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Recall affects 5,500 vehicles made between Sept. 2, 2010, and Oct. 31, 2011. "Ford will notify owners by mail with instructions to take their vehicle to a Ford or Lincoln dealer. If the vehicle needs to be fixed, the dealer will do the repair for free. The recall is expected to begin on, or about, Sept. 24." http://finance.yahoo.com/news/ford-recalls-2012-ford-edge-160849891.html

Learned about DRL capability through this and other Edge/MKX discussion sites and decided to give them a try. My local Ford dealer agreed to attempt to turn the DRLs on for me, though they hadn't received that request before. The service tech said the programming menu choices are to either "enable" or "disable" the DRLs. Took him less than 30 minutes to do the job and the dealership -- which is not where I purchased my vehicle -- charged me nothing to do the job. With the DRLs "enabled" on my 2012 MKX, the front amber turn signals are lighted full-time when the engine is running and the transmission is not in Park. I am very happy with the results and especially appreciate the non-selling dealer's kindness in not charging me anything for this valuable service.

To route a powercord from the battery to a CB radio on the driver's side of my 2012 MKX, I used a pathway that exists beneath the upper rear of the front fender. The trim piece that is attached at the rear of the front fender, just forward of the door's side mirror, is retained by three plastic push-pins. Carefully prying the trim piece off reveals a small opening in the rear edge of the fender. Next, at the outside end of the cowl top, there is a triangular black rubber cap that can be pryed upward at the front edge and rotated, revealing the underhood-side of this pathway. I fished a piece of coax cable from the front, through the pathway, and then taped my powercord to the coax. Pulled the coax forward carefully, since the pathway is a bit tight. Once the power cord was through the pathway, it could be more easily pushed-pulled through to adjust the length and to connect it directly to the battery. The fender trim piece was pushed back into place on top of the powercord once the underhood wiring was complete. I routed the powercord into the cabin by pulling back the front vertical weatherstrip-trim strip outboard of the instrument panel, ran the cord behind it, and pushed the strip gently back into place. Wiring tucks nicely beneath the edges of that strip for additional routing inside the cabin. The powercord is invisible when the door is closed and the installation caused no additional wind noise.