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So my fusion recently updated itself to the newest version of sync3. When it did that the button I used to use to adjust the climate controls when I was in apple carplay mode disappeared. Does anyone else have this issue and is there a fix or work around? its just takes more clicks to get to the climate controls which I feel is a driving safety issue. Less focused on the road when trying to adjust the climate...

Good afternoon all. I've been stalking for about a year (that's how long I've had "The Ghost" - my 2017 titanium FFH). Love the car. With the latest Sync3 upgrade back in March 2018, my headunit doesn't keep the dim/bright setting that the rest of the dash has when the lights come on. I have to manually change the dim/bright setting 1 step/notch, then return it to my previous setting for the headunit to "talk" or "sync" (no pun intended) with the dashboard. I have several videos showing this, but I cannot upload them here. I contacted Sync Support on Owner.ford.com. They had me do a master reset and then a module reset. Nothing. I went to the dealer and showed them my vids, they only did a reset themselves. Nothing. I asked Sync Support if they would provide me instructions on how to reflash the headunit with the latest Sync3 firmware, but they won't help me, only a dealer can ask for that. 1 thing that I noticed if that if I'm out of the car for a short time (5-10 mins max), the headunit stays in step with the dashboard. Anything longer and I have to change my brightness settings again. Does anyone have any clues or further thoughts on this? Anything that I might be missing? I appreciate any feedback. Thank in advance. Charles "Chip" Seiferman Pics of "The Ghost" attached for your pleasure.

Finally.. the wait is over. Waze is now available for iOS device owners on Ford SYNC 3. You'll need to update to the latest everything (see below). Waze is free. Waze data is "crowd sourced" -- people on the road report accidents, police cars, and traffic jams -- which show up on your display in a minute or two (as compared to an hour with Sirius Traffic Link). It is a fantastic application (which is why Google bought it..). Here is my report.. To get Waze to work on my Ford I had to disable Apple Carplay through the Ford SYNC 3 settings before anything would happen. Activating Waze on the phone and plugging it in opened up new menus and displays - the key one being setting your default navigation software (a menu item that appears only when Waze is detected. There were glitches, and one crash. For a while when I plugged in the USB on the phone I got the dreaded "Inserted USB is not detected" message. I soft rebooted SYNC 3 and power-cycled my phone and things straightened out. Here is a demo video- sadly done in the garage instead of on the road (not safe to drive and film), but you get the idea.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6ntZrJ1bpM Wazer since 2013 2017 Ford Fusion Hybrid SYNC 3, v3.0 Build 18025 iPhone X iOS 11.2.6 Waze 4.37.0.0 (Yeah I cross posted this to the main fusion forum..)

Looks like the SYNC 3 version 2.3 Update is Out. I can't find any release notes. Has anyone had any luck installing it? Any comments on new features? Sigh.. My Fusion says "SYNC 3, Software Version: 2.0" Build 16074_PRODUCT (from my delivery in December) Of course the Ford owner web site tonight says I was updated yesterday (I wasn't) I did reboot SYNC 3 but still no update (hold the giant Power/Volume button in and [simultaneously] the right seek button for 5 seconds to reboot Sync 3) I'll try the USB update soon.