r/MachE • • 17d ago

💬 Discussion Fix for the SYNC rebooting issue (+ Reset Instructions)

123 Upvotes

Hello Mustang Mach-E owners,

I wanted to provide an update on the SYNC rebooting issue. The team appreciates everyone that reached out and provided VINs and helped with troubleshooting. It's played a part in helping to find this solution and we appreciate it.

After investigating with the team, it's turned out to be an issue on the backend with third-party data that was triggering those unexpected SYNC 4 reboots.

Because of this, we want to clarify: This wasn’t an issue with a Ford OTA. I know a lot of folks will defensively toggle off automatic updates when they see a bug reported. If you turned your automatic updates off just in case, make sure you go in and turn them back on!

That data-related issue is now resolved on our end.

Next steps for your Mach-E: If your screen is still acting up or stuck in a reboot loop, you likely just need to force a manual SYNC reset to clear things out and let it pull the fix.

  • Important note: If you already tried doing a manual reset yesterday (or earlier in the week) to try and fix this, you will need to do it one more time today. Resets done before this fix was applied on our end won't have grabbed the solution.

How to reset: The quickest way to do this is to hold down the Volume Down and Right Seek buttons on your steering wheel at the same time for about 10 seconds until the screen goes black and the Pony appears. (If you need the official step-by-step visual guide, you can find that here)

One quick heads-up: While the reboots themselves should be cured, you might still experience some intermittent hiccups with Connected Navigation services. We are actively working with our supplier to get those fully restored as well, so hang tight on that front.

We appreciate your patience as we work to get this resolved.

Have a great weekend! ⚡️


r/MachE • • Aug 06 '26

💬 Discussion The mid-sized electric truck is called Ford Fathom. Here’s what we can tell you.

227 Upvotes

Many of you know me from helping with vehicle issues and answering questions in this community, today I wanted to introduce you to u/RileyFromFord who has newly joined the team and is going to be on Reddit regularly.

We can't show you what our mid-size electric truck looks like...yet. But we can confirm the name: Ford Fathom, the first vehicle produced on the new Universal Electric Vehicle Platform.

”Fathom" traces back to a nautical unit of measurement, originally defined as the distance between a person's outstretched arms, a fitting metaphor for a truck built to meet people wherever they are in life.​ Fitting, right?

What's confirmed right now:

  • Starting MSRP: $28,350, for the standard-range battery. Pre-orders begin early 2027.
  • Every Ford Fathom will be BlueCruise-capable. BlueCruise is Ford’s hands-free highway driving assistant.
  • Fathom has bidirectional power capability.
  • Fathom has a large, high-resolution touchscreen, digital key, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto capability.
  • Fathom will have more passenger volume than a Toyota RAV4, with a frunk and bed for added cargo flexibility. This truck will genuinely useful and fun to drive.
  • Fathom will feature Apple Maps embedded directly into the vehicle, not a traditional phone-projection CarPlay setup. The integration also provides the road-level map data used to help enable key pieces of Ford’s next-generation hands-free highway driving capability.

What we can’t share yet: final imagery, fuller specs, full ordering details, and plenty more are still to come. A hot tip - keep a keen eye on the flipbook video we have going around…

If you want to stay up to date with what we have planned for Fathom, you can sign up here.

Ask us anything, and we'll answer what we can. Riley & I will be in the comments for the next few hours, and we aren't going anywhere after that either.

Emily & Riley (from Ford)


r/MachE • • 13h ago

🛍️ Accessories Ever lifted a Mach E? I just did.

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95 Upvotes

Purchased a new home and it couldn’t make it into the slope on my side of the garage.

I already had the idea of lifting it because I live in snow Minnesota and it would help with clearance.

I didn’t know what kind of car shop to contact for help with this and I decided to call a performance shop.

The folks there told what to purchase and I got it installed today.

1.5” lift using Eibach springs.

I also upgrade the sway bars to eibach sway bars.

All 4 shocks got replaced too so it got a little pricey but I’m super happy with it!!

Excited to look into some beefier tires with some black 18” rims I have.


r/MachE • • 2h ago

❓Question Windo venting in the app

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Why do some owners have window options in the app and others don’t?


r/MachE • • 33m ago

❓Question App Showing Car Unplugged?

• Upvotes

I notice this morning that my App was showing the car as unplugged and at 83% charge (I set it to 90% for overnight).

However when I turn on the car the dash display shows it being at a 90% state of charge.

I’m presuming the App is inaccurate for some reason. Any ideas as to the issue?


r/MachE • • 1h ago

❓Question Departure Time and Climate not working for several times

• Upvotes

Hi,

2021 MME SR RWD (EU CAR, if it matters)

Recently bought it, great car. It is getting colder and I wanted to try the ''preconditioning'' on battery and climate. So I set up departure times through my phone. The very first time, it worked.

Now, I've tried it 3-4 times and neither the car starts preconditioning the battery (its plugged in) nor I can activate the climate button. Shows red triangle.

I have tried doing it 2-3 hours before departure time set and also yesterday, I left the car plugged overnight for charge and set a departure time roughly 15 hours ahead of time. Still didn't do it and trigger the timing.

What am I doing wrong or how can I possibly fix this? Thanks


r/MachE • • 21h ago

🛜 Software Update Mach-E (SYNC 4A) Modding / Reverse Engineering Project

28 Upvotes

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Hi everyone!

I own a 2021 Mustang Mach-E (SYNC 4A) and, as great as the car is, Ford has left a lot of untapped potential on the software side. Compared to competing systems on the market, SYNC 4A suffers from preventable lag, artificial limitations, and zero flexibility for the end user.

More and more automotive communities are successfully gaining root access, sideloading custom packages, and jailbreaking their infotainment systems (just like what happened historically with SYNC 3 via FMods, or across VAG and Tesla platforms). Today, thanks to modern decompilation tools and AI-assisted code analysis, reverse engineering and modding are far more accessible than ever.

I’d like to put together a small working group to dig deep into the system and see how far we can push it.

For example: Android Auto / CarPlay Maps on the Instrument Cluster (IPC)

Right now, the IPC only receives standard turn-by-turn prompts. The goal would be to enable full navigation video streaming (Google Maps, Waze, Apple Maps) directly onto the digital cluster behind the steering wheel, similar to what’s seen on more open platforms or native implementations.

Other interesting features and tweaks to explore:

* UI Optimization & Responsiveness: Strip out unnecessary transitions and animations to make the 15.5" display feel genuinely fluid and snappy.

* Custom Layouts & Themes: Gain the ability to customize accent colors, pinned on-screen widgets, and tile layouts without stock design constraints (the S650 Mustang, for instance, offers selectable cluster themes and a customizable IPC layout).

* App Sideloading: Enable running native background utilities or third-party apps beyond the handful of default options provided by Ford.

* Advanced Telemetry Integration: Build custom on-screen dashboards to monitor real-time net SoC, battery pack temperature, instant power output/regen (kW), and charging curves without relying on external OBD dongles and dedicated phone apps.

* Quality of Life (QoL) Tweaks: Automatically bypass annoying startup pop-ups, improve 360° camera behavior, and add quick toggles for functions currently buried deep in submenus (1-Pedal Drive, drive modes, etc.).

If you have experience with reverse engineering, embedded Android/QNX, automotive CAN/Ethernet protocols (BroadR-Reach), or FORScan / As-Built coding—or if you just want to help test (I honestly wouldn't know where to start on my own), analyze firmware files, and bounce ideas around—let's discuss it below or feel free to DM me.


r/MachE • • 9h ago

💬 Discussion Black Lug Nuts that fit the factory wheels

3 Upvotes

What brand and model did you use? Was the 162ft-lbs of torque an issue

Thanks


r/MachE • • 10h ago

🛍️ Accessories Car Seat fit (Nuna Revv Max)

2 Upvotes

I have a 2024 Mach E Rally and need help to see if a Nuna Revv Max fits.

Do you have one and does it fit?


r/MachE • • 13h ago

💬 Discussion Purchase advice

4 Upvotes

Yes I know I can test drive but want to see comments here. I have 21 tuned A5 Sportback with S-line that's pretty fast (4.5 sec 0-60). I like it but was thinking of switching cars and Mach-E GT came in to my mind. However Gemini is telling me that even GT with Magneride will steer and handle worse than my A5. I am looking for something that will handle same or better since even A5 is too soft for me. Unfortunately Tycan is out of my price range...


r/MachE • • 11h ago

💬 Discussion 1st World Tech Problems-Scheduling Charge %, Departure Times

1 Upvotes

I admitted it in the title. I'm dealing with a first world problem. I wish MME had some better scheduling availability. I want my car to charge to its normal 80% tonight, tomorrow night, and Thursday night. On Friday night, I want it to charge to 100% before I leave for a trip. I also want it to be ready to depart at 8 am this Saturday. A couple days next week I dont want my normal departure time, I want it to be an hour earlier. With today's tech I should be able to schedule all this, by calendar day, in an app. 3 departure times in a day, 100% charge three weeks from now, 90% charge next Tuesday, 50% charge 3 weeks from now. Am I asking too much?


r/MachE • • 1d ago

🔌 Charging Electric bill went down

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There are more factors than just car charging (air conditioner) but I bought the Mache in June, I mostly trickle charge at home with a regular wall plug, and I mostly drive around town in the front range USA. The car hasn't added to the electric bill hardly at all and this October bill is down from last year.
Billing cycle here is 9/22-10/22.


r/MachE • • 13h ago

❓Question In theory, is the TCU really needed?

2 Upvotes

Just bought a 2025 rally a few weeks ago, and my TCU is apparently dead. I’ve got an appointment to get it replaced at the dealer on Thursday.

Something I’ve been wondering though - how long could i theoretically get away with just having a broken/dead TCU?

I can still drive, charge, and use almost all functionality of the car. Just not the fordpass app.
Of course, I probably wouldn’t be able to get software updates anywhere but the dealer, and wouldn’t get any new functionality or software fixes.

Anyways, this was just a fun thought experiment- could this thing just keep running sans-TCU if all I needed was a way to charge it?

This idea had me imagining what old used Mach-e’s will be like in 15-20 years..


r/MachE • • 1d ago

💬 Discussion 2027 Ford Mustang Mach-E Will Be Offered As Special Service Vehicle

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108 Upvotes

r/MachE • • 15h ago

❓Question Are the lugnuts garbage?

2 Upvotes

2025 select awd std range....chrome/silver lug nuts

I was swapping out my winter wheels, dropped my lugnut, and it made the same hollow tingy sound the faulty f150 lugnuts used to make.

Are the machE lugnuts the same two piece junk they were using (perhaps still using) on f150s?


r/MachE • • 20h ago

💬 Discussion Looking for advice/thoughts- Mach-E Battery Repair

4 Upvotes

We have a 2022 Mach-e premium. We have absolutely loved everything about it. We came home from a 10 day vacation in July and it suddenly wouldn't charge. Dropped it off at the dealership on July 7, with a window of two weeks until it is repaired. There is something wrong with a section of the battery and there are multiple parts they need in order to repair it. It is October 27 and we are still waiting for the final part. It has been escalated to corporate, so all we can do is wait. Has anybody else experienced anything like this?

The problem is they need to "replace HVB Modules" and the missing part is Reman Array Assembly (or something along those lines).


r/MachE • • 19h ago

❓Question 2026 Mach E Hill Start Assist Warning

1 Upvotes

Just got my 2026 Mustang Mach E about a month ago.

I already have a warning light stating “Hill Start Assist”

Anyone have this pop up? Is it just a software glitch?


r/MachE • • 1d ago

🧹 Fluff I found our place!

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76 Upvotes

Every spot had one 💅


r/MachE • • 21h ago

🧹 Fluff Turn signal sequence backwards?

0 Upvotes

I know this is going to sound nit-picky, but the turn signal sequence looks backwards to me. It seems they flash from the outside in rather than inside out. I’m wondering if there’s a NHTSA/regulatory reason for this, or it was just a design decision. Would be cool if you could select the sequence in settings.


r/MachE • • 1d ago

❓Question Will these rims/tires fit my mach e?

2 Upvotes

Hey everyone, I got a 2026 premium awd sr back in September and it’s time to buy tires and wheels for the snow.

I ordered these: https://www.canadawheels.ca/rssw-wheels-drive-gloss-black-azz858dvgb

And I’m going to order 225/60R18 104H XL Michelin X-Ice + tires from Costco.

Warning on Costco website says these are not recommended for this vehicle and they may not install them. It’s up to the manager. Fine, I’ll deal with that if they refuse to work with me on the installation.

But it’s got me worried that maybe these won’t work for my car? Please mme herd, lemme know if these will work, and, if anyone has any experience with these, how are they? Canada wheels says the rims will fit fine but now I’m concerned. Anyone have these on a mach e?


r/MachE • • 1d ago

🛒 Car Shopping 2021 AWD Standard Range, 240k miles. What should I pay?

7 Upvotes

There is a 2021 AWD standard range Mach-E that I can get my hands on, but we're not sure what a fair price is. This is at the extreme end of the mileage charts at 240k miles and we're not even sure if KBB's value of ~$7k (for my zip code) is even in the ball park. All recall notices are taken care of including this famed HVJB issue I keep reading about. Local Ford dealership would not entertain any trade-in value for it, as expected. Thoughts?


r/MachE • • 1d ago

🛒 Car Shopping 2027 Order banks now open- Lower MSRP

26 Upvotes

Based on 2027 Order Guide and a recent article published in Ford Authority web site, I was just at local dealer to bottom out pricing on either '26 or '27 Mach E Premium. In fact the '27 is $2350 less expensive based on my research. I ordered a '27 .


r/MachE • • 2d ago

🎉 New Owner New Owner

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281 Upvotes

So excited to come back to the Mustang family. I have so much to learn.


r/MachE • • 1d ago

❓Question Best Dash cam that is discreet?

3 Upvotes

Looking to buy a dash cam for someone that has both front and rear cams. and ok with cabin recording also as an option. But I want one that is a little more discreet than this chunk of device sticking on the windshield. Been digging around on the threads and Fit cam X is a nice option and checking if you guys recommend any other ones that have both front and back cameras. I was hoping to install it under the frits/black dots of the windshield but it looks relatively small compared to other car's windshields. Are there ones that are kind of small enough to install under that? Parked recordings are not necessary, mostly want to record while driving.

Anything I need to be aware of for an EV? This would be my 1st time installing on an EV.

Thanks for the help!


r/MachE • • 2d ago

Its intended purpose

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