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The "Cannot Contact FDRS Servers..." issue can also be due to a security/network configuration problem during software installation. Just "overinstalling" FDRS 40.4.8 fixed my Cannot Contact FDRS Servers issue as described below:

After setting up and using FDRS for the first time, I found a "Getting Started With FDRS..." YouTube video by a lifelong Ford owner who goes by Ragnar.Kon on YouTube. I wished I'd watched his YouTube video before starting out myself! Lots of good advice in the video. His Bosch dongle is in...

If you have the Home Integration System installed, this is what you see when you log into https://energy.ford.com/ : Presumably, if the system were active in backup power transfer (or you were charging your vehicle), you'd see in the upper right of the web page the power transfer animation from...

Thanks, I've PM'd the VIN # to you.

@rugedraw. I got FDRS set up and went through all the steps you outlined in the post I'm quoting. However, when I ran the BCM Inhibit Mode Unlock procedure, it failed the 2x I tried it. I presume the reason it failed is the unlock depends on (older?) ICE vehicle ignition functions. The...

Turns out that the Helm, Inc. account associated with purchasing the license has nothing to do with running FDRS once you have a license. For that, according to Rotunda tech support for FDRS, you need to register a Ford account at www.motorcraftservice.com. Since it was 7 am my time, I may...

After I activated FDRS with the 20-character code, my initial problem when logging in was that a gray dialog box would pop up saying that the FDRS servers weren't available, but log in anyway to work offline with limited ability. A Microsoft copilot search revealed that was a common problem...

If Ford Roadside Assistance has motorized dollies that can brake and be steered, I can see how they could get the truck out of my garage. Otherwise, if they can't make it in one turn, I don't see where they'll find the room to move the truck back uphill to make another turn, even though the...

Yes, I've thought of that. I figured at least I could back it out of the garage and orient it facing down the driveway towards the street so it doesn't have to be pulled at an awkward angle out of the garage or rolled on dollies down a grade. It can take 1 to 2 back-and-forths to get into or...

My thought exactly. There ought to be an "easy" rollback mechanism... My driveway rises about 5' from the street and makes a greater-than-90-degree turn into the garage (I normally back the truck up the driveway, then drive forward into the garage). AFAIK, there is no way Ford Roadside...

Will I need a power supply to take my truck out of inhibit mode with FDRS safely, or is that such a simple "unlock" procedure that just an FDRS subscription and the Mongoose Plus Ford2 cable should be enough, i.e., no significant power draw? I've also ordered the Clore Pro-Logic PL6100 power...

Yes, I eventually got that screen. It only showed up after quite a few attempts at starting my truck. Now it's the only thing my SYNC screen displays and I can't go anywhere else or see anything else on the screen, same as your photo shows. :sadface:

Further twist in the road. Last night, when I turned on my truck, in spite of a previous successful completion notice on 7/3/24 for the ECG-24.2.4.9 update, I got a new NOT COMPLETED notice: Then, the truck tried to install Priority Update: 23-PU0813-DOR-UP2 (the windows, mirror, and lock...

@rugedraw. Would factory resetting my vehicle have any chance of getting me out of inhibit mode? I asked my dealer's customer service rep about using FDRS myself (since they don't have a EV Mobile Service tech, only a single on-site EV tech), and he advised against using FDRS myself as long as...

Update failed for me, too, at 5 AM today. Truck is stuck in INHIBIT MODE. Trying to power it on, only starts in "Full Accessory Mode." Shift lever won't go out of PARK, etc. Car Scanner said my LVB was 86% SOC before it started, 85% SOC when it ended (my truck was plugged in to my FCSP). I...

My truck failed, too, with the same update and is stuck in inhibit mode. The OTA Update dept at FMC called me to let me know and says my truck will have to be towed to the dealer. Since it's in a garage where it would be very difficult to extricate as the driveway makes a 90-degree turn to go...

Would be interesting to know what cabin temperature you had set: 70 degrees F can draw a lot more juice than 80 degrees F, for example. Also, did you have RECIRCULATE on for the cabin AC? That can make a difference, too. I find the recirculate setting is not "sticky" for my truck. I...

What annoys me is that the RECIRCULATE setting on the AC tends to go off when you turn the truck off and let it sit for a good while. Also, if you've turned on an overhead "courtesy" light, then you turn the truck off and realize you left the light on, you have to turn the truck back on to turn...

Thanks! Just like @TaxmanHog's editing the charge station name a wee bit, your trick worked for me and then it didn't. I had been charging for some time at 48 A, ~10.7 kW output from my FCSP. Then I changed my target from 50% to 80% using the slider at the top of the ENERGY tab FP page. And...

I stopped charging via the app, also pressed the truck port button, too. Unplugged the charger and reseated the charging head in the FCSP. Started the truck, then shut it down. Plugged the charger into the truck again and when charging resumed, it was still at 80 amps. I don't recall if I...