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Visual inspection shows that there is a fairly large wire bundle that comes up from beneath the carpet and enters a black plastic housing affixed to the underside of the driver's seat. The bundle is shrouded by a plastic conduit so it is difficult to determine the number of wires contained therein. There are no connectors visible. Since the seat adjustment is all manual, and the car does not have heated seats, the only reason I can imagine that there are wires there would be to assess seat occupancy for seatbelt and airbag safety interlock.

Our new 2011 Edge SE came with a mechanical driver seat adjustment which seemed to work effectively to get my 5'1" spouse in a good seating position during the test drive. Now that we bought the vehicle, she finds that the lack of adjustment in seat angle is keeping her from finding a comfortable position. Has anyone had their mechanical seat replaced with a 6-way power seat? The dealer seems to be clueless as to whether this is possible.

I just traded in my 2007 Honda CR-V on a 2011 Edge. The CR-V gave us no service problems over the 4-1/2 years, but we do a lot of driving and the CR-V was frustrating for two reasons. First, the ride is firm, the engine is noisy and the seats are hard - we really got tired driving on trips. Second, the fuel economy is disappointing for a 4-cylinder, low powered economy vehicle. We'd generally get 19 or 20 around town and were lucky to get 26 on trips. The 2011 Edge V6 is a dream to drive by comparison. Hopefully the fuel economy will be as advertised.