Chris M
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- Chris
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- Surprise, AZ
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- 2021 Ranger XLT Sport 4X4
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Please pardon my long winded essay, but I feel if I explain this well, you guys might have an easier time dispensing wisdom. I am constantly amazed at the things you all know, and know how to do.
Yesterday my touchscreen on my '19 XLT looked a little wonky in that it seemed to want to disconnect and then reconnect to my phone. It finally settled down and was fine by the time I got to work.
This morning when I cranked it up, there were some of the phone info/icons missing completely. When I touched the screen to try and get something to happen, the screen would blink from the home page...right back to the home page. Fan speed number would not show, volume number would not show either. Compass would disappear and then reappear randomly. Screen would not allow me to navigate from home screen at all. I could change radio station manually but not choose from presets. Fan speed could be changed manually too.
When I got to work I restarted the truck, thinking maybe there was some kind of update and reboot needed. I immediately lost the whole screen, and radio function completely. No volume at all, no channel change. Dead screen.
I did what all non-handy people would do and went to YouTube to see if there was a simple fix...there Was! Hold radio power and forward skip button together til screen shuts down and the system reboots!
When I started the truck after work, the system had come back to life, supposedly, but I tried the YouTube fix anyway and let it reboot. Everything worked as per normal all the way home.
Have any of you experienced this anomaly? Is this a preview of troubles to come? Or might this be a one-off and I can not worry my truck is about to have bad problems that can't be fixed this decade?
Yesterday my touchscreen on my '19 XLT looked a little wonky in that it seemed to want to disconnect and then reconnect to my phone. It finally settled down and was fine by the time I got to work.
This morning when I cranked it up, there were some of the phone info/icons missing completely. When I touched the screen to try and get something to happen, the screen would blink from the home page...right back to the home page. Fan speed number would not show, volume number would not show either. Compass would disappear and then reappear randomly. Screen would not allow me to navigate from home screen at all. I could change radio station manually but not choose from presets. Fan speed could be changed manually too.
When I got to work I restarted the truck, thinking maybe there was some kind of update and reboot needed. I immediately lost the whole screen, and radio function completely. No volume at all, no channel change. Dead screen.
I did what all non-handy people would do and went to YouTube to see if there was a simple fix...there Was! Hold radio power and forward skip button together til screen shuts down and the system reboots!
When I started the truck after work, the system had come back to life, supposedly, but I tried the YouTube fix anyway and let it reboot. Everything worked as per normal all the way home.
Have any of you experienced this anomaly? Is this a preview of troubles to come? Or might this be a one-off and I can not worry my truck is about to have bad problems that can't be fixed this decade?
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