How to never miss a OTA software update!

[rcechinel]

This thread went south very fast lol

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[JCHLi]

 

[agoldman]

This thread went south very fast lol

deserving so. Updates (if at all) have a long way to go to be a reliable feature..

 

[JCHLi]

And here I thought I was waiting for an update to be sent to my car.... Oh wait.. I am.

 

[GoGoGadgetMachE]

This thread went south very fast lol

every thread does. it's just a question of how quickly. anything the folks from FoMoCo post gets a lot of attention.

at least this particular one wasn't my fault. ?

that said, their post was valid and appropriate for the majority of the population, which the posters on this site are not going to represent, but the lurkers and the searchers probably will.

 

[JCHLi]

every thread does. it's just a question of how quickly. anything the folks from FoMoCo post gets a lot of attention.

at least this particular one wasn't my fault. ?

that said, their post was valid and appropriate for the majority of the population, which the posters on this site are not going to represent, but the lurkers and the searchers probably will.

I think most of the responses are valid and appropriate.. the original post is like telling the electric company "are you sure you checked all your mail" when you know full well the check is still sitting on your countertop waiting to be signed. Or telling your professor, "maybe there is something wrong with your email" because you are late on an assignment, but you haven't even started.

If they have updates waiting to go out but the are failing because people have updates turned off, then the post is valid, otherwise it's borderline gaslighting. Nothing makes people feel better then thinking maybe it's their fault they didn't have it setup correctly.

 

[machme]

Never miss a software update!

1. Set a recurring schedule: For more complex software updates, your vehicle cannot be driven during the installation (typically up to 1 hour). We recommend setting a recurring schedule for a time when your vehicle is not needed (like overnight).
2. Confirm you have Automatic Updates ON: Most software updates happen in the background while you are driving as long as you have automatic updates toggled ON. This setting is ON by default but we ask that you check your settings screen to confirm.

Both actions can be completed from the settings screen in your vehicle. Click here for step by step instructions.

Set and ready for those GT OTA updates FoMoCo

 

[Electric Goat]

Ready the update(s) on my GT that:

1. Prevent the main touch screen from crashing (~50% of the time) and resetting all of my driver preferences whenever I use FordPass remote start or scheduled departure.
2. Consistently allows the rear door to open (100% of the time... not 90%) even if a front drivers or front passengers door is not opened first
3. Allows me to completely turn off the motion sensors so that someone (human or dog) waiting in my car that's turned off won't set off the alarm.
4. Significantly improves or completely eliminates the 5 second full power limitation

 

[iam-s-Hon]

@Ford Motor Company, same as @COACH CHRIS for me. 2.7.3 failed on 5/24.

Agree. FWIW 2.6.0 failed the other week on my job1 MME. I could see it via the scriptable widget. It was successful a few days later. I'm not sure what was the retry trigger. I took it out for a couple of short drives to see if something would happen but it magically appeared one afternoon. I WFH and am not a daily driver.

 

[Mirak]

@Ford Motor Company - instead of starting threads like this which are, no offense basically useless and essentially troll bait - why not go to the comprehensive guide to OTA updates we’ve already assembled and chime in there if you’ve got any additions, corrections, or verifications?

https://www.macheforum.com/site/threads/a-guide-to-understanding-ota-updates.13111/

I mean, if you’re going to contribute to this board, please contribute something substantive and meaningful - not the same old crap we get in our email boxes.

 

[2021-MMEx-RT1]

Ready the update(s) on my GT that:


Significantly improves or completely eliminates the 5 second full power limitation

I thought it was 'revealed' the issue is the battery manufacture put the kibosh on stressing the battery on that particular 'version' of battery? The F150 doesn't have that limitation and I *think* the newer GTPEs with a different companies manufacture don't have that limitation.

/so some day when chip modders find the Mach E and monkey around, they can remove the limit.



/YMMV

 

[backwardsfish]

I don't think I've received a single update on my 9/21 Select Comfort Appearance Pkg build as far as I can tell.

 

[IB_NYC]

Well, OK. Because FoMoCo posted this... how might we trigger updates that have failed but are presumably unavailable? By way of example, I got this message on May 13, but nothing has happened since.

Someone at the dealership told me it is good to schedule the updates for right after, or the night after, you drive the car.

I had a few updates fail on me recently and scheduled it the night after driving it a few hours and everything updated correctly.

For whatever reason if the car has been sitting awhile, a day + , it seems that the update fails.

Would have been nice to know this before rather than think there was an issue.

 

[EasyPass]

My experiences with OTAs are:
After five months of ownership starting in Aug'21, by the end of 2021 I was stuck on not getting 1.7.1, which would fix a number of user facing operational annoyances I was dealing with every day. I eventually made a dealer appointment in January '22 for a locally executed update. After nearly four hours of dealer updating, I was current and my issues were resolved.

Since then I have received one good OTA, but now seem to be stuck applying 2.6.0 as it prompts me to start the process (from inside my garage where my WiFi is very strong). Later when it claims to be finished and describes what the update does I see no evidence of the new game or utility on the UI that should have appeared. Then in a few days I get notified of the same update for execution and experience the exact same ineffective result once again. It appears I may be stuck again, but I could be wrong. Hard to say as the feedback is generally ambiguous at best.

I have set Automatic Updates, Scheduled Updates, in various combinations over much of the above. I have no idea what is best or effective at this point. It is a guessing game from my perspective, but I am currently not wanting for any particular fix or enhancement so no worse for the wear.

 

[Rabidsquirrel22]

Ready the update(s) on my GT that:

1. Prevent the main touch screen from crashing (~50% of the time) and resetting all of my driver preferences whenever I use FordPass remote start or scheduled departure.
2. Consistently allows the rear door to open (100% of the time... not 90%) even if a front drivers or front passengers door is not opened first
3. Allows me to completely turn off the motion sensors so that someone (human or dog) waiting in my car that's turned off won't set off the alarm.
4. Significantly improves or completely eliminates the 5 second full power limitation

Don’t forget the very useful >80% charging improvement. Unless you had the infamous HVBJB/BECM failure you probably don’t have that either.

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