Synchrony savings download each day gives error message on one account

ssmithfl@
ssmithfl@ Quicken Windows Subscription Member ✭✭

Each day, I download Synchrony savings side accounts to update (all cd's coded as checking). Each day, one account says it had an error updating the (same) account, even though it does update the balance and show new transactions. I have tried everything - resetting that account, resetting all (14) accounts, using a co-owner password to access some of them. I have even deleted transactions, deleted the entire account, turned off quicken, logged out, restarted and added that account back. It always gives an error code of some kind (can't find account at synchrony, can't update transactions, etc.). If I delete that account and close it in quicken and update again, it jumps to another cd and starts giving the same kind of messages. If I return the first account, it jumps back to that account (and it isn't the last one I opened, fwiw). Anybody else having this problem for the last month or so?

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  • Quicken Jasmine
    Quicken Jasmine Quicken Mac Subscription Moderator mod
    edited 7:40AM

    [Removed - Mac Instructions]

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  • ssmithfl@
    ssmithfl@ Quicken Windows Subscription Member ✭✭

    Hi, thanks for the suggestions. I should have mentioned I work from a windows desktop, not an apple phone, but I was able to uncover any hidden accounts and make sure all 23 accounts were deactivated from download. I even went into Chrome and deleted my synchrony passwords there just for good measure, but don't see anything like your keychain app in windows. I logged out, did a hard reboot on the computer for good measure, and sent quicken in search of the accounts. It eventually found them all (after 4 partial captures), and, drumroll, nothing changed. The same cd account downloads and reflects a correct balance, but it sends an error message that it wasn't updated. I went back to using one login name for one set of 7 accounts and my other login info for the other 11 so that now it only claims that 7 can't be updated instead of the 18 when I turned the computer back on. Long story, no change in my problem, except that now 2 other cd balances don't match Synchrony's portal - so it duplicated a december interest payment on each of 2 cds, so the interest payments match the online portal, but the quicken balance doesn't match the synchrony balance. I guess an opening balance had a duplicate interest payment added to them, but that's a search for another day. I'll wait awhile and see if anybody else reports having a synchrony problem (that's usually the outcome when things go wrong with them), and then follow up. I don't want to ask support to help, because they'll just lead me through the same maze I just finished, I suspect. Thanks for trying, though.

  • Quicken Anja
    Quicken Anja Moderator mod

    Hello @ssmithfl@,

    I went ahead and moved your post to the proper Windows category as it was posted in a Mac category.

    Since the instructions that were previously provided were for Quicken for Mac, below are some troubleshooting instructions for Quicken for Windows instead.

    I know you said that you would just wait a while, so no rush in trying these steps if you want to continue to wait. However, when you are ready to pursue further troubleshooting, I suggest that you try to deactivate all accounts for this financial institution, then force Quicken to "discover" all available accounts and see if this will help resolve it. Please, follow the instructions below in order to do so.

    1. Open the Account List in Quicken (Tools > Account List OR Ctrl + A)
    2. If present, select the Show Hidden Accounts checkbox at the bottom of the Account List
    3. Edit each account with this financial institution to Deactivate (or Remove From One Step Update) on the Online Services tab
    4. Click on the General tab and remove any info displayed in the Financial Institution, and Account/Routing Number fields. Note: The account must be deactivated first before these fields can be edited.
    5. When finished, close the Account List
    6. Close, then re-open Quicken
    7. Navigate to Tools > Add Account 
    8. Walkthrough this process as if you were going to add a new account, providing the login credentials and answering any security questions/processes presented until you reach the screen where Quicken displays the Accounts Discovered at the financial institution
    9. Very carefully LINK each of the found accounts to the appropriate account you already have set up in Quicken.

    Once that is done, see if the issue still continues to persist.

    Hope this helps!

    -Quicken Anja
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  • ssmithfl@
    ssmithfl@ Quicken Windows Subscription Member ✭✭

    Thank you for your suggestions. (Sorry about posting to the wrong forum.) I very carefully followed your instructions (unhid all accounts, disconnected the 18 accounts with web connect linkages, removed all bank and acount numbers (routing numbers disappeared when I disconnected the downloads)) - I even removed bank and account numbers from 4 closed accounts as well - closed it out (but I did a practice update and even a file validate/repair app run twice - no data errors, before closing). I opened it, one-step updated all the accounts except for the bank in question just to be sure, validated data again, then sent it in search of the synchrony accounts. It found all 18, I linked each one very carefully to the existing account. It seemed happy. I then ran the one step update program - and the original error returned. No change, no improvement. (Actually, it's giving the error for one of my joint accounts, but I already know if I change the joint ones back to the alternative credentials, I'll end up with the same original error on one of the remaining accounts only using my credentials. Been there, done that, seen that result again and again over days and days. The main new thing in your suggestion was purging the bank and account number fields in the general tabs, but that failed to gain any new ground. What is my next step - contacting support and doing it all again for them (2 hour round trip to do it) - or can this thread be escalated somehow to give them a head start into looking for a solution? Thanks for your help, wish it had worked.

  • Quicken Anja
    Quicken Anja Moderator mod

    Thank you for following up with the results, though I'm sorry to hear that you are still running into the same problem.

    Internally, I can see that you received a server error yesterday. However, there does not appear to be any error codes occurring for your attempts to connect from today. If you don't mind, could you please provide the exact error code(s) and/or message(s) you received after troubleshooting?

    Thank you!

    -Quicken Anja
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