openair Posted January 5, 2015 at 10:22 PM Report Share Posted January 5, 2015 at 10:22 PM Friday picked up 4x wheels + tpms from a ford dealer. Took them to kal tire to have them mount them and the Michelin's they had in stock my ford dealer did not. Drove it to the girlfriends ~10km away. Sat overnight. Drove it home the next afternoon. 50km into the drive the TPMS fault message comes on. Pulled over. Checked tires. Seemed fine. Drove home. Checked with gauge. Looks about 35psi. At noon today my wipers would not work. They worked on the drive home Saturday. I pull on them, they move about half a swipe then I have to push on them for them to return. Also noticed when checking on the wipers the front left hood latch does not latch making it finicky about the hood being ajar or not. Received the APIM reprogramming letter while I was at the girlfriends for the weekend. What does the APIM interface with? This APIM reprogramming was announced a few months ago I think? It's likely not related to these other problems? Just coincidence? Kal Tire tried to program the sensors thinking they were after market but could not... Possible that damaged or means the sensors need proper programming? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larryh Posted January 5, 2015 at 10:42 PM Report Share Posted January 5, 2015 at 10:42 PM APIM is the Accessory Protocol Interface Module. It's the computer that runs SYNC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
openair Posted January 5, 2015 at 10:49 PM Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2015 at 10:49 PM (edited) Just sync? I knew what it stood for and was mostly related to sync but, technically, the TPMS are accessories. Edited January 5, 2015 at 10:52 PM by openair Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larryh Posted January 5, 2015 at 10:53 PM Report Share Posted January 5, 2015 at 10:53 PM (edited) The BCM (body control module) is responsible for TPMS. APIM communicates with the BCM over the CAN bus. APIM is the module responsible for displaying any TPMS alerts. Edited January 5, 2015 at 10:55 PM by larryh Hybridbear 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
openair Posted January 5, 2015 at 11:16 PM Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2015 at 11:16 PM (edited) Hmmm. Seems likely then the drive home Saturday, in by far the worst weather this vehicle has experienced, had the BCM develop a fault and the APIM letter is just coincidence. A faulty BCM could cause the TPMS light, the wiper problem and one of the hood latches to fail to reengage? Edited January 6, 2015 at 12:06 AM by openair Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
openair Posted January 6, 2015 at 03:09 PM Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2015 at 03:09 PM (edited) My gps is now also off location sometimes and this morning, coming to a stop, there was what started as a low vibration noise that grew in volume and pitch as I slowed down until it became very loud as I stopped. I believe this was the friction breaks rubbing somehow. I was only able to reproduce this noise very briefly (such that it did not grow in pitch and volume) on my drive home. It began as snow compacting and crunching under the tires. I now wonder if it's somehow the electronic noise cancellation picking up the crunch of the snow and attempt to cancel but not being designed to do so. Update:Same noise on the drive home this afternoon. No crunch of compacting snow this time. Has to be the friction breaks. Maybe I still didn't get the right wheels. sigh. My car alarm was also triggered this morning by unplugging the block heater... Edited January 7, 2015 at 10:14 PM by openair Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FordServiceCA Posted January 13, 2015 at 04:17 PM Report Share Posted January 13, 2015 at 04:17 PM My gps is now also off location sometimes and this morning, coming to a stop, there was what started as a low vibration noise that grew in volume and pitch as I slowed down until it became very loud as I stopped. I believe this was the friction breaks rubbing somehow. I was only able to reproduce this noise very briefly (such that it did not grow in pitch and volume) on my drive home. It began as snow compacting and crunching under the tires. I now wonder if it's somehow the electronic noise cancellation picking up the crunch of the snow and attempt to cancel but not being designed to do so. Update:Same noise on the drive home this afternoon. No crunch of compacting snow this time. Has to be the friction breaks. Maybe I still didn't get the right wheels. sigh. My car alarm was also triggered this morning by unplugging the block heater... Hey openair, Let me help! Has your dealer been able to diagnose these concerns? Send me a private message with your full name, phone number, current odometer reading, VIN, and dealer info; I'll check available resources. NikkiFord Service CA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
openair Posted January 14, 2015 at 03:13 PM Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 at 03:13 PM I did Monday. I believe it was forwarded to the regional manager yesterday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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