duck2412
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Background
I’ve owned a Mach-E model 22 since April 2022 and have never received any OTA’s. The dealer has helped somewhat with a few updates, but I got fed up with waiting for new features, so I decided to follow this guide to do it myself: https://www.macheforum.com/site/thr...ach-e-with-fdrs-alternative-to-forscan.10217/
While preparing to do the updates I looked through various threads (mainly the one mentioned above, but I found the many comments confusing, and so I decided to make this post, which may help others.
Setup
I bought the following:
I had these pending updates and a OBCC which is not shown below:
Through various threads/comments it seemed like the best approach was to install the updates in the following order:
Most updates where quick enough, but the APIM update took like 3 hours or so. I had a size of 15 GB which took long to download and even longer to copy to the USB drive. When installing the update it counted 64 files. I was pretty surprised of the size since as I’ve read it should be around 5 GB.
Results
I’m pretty sure I don’t have the latest Sync version, but two very important improvements for me was included in the update:
As a final note: The update process was straight forward (apart from the time it took). I was a bit worried to mess it up, but the only issue was the PCM update that would not go away. Two times the download of a file failed, but FDRS asked if i would retry, which i did and it succeeded the second time.
I hope this post can help others that consider doing the updates themselves.
BTW: Any comments or corrections (fx to the recommended order of updates when installing them, are greatly appreciated)
I’ve owned a Mach-E model 22 since April 2022 and have never received any OTA’s. The dealer has helped somewhat with a few updates, but I got fed up with waiting for new features, so I decided to follow this guide to do it myself: https://www.macheforum.com/site/thr...ach-e-with-fdrs-alternative-to-forscan.10217/
While preparing to do the updates I looked through various threads (mainly the one mentioned above, but I found the many comments confusing, and so I decided to make this post, which may help others.
Setup
I bought the following:
- Battery charger, 40A, capable of charging AGM
- I was unsure about the battery type, but finally I found that the type is AGM
- I live in Denmark, so I guess the link does not help most readers: https://www.thansen.dk/vaerktoj/bat...-5-40a-batterilader/n-1226761697/pn-233842212
- Adapter: Mongoose-Plus
- FDRS license
- I went to www.motorcraftservice.com and logged in with my regular Ford account. The website changed a bit since the original guide was written, so the license can be added to the cart in the tab “Service Info”
- When buying the license, I could not do it with my regular Ford account connected to the car. Instead of the buy button this message was shown: “Please contact your legal representative to purchase products”
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- Instead I created a new account and configured the account to be the “legal representative”
- 32 GB USB drive
- Formatted as exFAT (as instructed by FDRS)
I had these pending updates and a OBCC which is not shown below:
Through various threads/comments it seemed like the best approach was to install the updates in the following order:
- GWM
- TCU
- APIM
- PCM
- Others…
- GWM (installed through USB drive)
- APIM (became available after the GWM update, installed through USB drive)
- TCU (became available after the APIM update, installed through USB drive)
- PCM (installed SOBxxx and BECM updates as well, no USB drive used)
- HVAC (no USB drive used)
- OBCC (not in the screenshot, but its an old screenshot so…, no USB drive used)
- Did not disappear after the first install, but tried again which made it disappear
- PCM
- Did not disappear after the first install. On second and third try I got an error
- Error: "Procedure Unsuccesful - GetConfigDataFromGIVIS Modified Configuration data is missing from Ford server"
Most updates where quick enough, but the APIM update took like 3 hours or so. I had a size of 15 GB which took long to download and even longer to copy to the USB drive. When installing the update it counted 64 files. I was pretty surprised of the size since as I’ve read it should be around 5 GB.
Results
I’m pretty sure I don’t have the latest Sync version, but two very important improvements for me was included in the update:
- The dreaded DAB notification no longer pops up when listening to DAB radio
- I can now used Android Auto in full screen
- Sync version before update: 21297_PRODUCT, Revision 253
- Sync version after update: 22228_PRODUCT, Revision: 539
As a final note: The update process was straight forward (apart from the time it took). I was a bit worried to mess it up, but the only issue was the PCM update that would not go away. Two times the download of a file failed, but FDRS asked if i would retry, which i did and it succeeded the second time.
I hope this post can help others that consider doing the updates themselves.
BTW: Any comments or corrections (fx to the recommended order of updates when installing them, are greatly appreciated)
