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Old Dec 9, 2012 | 04:08 AM
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Keeping time

I don't know what it means or if its a big deal but my clock is running slow. It is surprising that with todays technology that this would be possible but it has lost about 3 minutes since the clocks were changed about a month ago.
 
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Old Dec 9, 2012 | 05:41 AM
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Thats a strange problem, I don't think I have ever heard of this being a problem on any modern vehicle. Sounds like a trip to the dealer is in your future, that would drive me nuts!
 
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Old Dec 9, 2012 | 07:51 AM
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Have the same problem with mine, loses about 1 minute a month. Not a big thing, just update the time to match the phone and GPS on dash. I agree that they could of made this automatic sync of time from GPS or Sirius radio signals.
 
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Old Dec 9, 2012 | 02:05 PM
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Basic or NAV radio?
 
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Old Dec 9, 2012 | 03:03 PM
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Now that you mention this, my clocks have been slow as you describe on my last two trucks. I never thought to post about it. About a minute/month is right on.

Wouldn't it have something to do with voltage, resistors, slight voltage drops or something like that? I would think that the drain on the system during startup would be difficult to deal with on sensitive electronics.
 
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Old Dec 9, 2012 | 08:43 PM
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Mines a little retarded too.
 
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Old Dec 9, 2012 | 08:55 PM
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I have never really thought about it much I will have to check mine out.
 
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Old Dec 9, 2012 | 11:37 PM
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I sync'ed my clock with Verizon time when the time changed Nov. 4 th and it has lagged 1 minute when I checked this evening.
That would be on par with the others a minute per month.

I'll try to leave it that way to see if it lags more by JAN but I haven't noticed the lag yet.
Now that I know, it will probably bug me and I'll fix it.
 
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Basic Radio
 
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Old Dec 10, 2012 | 01:54 AM
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Originally Posted by CornTruckDriver
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Same here.
 
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Old Dec 10, 2012 | 02:40 AM
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You must be driving way to fast in your new 6.7l. As speed increases in the formula (E = M x C squared) time slowes down...so if you reduce your speed that may fix your slow clock.
 
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Old Dec 10, 2012 | 05:11 AM
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Originally Posted by bocomojoe
You must be driving way to fast in your new 6.7l. As speed increases in the formula (E = M x C squared) time slowes down...so if you reduce your speed that may fix your slow clock.
That's a better explanation than they'll get from Ford!
 
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Old Dec 10, 2012 | 07:22 AM
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Originally Posted by bocomojoe
You must be driving way to fast in your new 6.7l. As speed increases in the formula (E = M x C squared) time slowes down...so if you reduce your speed that may fix your slow clock.
E = energy
M = mass
C = the speed of light


Current velocity has nothing to do with this formula. You're thinking of another concept altogether.
 
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Old Dec 10, 2012 | 11:09 AM
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Mine is also slightly retarded
 
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Old Dec 10, 2012 | 09:48 PM
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Same here loses about 1 minute a month. Have noticed this with the last 5 Superdutys
 
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