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Well, I got my truck back late last week and if they did indeed change the antenna out it did no good at all. All of the spots where I had outages before are still there and I've even added a few new ones. Ford, I am not a happy camper! This is not over yet. I intend to keep pursuing this and making a nuisance of myself as long as this remain an issue. And I'm telling anybody who is interested in the problems I've been having (the howling fans are another thing I'm not happy about). I'll keep the group posted if there is any progress at this end.
They claim to have test the antenna but they also admitted that they didn't road test it or they would have known it did not work.
2016 F-150 FX4 Off Road - 3.6L EcoBoost - WeatherTech Floor Mats & Mud Flaps - Revolver X2 Bed Cover - .50 Cal. FM Radio Antenna
My guess is we are going to have to wait for the 2017 antenna's or maybe even 2018. Ford obviously knows about this issue and I doubt they are going to put defective antenna's continuously on vehicles. If the new ones work on 2017 then I will switch over.
In the meantime, the satellite radio is really unusable. It cuts in and out every few minutes, some times for 20 or 30 seconds.
A fix, posting for those who might be subbed to this thread.
2016 F150 Sirius Satellite Radio - Audio Cuts Out/No Signal ***SSM 46016***
SSM 46016 - Effective Aug 19 2016
2016-2017 Expedition And Navigator Built On Or Before 08/12/2016 And 2016 F150 Built On Or Before 08/09/2016 - Sirius Satellite Radio - Audio Cuts Out/No Signal
Some 2016-2017 Expedition and Navigator vehicles built on or before 08/12/2016 and 2016 F150 vehicles built on or before 08/09/2016 equipped with Sirius satellite radio may exhibit an intermittent concern where the audio cuts out and the radio displays a No Signal message while driving in open sky conditions in certain locations in your area. This may be due to interference with cellular phone tower signals. If a vehicle displays this condition near cellular phone towers, replace the audio unit antenna with part number GL1Z-10E893-AC on Expedition/Navigator and HL3Z-10E893-AA for F150.
A fix, posting for those who might be subbed to this thread.
2016 F150 Sirius Satellite Radio - Audio Cuts Out/No Signal ***SSM 46016***
SSM 46016 - Effective Aug 19 2016
2016-2017 Expedition And Navigator Built On Or Before 08/12/2016 And 2016 F150 Built On Or Before 08/09/2016 - Sirius Satellite Radio - Audio Cuts Out/No Signal
Some 2016-2017 Expedition and Navigator vehicles built on or before 08/12/2016 and 2016 F150 vehicles built on or before 08/09/2016 equipped with Sirius satellite radio may exhibit an intermittent concern where the audio cuts out and the radio displays a No Signal message while driving in open sky conditions in certain locations in your area. This may be due to interference with cellular phone tower signals. If a vehicle displays this condition near cellular phone towers, replace the audio unit antenna with part number GL1Z-10E893-AC on Expedition/Navigator and HL3Z-10E893-AA for F150.
Well that's good news! Thanks for posting the information.
A fix, posting for those who might be subbed to this thread.
2016 F150 Sirius Satellite Radio - Audio Cuts Out/No Signal ***SSM 46016***
SSM 46016 - Effective Aug 19 2016
2016-2017 Expedition And Navigator Built On Or Before 08/12/2016 And 2016 F150 Built On Or Before 08/09/2016 - Sirius Satellite Radio - Audio Cuts Out/No Signal
Some 2016-2017 Expedition and Navigator vehicles built on or before 08/12/2016 and 2016 F150 vehicles built on or before 08/09/2016 equipped with Sirius satellite radio may exhibit an intermittent concern where the audio cuts out and the radio displays a No Signal message while driving in open sky conditions in certain locations in your area. This may be due to interference with cellular phone tower signals. If a vehicle displays this condition near cellular phone towers, replace the audio unit antenna with part number GL1Z-10E893-AC on Expedition/Navigator and HL3Z-10E893-AA for F150.
I've already sent the above to my dealer. Let's hope this is the real fix. Will post with results.......
Traded my 13 Lariat for a 16 KR and the cut outs are driving me crazy. thanks for a posted fix and will contact my dealer to see when I can get it in. strangely, mine works in our parking garage, but a tree in a Whataburger drive-thru kills it.
I am having the new antenna installed this Friday morning. I am extremely excited, this is the only issue that has been driving me crazy with the truck.
08-15-2016, 05:54 PM
