Another proud owner of a 2016 Edge

[WestWashEdge]

Hello All,

 

Another new 2016 owner reporting in. We just purchased a 2016 Silver Ingot Titanium Edge 2.0l (302A & Driver Assist too), which will be the wife’s daily driver.

 

So far loving the vehicle, although we felt like we had to compromise on the ebony interior. Both my wife and I were adamant that we would never buy a car with an all-black interior. Every rental car I’ve driven recently had all black interiors and I always got frustrated with trying to find dropped items, etc. It felt like driving a cave around. I’m thinking about getting gray fitted floor mats to help with this specific concern since some kind of weather-proof mats are a must out here during a wet Western Washington winter anyhow. The huge sunroof helps too. Maybe our eyes are just getting old. We almost fell in love with the Murano tan interior, but the Edge won out in the end.

 

After spending some time looking over these forums, I’m anxious about the possibilities of finding water in the foot wells or having the adaptive steering fail. Hopefully these are rare issues with Edges built on or after 3/29/2016 (our build date). By the way— it was nice finding such an informative and helpful group of people contributing to this forum.

 

I’m already thinking of trying to find a way to make better use of the daytime running light setup. I wonder if the reflector portion of the headlight assembly can be repurposed to be a second set of high beams that are activated with the OEM high beam setup (or even separately with a dedicated added control) However, I would not want to burn out any control module outputs or relays with whatever modifications/additions that would surely be necessary to do this. It just seems like a shame to waste that portion of the headlight assembly on DRLs that only come on at times when the signature lights already serve the same purpose.

 

My wife and I spent some time in a parking lot with a few garbage cans to simulate conditions for parking assist usage- in a torrential downpour. Pretty impressive capability although it will take some practice to make effective use of the system—it freaks out the wife a little especially when other vehicles with impatient drivers start to enter the scenario. The adaptive cruise control is very cool too. I’m looking forward to our first road trip where we can make good use of this feature.

 

Here’s to many happy miles with the Ford Edge!

 

[Hermans]

My 2016 Edge has a build date about a month after yours and I have experienced none of the issues experienced on these forums by others. We have experienced some very heavy rain and no leaks, no adaptive steering fault. I love the adaptive cruise control and have three Ford/Lincolns with it. The only issue I've had is with Sync3. I've had to do four master resets so far. I've never had such problems with my MFT/MLT systems.

 

As far as the black interior, I never buy cars with black interior. I'm surprised the dealer couldn't find one with your color choice on another dealer's lot and do a trade. We have a 2013 MKZh, a 2015 MKC and the Edge - my wife loves it and has commandeered it as her daily driver.

Edited October 18, 2016 by Hermans

[WWWPerfA_ZN0W]

Welcome to the forum and Edge ownership, WWEdge!!! Please do post some pics of your ride The cool thing about the ebony interior is it totally disappears at night on dark roads, so you feel like you are floating in space, LOL!

[haedgy]

I would recommend the Maxliner but they only have black in color. I found mine on autoanything for $125 shipped. They are a perfect fit. I have the OEM cargo protector but not 100% sold on how well it fits. It's rolled up when they send it so you have to let it set a while before it settles in to place. Also the edges seem a little messed up on the OEM cover.

 

Here is the drivers side maxliner:

[Hermans]

I also have the OEM cargo liner. It fits well. Just unroll it and let it sit in the sun for a couple of hours.

Edited October 21, 2016 by Hermans

[haedgy]

Yes it's forming up nicely now. We have had a few warm days and left the car out in the sun looks awesome now.

[WestWashEdge]

I'm sure that we will eventually become accustomed to the dark interior. I can't wait to get my floating space cave on the road for a night trip with the family. I'm expecting a gray cargo area mat to arrive this week. If that works well for functionality and appearance, then we will go ahead with getting the gray foot well mats next.

 

Spent some time this weekend putting clear door edge protectant tape on the trailing edge of the doors. Worked out pretty well. The best part was figuring out that I could use the wife's computerized scrapbooking paper/vinyl cutter ("Pazzle") to cut patterns out of some bulk 3M paint protection film I sketched-up and cut four rectangle door sill protectors and installed them too. I had a bit of a learning curve, so I might need to redo the first sill I attempted.

 

I've included a couple pics of the new machine as we began our white-glove inspection before taking delivery at the dealer.

 

 

[haedgy]

Hey WWash. I am going to be doing the same with my door edges. Hopefully it won't be too bad. how was it once you bent the film around the edge of the door? I notice the inside of the door has the lip for where the door was welded. Did you use the type that is already sticky or the type with the water activated?

 

Also are you going to put on a bumper protector? I put the Dawn on mine with the lip. Took me about 15 min. Found it was easier to do what some recommended peel the tape back so you can pull it along each side when you have it in place. It gives you some time to line it up correctly. I have some pics of it in my photo gallery.

 

I found what worked for me was to push from the center out I did the right side first then the left. I know a few people mentioned they had bubbles when it sat in the sun for a while. We had a hot weekend here and had it parked in the sun for half the day and no bubbles so I must have done something right.

 

Also another post/youtube video said to cut slits in the tape. I didn't do that figured I didn't want any place for water to get underneath the guard. The door does close over the top of it so doubt water would get in at least not from the front side.

[WestWashEdge]

Haedgy,

For the door edge guards, I used the Xpel product (3/8" wide) with some 3M installation instructions I found on YouTube. The tape is already sticky (no water or other activator needed). The tape itself installed as advertised, but time will tell how well it stands up in the long run. It is pretty tough, but not very thick. It seems fine for those times the door accidentally softly brushes/bumps another object, but not much protection for a door flying open into an obstacle. It is also probably good for protecting the one edge of the rear doors that sort of form part of the fender where rocks from the tires could hit that edge just right and chip the paint.

 

The one thing I didn't like was the quality of the cut on the tape roll. One side was a clean cut, the other was not clean-- almost like a dull blade or multiple cut attempts were used. Made me wonder if the stuff, which I ordered on Amazon, was cut from bulk by a fly-by-night outfit of some kind. I had to cut my length, then examine the tape and use the clean cut side on the outside edge of the door.

 

The 3M video showed placing the tape on the outer edge of the door, and running all down that side, then folding the tape over. I overlapped the door edge with more than half of the tape on the outer door side so that not much was left to fold over to the inside edge of the door. I was worried that too much overlap on the inside would run up on that weld/adhesive bead and not seal well or have a tendency to lift off and come undone on the inside. Overlap on the inside must have been only about 2-3mm. The 3M video also showed a trick to deal with the sharp corner on the rear door. I originally thought I was going to need two separate pieces of tape but I was able to use one piece using the technique where you turn the tape 90 degrees to the side and pull tight as you round the corner. (I'm not describing it well- you need to see the video). One caution is that pulling too hard causes lines that look like fracture lines to appear and you probably need to either live with that or start over.

 

The door sill protectors were cut from bulk 3M paint protection film, the type that requires wetting and the alcohol solution to get it to work. My learning curve came from not reading care instructions after installation where they talk about the bubbles that will eventually go away. I watched plenty of installation videos where they describe squeegee technique for avoiding bubbles, but they didn't really mention that a few are unavoidable. Apparently the film is porous in spite of appearances to the contrary and the water/alcohol should eventually disappear. Not realizing this, I got impatient and really used a lot of elbow grease and pressure to force the bubbles to the edge of the film. This did some damage to appearance of the film. It is barely noticeable on the one door sill, but I still know it is there and might need to deal with it some time.

 

I was eyeing the lighted brushed-metal "Edge" sill plates and wondering if I can apply the protective film to those and what would it look like. A week into ownership and scuff marks are already appearing on the brushed metal sill plates!

 

I plan to install a bumper protector, but have not decided on which one yet. People have written that the Ford OEM one is very thin-- makes me wonder if it is nothing more than a thick decal. I'll have to look up the Dawn protector you mentioned. The pics suggest it is pretty robust and not just a decal.

[haedgy]

Thanks for the info WWash. Haven't notice any scratches on the sills but will have to look at those too.

The Dawn protector is about 1/8 of an inch or so and seems a lot sturdier. The back gate when closed actually has no gap since it closes right to the top of the guard. I like it that way. The one to get is the RBP-005 for the 2016. I found mine on a sale via Ebay for $61.00 I check today its back up to $71.00. Wish I would have put it on my old SUV that bumper was a mess when I got through with it. Just need something to protect the plastic sill piece.

 

When I put it on I just took all the vertical tape strips off first then in the middle I split the backing of two long horizontal strips and pulled about 6" on each side so they would stick out from the protector once I put it on. If you just set it on the bumper without pressing down on it you can place it on the bumper and bend it to fit. The curvature is not exact so you have to slightly bend it around. I made sure the right was stuck down then the left then checked the alignment once it was good i pressed from the center out. Also they state the bumper should be 70 degrees or warmer so if you don't do it on a warm day make sure you heat up the surface with a blow dryer. I had a nice sunny day and parked the car outside and also put the protector in the sun so both were warm to the touch when I installed it.

To line it up there is a small arrow in the center of the protector. I just pointed that at the latch and it worked out great.

Edited October 25, 2016 by haedgy