Recent content by Mike G

As a followup...after not looking up anything for the last two days, (because I was busy elsewhere) I checked my own two VINs this morning, as well as one of our forum members, who also resides here in the US. Shortly after doing that, I got another email saying my account was again suspended...

I want the Jetson's sound effect sooo bad for my truck!

So powertrain on a Lightning includes; PCM, ABS, BECM, GFM2, SOBDM, SOBDMB, and SOBDMC. Sometimes they send out updates for one or two of these, and sometimes it's a full set.

Should have been the version you applied already. They always make the updates available in FDRS before they send out a TSB or SSM about it.

I thought I should let folks know that two days ago my Ford account that I use to login to FDRS was suspended. Today I got an explanation of why: "Running VINS outside of your country will cause your account to be suspended. Going forward, you should not do this. We have re-enabled your...

Well okay...you get a wrench light for a lot of things. It would all depend on what the actual DTCs are once the system is scanned that determine the repair path. In the TSB I posted, it specifically says a wrench light with a very specific DTC.

So I did go through the IPMA PMI routine using the TOPDON RLink this morning and FDRS is smarter than I am, apparently. It all went fine, but because my IPMA was already at the latest software and configuration it didn't do any block erasing and replacing.....simply gave my truck a nice pat on...

No...those would throw BECM DTCs instead.

Very likely.

2022-2025 F-150 Lightning (built on or before 19 Feb 25) NA markets only. Issue: Some of the vehicles listed in the model statement above may exhibit an illuminated powertrain malfunction (wrench) indicator with DTC P2797 stored in the SOBDMB and/or the SOBDMC. This may be due to the software...

I spent about 15 minutes getting it registered and updated and then logged into FDRS and poked around a bit, but didn't actually do any programming (a storm was coming at the time). But I have no reason to suspect (yet) that it won't do the job. I can echo @Adventureboy 's comments...

If you want to waste an afternoon...troll through Ebay listings looking for VCM 3s that show a Bosch "Made in Germany" sticker on the backside of the unit instead of "Made in China"....so many clones...so very many...many clones.

Thanks guys, good to know!

I thought that one was comparable to the VCM2, not the VCM3.

Well I promise to followup, and may even go so far as to attempt a PMI on my IPMA, just to see what happens. So consider my purchasing this adpater as a 'conditional' endorsement until then 🙂