We have an SEL with MFT and several time a week we need to reset the clock. I'd think in todays age the clock could set itself. Anybody have any ideas as to why our clock keeps losing time?
Haven't found any other electrical/tech issues as of yet.
This is an issue that is specifically mentioned as being fixed when we get our new software over the next few months. Mine has done the same thing twice but it hasn't happened in a while. I think it happens when the system maintenance borks itself. I agree that its pretty silly.
Go into settings and have the clock auto-set according to GPS, make sure your Daylight Savings Time setting is correct, and voila! My clock no longer loses time. Fixed this like 3 days into owning it.
My clock did that once or twice, but since has been fine. My only issue is that my calendar is alway one day ahead of itself for some reason. I must be in the future. [unsure]
No that just means your Daylight Savings Time option (DST) is incorrect. Select On or Off, whichever isn't selected and it should be the right hour after.
Ahhh the damn clock... Maybe the dealership will fix THAT too.. I'd REALLY like to be able to use the navigation that I paid for.. AND the clock and compass LOL It seems like no matter WHAT way the car is facing I'm always driving WEST!
My car every so often has then compass lock in one direction too. If I can, I get off the road and drive a 360 and the compass normally works again. Have you tried driving in a few tight circles?
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...although in the next version of the software it looks like they have an option of turning off sync with the erratic gps. Hopefully it comes out sooner rather than later.
If I am not mistaken, you can do this (turn off the time sync with the gps) in MFT since the v 2.11 (I had the car with this version before going to 3).
The clock loses time because mft is a poorly programmed pos. There is currently no real fix, although in the next version of the software it looks like they have an option of turning off sync with the erratic gps. Hopefully it comes out sooner rather than later.
If I am not mistaken, you can do this (turn off the time sync with the gps) in MFT since the v 2.11 (I had the car with this version before going to 3).
My car is going into the dealership tonight for this issue. This will be the second time. I have been trying to do some self trouble shooting. It was fixed the last time untill the maintenance update occured. Now at 4:00 pm my time the calendar catches up. That means the caledar is 16 hours behind. It has something to do with the am and pm setting on the clock. I will update you more after I get my car back from the dealership. Keep your fingers crossed for me.
I did a lot of testing on this issue. The Calendar uses the GPS time to set the date. Unfortunately cars without Nav don't have a timezone setting, the calendar is set to UTC and will be off by 4 to 8 hours depending on your timezone. This is for the calendar only, the clock in non nav cars is not set by GPS, which is a major over-site, considering all cars have a GPS receiver.
I had an APIM replacement back in early June for other MFT issues, not the clock thing. Didn't do anything for my problem but hopefully it will work for yours. Report back your results. If it works, some of the others on here with the same problem may finally have an option for a fix.
I am running in to this issue now, my clock can jump anywhere from 10-30 minutes ahead of reality. Not to mention when I plug my iPhone in now I get a message saying "No playable media on this device" (not to hijack this thread).. starting to get old.. fast.
Get used to it, there are lots more bugs where that came from. If they can't get the clock right I wonder if this product will ever function totally correctly.
And the answer is ...........ding!: Ford would not authorize tha replacement of the APIM. They told the dealership they are aware of the issue and working on it. They think it is a software issue. They dealership has my vin flagged for this issue waiting on Ford now. Tech says it usally goes by quarter(calendar) but he would check every two weeks for the fix. I assume it will come with the next update of the software. So now I wait.
Not to discourage you, but that the clock would be fixed and mft wouldn't crash anymore are the two big promises they gave last time that weren't true at all. Supposedly there is another update coming but I wouldn't hold my breath - my guess is November and for every 1 thing they fix they'll screw up 3 more things.
Well I will keep my fingers crossed. I heard Microsoft and BSquare(people that wrote the user interface fo MFT) were not having a great relation ship with each other on the last update. I heard two rumors on this. 1. Ford fired BSquare and hired a Microsoft team to fix the MFT software issues. 2nd was Ford formed a team with them, BSquare and Microsoft to resolve all the issue. Not sure what is the real story but I just hope it works. We will see.
Same problem here. No Nav system. It was on my list of problems when I took it in for service weeks ago. Only 1 of 5 or so issues were fixed. The clock was not. As always, if a dealer doesn't see the problem happen, it isn't a problem.
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