Official Ford Sync3 3.4 Release

[jimharrell]

Yes, site is still down. Check back tomorrow.


See prior post, but super short answer is no.

Ok haha is it just the new look and marginally faster?

 

[UofMEngineer]

Ok haha is it just the new look and marginally faster?

There’s probably quite a bit there, you just have to go hunting for it. Some new items may not apply to older MYs as well. Lot of new UI items for sure.

 

[Fasteddiec]

Yes, site is still down. Check back tomorrow.


See prior post, but super short answer is no.

Excellent comeback!!

 

[Evenmetal]

I typed in my VIN for my 17 and it said there is an update available. Haven't done it yet. Will report back.

 

[Pero]

I have completed the update without any issues on a UK spec car.

Used a newish USB3 drive, although Ford only supports USB2 the read rate of even USB3 drives is only just exceeding USB bus speeds so best to use the newest drive possible. Formatted to exFAT as Ford suggest which is not the default on a PC

Update took around 25 minutes. I edited the autoinstall.lst file to include the ,Delay which prevents the automatic reboot loop. When complete I had a message to remove the USB drive and that the update would happen next time I restarted.

Upon restart it displayed the 'Ford' logo on first boot and then took a bit longer than normal to start, maybe an extra 30 seconds.

Some of the settings were not retained such as the Applink settings. The Nav could not connect to the GPS but this maybe because of the slower than normal boot during update.

A further reboot after a complete car shutdown and lock restored the Mustang logo and GPS came back to life.

The removed USB had the xml file generated correctly which uploaded to the Ford site correctly

All in all completely painless.

Same here.
USB update went smooth and finished fast (22 minutes).

Xml file generated by SYNC 3 and uploaded to Ford.

Now Ford site showing me the message "Your SYNC system (SYNC v3.4.43) is up to date"
Mission accomplished.

I need updated maps now.
Does someone knows, where/how can I officially get them for European countries?

 

[Ginger1]

Plugged in my VIN. 2018 EB Premium. I have 3.3 from a prior update, but the website says "Your SYNC system will be updated to SYNC3 3.0.19205." ???

 

[Pero]

Plugged in my VIN. 2018 EB Premium. I have 3.3 from a prior update, but the website says "Your SYNC system will be updated to SYNC3 3.0.19205." ???

Did you confirm your prior update to Ford by uploading xml file from USB key to their site?
Without it, Ford might be thinking you are still on factory built, lower than 3.0.19205 (probably 18201 as in my case).

 

[mrich44]

19 gt, get the 'well send a message to whoever' earlier in the day, now just 'An error occurred. Please try again.'

 

[FrankM5]

mine said it was available then it stopped staying that and started saying system is up to date (null) etc

 

[slowrey]

I still can't download the update even though it says it's available. Uggh.

 

[Bikeman315]

Did you confirm your prior update to Ford by uploading xml file from USB key to their site?
Without it, Ford might be thinking you are still on factory built, lower than 3.0.19205 (probably 18201 as in my case).

Ginger 1 says that he already has 3.3 so he has the updated APIM. The Ford site should not be showing a 3.0 update at all regardless of build #.

That said you are correct about the XML file. If he didn't do it he should, assuming he still has the files. If now than I think a call to Ford is in order.

 

[MaskedRacerX]

Right, so has anyone in the US, been able to download the 3.4.xx in the last 24 hours or so?

i.e., without this:

If they pulled it due to a bad build, just toss that up on the site: "Sync 3.4.xx is not available due to an issue", this kind of generic error message doesn't tell us if their site is busted, the download has been pulled, or anything really.

 

[UofMEngineer]

Right, so has anyone in the US, been able to download the 3.4.xx in the last 24 hours or so?

i.e., without this:

If they pulled it due to a bad build, just toss that up on the site: "Sync 3.4.xx is not available due to an issue", this kind of generic error message doesn't tell us if their site is busted, the download has been pulled, or anything really.

None of the downloads have been working the last few days due to whatever maintenance is going on.

 

[hlh1]

Right, so has anyone in the US, been able to download the 3.4.xx in the last 24 hours or so?

i.e., without this:

If they pulled it due to a bad build, just toss that up on the site: "Sync 3.4.xx is not available due to an issue", this kind of generic error message doesn't tell us if their site is busted, the download has been pulled, or anything really.

I experienced the same thing this morning.

I find it interesting that Ford, and other car companies, really aren't good at supporting technology. The FordPass app on my phone is also dead and won't run anymore.

 

[MaskedRacerX]

None of the downloads have been working the last few days due to whatever maintenance is going on.

Yeah, I just looked around some non-Mustang sites, F150, Ranger, etc., everyone is experiencing the same thing (which isn't surprising, since it's a common system/backend).

Well, waited this long, I can wait till it's sorted out, I mean, at least they're actually offering it, even if the first attempt was a FUBAR'ed ...