Quickdraw95

I have this exact same issue (I have about 4500 songs on a Microsoft Zune), so it is not a Apple v. Microsoft issue. I think several of the respondents are right - simply too many songs to index. I have left it indexing just out of curiosity on long trips, and eventually it indexes the songs, but it can take an hour. I leave it plugged in, but it will still "de-sync" when the car is off, so I have decided to used an older Zune I had, delete everything, and only add in the podcasts and a few playlists I really like. I am hoping that does the trick. As an alternative, I also purchased a 3 foot long RCA male-to-male splitter cable from Amazon - it has a 3.5mm headphone plug on one end, and the RCA red and white plugs on the other. I leave the red and white plugs hooked into the AV inputs in the console, and plug the other end into the headphone plug and control the songs via the MP3 player, using the "A/V" input to the stereo. It works perfectly, and sound quality is much better than bluetooth (works for my phone, too).

Add me to the list of folks with this issue. It is by far the most disappointing thing about the car (2013 FFH SE). Mine seemed to have started after I had the a/c on recirc for several weeks when it was super hot and humid here in northern Virginia this summer. Since then I never use the recirc setting, and while it has not gone away completely, it's much less noxious than before. Now that I found this post and realize it's not just my car, I think all of us with this issue should report it to our dealers to start loading up their database with complaints. It is the only way to get their attention. I will report mine next time I go in for service. I'm so glad everyone posted their stories! Please let us know if anyone finds a solution

Thank you for posting this! This has been driving me crazy all spring - I have a 2013 with MyFord Touch, and I even asked at the Ford dealership today, but they said that the inability to turn off the AC compressor was just a "feature", not a bug - their solution was turning it off completely, which misses the point. I just went out and tested the "A/C on - Max A/C - A/C off" process, and it works! Still more annoying than just turning off the AC by hitting the button, but now at least I get fresh air without using AC or rolling down the windows. I hope Ford actually fixes the buttons one day. Until then, thank you!!!