Power Up confusion.........

[Mantastic]

How updates are pushed out to batches of cars still somewhat of a mystery, but with that said....

Having a WiFi connection and automatic updates set daily should increase your chances at getting more updates. As they tend to be more reliable than cellular OTA, it would make sense for Ford to prioritize updates to those who have it. Plus it's less data to be billed to their own OTA network.

Vsguru's post makes some sense as well. If it's driven infrequently, it may lower your update priority.

Worse comes to worse, take it into a dealership. Just be careful not to have them charge you to install the updates themselves. I've seem some stories of folks being nailed a couple hundred bucks for it.

As for the version numbers, they work differently in vehicles than they do with, say, computer or mobile apps. Because there's many different modules in the car that get their own updates, the numbering isn't linear. So, let's say you have 4.2.3. You may still get a 4.2.1 update because that will apply to a specific module, rather than the main software revision if that makes any sense.

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[onepunch]

So I dropped the car off at the dealership yesterday. They wouldnt fix it while I waited, but at intake they saw a code for "communication error". So I guess in a day or so I will fond out what that means lol

 

[onepunch]

The dealership just called and said my car is up to date. How is that even possible?? I asked the lady that if some people are getting 6.7.0, etc, how am I up to date when I only have 4.2.3?? She said she didnt really know much about the electric cars and would get back to me.

I feel like screaming into a pillow for the next hour or so.

I wish someone could just tell me what the %$#@ is going on......

 

[rugedraw]

The dealership just called and said my car is up to date. How is that even possible?? I asked the lady that if some people are getting 6.7.0, etc, how am I up to date when I only have 4.2.3?? She said she didnt really know much about the electric cars and would get back to me.

I feel like screaming into a pillow for the next hour or so.

I wish someone could just tell me what the %$#@ is going on......

There is nothing going on nor is there anything wrong with your car. OTA's come from Ford's servers that are managed by Ford engineers. If you expect your service advisor to know what Ford engineers have planned for your vehicle, then you need to lower you expectations at the dealership level. Ford also does not pay dealers to update modules even under warranty, so they won't do it because nobody likes to work for free. This is why many of us with FOMO (or in my case and many others, config problems that actually prevented OTA's from installing) have opted into buying the tools needed to do the updates ourselves. If you are not one of those people, than all you can do is wait for your car to hit the OTA lottery.

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