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The only thing he mentioned on the tranny was "rev hanging". If he was just talking about holding a lower gear to keep the revs up in sport mode - that's normal and a good thing. Even my F150 does that. Or was he implying that it was just late shifting? Hard to tell, but it certainly didn't sound like it had the same issues as some of the other testers.

And to reiterate: Ford sucks. Ford Performance sucks. STs suck. A few bad online reviews means nobody will buy an Edge ST. Got it. Thanks.

So you’re smarter than everyone else here and smarter than Ford. Got it. Thanks for clarifying.

Have you seen any errors such as "shift to park"? Bad shifter park sensor is one known problem. The BCM (body control module) is another.

I can assure you they don't. I'm an IT architect in a Fortune 100 corporation and a Ford enthusiast. I tend to look at things from a business standpoint not just from the consumer standpoint and I look at facts. If you only hang around enthusiasts then you get a skewed view of the market. Step back to the bigger picture of the average car buyer. Go to the mall and pick out 100 potential SUV buyers at random and ask them how many read these types of reviews. I'm guessing it will be 5 or 6. Now ask those 6 people whether a bad review would keep them from buying a Edge ST if they had already decided they wanted one and I bet it would be 1 or 2 at most. Most people will look at the ST as a Sport with a new name - that's it. And if it looks good and drives ok they'll buy it. I'm sorry that doesn't fit your model of how things should work, but that's reality.

Yes I'm serious. Most car buyers do not read reviews like this. They just don't. They might research prices or options but otherwise they see it, like it and walk into the dealership and buy it. I know it seems crazy to us enthuisasts who live and breathe this stuff but honestly we're just a drop in the bucket in the overall scheme. So yes it might affect a few sales but it's not enough to matter in the overall picture. Look at the Camry. It got TERRIBLE reviews for well over a decade (well deserved) and always came in last in any comparison test, yet it was #1 in sales every year. Likewise, great reviews don't sell more cars either. What WILL affect sales is pricing and problems that show up on a test drive like a poor shifting transmission. But as long as they get the production models right they'll be just fine.

There should be no double honk if you leave the fob in the cup holder.

Why did they botch so many product introductions like the 2018 Expedition? Their marketing dept is terrible and has been for several years. This isn't the first time they've given reviewers a vehicle with glaring defects. Sometimes those defects make it into production (like the launch of MyFordTouch in the 2011 Edge) and sometimes it seems like they're just not paying attention or trying. I think Ford knows that in the grand scheme of things these reviews don't mean much and don't usually affect sales. Camry consistently got terrible reviews for the last decade but consistently outsold everything else. It's disappointing and shouldn't happen, but you won't really know the truth until you can drive one and decide for yourself. If the flaws are still there, walk away. But the production unit may be just fine. Remember writers like this are just looking for something bad to write.

Forget the reviews and go drive it. Ford has a bad history of providing pre production vehicles with flaws for initial reviews that don't represent the production vehicles.

Don't forget fuel injectors.

These are pre-production units being tested. I would wait and test drive a production model for myself.

That sounds like a faulty vehicle or a problem with the software. Not the first time that's happened unfortunately.

Nope. How old is the battery in the vehicle? If it’s 3 years or older I’d go ahead and change it just to be safe and see if that helps.

Change the batteries in the fob.

The fuel filter is inside the tank and doesn’t need to be changed. Plugs within the next 20K.

Let us know after you do all that stuff and then end up replacing the struts.

Any dealer that promised an Edge before November should not be trusted. September is completely unrealistic based on a early September job 1 date.

I'm just guessing here. The motor by itself can't lift a heavy door all the way up which is why the struts are suspect. They're also relatively cheap and easy to change.

It's usually inside the motor.

I don’t know how it determines where to stop but I don’t think it uses sensors like a garage door.

Not hard to believe based on the symptom. Parts fail all the time.

Just call or email Levittown ford parts directly.

COTUS was replaced with the official Ford order checker. COTUS was just a beta test. https://shop.ford.com/vehicleordertracking#/

Flaky wheel sensor/wiring or a bad tone ring?

According to the order guide, adaptive steering is no longer available on Titanium and there is no mention of it anywhere else in the order guide. I guess it was either too much trouble or they just cut costs.