Warning Message When Using ForScan

Hi all,

I have a 6 month old 2025 Active 200A with 700 miles on it. I know that this is an ST Forum, but you guys seem to be much more knowledgeable than the guys on other Explorer forums, and there is about triple the activity here compared to them. I used to own 3 auto repair shops before I retired, and I am also ASE Certified and I might even be able to help you with your problems.

I want to install the keypad on the driver's door. Mechanically, there is no problem---The procedure is straight forward and is explained in the shop manual. As I said above, I used to own 3 auto repair shops and mechanical disassembly and reassembly doesn't scare me. My problem arises when I try to use ForScan to set a couple of parameters. I know that the keypad has to be enabled in the BCM and the APIM, and then you have to do the BCM LIN reset. I just installed ForScan onto a brand new laptop. Everything went well with the install and Forscan recognizes the truck properly. When I go and display the BCM parameters, everything looks OK. However, when I try to display the APIM parameters, I get a warning message. The message says "Is this vehicle equipped with Sync 4" ??? When that message comes up, my choices are Yes or Cancel. I thought Ford does not use the Sync protocol on the 2025 Explorers. The message also says that if the vehicle IS NOT equipped with Sync 4 that module damage could occur if I proceed. So, I hit cancel and I cannot see or modify any APIM parameters. Are 2025 Explorers equipped with sync 4 ??? I thought Google controls everything, unless they call that Sync 4.

Another thing I need help with is saving the "As Built" data to ForScan. Can everything be saved at once, or does it have to be done module by module ???



Thanks in advance for your help.

RON

I disregard the message and have seen a few settings available for APIM. That said, I haven't heard of anyone actually being successful getting the door securecode working using Forscan on 2025-2026 Explorers--have you?

Thanks for the reply. There is one member here that also posted on another Explorer forum that tried it, and he said that Forscan would not get the keypad going. He did enable it in the BCM and the APIM, but he said that the BCM LIN activation did not work using ForScan and the keypad was not recognized by the BCM. He had to buy a subscription to Ford FDRS and activate it with that. When he did it, the 2 day subscription fee for FDRS was only $50---Now it's $300 !!! He said it was a 10 minute procedure once he was logged in and got the truck recognized by FDRS. It's not worth the $300 subscription fee for me--- How much could a Ford dealer charge me for a 10 minute FDRS session ??? Even if they charge me an hour labor, it's cheaper than $300.

You say that you disregarded that warning message---Does that mean you selected "yes, the truck is equipped with Sync4" ??? Did you have any problems after doing that ???

Thanks,

RON

I just looked. It's now $120 for a 2 day license for FDRS. That is a huge jump in price! Definitely don't fault you for trying.

Yes, I selected "yes" to Sync4 warning and proceeded. On the 2026, there's not a lot of modules with easy config options but APIM does have some.