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I have a Ford Fiesta SE 1.0L 3-cylinder engine. Prior to upgrading to Sync 4.4 (from 4.3), I had no problems using my iPhone's Map app to announce navigation directions to the car's speakers. I made sure the HFP prompt is enabled, which means that even if the iPhone is not selected as the audio source, the navigation prompts still comes through to the car speakers. My dealer upgraded my Sync 4.3 to Sync 4.4 and now I have problems where the iPhone's navigation prompts are always cutoff in the beginning. So for example, when the iPhone is supposed to announce through the car speakers "In 1 mile, turn left on Main Street", what I hear instead through the speakers is "...turn left on Main Street". Or, when the iPhone is supposed to announce through the car speakers "Slight right on to Anywhere Road", I hear instead "...On to anywhere Road" I have confirmed basically what is happening is that the "In 1 mile" portion of the prompt (approximately 2 seconds) does seem to be sent to the car speaker, but MySync is not fast enough to say this information. What is the fix? Is there a fix for this? I regret asking my dealer to upgrade to 4.4, because 4.3 was working pretty well. Only sometimes 4.3's bluetooth would act up and then I'd have to reboot the system, but that was rare. Help?

I have a 2016 Ford Fiesta SFE. Only Sync option available for this car from the factory was your basic Sync (or Sync 1?). The SE version of my car comes with the new Sync 3 and from what i understand, the only differance between the SE and SFE is the 1.0l ecoboost engine. So my question is, can I purchase the sync 3 system and install? Physically they're the same dimension with exception for the larger screen for the Sync 3. Do they share the same harness interface? Would the new stereo system require a VIN programming or would it be just a plug and play setup? Anyone have any advice here?