Did you receive the GWM file that promps the APIM file to appear.Oh, where for art thou APIM
All us Euro people got the GWM update, but the APIM didn’t appear immediately afterwards (now on day 4 post GWM install)
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Having a high performance USB drive is going to be more important than trying to choose an install order.Ready to update my Mach-E. Job 1, Built Jan 17, 2021. The last OTA update in Sept and that's it! Please confirm I start with the PCM first. If anyone can give me the order what's next that would be much appreciated. I waited 13 months for the Ford VCM3 and I have a 1 year license so I am set to proceed! Display on laptop set to never off for screen and laptop, Antivirus Disabled, 100 amp power supply. Any suggestions would be appreciated, thanks!
Wrong thread.I was looking to have someone check this VIN for me. I am trading up to a Mach-E GT and want to see what I’m up against.
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Would really need to see your list up close before I gave an opinion.
You mentioned to do a PMI. What does that mean?So now that we're all getting the ball rolling....It was a naughty PCM update that was keeping the GWM from showing up. I'm told that in addition to whatever dependency issue was created by doing the PCM update (at the time I did it there was no GWM in my list) the PCM was not completely 'reporting' as well, which could have compounded the problem.
I asked somebody on another forum to check something out for me and the result was a 'reset' of my PCM reported version to a previous iteration.
Which made the GWM....and the PCM (again) show up as updates in my list.
I was advised to do an offline download of the GWM software (no network scan), and then only plug it in afterward...and to do a PMI (and answer "No" to the question about if the original module is installed).
That worked like a charm and after the completion of the GWM update (GWM "-LAD" revision) and the network scan I was bestowed with the precious Sync 640 APIM update, and the naughty PCM update had disappeared from the list (because it was actually already installed).
Afterward, another GWM showed up and all the packages in that update still showed as "-LAD" except the F188 which flipped over to "-LAE".
All good...another Sync crisis put to rest.
It's a module function in FDRS that can be performed. I'm sure Mike can give a much more in depth answer though
PMI is a procedure in FDRS. It's used in two primary scenarios; 1) when a module has failed and is being replaced by the tech they will do a PMI to reprogram the replacement module for the car it's being installed in, and 2) it's used as a "module recovery" method to totally reprogram a module that might have gotten either a bad update or just needs to be wiped and started over.
I've been trying to pluck up the courage to perform a PMI on my SOBDMC after the latest round of PCM multi module updates caused my car to start throwing a persistent DTC code about an "Incompatible module configuration"
GWM and APIM update time is very dependent on the speed of your USB drive. I got a fast drive while waiting for FDRS to offer me the update, and, um, things went SO MUCH FASTER than they have in previous USB updates.
