One more annoying thing about updates...

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I received a message on Ford Pass titled "It's Ok, we'll try again soon" telling me an OTA update had failed to load into my car. No problem, I go out to the garage, start it, select "Software Update" on the Sync screen, and am told "Your software is up to date."

So. Which is it?

And perhaps I am missing something obvious, but is there a way to check which was the last OTA update to download to the car? Or a list of all of them? Or is this some sacred secret available only to the high priests and wizards at Ford?
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"Your software is up to date" = No current OTA downloaded to the car and waiting to be installed, that's it. Does not mean you won't get the update later. It doesn't actually check for updates either.

It will retry in a few days after you drive it, up to a week. You can't immediately retry manually, have to keep driving the car so you get another trigger. Drive and charge regularly so the 12V battery stayed topped up and it's communicating with the servers. Also schedule a time if you haven't yet.
 
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Interesting. Thanks. Should be able to force it to phone home but hey, maybe that will be part of a future update. If they can get it to me. 😁
 

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Interesting. Thanks. Should be able to force it to phone home but hey, maybe that will be part of a future update. If they can get it to me. 😁
It is very confusing for sure. I also used to think that when the car says it's software was up to date that meant the software was up to date.
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It is very confusing for sure. I also used to think that when the car says it's software was up to date that meant the software was up to date.
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Not in the world of IT geekdom. Don't forget this is a "feature" not a bug for the IT "solution."
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