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Ive been a Ford owner for over 15 years with 4 different models. The latest being a 2013 Edge Sport, and 2013 Explorer Sport. Since day one I've had nothing but problems with the sync/nav system. From freezing, to rebooting midway to my destination causing me to miss my exits and getting lost several times. I'm an avid mountain biker and snowboarder who searches for new destinations to ride. While following directions from my nav, several times it just froze and had to be rebooted. Meaning I literally had to pull over on the highway and pull a fuse and wait for it to reboot. Not fun, and very dangerous. Also when my iPhone or my iPod is plugged into the usb outlet, it always just freezes for no reason. And the cover art to my music is always a song behind which defeats the whole purpose of displaying the cover art. Just ridiculous. My wife's Explorer Sport with the same sync does the same crap! Until Ford does away with the whole sync system, I'll NEVER buy a Ford again. I'm already shopping for 2 new vehicles only after owning my edge and explorer for only 11 months! Just can't tolerate it anymore. All the service techs say is master reset it. Really!?! Everytime?!?! Frustrated beyond description. Bought both vehicles brand new and fully loaded, edge for me, explorer for my wife....both very disappointed! Unacceptable...

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Sync is being overhaled for next version (gen 3) and speculation is Micosoft Windows CE based system currently used will be dumped in favour of BlackBerry QNX based version found in other high end cars. Too bad current gen owners will get the shaft and most likely not get update to new software.

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... Since day one I've had nothing but problems with the sync/nav system. From freezing, to rebooting midway to my destination causing me to miss my exits and getting lost several times. ...

 

Hello fredro,

 

It sounds like there might either be a hardware failure with your APIM or your software is due for an update. Either way, I'd like to lend a hand. PM your VIN, mileage, servicing dealership, and contact info please. I'll see what kind of options I can make available to get you taken care of. :)

 

Antonio

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