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enigma-2

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  1. Don't know why, but your speaking about being an old hippy got me thinking of hippies, which of course led me to think about driving my MKX out west to the hippy community in Jerome, AZ and eating ribs at the Haunted Hamburger. (Makes perfect sense to me ...)
  2. In Indiana, it's 2 oz of Glenfiddich, sweetened with an oz of Noilly Prat Sweet Vermouth & 3 drops Angostura bitters. Rinse repeate and you'll forget you ever had hair.
  3. I would think that its supposed to. Adds traction and stability. Splitter looks nice though. I'd consider installing it for the looks
  4. Sadist thing on earth is a hippy using a walker ...... ⚘🌷🌻
  5. Ever thought about drawing power from the r.v. mirror? It's how I connected my radar detector and it works perfectly. This is the Mirrortap wiring harness i used; (your device connection would use a different harness) https://a.co/d/du9qCbH And Blendmount mounting bracket; (again yours will be different) https://blendmount.com/radar-detector-mounts/ The advantage is,+ a ten minute hookup, poweres up when car is on/run, off with key off, door open.
  6. Oh, let's go whole hog. Dig this Daddo'O, white wall tires, curb feelers, racoon tail tied to the shark fin antenna, suicide knob, dual glasspacks and a blue dot drilled into the rear brake light lens. Bitchen, right? Let's agitate the gravel but eyeballs out for the fuzz. Shotgun. I'm a 50sβ€”60s kid πŸ™‚
  7. Sounds like something I would use driving through Starbucks. Start, stop, start, stop. (But then again, after driving over 60 years without it ........ . πŸ™‚
  8. Thread is a little old and hopefully its been fixed by now. If not, as it started when a new battery was installed, there was probably a glitch initiated (touch then untouch, then touch again, small spark) in the systems. When connecting s battery, try to avoid cresting multiple sparks as they generate current pulses into the electrical syatem. Try disconnecting the battery again, leave it disconnected for several minutes to allow the capacitive elements in the various modules to discharge, then connect the battery again. Basically it resets the modules to their initial states.
  9. Inasmuch as you have already fired the entire parts cannon, about the only thing left points to the Anti-lock Braking System. If its malfunctioning, it may not set a code, yet still cause the brakes to stick in reverse. The ABS module or its sensors should probably be checked. Possibly drive the car, let the brakes lock then pull the fuse for the abs & see if the brakes release. I know there's no abs codes, but are there any codes stored?
  10. reconfiguring ..... reconfiguring ..... reconfiguring ..... TURN RIGHT NOW ... reconfiguring ..... wait, my bad, reconfiguring ..... ahhh, nope. no thanks.
  11. Hey, I have that on my 09..! It's set by putting the car in Park and stepping on the parking brake. (Seriously, am I missing something?) Embarrassing when your at the grocery store, start to drive off and forget you left the parking brake on β€” squeeeeeeekkkkkk. Everyone looks, you smile and cuss quietly. And that was NOT me at the grocery store yesterday.
  12. Are you saying that the cars electronics can cause wander? Now that's some scarry shi... stuff. That a computer can change the steering on a whim. (Or a voltage spike.)
  13. All that organization takes work. <Work -in the voice of Maynard G. Crebbs.> Problem with using Sync is I can't remember what songs are on the thumb drive. (Sad isn't, see what you've got to look forward to?)
  14. I just use my Verizon car charger. Fast and simple (plug it into the 12 volt accessory plug inside the lower center console. Plug's hidden out of view and just a simple curly cord sticks out of the notch on the passenger side. (Need to keep the phone charged while traveling if I run the cloud-based app that tracks cops in real time.) 12 volt chargers are a lot faster than cordless.
  15. Just something else to ignor πŸš™ ............ πŸŽ„ πŸš” πŸŽ„πŸŽ„ ...........
  16. I believe that the THX II system in my 2009 MKX is 600 watts with either 12 or 16 speakers. (I get confused as some of the speakers are combined.) There's also a 10" sub woofer. Still plays clean and clear after all these years, no matter how loud I crank it up. Love the surround sound when it kicks in (DVD movies.) Since I originally wrote the post, I've driven several Edges and one MKX. If I remember correctly, two of the loaners had the premium audio and they didn't impress.
  17. Try resetting the sync system. Press the Menu button. Select the SYNC Settings option and press OK. Press the Down Arrow until "Master Reset" appears on the screen, and press OK.
  18. In a different forum, one user fixes the problem by switching the audio from the ACU to his phone and back to the ACU. Or by hanging up and calling back. Seems to tied to one particular BT channel. Been occurring for a few years now, no fix found. Appears that the BT connection picks up interference from somewhere upon making a connection when the car is turned on. Sometimes. Lot of things in and around a car can affect individual BT channels. One fella traced it to a particular brand of hearing aid which used BT channels.
  19. I stop using USB thumb drives because its a pain to organize the music in a way where its easy to choose the song or album. I still use CDRs that I recorded, purchased DVDs and have several songs and albums transferred to the hard disk. Lately however, I usually just flip on SiriusXM (news or comedy channels, 50s, 60s & 70s. Granson likes the Beatles channel, the 90s and the current crap.)
  20. Try bleeding the ABS control module. Air in the ABS will cause a soft pedal and go nearly to floor (had the same problem. Had dealer do a complete flush and bleed. That fixed mine and its still good.)
  21. Common points of failure in older Edges is the routing of the wiring harnesses (getting torn) and corrosion on the connectors. This may help
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