Weird thing happened last night, MFT lockup

[harlenm]

So, there is a thread over in the stock forum about odometers counting miles too fast(http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=343266). Anyway, since I own a Nuvi portable GPS, I decided I would test the speedometer accuracy.

On my way home last night, about 5 minutes into my drive, I remembered that I would do that, so I reached into the glove box and grabbed the Nuvi and the mount, and turned it on. A little bit after that, I noticed that the MFT was completely locked up. No buttons were working, the screen was unresponsive, and voice command didn't turn on.

After about 10 minutes of searching for the satellites, the Nuvi finally found my location(it had been off and in the glove box for a few months). At the exact moment when the Nuvi found it's location, all functionality of the MFT/Sync started to work at once. It even remembered all the buttons I had pressed, including turning on the heated seat, and skipping a few tracks on my ipod, even though the system didn't acknowledge that I did these activities at the time.

Not really sure what to think of this.

 

[bluelion]

the freeze up happened to me as well. i even video taped it with my phone because everything on the mft screen was frozen but i was able to change radio, ac, bluetooth, by using the steering wheel controls. it was frozen for about 15-20 minutes. the clock on MFT showed 5:15ish pm, and the gauge cluster display showed 5:30sih. it hasn't happened since so i didn't even bother mentioning it to the dealer. i just hope the new update fixes the issue...

oh, and for the record, i do not have a portable GPS unit or anything to say that it could be related to your GPS unit. in your case, i think it was purely a coincidence that it froze up when you got the nuvi out.

 

[jrmexplorer]

So, there is a thread over in the stock forum about odometers counting miles too fast(http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=343266). Anyway, since I own a Nuvi portable GPS, I decided I would test the speedometer accuracy.

On my way home last night, about 5 minutes into my drive, I remembered that I would do that, so I reached into the glove box and grabbed the Nuvi and the mount, and turned it on. A little bit after that, I noticed that the MFT was completely locked up. No buttons were working, the screen was unresponsive, and voice command didn't turn on.

After about 10 minutes of searching for the satellites, the Nuvi finally found my location(it had been off and in the glove box for a few months). At the exact moment when the Nuvi found it's location, all functionality of the MFT/Sync started to work at once. It even remembered all the buttons I had pressed, including turning on the heated seat, and skipping a few tracks on my ipod, even though the system didn't acknowledge that I did these activities at the time.

Not really sure what to think of this.

MFT is angry at you for cheating on it with a Garmin.....