Bummed to see the gsm I used is part of a tsb issued three years ago. I bought mine from a Ford dealer and not online in March of 25. I would think Ford could be a little more proactive in getting suspect parts out of their inventories.
Mine is the LJ9Z-7P155-D.
If I may make a suggestion...
On mine, the knob will spin infinitely spin either direction if you are in R, N, or D. If I am in park, the knob will not spin either direction unless the correct parameters have been met to shift out of park. If I am in park with the brake pressed, I can spin the knob counterclockwise. It...
The only issues I've had is that it sets the park brake if you open a door or power down while not in park. When I go to move again I have to manually release the park brake.
The auto hold switch works correctly on mine.
The L button does work to lock the vehicle in neutral for extended...
I kind of like the no motor MachE knob. One less failure mode.
If the others don't set the park brake if you open the door in gear, it would be a plus for them.
I didn't have the fob directly with me when I did the update. It was about 50ft away in the house. I saw and started the update, went to get the fob and before I got back, the update was done.
It has worked beautifully for me. Auto hold works fine. The only new thing with I have experienced is it now will apply the park brake if you open the door or turn off power when not in park.
I swapped to a rotary knob. It is a less intuitive than the lever, but sure freed up space on the console. If I don't shift to park before opening the door or depowering the vehicle, it will set the park brake and I have to manually release it to move again. I general, I do like it due to the...