How To: Sync 3/4 swap for non Sync 3 XL/XLT

[ChefJeff789]

Great, thank you. And if I don't want Sirius XM, I believe I can just use my existing ACM in my XL, correct?

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[24atlasmaverick]

Great, thank you. And if I don't want Sirius XM, I believe I can just use my existing ACM in my XL, correct?

No I don’t believe so. I think it is different entirely. But I could be wrong. I think it’s more so the software.

 

[RONR11]

Great, thank you. And if I don't want Sirius XM, I believe I can just use my existing ACM in my XL, correct?

From what I've read you will need a bronco or escape ACM to get sync 3 or 4
May be wrong but it has to be programmed also.
Im in the process doing this also but theres a few issues with the pinouts on the 54 apim and it looks like those that have done it have left the site

 

[RONR11]

Has anyone done the sync 3 or 4 ?
The 54 pin apim pinout from Zack shows 14 and 25 used more than once txs

 

[24atlasmaverick]

Sometimes I wish the OP wouldn’t have abandoned this thread… I’ve owned my Xlt for a year now and all I want is SYNC 3 and every company I contact wants nothing to do with it…

 

[fcoplo]

Sometimes I wish the OP wouldn’t have abandoned this thread… I’ve owned my Xlt for a year now and all I want is SYNC 3 and every company I contact wants nothing to do with it…

Hi, I am doing this job in my country , if
you really want it, I can prepare a kit for you. contact me at instagram
@todofordsync3
R

 

[24atlasmaverick]

Hi, I am doing this job in my country , if
you really want it, I can prepare a kit for you. contact me at instagram
@todofordsync3
R

Sounds good!

Hi, I am doing this job in my country , if
you really want it, I can prepare a kit for you. contact me at instagram
@todofordsync3
R

Sounds good I’ll send you a message!

 

[Toddman45]

It would be nice if somebody sold these kits whether you wanted a Sync 4 non-nav Sync 4 with nav etc. I would be interested in the Sync 4 without nav and the wiring harnesses needed and possibly OEM sirius.

 

[24atlasmaverick]

It would be nice if somebody sold these kits whether you wanted a sink for non-nav sink for with nav etc. I would be interested in the sink for without nav and the wiring harnesses needed and possibly OEM sirius.

That’s exactly what I want! Anything is better than the garbage ford used in these! For a $35k truck you’d think they’d use their own infotainment. Cheaper bronco sports have sync!!

 

[Toddman45]

That’s exactly what I want! Anything is better than the garbage ford used in these! For a $35k truck you’d think they’d use their own infotainment. Cheaper bronco sports have sync!!

Agreed I've never had any problems with past sync radios in my 2012 and 2016 f-150s or my 2019 Ford explorer.

But the system in my 24 XLT with luxury package is garbage. I'll turn the car off going to the gas station was listening to the USB input music and when I come back out it goes to radio and takes forever to load it's just slow buggy and horrible as they come.

It would really make my day if metra came out with a kit to integrate a aftermarket head unit like Kenwood Sony or Alpine as well as all the wiring adapters to work with the steering controls and OEM Mics in the car. As well as iDatalonk Maestroto make a interface module.

 

[Mavy917]

I’ve recently gone through and did the whole install myself. I bought my kit through fordsync4.com.
I had to modify the harness they sent to the harness in this thread. That wasn’t a problem.
Everything seems to be working with the exception of the AC controls. The ac works but the display doesn’t show properly on the screen. Any ideas what it might be?

 

[fcoplo]

I’ve recently gone through and did the whole install myself. I bought my kit through fordsync4.com.
I had to modify the harness they sent to the harness in this thread. That wasn’t a problem.
Everything seems to be working with the exception of the AC controls. The ac works but the display doesn’t show properly on the screen. Any ideas what it might be?

I think it is related to a firmware compability, between sync4 and hvac module, I have the same issue, temperature is not showed in climate screen. Controls works ok (buttons and voice).

 

[801Maverick801]

Mordfaverick and I have successfully swapped SYNC 3 in the lariat with SYNC 4. FordPass is now working because we had not removed pins 41 and 42 on the APIM connector. This was documented in the OP but later in this thread OP claims that you only need to remove pins 53 an 54 on the APIM to swap SYNC 3 with SYNC 4. This post is to clarify that lariats with SYNC 3 need to remove pins 41, 42, 53, and 54 to work. FordPass works but you lose the ability to re-pair the vehicle to a FordPass account. So you must activate FordPass on a SYNC 3 and then swap. We have all functionality from the OP.

Why would you have to disconnect the communication lines?

If you are going from no sync to sync 4, should I not tie in the comm lines?

 

[801Maverick801]

I’ve recently gone through and did the whole install myself. I bought my kit through fordsync4.com.
I had to modify the harness they sent to the harness in this thread. That wasn’t a problem.
Everything seems to be working with the exception of the AC controls. The ac works but the display doesn’t show properly on the screen. Any ideas what it might be?

Do you have the LED display HVAC module?

 

[801Maverick801]

What

I'm going to try to do this with a 12" screen.
I already bought the screen.
I already bought the ACM.

What I don't understand is what happens if I use a FORD F150 APIM. Like this one:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/393642312034?_nkw=ford+bronco+apim+12&itmmeta=01J6GRDFBFAXVP3S756FXP3DFT&hash=item5ba6e90162:g:jZkAAOSwKmFhcdLe&itmprp=enc:AQAJAAAA8HoV3kP08IDx+KZ9MfhVJKlXw43M65x+jq/CagBdj7xT7Ost3wRyMy0uWew4dZU9FStE25Gn8paMDKGUPPaSqzKvh99h/tsmdkQiRZS2hk/vbQmcgt8TlifUOdzFCC8RssoPGECO3QjIFQJc8VjnizeI2IHrd9bdO9dscghDd0CsFeuk2UNJ8t33XLTgS2smvGzehuxequhpQbWbmQF8Q+CI1C4B/AOr5yokf/7OQeSNzwdITye35c17Fsh7ZJNE6oockk6PT6NxX4k6DSsSmRuMi1xIlptnhk8OVSpr1OMJQKKlrJFdeP3Js2mX0JdYvQ==|tkp:BFBM6PW1mLRk

Or should I buy an Escape or Bronco?

What ACM and Screen did you buy?

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