Recent content by NavyBOFH

We did the same last month with our Big Bend. It’s now a used F-150 Lariat in the driveway. I am happy for the upgrade, but not happy for the new payment again 🤦🏽‍♂️ Getting an alert for this thread reminds me to list all the maintenance parts I bought for it up for sale and free up some garage...

23188 which came from CyanLabs. I even did the steps on the site to make sure the partition on the APIM was wiped since it seems that was the issue. Still happens randomly. My thought was this update was likely because it didn’t quite fix everyone’s vehicle - like mine.

I've followed their tutorials to fix our '21 having the random "boot up and turn on the radio on AM 540" issue with no luck. I am hoping this update will finally resolve that.

The radio resetting to AM 540 despite following the CyanLabs guides and such - and the APIM has glitched out and just required a reset here and there going down the road. Just goes flat dead as if a fuse blew until it’s reset.

@rugedraw any update on this since the holidays? I honestly wouldn't mind doing an APIM swap if it means getting away from the just awful SYNC 3 that we are left with. As it is - SYNC 3 23188 still has bugs in our 2021 and I am just tired of dealing with them.

My dealer is quoting me around $360 for a fluid flush at 79k miles because we have the odd stutter/shift issue only on a cold start within the first couple of miles. I have an extended warranty until 84k - so either this flush fixes it or causes it to finally fail. But 15-20k service interval...

There’s a Badlands that is exactly what we were looking for that I believe is a 2023 but the transmission appears to be shared between models? Though you are right that the engine and RDU concerns would go away as well. Also to update: got vehicle back from the dealer with coolant now slightly...

And an inept dealer to boot 🙄 Our 2021 BB had its water pump replaced at just shy of 40k and ended up needing the coolant tank replaced too thanks to the dealer tech. We are now at 73k and I’ve had to top off the coolant to the point of half a gallon in about 15-20k miles in a system that only...

I have an appointment for our 2021 on Monday for a second water pump replacement under extended warranty (lost half a gallon of coolant plus whatever dealer top-offs in 15k miles), and for the torque converter RPM flutter with additional hard shifts on cold fluid. We are at 73k so the water...

Its been a while but I *finally* remembered to follow up on this. I had a bunch of dealer work done and they tossed a bunch of my ForScan changes in the process so I am revisiting this thread and implemented these changes and I can say so far it seems a LOT better - I don't need to crank most of...

Just realized I never followed up on this post with my install - but this has been in the vehicle for a while, long enough for the LCD to generate a line in it and need to source a replacement. Ignore the general mess - haven't gotten all the detailing stuff out for the season. Used a ditch...

Correct - my point was that Ford paints the panels with such a coating so the worst you'd have is where you drilled a hole... but the NMO mount is treated as well with a similar coating. I have drilled into a few Aluminum F150s running 100+ watt radios for years with no issue. I also was part...

I might try the same. I grabbed Focal 165AC speakers so I have a tweeter in each door and the dash. The post I linked below from Bronco6G another member used an external DSP to map the head unit response to the external DSP which was where I was not happy with the idea that the rear speakers...

So those definitely did help! I noticed a HUGE difference with the flat EQ, but the rear speakers were missing some upper range. With the modifications noted a few posts above, the rears are performing as full range. Now instead of running around at 18 volume on the highway I can comfortably...

I’ll be trying the speaker change tomorrow and reporting back if it improves the audio any further. I am just happy to finally be able to enjoy the money I dumped into new speakers lol