Dead Sync 3 screen
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2016 XLT FX4 with the 8” touchscreen and nav. APIM went bad 11/2020. Tried a few things and no luck. Updated the Sync and added the new USB hub to get Apple CarPlay. Everything worked fine as long as my phone was plugged in and was using the CarPlay. Hardly worked when the phone wasn’t plugged in. Neighbor has forscan so we changed a few things on the touchscreen. Swapped the startup animation from “Ford” to the “Raptor”. Added the climate control button to the touchscreen that is virtually useless but it has completely fixed my APIM problems. Touchscreen works fine whether the phone is plugged in with CarPlay or not. Not sure if I just bought myself some time but it’s worked great so far.
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Never replaced the APIM. Ford wanted $1k. Found some cheaper but never got to it since the Apple CarPlay was fixing the problem. All I did was replace the USB hub to accept Apple CarPlay, updated the sync 3 version from the original to 3.0, and then those forscan tweaks.
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I finally got around to taking it into the dealer to get their opinion before buying anything. $150 later, they told me it was the APIM and would cost $1700 (CDN) through them to fix. I ordered one on ebay ($300, including exchange and shipping)...it arrived yesterday. Replaced mine, wrote the AsBuilt back to it and everything is working perfectly. Thanks very much for all the feedback and help!!