My truck is currently on 4.2.4 and I don't have cameras while in motion. Is the process of getting the software I'm missing more involved than just updating everything I can using FDRS, and if so can you point me towards the extra steps (or correct search terms) I would need to take to identify the missing software and install it? My truck has been updated with FDRS multiple times so it's hard to know which power-up updates were skipped for that reason, and which ones may have been skipped for another.

 

As ​​​@Independence Driver said, that is part of OTA 2.8.1. Ford screwed you over by sending you that update. Your only option to get it will be to get a Mongoose VCI tool. How to actually do it is way beyond my scope of knowledge, but I will refer you to the person that can help you if you get the tool and are willing to do it.

If you already have a Mongoose, then let me know. I will put you in contact with @Jesse - Infotainment who will help you do it. He is not on this forum anymore. I suggest opening an account on F150gen14 forum. All the problems associated with these OTA's are better described there. He will not be able to tell you what to do. You would have to connect your truck to the Mongoose and give him remote access to your computer so he can do what he does. This cannot be fixed with FDRS.

 

Thank you for the info, I feel bad bothering Jesse with so many issues, but Ford has broken so many different things on my truck, it's absolutely ridiculous.

Based on your answer, this question is probably better directed towards Jesse; but if FDRS cannot get me the software I need at all, would Jesse have to fix my truck again if a module like the APIM needs to be replaced in the future since FDRS would presumably still omit needed software?

Would it be possible to program a blank APIM using the VIN of a truck that has all the updates to get the correct software or is FDRS and the OTA update system really just incomprehensibly broken at this point and even trucks that got the updates are screwed in the event of a module replacement?

I really don't understand how Ford is handling these updates, I would have thought that programming a new blank module or non-responsive module would trigger FDRS to install all the software needed to be current. I also would have thought that each update wipes the previous software completely like a typically PC BIOS update or module a update on other brands, but it seems like they are just pushing out poorly coded patches that cause more problems than they solve.

 

Yea, those questions are definitely better suited for him than me. I'm just a car salesman......not a software engineer. lol With that said, it does not take a software engineer to see that Ford has really dropped the ball with the 2021 job 1 trucks. The newer trucks seem to be OK with the updates, although they do come in slowly and randomly. They recently opened up the 21G01 campaign they had put on hold for Bluecruise programming on early 2021 trucks that they had on hold for over 5 months. I ready through it and found it laughable at best. It does not address the issue that caused them to put it on hold to begin with, nor does it take into account trucks that have skipped over the update that activates it. It's really bad.

 

Is it possible one of the latest updates has messed up the operation of my driver's side window? I ask because, when I try to activate auto up, the window won't respond. I now have to hold the switch until it's completely closed. The passenger side window operates as normal...

 

Very unlikely, but should be an easy fix. With the window all the way up, hold the window up button for 3 seconds and let it go. Do that twice for 3 seconds. That should fix your issue.

 

Thanks Rugedraw, I will give it a try!

 

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3.5.2 was sent to you on 5/18 and 3.5.3 was sent to you today. Your truck is on Sync 22177 and is due other OTA's before getting the ones you are getting now. If 3.5.3 goes through, your truck will never get cameras in motion or the advanced pro trailer back up assist function.

 

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