If you update with FDRS, it is still possible that you can an OTA for a module you already updated. In that case, the OTA will fail because the software is already installed.
Glad you brought that up. I think it may be help to point the nose of the truck towards Dearborn, MI.
Updating with FDRS has zero negative effect on being able to get future OTA's.
We used to be able to help people do this easily, but thanks to Ford's awesome new cybersecurity system, all you can do is pray to the OTA gods and hope they shine their light upon thee.
Or beg the dealer to do it and hope they do.
Attached are the instructions from the workshop manual to fist remove the radiator grill and then the headlamp. I don't think swapping out the headlamp alone requires programming; only the modules, but not 100% sure.
Living in urban Miami, I rarely get to see glare-free in action, so if you do live and drive in an urban area with lots of street lighting, the same will apply to you.
Does glare free work on 2023 Lightnings? I know on the ICE trucks, it only works on 2021-2022 model years after a certain IPMA...
Hard to say without being able to plug into the truck and run pin-point tests. Some things are obvious and can be diagnosed remotely, but I don't feel comfortable saying for sure it the headlight based on those codes. Maybe @Jesse-Infotainment can chime in and give his opinion.
@KingConan Got your message, but responding here so the info is out there. Your truck is reporting these codes:
First code is citing an open circuit in the lighting driver control module and the other code cites a component internal failure in the HCM for the left headlamp. Both of these are...
My truck is an ICE truck; I was just using that as an example.
The 2024 ICE trucks and 24-25 Lightings are getting an even newer APIM update that brings it up to Sync 25211. No other trucks have gotten that update released to them yet. The highest any 21-23 truck can go to (for now) is Sync 25094.
Seems to be on a case-by-case basis. My truck is on 24127 with no updates showing pending, but other 2021's do have 25094 showing for them in FDRS and getting it via OTA.
Not entirely accurate. None of us use this to steal from Ford. Turning off double-honk while the truck is running is not a feature Ford charges for. Enabling the BC 1.4 features only works if the owner already has a Bluecruise plan. It's just a customization that can be done within the existing...
I would have fixed it in their faces and then gloated about it. To be honest, I am surprised you didn't blow up on them. I assume you were with the fam. Otherwise, I am sure they would have gotten the business. :ROFLMAO:
Very possible. You have been sent a TCU update many times and it fails because your truck is not pinging the server back to accept it.
In PTS, your modem shows as both retail and fleet authorized which is not normal. This could be preventing OTA's.
Correct, but it would go from 2 to zero which is what we there before BC 1.4. A one would leave the preview enabled.....not sure what that would do, tbh.