ECU module programming guide using FDRS

[rpeterslll]

I'd really like to see a consumer license for FDRS for a reasonable price at 3 yr lengths that is tied to 1 or 2 VIN Numbers.

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[imnuts]

Mongoose-Plus is engineered to work with one of the following OEM's J2534 applications for Chrysler, Ford, GM, Nissan, Toyota, & VW/Audi. It will work

I just wanted to add that I also reached out to Opus via e-mail and got the same response as @JEB that they are brand specific. While I do question that since it is just supposed to be a communication standard pass-through device, I'm not willing to take a chance given the cost of the cable & license to find out it doesn't work.

 

[speedracercjr]

So I got an update just a few minutes ago. Extremely minor but it got pushed from the mothership. So good sign that we get OTA’s after updating via FDRS??

@tonesto7 I went in to check the OTA data in your app and it apparently didn’t like whatever Ford pushed. I’ll PM you the details.

 

[JEB]

I'd really like to see a consumer license for FDRS for a reasonable price at 3 yr lengths that is tied to 1 or 2 VIN Numbers.

That’s pretty much how GM does it. A two-year, one-VIN license to SPS is $40.

 

[Ruffiano99]

And for what it's worth a few clear and resets fixed the DTC

Did you use forscan to clear and reset? I suddenly got a gwm u3000 also, the TSB wont even kick off anymore it just goes straight to telling me to turn off engine.

 

[JEB]

So I got an update just a few minutes ago. Extremely minor but it got pushed from the mothership. So good sign that we get OTA’s after updating via FDRS??

@tonesto7 I went in to check the OTA data in your app and it apparently didn’t like whatever Ford pushed. I’ll PM you the details.

Wow. This is really weird. I have had a digital owner’s manual under the Features tab for as long as I can remember. I think mine came with the truck. You must have missed a lot of stuff in the period you were locked down and it’s only now just getting to you. There could be more coming.

 

[Ruffiano99]

Started doing an IPMA update, just realized part of the way through this is in the same group as the CCM update. Im using the Nano, did i just screw myself?

 

[Snakebitten]

Started doing an IPMA update, just realized part of the way through this is in the same group as the CCM update. Im using the Nano, did i just screw myself?

Well, you will have a problem with the CCM.
I don't know if it's possible to skip it, and if you can I imagine without it you won't get the combined results intended.

That situation you are in led to the bonanza sales of the Mongoose

 

[Ruffiano99]

Well, you will have a problem with the CCM.
I don't know if it's possible to skip it, and if you can I imagine without it you won't get the combined results intended.

That situation you are in led to the bonanza sales of the Mongoose

Hmmmm is it too late to cancel? I have my mongoose on order too. Didnt realize the ipma update was going to lead me down the path i was trying to avoid.

 

[Snakebitten]

Honestly, I don't know. I finished all the updates and of course ended up with a purple CCM.
Once the Mongoose arrived, the CCM update fixed the CCM and various other issues that I had.

The only impact the purple CCM has is you lose cruise control.

 

[Ruffiano99]

Honestly, I don't know. I finished all the updates and of course ended up with a purple CCM.
Once the Mongoose arrived, the CCM update fixed the CCM and various other issues that I had.

The only impact the purple CCM has is you lose cruise control.

If thats the worst of it i can live with that for a few weeks until the mongoose arrives

 

[capitals25]

Newbie here. Huge thank you to the community for this thread and so many others.

Anyone interested in renting out their Mongoose through the mail or locally in Maryland? I'm willing to pay a chunk of your original cost and this shipping to have it for a week or so and then send it back. I was thinking of buying it and trying to go in with a few others so that we could share it through the mail, but I see it's sold out for now.

I've had my truck since January '21 so I'm itching to get BC and the other improvements, but it's a tough pill to swallow to shell out the whole $500 for something we should have had long before now. Hoping to split up the cost a bit.

Thanks all!

 

[Ajzride]

Newbie here. Huge thank you to the community for this thread and so many others.

Anyone interested in renting out their Mongoose through the mail or locally in Maryland? I'm willing to pay a chunk of your original cost and this shipping to have it for a week or so and then send it back. I was thinking of buying it and trying to go in with a few others so that we could share it through the mail, but I see it's sold out for now.

I've had my truck since January '21 so I'm itching to get BC and the other improvements, but it's a tough pill to swallow to shell out the whole $500 for something we should have had long before now. Hoping to split up the cost a bit.

Thanks all!

starting tomorrow you can request your dealer do the upgrades under warranty. Might be the best bet if Mongoose cables are scarce.

 

[JaHoova]

Did you use forscan to clear and reset? I suddenly got a gwm u3000 also, the TSB wont even kick off anymore it just goes straight to telling me to turn off engine.

No I used FDRS. Shut the truck down, walked away for a few hours, started a new FDRS session, then ran self tests on the modules giving me the U3000 (happened on IPC and GWM for me). After one or two self tests the codes all cleared. I also had the immediate engine off on my last GWM update. Again, left for the night and came back in the morning when it worked fine.

 

[Slappy McGee]

No I used FDRS. Shut the truck down, walked away for a few hours, started a new FDRS session, then ran self tests on the modules giving me the U3000 (happened on IPC and GWM for me). After one or two self tests the codes all cleared. I also had the immediate engine off on my last GWM update. Again, left for the night and came back in the morning when it worked fine.

I had something similar on a GWM update where it would start the update and then immediately drop out with a communications error. I let it "rest" for a few hours to no avail, but an overnight wait finally solved it.

I've seen a couple things "self-correct" overnight, so I wonder if the trucks get new data from the mothership. My completely speculative theory is that FDRS sends the module update info to Ford, and then an overnight batch at Ford modifies the "as-built" info and it's loaded to the truck either OTA or during the next FDRS network scan.

That's why some problems aren't solved by the "long nap" and only fixed from the "overnight sleep." This is based on how I've seen other non-Ford systems work so a speculative theory that could be completely wrong.

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