have your car off during the process.

[The Chad]

Howie411, on 19 August 2010 - 04:52 PM, said:

Just got my Map update from Ford (After complaining for the last 8 months that my 2010 card came with 2008 maps) they gave me a copy for free. Anyways its installing now but this is going to take a LONG tine. the instructions says 2 hrs for the first disc and 1 hr for the 2nd.

Really? 3 hrs to install map data, thats pretty pathetic. Luckily you can have your car off during the process.

That was no exaggeration either. It really took that long.

[Howie411]

The Chad, on 26 August 2010 - 02:43 PM, said:

That was no exaggeration either. It really took that long.

I'm actually interested in how that really worked. What do they have a 4200 RPM hard drive in the car, and it some how managed to stay powered up for 3 hrs with the car off, obviously its using power from somewhere.

[Waldo]

Howie411, on 27 August 2010 - 03:58 PM, said:

I'm actually interested in how that really worked. What do they have a 4200 RPM hard drive in the car, and it some how managed to stay powered up for 3 hrs with the car off, obviously its using power from somewhere.

The system is smart enough to know when it's doing an update and will not turn itself off.