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When I click the unlock button on the fob and inside the truck the windows don’t drop down like they used to. I’ve got a 2023 and I did have to “reset” the back passenger side window the other day since it wouldn’t go up into the seal when the door was shut. This didn’t start until after I did that and was wondering if there was something else I needed to do to make it work again.
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Isn't it a double click?
 
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Isn't it a double click?
Not for mine, I used to would just click the fob once and they all drop down. Or when getting out I’d hit unlock first one time and they’d all drop down.
 
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You may have to re-teach your windows:
That’s the video I used to get the window to drop down and go back up when opening and closing the door. And it does work properly when opening and closing the door, but after re-teaching it now it won’t drop all four windows down when I hit unlock.
 

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Fordsync update I heard was removing the auto drop down on unlock…

Did you recently get an update to the radio?

Interestingly, my 2023 job 1 has never dropped on unlock, but my 2023 job 2 has always dropped on unlock.
 

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Thanks for the link, that’s helpful. I suppose next time I’m at the dealership I’ll ask if they can take a look at it and reference that post.
The software update mentioned in that post removes that "drop down" feature when you hit your keyfob. Your dealer won't be able to add it back for you. But they can tell you if you indeed got the update or not.
 
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Fordsync update I heard was removing the auto drop down on unlock…

Did you recently get an update to the radio?

Interestingly, my 2023 job 1 has never dropped on unlock, but my 2023 job 2 has always dropped on unlock.
I’m not sure when my last update was, I have it set to do updates automatically overnight. It was working just fine the morning that I had to re-teach my window and then after I did that it just stopped doing it. Next time I’m at the dealership I’m gonna ask about it and see if they can look at it because it was doing it when I bought it. I wonder if when it was made has anything to do with why one of yours does it and the other one doesn’t. Mine was made in November 2023, maybe earlier 2023s don’t.
 

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I just checked my app to see when my last update was, and it was about 2 months ago. I didn’t lose the short drop on unlock until 2 weeks ago.
 

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Somewhat related. None of my vehicles have ever done that on one press of unlock. However all of them will with a double press and hold. That is called global windows down if I’m not mistaken.
Personally I wouldn’t want my windows dropping with one press.
There is an update for the windows not dropping for opening/closing. On our 24 the manual relearn didn’t work for that but the update fixed it.
 

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That is kind of what I was thinking. Why do you want the windows to drop down when you unlock. Mine never did that and there is no need to. Each door automatically drops the window a little when the door is opened and goes back up to slide back into the seal after closing it.

If you are talking about all the windows going all the way down, you can use the global down as stated above. Again, I do not want all my windows to go down when I unlock. I would just have to roll them back up.
 
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That is kind of what I was thinking. Why do you want the windows to drop down when you unlock. Mine never did that and there is no need to. Each door automatically drops the window a little when the door is opened and goes back up to slide back into the seal after closing it.

If you are talking about all the windows going all the way down, you can use the global down as stated above. Again, I do not want all my windows to go down when I unlock. I would just have to roll them back up.
I think the short drop on unlock feature is supposed to prevent the window catching on the top weatherstrip when opening the doors. If you just pull the door open, it will catch. You have to pull the handle and pause for a second while the window drops to prevent it from catching on the top weather strip. It’s a crappy design. Hopefully a fix will be provided. I finally got my wife to pull the handle and pause before opening the door. Lol.
 

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Yes, that is what the short drop down is for. Mine acts so quick, I didn't even know it was happening when I first used it. I just pull the handle and the door pops open in a fairly smooth motion. When I close the door I can hear the window quickly go up.

I am somewhat concerned about the window mechanism wearing out quicker from all the up and down motion. Time will tell.
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