Bunky

We all suspected this since early last year. It sure took them long enough.

Does this mean that the APIM has to be replaced? I know the APIM cannot be replaced under warranty without approval from Ford as a way of managing warranty cost?

I have never used premium gas in my vehicles because I saw no real need. I tried it in my 24 Nautilus and did not see much difference. I do not tow or drive under heavy load in hot weather. BTW, I do use premium fuel in my outdoor power equipment since ethanol free is only available in premium grade. Some have continued to promote using it and saw a new argument that goes like this. The 2L in my Nautilus has 2 injectors (one rail, one direct) per cylinder. One downside to direct injection is supposed to be more valve build up since the spray goes over the valve.. As told, at low power situations, the engine uses the rail injectors and under higher load it switches to direct. The claim is that premium fuel allows the engine to use the upper rail injectors longer before switching to the direct injectors. Therefore, valve buildup is reduced. Of course, no claims on how much. Can someone confirm how the rail and direct injectors actually work?

It seems every recall had the do not deliver or demonstrate statement. No wonder dealers ignore them,

One thought is to go to a dealer and do it on a demo car!

As you said this may an intermediate method to reset without doing the master. I wonder if this was introduced in a recent update.

Haz, I saw this today. Is the "hard reset" what we called the "reboot" where you push and hold the knob about 10 seconds? The manual discusses reboot and master reset but not hard.

They do have a great coffee machine.

Oh boy..another trip to the dealer although I do not recall experiencing this over the last year and 10K miles. As long as you can steer and brake, the risk seems always low.

I had this update and I had a missing map today (Lincoln mode) that required a reboot to fix. The phone maps worked.

SSM 25-2185 has an APIM update. Is there a way to know if this version supersedes the version in 25-2157? I would expect if you go to a dealer and it requires an APIM update it would always be later but then many also have companion GWM and TCU updates/ Update: Haz did you mean to say this replaced 25-2157 rather than 2175 (transposed)?

This could go one for years. The engineers and testers likely did not consider all the scenarios and maybe the tolerances of the sensors. But I admit I have managed engineering/test teams (so complicit) that had similar challenges. You fix an issue and then discover some scenario not considered. Been there, done that.

Interesting security aspects of vehicle.

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