Any OTA updates yet?

[Zig]

any additional details?

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[steveo1960]

After that same update on 7/2/24, Carplay would connect/disconnect over and over again. Tried the usual tricks with phone etc without success. Had to do hard reset of the Sync system and after adding the phone back again everything has been working since. Was really strange.

 

[DontHitMeSafetyYellow]

I had similar issues for a long time with my 2011 Explorer which was the first to get the Sync 3 system. Basically what you are seeing is what’s known in the software industry as a “memory leak”… the software has bugs in it where it doesn’t correctly release memory after using it (like the memory used for one screen’s information, when you then switch to another). Over time this leaves garbage in memory, and then other code when it is trying to use memory has this old garbage data in there that can screw things up.

Doing the reset clears all of memory which is why it seems to fix things. So it’s usually a good idea to do this every couple months right now…

the good news is that after 2-3 years ford was able to improve things and fix the problems to where I went several years without having to do the reset to get things working right.

It’s just going to take some time…

 

[rugedraw]

This system is still awful. Now in google maps I frequently can't hit "ok" or "dismiss" when I search for an address and the route comes up.

Today the system wouldn't leave the screen that pops up when you reverse, but it woudn't show the camera.

Frequent issues with no audio in carplay trying to stream stuff.

At this point I don't know if its just crap QC, the android OS on the headunit being garbage, or apple being mad I'm using a google product (speaking specifically to the carplay issues)

Oh and almost forgot about how slow the graphic is when switching between drive modes.

Either way, how the infotainment system is still this buggy after a year is laughable.

The attached SSM was sent to all dealers on 5/29. Basically, Ford is aware that Sync has issues even if you are on the latest update. A new APIM update is supposedly coming in Q4 for all vehicles that address the issues.

 

[Zig]

The attached SSM was sent to all dealers on 5/29. Basically, Ford is aware that Sync has issues even if you are on the latest update. A new APIM update is supposedly coming in Q4 for all vehicles that address the issues.

Seems they are so aware they listed ‘mustang’ twice excluding the mach-e.

 

[rugedraw]

Seems they are so aware they listed ‘mustang’ twice excluding the mach-e.

If that was the dumbest thing Ford has ever done, we'd be in a much better place right now.

 

[roadpilot]

Seems they are so aware they listed ‘mustang’ twice excluding the mach-e.

The Mustang Mach-E is listed. Unless you were just pointing out that the Mustang was listed twice IN ADDITION TO the Mach-E.

 

[Zig]

The Mustang Mach-E is listed. Unless you were just pointing out that the Mustang was listed twice IN ADDITION TO the Mach-E.

Correct 2+1, there’s that three again… oopps.

 

[135Hoser]

The attached SSM was sent to all dealers on 5/29. Basically, Ford is aware that Sync has issues even if you are on the latest update. A new APIM update is supposedly coming in Q4 for all vehicles that address the issues.

Surely if @Ford Motor Company is willing to push a half baked piece of software out the door before its ready for release, then they will definitely meet the "q4" target with a comprehensive and effective patch.

 

[Zig]

Surely if @Ford Motor Company is willing to push a half baked piece of software out the door before its ready for release, then they will definitely meet the "q4" target with a comprehensive and effective patch.

Unfortunately it’s the accepted norm. Fully baked went out the window with os/2

 

[roadpilot]

Unfortunately it’s the accepted norm. Fully baked went out the window with os/2

OS/2? ROTF! You are as old as dirt and as old as I am!

 

[135Hoser]

OS/2? ROTF! You are as old as dirt and as old as I am!

Your sense of humour is just warped.

 

[MCS]

Sadly; you gents are not wrong and it's not just FMC. Many organizations, both public and private, have adopted the MVP approach to software development. Push out the half baked Minimum Viable Product as fast as you can and then move on to the next project; leave your B-Team to deal with "Incidents" and "Enhancement" requests.

They call it AGILE and LEAN but it basically means "make as much as you can, as cheaply as you can, as fast as you can, with as few people as possible, then charge as much as you can".

 

[steveo1960]

OS/2? ROTF! You are as old as dirt and as old as I am!

Same!

It was a great OS way ahead of it's time but with horrible marketing.
Loading ~30 1.44mb diskettes to install it was , ahem, interesting. Especially if it would pop CRC errors on the 25th diskette... lol !!1

 

[roadpilot]

Same!

It was a great OS way ahead of it's time but with horrible marketing.
Loading ~30 1.44mb diskettes to install it was , ahem, interesting. Especially if it would pop CRC errors on the 25th diskette... lol !!1

I ran a multi-line BBS (bulletin board system) under OS/2 using Maximus BBS software. That was after years of running T.A.G. BBS software under DOS (multiple machines) and, later, under DESQview. At one point, I had nearly a dozen phone lines @ my house.

Ahh, the pre-Internet commercialization days.

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