I'm also curious on this. I have a 2018 and would like to update the maps even if getting it from ebay (sample link below). The 2018s don't have a SD card slot, only USB. I don't know if I can transfer the files from SD card to USB and have it work in the truck to update the maps on a 2018?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/LATEST-SYNC...NoED:rk:2:pf:0

 

I'm pretty sure the sync 3 trucks come with a 5 years worth of free map updates. Regardless this website says there are no updates available either

https://why-update-ford.azurewebsites.net/

 

Sync 3 trucks do not come with 5 years of updates. Your thinking of the 5 years of travel link.

And your link is for Australian/European vehicles.

 

Since your vehicle cannot use the A9 Sync Nav Card, you just wasted money. For North American vehicles, there is no option other than factory supplied USB upgrades.

As to your comment about Sync not being worth anything during Florence and afterward, while cell service may be down, Syn relies on GPS satellite which is the same as Garmin, unaffected by the weather. Traffic data does rely on local radio frequency information, which is put out by Sirius/XM ground transmitters.

 

THAT sir is ONLY in Europe.. Free Maps... NOT in the United States.

 

It does make one wonder... if you copied the data from an A9 SD Card, onto a USB Drive, would it work....

Perhaps Delta1166 will give it a try when his arrives, and let us know how it all worked out.

 

Responding to Ifallsguy: For the record I have Sync2 in my truck, the A9 card works & thus no $$ wasted.


Answering Professor Wizard's query: The new A9 card came today. I removed the old (A7) card replaced w/ the A9, started the truck & the update was done in less than a minute. Went for a short drive & didn't see any major changes on the screen other than now it shows the posted road Speed Limit, don't think it did before.

When I opened this Forum page & noticed the question about d/l-ing to a USB drive thought I'd give it a shot. Put my A9 card into laptop & a USB jump-drive as well. Opened the A9 card file-There's 4 or 5 files therein & copied info from the card onto the drive. Took about 25mins for the "Data" file to transfer. about a minute for the "Gracenote" info to transfer. Sadly the Jump drive I used was not large enough to accept the balance of the stuff on the A9 card so I have no way of completing this test for y'all. :-(
But it does seem to prove the info can be transferred/uploaded to a USB drive.

 

Forgot to include in previous post that the data files in my A9 card were dated April 2018 which to me indicates a fresh version of software

 

Your right the Sync 2 does use an A9 so you are correct there. But this thread started with a 2018 which had Sync 3, which doesn't use an SD card. That's why everyone questioned how you figured to use a SD card for a system doesn't have a SD slot. Virtually everyone on the thread had to assume you had the newer system since you never made that clear.

 

What Ifalsguy said!

I thought you had a 2018 F150. (all 2018's are Sync3 - USB). So we were curious how you were going to use an A9 SD card in it.

Now.. we know you actually have a 2015, f150.

bummer - that won't help "us" at all.