"Steve"
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oh i know. they cascade and keep coming. would be fun to see the list though. from square 1. at least a 2 6-pack job right there. take the full 3 day license.
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rugedraw
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The problem is, Ford does not pay dealerships for the hours and hours worth of module updates it takes to update trucks that are a situation like yours. There are TSB's they can use to get your truck out of its current state, but they will not install all the updates your truck needs. The battle you are trying to fight has been fought by many (including myself) and very few have been successful. This is why I recommend (especially to job 1 2021 owners like you and I) to get a Mongoose and do it yourself.
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Yeah, I'll probably end up having to do that but hopefully they can get the updates unstuck to where I can turn on my automatic updates and they'll start coming through on their own. I'm not expecting them to get all of them. I mainly want to make sure I don't need a new APIM before my warranty runs out.
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They will mostly like throw a new APIM at it as that will be easier than recovering the current one.
"Steve"
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with his version number or whatever....can he do it himself with the mongoose and fdrs? or is his only option to get a new apim? or is that the quickest option?
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Thanks for that offer Jesse, but I will likely just deal with the truck as is until I have a way to switch out vehicles.
Course of action was
1. Dealer notices truck is way out of date and tries to update it.
2. Can't do it.
3. Tells me APIM is bad and orders a new one.
4. Calls me back a few weeks later when it comes in and we schedule appointment.
5. They have the truck for three weeks attempting and failing PMI on the new APIM.
6. Ford gives them manual codes that fail. Tells them the ruined it and says to order a new one.
7. That one arrives 2.5 months later and they schedule me for a switch out.
8. Put in 3rd APIM try to PMI a couple times. Shrug and call me that its ready.
I won't have time to keep dealing with it before I hit 36,000 miles. It would also be funny if the dealership offered me less on a trade-in due to faulty APIM.
I don't want to make assumptions off of what you said- but is the issue that the APIM sync version is too new for my vehicle?
rugedraw
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Jesse stopped making those files for people because it stopped working. I am sure with a Mongoose and the help in the forum, he can get it done.
powerboostnick
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I'm wondering if anybody can lookup my vin for updates on fdrs. I got a mongoose, and a fdrs license and updated everything I could. Now the license is out and I returned the mongoose.
I think Sync is STILL not fully up to date. Which is quite annoying... I didn't realize APIM might need multiple updates.
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I think Sync is STILL not fully up to date. Which is quite annoying... I didn't realize APIM might need multiple updates.
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Thank you anybody!
rugedraw
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You never were able to update your APIM. Your truck is still on Sync 20301 which is very outdated. I see you updated a bunch of modules, but the APIM was the most important one. Can you get the Mongoose back?
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How about 1FTFW1ED7MFB86987? Many thanks...
rugedraw
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Your truck has gotten OTA's recently. 3.5.2-3.5.4. I can't tell if your truck skipped over older updates that were due to you at this point. Do you remember the last OTA you got before you got 3.5.2 two weeks ago?
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No, I asked because the last OTA that was requested has been quite awhile (like last fall when it was in my dealer's with whom I have a good relationship) and I was beginning to wonder. At the end of the day, this truck has been virtually flawless. I have no complaints about it.
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...And many thanks...
powerboostnick
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Thank you! Hmm interesting. So I think I actually did update the apim once by putting it on the USB drive and leaving it in for a few days, it eventually said updating. One of the things I noticed after the update was the sync version went from blank to showing 22146-product Revision 145. Also the Auto update that was not able to be selected, is now turned on. I didn't get a chance to reconnect and update on FDRS after the update so maybe that's why it is showing the old version.
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