I have just found a the final solution, thanks to @F150Chief . Here is the breakdown of the solution and the APIM settings below. Remember this fix is for a 2014 ford explorer limited with sync 3 (v3.4) upgrade.
@F150Chief edit: I added and/or highlighted the settings…
- Time on Sync 3 screen showing 12:00 always, and the clock on the dash display showing --:-- (right of speedometer) - fixed with settings below [image] 7D0-01-01 (xx21 xxxx xxxx)
- Climate Control (Dual) not working as expected. The dual button on the HU only toggles off but can’t be toggled on, while the button on the climate control unit does the opposite?? Still not working as expected but many other commenters believe this is a hardware issue. [image]
- Steering wheel ‘voice control rocker’ and ‘Seek’ not working at all. Is this something that is wrong on my APIM setup? fixed with solution below. specifically, the settings for 7D0-01-01 (xx21 xxxx xxxx). The default apim setting was 22 and this was incorrect. inserting 21 fixed the problem. [image]
- USB port says not working properly – error messaged received on startup. However android auto does work, but phone doesn’t seem to be charging. Do I need to get another USB unit? - ordered a new part and Gen2a connector from ebay (~$100 CAD) and aliexpress (~$20 CAD) respectively.
- Navigation says not working properly on startup but does actually work properly. How can that error message be removed? sorted with settings below… not sure which exactly [image] 7D0-01-02 (x2xx xxxx xxxx)
- Navigation prompts are not sent to dash readout to the right of speedometer. fixed with apim settings below… not sure which exactly [image] 7D0-01-02 (x2xx xxxx xxxx)
- Bluetooth pairing name (Want to change from focus to explorer??). This used to read as Ford Escape… so I changed the following 7D0-04-01 (xxxx xxxx 0Bxx). lots of other forums give a breakdown for what this can be.
- Heated steering wheel, cooled seats, heated seats and rear controls with manual airflow - 7D0-01-01 (xxxx xxxx xExx) adding the ‘E’ fixed the problem.
- Rotary volume not displaying on screen when volume adjusted. this is fixed with settings below… not sure which one exactly [image] 7D0-01-01 (xxxx 0xxx xxxx)
- Park assist was not working. Changed the following settings to enable. 7D0-04-02 xx xx from 02 to 03**. xx03 is the old Sync 2 setting I had so that should is now the correct sensor array.
- EQ Settings and sound balance (front, back, left right) not working properly… the settings below fixed this as well [image] 7D0-01-01 (xxxx x5xx xxxx)
Really important to MASTER RESET after applying many of the changes or you won’t notice a difference. Also, there was some settings I played around with that caused traction control to fault and terrain management system to fault. DONT PANIC, just drive around for 15 minutes and it will manually reset. This happened twice to me as I was making changes and it solved the problem.
See more APIM setting breakdowns below.
Rear Climate Controls, Heated Steering Wheel (HSW), Heated/Cooled Seats HMI
7D0-01-01 xxxx xxxx x*xx
0=Rear Climate Not Available, HSW Not Available, Heated/Cooled Seats Not Present
1=Rear Climate Not Available, HSW Not Available, Cooled Seats Present
2=Rear Climate Not Available, HSW Not Available, Heated/Cooled Seats Present
3=Rear Climate Not Available, HSW Not Available, Heated Seats Present
4=Rear Climate Not Available, HSW Available, Heated/Cooled Seats Not Present
5=Rear Climate Not Available, HSW Available, Cooled Seats Present
6=Rear Climate Not Available, HSW Available, Heated/Cooled Seats Present
7=Rear Climate Not Available, HSW Available, Heated Seats Present
8=Rear Climate Available, HSW Not Available, Heated/Cooled Seats Not Present
9=Rear Climate Available, HSW Not Available, Cooled Seats Present
A=Rear Climate Available, HSW Not Available, Heated/Cooled Seats Present
B=Rear Climate Available, HSW Not Available, Heated Seats Present
C=Rear Climate Available, HSW Available, Heated/Cooled Seats Not Present
D=Rear Climate Available, HSW Available, Cooled Seats Present
E=Rear Climate Available, HSW Available, Heated/Cooled Seats Present
F=Rear Climate Available, HSW Available, Heated Seats Present