Radio changing stations on its own

[mau47]

Has anyone had any issues with the radio tuning itself randomly? Since I picked up the truck I have had an issue where the station will change (up or down one) when I am not touching any of the controls. There appears to be no rhyme or reason to when it happens but in about 500 miles its happened at least half a dozen times so far. One time it toggled back and forth between the station I was listening to and another one a few times in succession, it really tripped me up and I thought I was listening to some really bad remix.

I am currently on 4.2.2.1 so not sure if one of the updates newer than where I am fixes it or if anyone else has come across the problem.

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[fordtruckman2003]

You sure you are not lightly touching the next/previous buttons on steering wheel without realizing it? I've done that a few times with the awkward placement worse than my 2011. Tight turn grab wheel and I'm changing to other presets. Annoying.

 

[mau47]

You sure you are not lightly touching the next/previous buttons on steering wheel without realizing it? I've done that a few times with the awkward placement worse than my 2011. Tight turn grab wheel and I'm changing to other presets. Annoying.

That was my initial thought the first couple of times as I was just getting used to the truck, button placement etc. but it has happened a couple of times when I only had a single hand on top of the wheel at 12 and my other hand resting on the arm rest so nowhere near any controls at all.

 

[Kanuck]

Could be the clock spring under the steering wheel... when the stations changed, were you turning or moving the wheel?

 

[mau47]

Could be the clock spring under the steering wheel... when the stations changed, were you turning or moving the wheel?

I will pay closer attention, definitely not turning a corner or anything, but maybe around some curves in the highway or something.

 

[fmdog44]

Could be A.I. overriding your choice of music preferences and you best leave it alone..

 

[mau47]

Could be A.I. overriding your choice of music preferences and you best leave it alone..

My kids do tell me I have bad taste in music, maybe Ford agrees with them.

I did drop the truck back off at the dealer this morning to address another issue, mentioned this as well and the service writer mentioned she thought there was an update to fix the issue and she would have the tech do that while they have it. Hopefully it fixes it, but I honestly don't have high hopes they will even do the update, so far everything they have touched they made worse.

 

[fordtruckman2003]

I would be surprised if there is an update to fix that and if they do it at all. You can always ask our resident expert in the VIN lookup thread to see if they did anything when you get the truck back.

 

[ofcwhiskeymike]

This happened to me a bunch on 4.2.2. Once a drive and usually a minute or two after start up but still annoying. Problem fixed itself when I jumped up to the 6.X updates

 

[mau47]

I would be surprised if there is an update to fix that and if they do it at all. You can always ask our resident expert in the VIN lookup thread to see if they did anything when you get the truck back.

That was my plan once I get the truck back. I am not expecting them to do anything, but always ready to be surprised in a good way for once.

This happened to me a bunch on 4.2.2. Once a drive and usually a minute or two after start up but still annoying. Problem fixed itself when I jumped up to the 6.X updates

This is good to know, my truck is currently on 4.2.2.1, if the dealer doesn't do the updates like they claim I am planning to bite a bullet and pay for a couple day pass for FDRS and just do it myself over a weekend to get up to date and hopefully resolve the issues.

 

[fmdog44]

My kids do tell me I have bad taste in music, maybe Ford agrees with them.

I did drop the truck back off at the dealer this morning to address another issue, mentioned this as well and the service writer mentioned she thought there was an update to fix the issue and she would have the tech do that while they have it. Hopefully it fixes it, but I honestly don't have high hopes they will even do the update, so far everything they have touched they made worse.

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[Kanuck]

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[mau47]

So dealer called earlier, they think the issue is the SCCM and are replacing it, said there were a few trouble codes logged and when they try and update it keeps failing.

Seems plausible given the issue and the steering wheel controls run through it, so like @Kanuck mentioned, could be when the wheel is moving its triggering the button or something.

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