MJNewton Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 Having connected up Forscan to have a nose around I've noticed that my car has a GPS module fitted despite me not having got the navigation option: GPSM - Global Positioning System Module Bus: MSCAN Part number: DE8T-19H463-BB Strategy : DE8T-14F055-BB I was wondering therefore if the GPS module is still active - perhaps used to give a location input to Ford Sync's Emergency Assistance feature? I had previously thought it wouldn't have provided a location; relying instead on the emergency service's cell tower triangulation capabilities. Does anyone know any info about this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karl46 Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 It's for the emergency assiatnce. Possibly if you press "INFO" it may give your co-ordinates. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJNewton Posted April 1, 2017 Author Share Posted April 1, 2017 Thanks for confirming that Karl. As is often the case with questions posted to forums no sooner had I put it up did I found this from the NCAP summary of it: Quote This GPS location is taken from the on-board GPS module which is standard equipment of every vehicle having SYNC. Will try the INFO suggestion tomorrow and see if that works! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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