CP-Mach-E
Well-Known Member
- First Name
- Bill
- Joined
- Dec 30, 2020
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- 47
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- 154
- Location
- Ottawa, Ontario
- Vehicles
- Nissan Murano, 21 F150 PB Plat, 21 Mach-E PESR
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- #1
Had something interesting happen today. Both my FordPass App and Android Auto App updated today. I was excited to finally get to test out the Android Auto functionality. I took the car for a test drive to try it all out.
A few hours later, I needed to go and pick my son up from work, but when I tried to get into my car, the door would not unlock. Being used to PAAK being unreliable, I restarted the app...no luck. I then tried rebooting my phone...nothing. Nothing that I did would get PAAK to work.
Thinking that the updates earlier in the day somehow messed up my PAAK, I removed the key from my phone, and set it up again from scratch. I was able to set it up, but it still would not work. The door would not unlock, and the car would not start. The FordPass app on the phone said that the key was connected to the car, but the car just kept on saying that no key was detected.
Finally in desperation I rebooted the Sync 4 software in the car, and bingo! Everything started working again.
For those that don't know, to reboot the software you need to hold down the volume down toggle, and the right-seek button on the steering wheel for a few seconds.
For me this has been the last straw. I'm going to be seeing by dealer about getting a second key fob. This whole PAAK thing has been an interesting experiment, but between it being completely unreliable, and my phone needing to be charged twice as often as before, I'm definitely not sold on the concept.
A few hours later, I needed to go and pick my son up from work, but when I tried to get into my car, the door would not unlock. Being used to PAAK being unreliable, I restarted the app...no luck. I then tried rebooting my phone...nothing. Nothing that I did would get PAAK to work.
Thinking that the updates earlier in the day somehow messed up my PAAK, I removed the key from my phone, and set it up again from scratch. I was able to set it up, but it still would not work. The door would not unlock, and the car would not start. The FordPass app on the phone said that the key was connected to the car, but the car just kept on saying that no key was detected.
Finally in desperation I rebooted the Sync 4 software in the car, and bingo! Everything started working again.
For those that don't know, to reboot the software you need to hold down the volume down toggle, and the right-seek button on the steering wheel for a few seconds.
For me this has been the last straw. I'm going to be seeing by dealer about getting a second key fob. This whole PAAK thing has been an interesting experiment, but between it being completely unreliable, and my phone needing to be charged twice as often as before, I'm definitely not sold on the concept.
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