The Complete DIY Guide to Updating Your Mach-E with FDRS

[BigMach-E]

Are there any alternatives to the Mongoose? 500 is cheaper than a Ford VC type, but still a little pricey.

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[Eric_C_Boston]

It looks like Ford has finally fixed the bug that kept some modules from disappearing from the list in FDRS after they were updated (ABS, etc.). This is a beautiful sight.

Yes it is! I checked FDRS this evening and all my stuck updates are gone as well.

 

[generaltso]

Are there any alternatives to the Mongoose? 500 is cheaper than a Ford VC type, but still a little pricey.

There are Chinese clones that people have reported to work. Probably not much support though if you run into issues.

https://www.amazon.com/VXDIAG-Compa...ZXTZ/ref=dp_prsubs_1?pd_rd_i=B07YD6ZXTZ&psc=1

 

[Arjan]

Today we had some discussion with the dealer regarding doing your own updates.

They were not happy with it at all. They also told us to run the test routine of every update. Just to make sure everything is fine.

Is this something you guys also do ?

 

[generaltso]

Today we had some discussion with the dealer regarding doing your own updates.

They were not happy with it at all. They also told us to run the test routine of every update. Just to make sure everything is fine.

Is this something you guys also do ?

No.

 

[generaltso]

Yes it is! I checked FDRS this evening and all my stuck updates are gone as well.

@Eric_C_Boston , what's the current version of your IPC module? OTA 2.4.3 is queued for my car, which is an IPC update, but I believe my current version (LU5T-10F906-AA) is already the latest. That's an inhibit update, so it will be interesting to see what it will do, if anything.

 

[richsi]

Are there any alternatives to the Mongoose? 500 is cheaper than a Ford VC type, but still a little pricey.

Good Luck finding a Ford VCM3, I've been waiting for 4 months and called to check. They laugh at me and said maybe you'll see one in 6 months but don't hold your breath! And I already paid for it LOL!

 

[BigMach-E]

Today we had some discussion with the dealer regarding doing your own updates.

They were not happy with it at all. They also told us to run the test routine of every update. Just to make sure everything is fine.

Is this something you guys also do ?

Wait. So you are saying that the dealer is upset about people running updates with the same software they use? And yet, they won't run the updates or complete them entirely when you bring your car in for service, sometimes even if you are willing to pay them for it, at dealership level hourly service prices. How does that make sense? And, when they run these updates, and don't run all of them that are applicable to your vehicle, it stops you from having successful completions of OTAs. I mean....

 

[Arjan]

Wait. So you are saying that the dealer is upset about people running updates with the same software they use? And yet, they won't run the updates or complete them entirely when you bring your car in for service, sometimes even if you are willing to pay them for it, at dealership level hourly service prices. How does that make sense? And, when they run these updates, and don't run all of them that are applicable to your vehicle, it stops you from having successful completions of OTAs. I mean....

Yeah i have the same opinion here.

Most dealers i hear of do not do the updates at all, or do them only when you ask for them, or just give up after a first try (and fail) and give the excuse that they reported it to Ford (NL).
As if that will solve anything quick.

The dealer even asked me what USB stick i was using because their USB stick did fail. So much for expertise i guess.....

I asked because they said that all red colors need to be cleared to be sure the flash is succesful

 

[Eric_C_Boston]

@Eric_C_Boston , what's the current version of your IPC module? OTA 2.4.3 is queued for my car, which is an IPC update, but I believe my current version (LU5T-10F906-AA) is already the latest. That's an inhibit update, so it will be interesting to see what it will do, if anything.

I have the same F188 strategy (LU5T-10F906-AA), which I updated on March 2. Love getting the tenths of miles back. It went away at 10k. Both 2.4.3 and 2.4.4 updated the IPC. We both have the 2.4.4 version.

I had 2.4.3 queued after I updated the IPC and the final result was failure. I got the other OTAs beyond 2.4.4. I had to enable Blue Cruise through the Cruise Control menu after I got 2.5.3. I have not received my "welcome to Blue Cruise" email. No mention on Connected Services and the EAP website says Blue Cruise is not active.

I am interested to see what your car does.

 

[benk016]

There are Chinese clones that people have reported to work. Probably not much support though if you run into issues.

https://www.amazon.com/VXDIAG-Compa...ZXTZ/ref=dp_prsubs_1?pd_rd_i=B07YD6ZXTZ&psc=1

While this does work most of the time, This is the adapter that causes the CCM module to fail in the middle of flashing.

It's possible they could update the firmware to fix it, I wouldn't count on it coming quickly.

 

[generaltso]

I have the same F188 strategy (LU5T-10F906-AA), which I updated on March 2. Love getting the tenths of miles back. It went away at 10k. Both 2.4.3 and 2.4.4 updated the IPC. We both have the 2.4.4 version.

I had 2.4.3 queued after I updated the IPC and the final result was failure. I got the other OTAs beyond 2.4.4. I had to enable Blue Cruise through the Cruise Control menu after I got 2.5.3. I have not received my "welcome to Blue Cruise" email. No mention on Connected Services and the EAP website says Blue Cruise is not active.

I am interested to see what your car does.

Interesting. I assume that all of the OTA updates wil fail for my car since all the modules have already been updated at this point. I did get the BlueCruise email after doing the final GWM and APIM updates.

 

[Wonky_Donkey]

While this does work most of the time, This is the adapter that causes the CCM module to fail in the middle of flashing.

It's possible they could update the firmware to fix it, I wouldn't count on it coming quickly.

Ah so does this explain why I sat for an hour yesterday watching this screen just go round in circles before finally having to abort the update? (that was scary I can tell you!)

I use a VCM II clone (the good quality one) and have had zero issues before this update.

Luckily the flashing was done, it was just config left. After restarting the laptop and FDRS it just kicked in again from where it left off once I re-started the update.

 

[KevinS]

Ah so does this explain why I sat for an hour yesterday watching this screen just go round in circles before finally having to abort the update? (that was scary I can tell you!)

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I had the same thing happen on Saturday. I let it run for over 9 hours because I was terrified of the scary 'abort' messages. Everything is reading green now so I think it figured itself out behind the scenes. What version should the IPMA be updated to?

FWIW, I use the Mongoose.

 

[Arjan]

I had the same thing happen on Saturday. I let it run for over 9 hours because I was terrified of the scary 'abort' messages. Everything is reading green now so I think it figured itself out behind the scenes. What version should the IPMA be updated to?

FWIW, I use the Mongoose.

IPMA took for ages (+2 hours) on a Job1 car i did 2 weeks ago. And FDRS did crash the first try. Reboot laptop fixed the issue as FDRS did finish after the second try. Scary ? yes ! Especially when the laptop was rebooting and the car was still in download mode...

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