Infotainment Reliability XL/XLT

[pac87]

Been seeing a lot of people complain that the infotainment system in the XL and XLT constantly freeze, disconnect and is just an overall headache to live with on a daily basis.

Are these complaints just a small minority? Are any of you happy with the infotainment system and find it works and works well?

I know this doesn’t apply to Lariat trim levels as they have a completely different system.

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[BuddyS]

Mine has been 99.9% fine lately. At first U was using a non-apple USB cable for CarPlay and sometimes things were a little flukey. I swapped to an actual Apple USB-C to lighting cable and everything has been working like one would expect. Except ONCE when I turned on the car and for about 15 seconds I couldn't adjust the volume. After pushing buttons and panicking for a bit (it was early AM in the driveway and the stereo was booming my bad taste in music pretty loudly) it finally reacted.

But for all intents and purposes, my car is fine. Late Sept 2022 build, for what it's worth.

 

[Scupking]

Mine is good! There was a big software update last month. Before the update mine froze only once since I got my Maverick in August.

 

[All4spl]

Zero issues with mine, I did however have a difficult time updating the software, but was finally able to get it installed this past weekend after many many tries.

 

[KevCuRaoi]

Been seeing a lot of people complain that the infotainment system in the XL and XLT constantly freeze, disconnect and is just an overall headache to live with on a daily basis.

Are these complaints just a small minority? Are any of you happy with the infotainment system and find it works and works well?

I know this doesn’t apply to Lariat trim levels as they have a completely different system.

I have an XLT. My radio /bluetooth connection isn't the greatest, but music from USB is good.
It will occasionally freeze, but nothing major (and not more then the better SYNC3 in my pervious vehicle).

When connecting to android auto, I sometimes have to plug it in more than once to get it to actually connect.

Some minor glitches/annoyances, but it has actually been better than I expected!

 

[RonFLA]

I think the general consensus is it’s just very underpowered in the processor and ram. It works fine with cable tethered CarPlay but many say, it’s glitchy with Android Auto.

Biggest issue with the radio is the poor quality speakers that have very little bass, for most peoples taste. Sounds fine for talk radio and phone calls.

 

[Clarkdonbran]

I had it freeze on me once. I started using USB-c lately and the connection is more consistent.

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