I did not have any issues with the Auto Updates. 1.4.0 and 1.6.0. I do not know what 6 did but the 4 added the Securialert and was very apparent what it did. I started getting text mail messages telling me one of my doors had been opened. Even if it was me with fob in pocket. Getting in and then getting out. I disabled the alert. Peace and quiet now.

 

1.4 never went through for me, but I just got the 1.6 overnight. This was in line with my scheduled updates. I don't know if the secure alert feature was installed from the 1.4 update, I haven't seen any option for it and haven't gotten any alerts yet.

 

So now I just got another unsuccessful update notification about 1.4, even though a week ago it said that 1.6 went through.

 

My truck is at the dealer for some other warranty work and I asked them to look into 1.4 update. They said the tech has been working with the Ford hotline and they were having issues with that particular update package. They are going to make a fix and send it back out OTA in the near future.

 

Interesting my 1.6 went through last week and then today I got the 1.4 update. Apparently they are not installed sequential which is good to know. Makes me think there is a 1.5 somewhere out there too. I would be curious to know how they roll this stuff out but I assume they probably do a staggered rollout with a small handful of trucks first only after testing on some internal mules, then gradually expand from there. The alternative is that they risk bricking hundreds of thousands of trucks with potentially flawed software updates. I would imagine there might be 3-4 weeks of float in those rollouts. Does anyone know if there is a thread tracking Power Up versions? I don't see anywhere on Fords website that shows revision history.

 

I have no confidence in Ford’s ability to deliver quality OTA updates even though they appear to work as intended for some of us. I would opt for manual updates every time if offered any sort of choice.

I also wish there was an actual change-log associated with these updates so I don’t have to guess if a software ‘update’ is reason why my windshield wipers now like to stop dead in the middle of each cycle when I press the spray and wash button.

 

My truck was built in November 2020, I bought it March 2021. Have not had one update yet.

 

Do the "Update Successful" messages disappear after you read them?
I have never seen one yet in Fordpass.
Don

 

There doesn’t seem to be any reason or pattern (at least that I’ve seen) to who gets what update when. I can understand that Ford is cautious about rolling them out, to avoid potentially bricking large numbers of trucks. They also might have relatively modest server architecture so they can’t do too many at once. And quite possibly they have a large fraction of unsuccessful update attempts; many people don’t have good WiFi where there trucks are parked, I bet. So the server takes up time repeatedly pinging trucks it has in queue to update. But I wish we had some way of knowing that the system was working, and talking to our trucks, rather than just always saying you are up to date, when you know there are actually updates out there you aren’t seeing.

But I guess they don’t want to put up a message “updates are available for your truck! You are number 675,453 in queue!”

This feels like the digital equivalent of ramp 59…

 

Yes, my update information display goes away after a day, if not sooner. My first ota was to fix the zone lighting issue. The second was to push the tsb update that the dealer couldn't get to take.