Forscan

[Oldson]

I have fitted a new steering wheel with cruise control on my 62 1.0 Focus. I am trying to find somebody who can program it for me. I live in Bexleyheath, Kent. I would be very happy to pay for the service.

I have tried numerous local garages, not one of them uses Forscan. I don't want to got to a dealer unless as a last resort. 

I'm not confident to do this myself, I bought a reader, downloaded the Forscan software but bottled it when I started to read the instructions!

Does anybody live within 25 miles or so and can do this for me?

[unofix]

28 minutes ago, Oldson said:

I have fitted a new steering wheel with cruise control on my 62 1.0 Focus.

Did you also change the 'clock spring' ?

A Ford dealer will not activate CC on a car that was not originally built with it for safety / legal reasons.

[Oldson]

I didn’t need to change the clock spring. 
 

Even more reason why I need a friendly Forscan ‘expert’

[Oldson]

Bump, come on guys, somebody should be able to help on this please.

[DaveT70]

I'm in the midlands so can't help

But....

The lead is really cheap and the software is free but invaluable on an old car

Get the lead and install FORScan on a windows laptop

If you get stuck we'll help you through it

[Tim Young]

Will do. I had a look at them and will get one.

[Oldson]

I have a lead and the connector. I will download the Forscan software and look for some instructions. I think I will also need a license.

[Oldson]

I've downloaded Forscan and read up on the two month trial or 1 year licence. What do you suggest I go for?

Ideally I would like to configure my cruise control, Set the door locks so they default to lock I can only lock my front doors and lastly consider changing the charging SOC figure. We do a lot of local trips and I don't think the battery charges as much as it could. When I plug my charger in after not touching the car for a couple of days it shows battery voltage anywhere between 11.9 and 12.1. If it had a bit more charge going in then the figures might improve.

[TomsFocus]

I don't think it'll take over 2 months to carry out those 3 jobs.

[unofix]

4 hours ago, Oldson said:

and lastly consider changing the charging SOC figure

As far as I know, it's not adjustable on a 2013 Focus.

[Oldson]

12 hours ago, unofix said:

As far as I know, it's not adjustable on a 2013 Focus.

That’ll save me a job and probably wouldn’t have achieved very much. Thanks for the information.