Recently, my iPhone 13 Pro (iOS 18.1) stopped activating Apple CarPlay on my 2018 Ford F150 with Sync3. It has been working since I bought the car back in 2022. The existing cable powers the iPhone, but no CarPlay. I tried another cable, as well as the 2nd USB port, but same issue. I also tried reading a USB drive with music on it and this DID work, but still no CarPlay.
A while back, I tried updating the Sync 3, but it wouldn’t work. I only have a Mac. It seems to not be able to recognize the USB. I tried again with another new USB drive, but though the drive appears (the unit reads/scans it), it does not do anything. I later downloaded files from Ford website, nothing again.
The car system does recognize my iPhone is Bluetooth mode and indicates it is “indexing” it; but doesn’t work.
I use CarPlay mainly for music and Waze since my APIM does not have navigation.
SYNC Region: NA
Navigation Variant: Non Nav
Manufacturer Year: Pre MY20
Install Type: OEM
Old SYNC Version: 3.017276
New SYNC Version: 3.017276
Do you have a error message, if so what is it?
Since I tried updating, I now continuously get a message indicating that the update was incomplete but will continue when the USB is reinserted and though I have done this; it still shows the message. Doing a master reset, doesnt really reset anything and I still see “phones” from the original owner… as well my kids and my own.
Update Method: CyanLabs Manual Method