OTA Updates - A quick tip for you all

[RickBullotta]

The truck needs to be aimed towards the North Pole, the tire pressures must match EXACTLY, and the passenger seat must be in its full and upright position.

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[rugedraw]

@backcountryplatinum There's a lot of ball-breaking going on here, but just note that the parking brake (and several other supposed OTA requirements) have been de-bunked on this forum countless times.

https://www.f150gen14.com/forum/thr...ix-triggering-an-ota-update.17344/post-343376

 

[Tnker]

I seem to only get updates when my special hitch is installed, you must need an HD hitch for OTAs

 

[bdginmo]

Make sure you top off your blinker fluid. If it's too low it will inhibit OTA updates.

 

[JediNut]

That’s utter nonsense. I’ve left the turkey feather on the front seat and it works fine.

Does it have to be a wild turkey? If so, that may prove difficult as I live in the city.
Perhaps this would do?

 

[Fox146]

I seem to only get updates when my special hitch is installed, you must need an HD hitch for OTAs

Is it cold out or something?

 

[m_bt54]

just got the ECG-24.2.5.6.1 update siting in my driveway with no parking break on

 

[Sneezy]

There really is no rhyme or reason to the updates. I bought my truck new in Dec 22 and got my first update at 5k miles one month later in Jan 23. Then crickets for over a year, once I crossed 100k miles I started getting updates daily until I was fully up to date on them. My truck gets them on schedule now. For what it’s worth I still have the original factory battery in my truck

 

[Rinn69]

No updates since Friday (today is Monday), so I hooked up my Battery Tender charger/maintainer about 15 min ago. It showed the battery was less than 80% charged, so I'll check it in a few hours and probably leave it on overnight. Will update in a day or 2.

EDIT: 1:15 am--Battery charged for ~5 hrs and is full. Update scheduled for 3am. Fingers crossed.

 

[Rinn69]

No updates since Friday (today is Monday), so I hooked up my Battery Tender charger/maintainer about 15 min ago. It showed the battery was less than 80% charged, so I'll check it in a few hours and probably leave it on overnight. Will update in a day or 2.

EDIT: 1:15 am--Battery charged for ~5 hrs and is full. Update scheduled for 3am. Fingers crossed.

It finally UPDATED last night !!!! If you're not getting updates, charge your battery (with a battery charger) !!!!

 

[apMechorse]

I haven't gotten an update in MONTHS.

Unless you count the phantom updates, those I get just about every other start-up.

I've given up at this point.

 

[JJSnell]

Does it have to be a wild turkey? If so, that may prove difficult as I live in the city.
Perhaps this would do?

Our prop this weekend....

 

[Rinn69]

I haven't gotten an update in MONTHS.

Unless you count the phantom updates, those I get just about every other start-up.

I've given up at this point.

Charge your battery with a charger so it's full....the BMS only keeps it partially charged. It worked for me.

 

[apMechorse]

Charge your battery with a charger so it's full....the BMS only keeps it partially charged. It worked for me.

Yeah, I had high hopes of that once too. I've got a 10amp NOCO permanently installed in the engine bay for just such a purpose. It worked for about 2 updates and now I just look like an idiot who plugs in his block heater in the middle of summer.

I'll just have to get the FDRS subscription again and manually update everything next spring.

I'm glad this is working for other people, but this OTA update system is shit. Since I picked my truck up I think I've gotten a total of 5 OTA updates. All the rest have been FDRS manual updates.

 

[fordtruckman2003]

I haven't gotten an update in MONTHS.

Unless you count the phantom updates, those I get just about every other start-up.

I've given up at this point.

Most the updates going out over air only apply to 22+ trucks. So far this year 21 trucks are being left out. I didn't have any of them in FDRS either that have been posted here. Overall this year has been very light on OTA as they prep for the updates supposed to be coming in Q4. Not sure if 21 will get those either.

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