{"nhtsa_id":11001174,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2024-06-06","date":"2024-05-27","document_id":"TSB 24-2165","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"UNKNOWN OR OTHER","mfr_system":null,"summary":"This article supersedes TSB 21-2175 to update the TSB Service Procedure. Some 2016 MKS, 2016-2017 Navigator, 2016-2018 F-150/Focus/C-MAX/Edge/Fiesta/MKX/Transit Connect/Mustang, 2017-2018 Continental/Fusion/MKZ, 2017-2019 Explorer, 2016-2019 Escape/MKC/Flex/MKT/Taurus/Transit/Expedition/F-Super Duty, and 2018-2019 EcoSport vehicles equipped with SYNC 3 may experience various SYNC performance related concerns. related concerns including but not limited to: Display operation concerns Navigation inoperative Voice recognition concerns Phone connection issues Dropped phone connections Applink related performance Travel Link not present or showing incorrect traffic Slow system response This may be due to the SYNC software. To correct the condition, follow the Service Procedure to update the accessory protocol interface module (APIM) software. NOTE: Ford has found some of the APIMs replaced and returned for inspection contained an outdated software level and the APIM did not require replacement. The customer concern may have been resolved by updating the APIM with latest level of software.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2024/MC-11001174-0001.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2024/MC-11001174-9999.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/11001174","components":[],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"FORD","model":"C-MAX","year_from":2016,"year_to":2018,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2016_ford_c-max","2017_ford_c-max","2018_ford_c-max"]},{"make":"FORD","model":"ECOSPORT","year_from":2018,"year_to":2019,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2018_ford_ecosport","2019_ford_ecosport"]},{"make":"FORD","model":"EDGE","year_from":2016,"year_to":2018,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2016_ford_edge","2017_ford_edge","2018_ford_edge"]},{"make":"FORD","model":"ESCAPE","year_from":2016,"year_to":2019,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2016_ford_escape","2017_ford_escape","2018_ford_escape","2019_ford_escape"]},{"make":"FORD","model":"EXPEDITION","year_from":2016,"year_to":2019,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2016_ford_expedition","2017_ford_expedition","2018_ford_expedition","2019_ford_expedition"]},{"make":"FORD","model":"EXPLORER","year_from":2017,"year_to":2019,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2017_ford_explorer","2018_ford_explorer","2019_ford_explorer"]},{"make":"FORD","model":"F-150","year_from":2003,"year_to":2003,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2003_ford_f-150"]},{"make":"FORD","model":"F-150","year_from":2016,"year_to":2018,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2016_ford_f-150","2017_ford_f-150","2018_ford_f-150"]},{"make":"FORD","model":"F-250 SD","year_from":2017,"year_to":2019,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2017_ford_f-250","2018_ford_f-250","2019_ford_f-250"]},{"make":"FORD","model":"F-350 SD","year_from":2017,"year_to":2019,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2017_ford_f-350","2018_ford_f-350","2019_ford_f-350"]},{"make":"FORD","model":"F-450 SD","year_from":2017,"year_to":2019,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2017_ford_f-450","2018_ford_f-450","2019_ford_f-450"]},{"make":"FORD","model":"F-550 SD","year_from":2017,"year_to":2019,"match":"base","vehicle_ids":["2017_ford_f-550","2018_ford_f-550","2019_ford_f-550"]},{"make":"FORD","model":"FIESTA","year_from":2016,"year_to":2019,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2016_ford_fiesta","2017_ford_fiesta","2018_ford_fiesta","2019_ford_fiesta"]},{"make":"FORD","model":"FLEX","year_from":2016,"year_to":2019,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2016_ford_flex","2017_ford_flex","2018_ford_flex","2019_ford_flex"]},{"make":"FORD","model":"FOCUS","year_from":2016,"year_to":2018,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2016_ford_focus","2017_ford_focus","2018_ford_focus"]},{"make":"FORD","model":"FUSION","year_from":2017,"year_to":2018,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2017_ford_fusion","2018_ford_fusion"]},{"make":"FORD","model":"MUSTANG","year_from":2016,"year_to":2018,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2016_ford_mustang","2017_ford_mustang","2018_ford_mustang"]},{"make":"FORD","model":"TAURUS","year_from":2016,"year_to":2019,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2016_ford_taurus","2017_ford_taurus","2018_ford_taurus","2019_ford_taurus"]},{"make":"FORD","model":"TRANSIT","year_from":2016,"year_to":2019,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2016_ford_transit","2017_ford_transit","2018_ford_transit","2019_ford_transit"]},{"make":"FORD","model":"TRANSIT CONNECT","year_from":2016,"year_to":2018,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2016_ford_transit-connect","2017_ford_transit-connect","2018_ford_transit-connect"]},{"make":"LINCOLN","model":"CONTINENTAL","year_from":2017,"year_to":2018,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2017_lincoln_continental","2018_lincoln_continental"]},{"make":"LINCOLN","model":"MKC","year_from":2016,"year_to":2019,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2016_lincoln_mkc","2017_lincoln_mkc","2018_lincoln_mkc","2019_lincoln_mkc"]},{"make":"LINCOLN","model":"MKS","year_from":2016,"year_to":2016,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2016_lincoln_mks"]},{"make":"LINCOLN","model":"MKT","year_from":2016,"year_to":2019,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2016_lincoln_mkt","2017_lincoln_mkt","2018_lincoln_mkt","2019_lincoln_mkt"]},{"make":"LINCOLN","model":"MKX","year_from":2016,"year_to":2018,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2016_lincoln_mkx","2017_lincoln_mkx","2018_lincoln_mkx"]},{"make":"LINCOLN","model":"MKZ","year_from":2017,"year_to":2018,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2017_lincoln_mkz","2018_lincoln_mkz"]},{"make":"LINCOLN","model":"NAVIGATOR","year_from":2016,"year_to":2017,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2016_lincoln_navigator","2017_lincoln_navigator"]}],"as_of":"2026-10-19","note":"A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.","attribution":[]}