2010 SYNC Most current Update

FearlessAZ · September 21, 2016, 10:52:22 AM

I was messing around with seeing what stuff and be upgraded through the system in my 2010 SHO and noticed That My last SYNC update was 3.01 back in Aug of 2009. I realize this was when the car was brand spankin new. My problem is that the owner.ford website says this is up to date. I find it extremely hard to believe there was never an update for it. i have searched around and saw similar vehicles running a newer version with the same system. Just curious if anyone has any extra info on this or if anybody does have a newer version of it running on their 2010 Sync with Navigation.

sholxgt · September 21, 2016, 11:11:09 AM

The newest version of your Sync system is 4.4.1. You may need to do a chat with a Ford rep in order to get the download option to appear for your car.

When I updated my FordTouch version, it had me first go out to the car and have it do a vehicle health report I think that is what que's their system to know it needs an update. Not sure if that applies to Sync version 1.

Wardog692 · September 21, 2016, 12:38:03 PM

I've tried multiple times to get mine to update and have failed each time. I can't remember exactly what update I was going for, but it was a couple of months ago. I'll have to log back in and see what was going wrong and maybe try again.

sholxgt · September 21, 2016, 12:46:36 PM

I had good luck using the concierge through chat. That was on Lincoln, but I would guess there's one for Ford as well. May want to click on the chat button once your logged in and see if they can help.

ZSHO · September 21, 2016, 01:31:17 PM

Since your vehicle is stock the Ford Dealer can certainly update your sync for ya to the newest/latest file with IDS and shouldn't take more than ten-15 min for the procedure. Z

paokara777 · September 21, 2016, 03:37:04 PM

are there any functional differences between updates?
Have they added features etc?

FearlessAZ · September 21, 2016, 04:01:16 PM

Any idea how much the dealership would charge? A sales manager at a local Lincoln dealership is a good family friend. He might be able to hook me up. 4.4.1 is for the Sync with Navigation? I have ran the vehicle health report a few times and still nothing on that end.

ZSHO · September 21, 2016, 04:38:12 PM

Quote from: FearlessAZ on September 21, 2016, 04:01:16 PM
Any idea how much the dealership would charge? A sales manager at a local Lincoln dealership is a good family friend. He might be able to hook me up. 4.4.1 is for the Sync with Navigation? I have ran the vehicle health report a few times and still nothing on that end.

I would guess roughly around 30.00-40.00 or even for free if you purchased your vehicle from them or knowing someone as you mentioned above would help,best of luck to ya. Z

FearlessAZ · September 21, 2016, 05:10:01 PM

Awesome. I will definitely give them a call and see what they can do.

hawkeye93 · September 22, 2016, 08:57:36 AM

Have you tried syncmyride.com?

FearlessAZ · September 22, 2016, 02:28:50 PM

It just redirects to owner.ford.com when I log in and tells me the same info.

FearlessAZ · September 22, 2016, 10:31:25 PM

Talking to the online chat was next to useless. They told me the most recent update was pulled bit would be available some time this year. They could not push the update before that to my account though. Even though I pointed out that I am on 3.01 which was available when the vehicle was brand new, they stated only thing I could do would be to see if the dealership can do anything. They did tell me the update that was pulled was v4.6 I believe. That is a huge difference in updates. I find it hard to believe there was no way to do anything on their end. I guess I will give the dealership a call and get to it. I was kind of hoping to save myself the trip.

FearlessAZ · November 02, 2016, 02:49:16 PM

Just a little update. I finally had a day off today and was going to try one last time to update myself with a different USB. Went online just to verify there wasn't a newer update and wouldn't you know. Now shows the 4.6 update for me to download. Went ahead and put it on the new USB and installing it as I type this. Those that have anything older should double check their updates page. I checked it multiple times over the last month and always said there was nothing newer. They must have fixed the installation issues and rereleased 4.6.

SHOdded · November 02, 2016, 04:10:28 PM

Sweet! Good luck with it!

FearlessAZ · November 02, 2016, 04:11:41 PM

Looks like it updated. I now have music meta data and text messages go through the sync system. Seems to run smoother now as well. Didn't play around too much with it though. Glad that saved me some dough.