What is Ford Pro Telematics?

Vehicle Health insights play a vital role in increasing uptime by helping fleet operators to 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.

Ford’s connected uptime system FORDLiive, 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

• 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.