Vehicle: 2015 Lincoln Navigator. I bought a Sync 3 kit from someone on facebook marketplace. He was selling it cheap ($30) because he said it didn’t work with his car. It had a sticker with chinese letters with a 2015 Explorer VIN that it was supposedly programmed to. He pulled up in an old 2003 Ex…

The APIM and the USB hub are both Chinese garbage. One of the better APIM sticker I have seen but it’s a fake. Those fake USB hubs are all over Amazon and ebay. It says it’s a 2020 APIM on the fake sticker. I would assume it is which explains the problems you’re having.

“Can you please upload pictures of the items? Also, the extra lines are for the MY20 APIM Forscan. It will autofill that data. Try to copy your as-built configuration line by line and get it as close as you can. Regarding the screen, you need an older screen to get it to work; it’s a driver issue. A…

[20240904_213335] [20240904_213356] [20240904_213339] [20240904_213339] [20240904_213422] I took the APIM off the screen, it didn’t have any stickers on it. I thought all Sync 3 capacitive screens were all the same? What screen should I source and / or how can I load a driver to use this scree…

Yes I figured it was some sort of clone. The part # sticker does look genuine, but perhaps it has a clone electronics. But apparently they sell like hotcakes on ebay and sellers have decent feedback on it. The sellers that sell a good kit with actual Ford parts run $600 + tax with Nav. Hard to beat…

Funny thing with that part number… Here’s another thread from someone buying one with screen issues [image] Sporadically black screen SYNC 3 Support Everyone who’s purchased a clone APIM suffers the same. Now you’ll have to buy another. If you done it knowingly that’s ill…

Thanks. It was worth a gamble at $30. I will try and source a Ford one from the LKQ or wrecker nearby.

So LKQ can be hit or miss since they list the SCREEN part number, not the APIM, so depending on the shipping yard some of them pull the APIM off before shipping. To see if the APIM shows in ForScan you have to start up with no profile as it will be expecting the same hardware as what is saved in th…

So yes when I loaded Forscan, I used my existing car profile 2015 Navigator. I’ll probably try just for kicks, but maybe if I load a fresh profile, then program a 2016+ Navigator into the APIM, maybe that will kick it on? It’s possible it’s not turning the screen on because 2015 profile has MFT (non…

You have to start with no profile since what you’ve saved previously has a different series APIM in the hardware manifest. In the log tab you should see the detected version of the APIM. You shouldn’t be loading the AB that came with your car since the OS in that APIM was based on Windows CE 6.5, …

Gotcha. Thanks for the info. I’m new to Sync and this Navigator but I think I see what’s going on now.

Bought used ebay Sync 3 kit - No display?

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warlock12118 (warlock12118) 5 September 2024 12:49 7

Funny thing with that part number…
Here’s another thread from someone buying one with screen issues