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Ford Explorer ST Recall 23S23 360 Degree Camera Stop Sale
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Our dealer has contacted multiple people with Ford & they are all telling him that any of the vehicles in dealer possession(used or new) sold or not the interim fix does NOT release the vehicles from the stop sale & dealers can not mark them delivered. As of now there is no work around for that & Ford is saying they won’t be released until there is a permanent fix. ♀️
This is part of the verbiage if you expand the recall info:
Remedy
Currently, Ford Motor Company does not have a permanent fix available. If you observe a blue or black screen on the rearview 360 degree camera when in reverse, Ford has authorized your dealer to update the camera systems software as an interim repair prior to availability of the permanent fix. The interim repair is anticipated to become available beginning the week of August 7, 2023 and is being offered free of charge parts and labor.
Remedy
Currently, Ford Motor Company does not have a permanent fix available. If you observe a blue or black screen on the rearview 360 degree camera when in reverse, Ford has authorized your dealer to update the camera systems software as an interim repair prior to availability of the permanent fix. The interim repair is anticipated to become available beginning the week of August 7, 2023 and is being offered free of charge parts and labor.
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Had it, and couldn’t stand it. The one perk being wireless carplay or android auto (which I never use anyway); otherwise, the thing was buggy as heck with heated seat and wheel controls, whereas they do not turn off if you try for the first few minutes that the car is in operation, the map resolution/street name details were junk when compared to sync3 (ie. Open both side by side and you can see street names for every road on the map in sync 3, maybe 2 of these names will display in sync 4 - it presumes that you never look at the map to actually find your own routes/shortcuts or care what is nearby), and most annoying of all are the climate control - having to hit a menu on the touchscreen, wait, hit another option, and keeping your eyes off the road for a chunk of this process is stupidly useless. They should have all climate functions avaible without submenus. Just hate it.
I took a shot of the map resolution when in an Explorer the other month, but then forgot to do the same thing with sync 4 after that to compare
I took a shot of the map resolution when in an Explorer the other month, but then forgot to do the same thing with sync 4 after that to compare
On the Sync 3 vs Sync 4 debate:
FWIW, you can make Sync 3 be wireless using this device.
Carlinkit 5.0 2air CarPlay Wireless Adapter,Android Auto Dongle-Latest Release,for OEM Wired CarPlay and Android Auto Car,Auto Connect, OTA Update,for iPhone and Android,via Plug-in USB Connection https://a.co/d/ioQVn5U
I use them in all our Sync 3 vehicles and it does the job. There is a section where you can adjust the media latency (the delay from your phone to the unit) and you can go as low as 25 ms of delay so its *almost near what native wireless car play is now.
I did mess around with a newer APIM module capable of Sync 4 and got some things working but ultimately the dongle with the media latency ended up being the best solution.
We started using the same dongle in our ST and I’ll admit, with the larger screen it’s weird. It puts CarPlay on the top half with the radio on the bottom half. I’ll have to look into the settings again to see if I can make it go full portrait. But as is, works almost as well as having native CarPlay.
FWIW, you can make Sync 3 be wireless using this device.
Carlinkit 5.0 2air CarPlay Wireless Adapter,Android Auto Dongle-Latest Release,for OEM Wired CarPlay and Android Auto Car,Auto Connect, OTA Update,for iPhone and Android,via Plug-in USB Connection https://a.co/d/ioQVn5U
I use them in all our Sync 3 vehicles and it does the job. There is a section where you can adjust the media latency (the delay from your phone to the unit) and you can go as low as 25 ms of delay so its *almost near what native wireless car play is now.
I did mess around with a newer APIM module capable of Sync 4 and got some things working but ultimately the dongle with the media latency ended up being the best solution.
We started using the same dongle in our ST and I’ll admit, with the larger screen it’s weird. It puts CarPlay on the top half with the radio on the bottom half. I’ll have to look into the settings again to see if I can make it go full portrait. But as is, works almost as well as having native CarPlay.
