Fixing 2012 Ford F-150 radio, flashing time, always connecting to sync.

[@MrSupergee]

There is one small 8 pin IC on the board that you need to re-solder (I can't remember it's name but I think Q201). Just cover the pins in solder flux and wet all the pins with a decent small tip soldering iron by pulling it away from the IC. The legs ones on the radio I worked on today were floating above the PCB. You can use a pair of tweezers on the IC and gently pull it up to see if all the legs are firmly soldered onto the PCB to verify.

[@52andSomeChange]

Thanks for the video! I watched another video first, but it didn’t show how to disassemble the radio, this was a huge help.

[@DrPoopee79]

Did this with a nvidia video card about 10 years ago in a regular oven. Had to redo it every 4 months or so. It works!

[@treeoflibertydefense8612]

How much did that card cost 10 years ago? 🤣

[@wendycacioli6002]

I had this issue with my 2011 F150 and this video was a life saver. All the radio repair has cost me so far is a few drops of blood (still finding them in random places on the dash), 1 - 7mm dash bolt that was supposed to go back by the cigarette lighter (but is now rattling around under the dash) and a radio label that now looks like a Shrinky Dink. My radio did crap out 2 weeks after baking it. It crackled like the speakers blew and then radio went dead again. I was gonna re-bake it but turned out to be OK. My suggestion is Do Not Disconnect The Battery. The battery terminals on my truck are really finicky so I left it connected out of laziness. Oddly enough, when I was removing the radio from the dash to bake it again the damned thing turned on. Startled the crap out of me. Evidently, I must've jostled it just enough to re-seat whatever had come loose. I don't think it was any of the connections in the back of the radio though. I put everything back together and it worked fine for about a month. It then randomly cut out a few times (after the same crackling noise like the speakers had blown) but would go back on a few seconds later. Then it progressed to crapping out completely but turning on fine again when I restarted the truck! It died again yesterday. Wouldn't restart so I was gonna bake it again today. Sure enough, I took the dash off, started to remove the radio and it kicked on a again. Works fine now. I'm guessing there is a kink somewhere that is causing a random disconnection. Doubt I'll ever find it. The moral of the story is, leave the power connected. Your dead radio may just be a loose wire.

[@waynelydyniuk5296]

Thanks for your video, Now the wife is happy that she has a working radio in her 2011f150. It worked for me in my regular oven, put it in for 9 minutes at 285.

[@d9e240]

I was waiting for someone to do this. Thank you!!

[@sifuasGeek]

Holy crap! It worked. I did this today with my toaster oven at 275 for 10+ minutes. I will repost if it fails some time down the line.

[@justl1625]

Life saver for sure, came in clutch before going on a date

[@serafinmartinez9434]

My 2012 F150 radio had that problem I tried what you said on the video and it worked Again thanks for the video

[@lifeisduty]

Thanks for the video, I was skeptical and now I'm going for it:)

[@soups8307]

It’s actually fairly easy! My next video will be how to install subs on a factory Ford F-150 stereo

[@matinpourmehdi8160]

@@soups8307it does work?

[@Benifull]

Just fixed my radio in my 2014 F150. Thanks!!!

[@WasserSquatch]

thanks so much for this video! the disassembly of the radio was much appreciated but I want to give you a heads up, after watching a couple of othe videos I noticed that you quoted a cooler temperature than several of the others stated so I went online and found out that it's actually 385 f. also when you take the large heatsync off the one side there some white "grease" on it this is a thermal product and I suggest you buy some to add to it so that those 3 components don't overheat causing further problems

[@AlecHansen-hf8kc]

I can’t believe this worked for me, PSA you NEED to let it cool with oven door open before moving the board. If not can worsen the problem

[@ijw7801]

Conventional oven also works. 375 for 10 minutes

[@davem145mxr]

I did the oven trick and it worked for about 24 hours

[@serafinmartinez9434]

Thanks for the video my 2012 had a problem and I tried it and it worked

[@roosersan]

Bro you sound like me on this shit. I have a 2010 doing the same I'm about to take it down this weekend thanks for the video !

[@CharlieTheCarpenter]

Instead of baking the circuit board in the oven couldn’t somebody just re-solder the board?

[@timothyrushman2452]

did it , worked as you said it would

[@soups8307]

It worked for about a week, as mentioned in the video, it’s a hit and miss, but worked for me for about 2-3 months before I crapped out and got a used from a buddy

[@jargalvingalvin4247]

Works perfectly thank you

[@sboazable]

What whould you do if someone was trying to save time and put the entire radio in the oven, and there was allot of smoke then stuff was oozing out of the bottom just before two very loud popping sounds and a very small fire that was put out quickly, asking for a friend.

[@marcharlan5001]

Just did this and I swear my radio is working now!!! 👍🏾

[@soups8307]

If this problem is constantly happening like it did to me.. well you have to replace the radio.. it is what it is at this point.. I got one for 250.00 cdn, as I live in Canada, some steering controls don’t work but I deal.. Bluetooth most of the time so phone control is primary :)

[@WGIRON78]

This fix us good for a couple of days so at the end you have to replace the unit.

[@thomasweis]

My radio screen doesnt turn on. I can see that the backlight comes on, but nothing displays. Is this the same issue? or is this fixing a different problem

[@soups8307]

I don’t know if I ever touched on the PAC modules you can buy for the fords.. if you want to go after market (in Canada anyways) to retain steering controls you require, 2 PAC controllers, easily findable online, most car audio shops won’t touch them where I’m from. They cost roughly 200-250 a pack, and then you need the dash kit, and the deck.. dash kit not overly expensive can’t remember the price, and the deck well. That’s on you and preference, back up camera could probably be moved if you Have one in the mirror on the 12’. **please remember this is a dyi video that I just decided to do to help the average joe. I’m still working on the sub woofer video as I’m watching battery % drop over a period of time, to see whether you require a capacitor. As of now I wanna say you won’t require one. Please stay tuned. 😊

[@joshbeers8956]

I have a 2014 F-150 with this issue and I'm doing my research before I go through with it. Several videos on KZbin saying the oven works fine... why is it that you say you need a toaster oven? What's the difference as it pertains to baking the pcb?

[@soups8307]

The only reason I use a toaster oven is, the radio sits closer to elements so it heats quicker and you don’t have to heat up the whole oven. Smaller space. You could use oven but pre heat would be smart I’m guessing.

[@lukecash6856]

what happens if you use the regular oven? I don't have a toaster oven

[@soups8307]

You can try a regular oven, but it’s because it a smaller area to concentrate heat. Maybe increase the time in the oven to allow it to get to temperature.

[@soups8307]

NOW THAT SPRING IS HERE I WILL BE DOING MY SUBWOOFER INSTALL INTO A STOCK F-150 09-14! This weekend stay tuned!

[@soups8307]

Wiring diagram I got was wrong getting new one this week! Sorry for the delay. :(

[@mattstacy1652]

My 2011 Ford has the navigation screen sync “my touch” I guess. Keeps restarting or rebooting. Shows the Ford emblem like it should, to the Sony screen like it should, goes dark then starts over. Any ideas?

[@toddrichards3176]

Mine craped out over a year ago and the other day it came back on all of a sudden. Now it's flashing again

[@paulmenard4114]

Dude great video, I also don’t doubt the oven works, my only thought is, if it’s only going to work for maybe 2 days, 2 weeks or even a month, it’s not worth my trouble. Believe me I don’t have much $ either, but this just happened to mine. Any chance it’ll work tomorrow? 😅

[@soups8307]

I mean, when it first happened to me i checked all possible routes to avoid this. Being from Canada things are a little more costly cause everything I need to retain steering controls, and Bluetooth and so on are 300.00 bucks without install, and that doesn’t include the deck or the wiring kit or the dash kit lol! And I mean this toaster oven idea I came across on a forum.. well worked. And we’ll it work a few more times but... now I’m poonched haha! Good thing buddy has a guy that can get one for 250.00 cdn better than fords 450.00!

[@paulmenard4114]

@@soups8307 that’s awesome brother good for you! I wonder if I could put an aftermarket stereo in and get some kind of trim kit for it?

[@soups8307]

@@paulmenard4114 yes, there is a trim kit for the 09-14, but again retaining the steering controls for the volume and track skip and Bluetooth are the costly part. Otherwise buy a deck hardwire the sucker up with the speakers hardwired to the new unit and call it a day! I love my steering controls I don’t want to give them up! Lol

[@soups8307]

Dash kit I should say***

[@paulmenard4114]

@@soups8307 I agree I love my steering controls as well. I’ve been listening to Sirius through my headphones which is totally illegal while I’m driving but any port in a storm! Lol

[@needlesswords]

How long does this fix last for? If I have to keep repeating, I may go another route. Thanks!

[@jimmyredekop5799]

I have it fixed twice, first time it lasted a week then a year. How did yours do?

[@sj-xb4yz]

take a solder iron and tap every back side solder point... might last even longer

[@dtmacheske]

My 2011 F150 radio was unresponsive, " said " Built Ford Tough" I tried this method down to a T, also tried removing battery cable for 10min. to reset, and touched them together to supposed drain some compaciter.. no luck.. ANYONE HAVE ANY IDEAS ?? 💡 Dan

[@juliodabarber1]

Going to try this on my 2014 Mustang GT. Radio just say "M U S T A N G G T" hope this fixes it. Keep yelling updated

[@masonprice9218]

It work?

[@austinwestling1770]

My 2011 mustang is doing the same. I heard this works and will possibly give it a try.

[@meghunt88]

How do you remove the wires, 2 black ones, that are connected to motherboard?

[@soups8307]

I didn’t I just left it on the bottom bracket. Figured removing the board was too sketchy.

[@grantsims785]

I thought the forums were trolling about putting the circuit board in the oven. Is this forreal?

[@panderson9561]

Yes. Go on some Ford forums, this is a very very common problem with Ford radios.

[@grantsims785]

@@panderson9561 it just sounds so ridiculous 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@truckerjon7255]

I have a 2016 ford F150 ecoboost supercrew and the radio quit and back up camera on screen .

[@soups8307]

Not sure if this will work for 16 models, 09-14 is the same but.. I’m not sure about 16, you can check your radio unit and see if it’s the same style but I doubt it due to the screen but you can check!

[@n8herrm180]

did not work for me. waste of time, junkyard hunting i go

[@markkaiser1310]

Well I guess I'm the one and only person that this did not work for! Radio still does not work.

[@dspence8086]

It didn't work the first time I tried, so I put it in at 400 degrees for 10min then it worked. So far so good.

[@johnnyringo3535]

Is there any forums out there telling how long this fix lasts for? Is it a temp fix and you’ll have to do this once a week or once a year? I just had to replace my door blend actuator yesterday and I wish I woulda found this radio solution while I already had the dash apart.

[@soups8307]

It is a temp fix... I’ve read online that some guys last for a few months some a couple days. But beware you can only do this about 4-5 times before the board will just die out, I’ve also come to an idea that my aftermarket sub with RCA converter may have killed the radio. But that remains undetermined at this time lol. I’ll figure that out with the used radio I slipped in last night lol!

[@plainsbowhunter1346]

I’ve done this twice on mine and it’s only lasted about a day. Not even an hour of radio time 😩

[@bettyyoung8402]

mine only lasted a day...

[@tturner6200]

I tried..and it did not work for me in my case. Goodluck people!

[@soups8307]

Did you let it cool before Putting it in? Not judging you in anyway, I tried putting it in warm once snd it didn’t work, did it again, let it cool complete and it worked again. Also may have a really bad acm module. Sorry man :(

[@tturner6200]

@@soups8307 NO probs. I did let it cool but maybe could have let it longer. Did you eventually replace the radio? if so did you get full steering integration? Im shopping lookin for a radio in the $300 range. cheers

[@nickguzlas-xr7xc]

Didn't work for me 😒

[@ChristianRodriguez-qg6ec]

Dude I’m having the same issue with my 2014 Ford F-150

[@soups8307]

You can attempt this, lol I take no liability, but it does work.. it has to do with the ACM and another module. They crap out. And you can kind of revamp them in the toaster oven.