akirby

I don't think you can compare 80s and 90s Ford to Ford today. There are some cases where Ford doesn't update a failing part but there are many others where they do update the parts and they also offer extended warranties. I've had numerous Ford and Lincolns that went past the factory warranty (no extended warranty) and have spent Edge in particular has had more than its share of problems - ptus, fuel tanks, door latches, throttle bodies, tss/oss sensors, etc. - but overall I don't think Ford is much different than other mfrs. I'm sure right now there are owners of all those other brands saying the same thing about their vehicle.

I've only used rain sensing wipers since 2000. I love them.

The hitch isn't too expensive - but you also have to buy a new bumper cover and that is really expensive - over $1K total when I last checked. Unless you want to cut a hole in yours. An aftermarket hitch is not difficult to install and will sit just below the factory bumper. It works fine on my MKX and it only costs about $175. Let me know if you need pics.

1. If you have auto-unlock enabled, when you put the car in park, turn off the ignition and open the driver's door all doors should unlock. Is it possible you're hitting the lock tab on the door handle? See if the red led is lit on the rear door before you touch the handle. If it's red then it's locked. Do you have auto-unlock enabled? 2. Make sure the fob is close enough to the door. Depending on where the fob is and how you're standing it may not be in range. Make sure it's in the pocket right next to the door. Are you grabbing the inside of the door handle when you try to open it? That's where the sensor is. Perhaps your fingers aren't hitting the sensor. It's also possible you have a problem with the rear passenger door sensor - but make sure the fob is close to the door first and that you're grabbing the handle the right way to hit the sensor inside the handle.

But that's a set it once and forget it thing - either you like the rain sensing wipers or you don't.

You select rain sensing or intermittent operation via the vehicle settings menu.

That's completely different than a flood vehicle. Although the end result in the worst cases might be similar.

Yep

Did you check the fuses?

But does the power come from the SJB?

Literally hardwired or there just isn't an option in the software to turn them on and off?

The blind spot monitor doesn't beep.

If the front wipers are on then it makes sense you might need the rear wipers when looking behind you.

If they're replacing it under warranty then they're acknowledging the problem.

Biggest advantage now is using a free map app on the big display. Going forward there will be more apps.

Did you check the owner's manual? syncmyride.com or owner.ford.com

TCM? You really need to pull the code.

He didn't say that you should not change fluids - he simply pointed out that mfrs don't always tell you that you have to change certain fluids even though we all know it's a good idea. And I know Waldo's sources and they are reliable - and that's all we're going to say about that. If you don't believe it then that's fine.

On the sport mode - what he meant was when using Sport mode without the paddle shifters it won't go into 6th gear automatically - stops at 5. With the paddle shifters you can manually select all gears.

My Fusion has adaptive cruise and I love it. We gave it up on the MKX so we could get one in stock and other than occasionally forgetting that we don't have it and having to hit the brakes at the last minute, we really don't miss it. Then again we don't do a lot of highway driving.

That's going to require significant work for the system to figure out whether your voice command is for the vehicle or the attached device. It would almost have to pass any unrecognized command to the attached device - even if you just mispronounced something it didn't recognize. What they'd probably need to do is have a keyword such as "vehicle" that diverts voice recognition to the vehicle temporarily.

Once you adjust the volume it's supposed to stay at that volume, not constantly have to adjust it. It's a bug.

We've already discussed this at length. I asked the same thing but if Waldo's theory is correct then changing the oil regularly won't help a bit unless you are lucky and just happen to change it immediately after it gets too hot and burns up. It sounds like the cause of the overheating is internal (parts tolerances e.g.) and not that easy to diagnose and fix permanently.

That's the problem - you think a warranty should cover anything that's wrong other than things that just wear out and that's not what limited warranties cover (any warranty on anything including electronics, etc.). Warranties provide limited coverage - period. It doesn't matter why something breaks. Design flaw, manufacturing flaw, engineering flaw, sunspots, etc. I know when I buy the vehicle what the warranty terms are. I have the option to buy an extended warranty for $1500 or so. If I choose not to pay for the warranty then I don't expect the mfr to cover something regardless of the cause. In this case I would say that I'm still $200 ahead by not buying a $1500 warranty. I don't expect a mfr to cover things outside the warranty period because that's not the coverage I purchased. That said - I do think Ford should extend the warranty on things like this - which they have done on numerous occasions for other parts - TCMs, trannys, throttle bodies, etc. But even then you're only covered for 100K or so (150K in some cases).

It's a bug - supposed to be fixed in the near future with a new sync 3 release. It's also an issue with the navigation volume.