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Interesting! I'll have to check mine. Congrats. on the clean smog check. To everyone else that got this letter and that has not had this reprogramming done: Does your vehicle still show that this reprogramming still needed?

That strikes me as a significant decrease.What were your avg. speeds? What about your MPG for urban or non interstate driving?

This begs the question of how many owners unaware of this issue have had to replace their CAT's on their dime? Additionally, just how far out of Fed. or State emissions spec. is it in this "as manufactured"state? If this is in fact a problem why haven't we seen owners complain about failed emissions testing in years past?

Thanks!

Thanks for your reply, but sorry to see the issues are experiencing. Make sure you keep us posted on what happens next. Anybody else having issues after this recall reprogramming?

This recall certainly begs the question of how many have, or will have, to have their cats. replaced as a result of this issue?

I am a bit suspicious on how Ford got away with (I assume) being out of allowable tailpipe emissions for so long before doing anything about it. I would have thought this forum would have been full of people that live in states that require emissions check complaining as to their vehicle failing that test. That didn't happen, right? What changed?

That is a good question! What is your average daily MPG? Mine is a little over 24 MPG in around town driving and a little bit better doing over the open road driving. I wish I had an idea as to what the end result will be after the recall work in terms of drivability, and performance.

This seems to be focused on 2016 3.5 equipped Edges but I am not sure about that. I am wondering if this so called software "fix" will degrade performance and or long term drivability? I expect it's too early for anyone here to have had the recall performed, but when you do (if you do) please respond to this thread with any changes you might notice with your Edge. Seems odd that it only seems to be targeting the 2016 model year and that if there were an emission issue that it would only be known about now?

Tim; I found that if I moved the FOB far enough from the hitch / trailer when I unhitched the trailer I didn't have that problem. I lay the FOB in the floor of my boat before I fool with the lights,chains, & the un-hitching of the trailer.

What brand replacement did you use?

One thing is for sure I don't want another two piece lug nut!

Thanks. Anyone else have any thoughts / experiences about a replacement alternative that they have used?

Ben; I find myself need to replace the lug nuts on my 2016. Did you buy the Dorman, and if so how have they been? If you did not buy Dorman what did you go with and how have they done for you?

I got to wondering how the story of "wet floorboards" played out and how time has treated those affected vehicles? I remember that Ford did a sales hold once the problem had created a lot of "wet" issues for new owners and they also repurchased some vehicles as I recall. I seem to remember that the problem was determined to be a sealing robotic operation that was not programmed correctly. I remember at that time there were several large threads here talking about the issue and what Ford was doing about it. In any case, are there any owners of these vehicles here now and if so are there any lingering issues?