Phoenix

Soak it with hairspray, wipe clean with paper towel. Then wash hairspray residue away with clear water.

Hairspray shouldn't do a thing to harm your vinyl and it's the best thing to remove ink on your clothes, too.

If you were in my driving pathway....

You're at a genuinely great dealership. Good for you!

I like Earnhardt the best (Ray and 1-10). Bell Ford and Sanderson are both really good, too, but not on my regular driving route.

I live in the West valley, work in the East valley. Pioneer on Litchfield was the facility that fixed the issue. It's stayed gone this time ;-)

Oh, and I do highly recommend >1 dealer.

The best evidence I had was 4 different dealers all agreeing that the issue was real.

One could have "not been able to reproduce" the issue. But 4? That was crystal clear.

Have them check the wiring harness. There's no way they could have that many bad PCM's in a row.

It took them 10 days. ABS light on, Powertrain light on, Traction Control light on.

They replaced the ABS and Powertrain modules (again, just like they did in SLC).

I *literally* turned the engine over, still in the dealer's lot and the warning lights were on. Again.

It was a wiring harness. They had to climb through all of them, but it's fixed now.

My Edge is at the dealer for maintenance.

I have a rental -- a CX-7. It's 4 miles from the dealer to my office. In four miles:

It's smaller, driver's seat is day and night less comfortable and I do not like the control panel one little bit. The speedometer is going to get me into trouble if I don't watch it like a hawk.

It's nimble, easier to park and the suspension is tight. Brakes are the same.

Phoenix,

 

Are you saying that you don't have to cut the bumper if you purchase a after markets hitch? I have no problem installing a after market, and have read what others have done, i just want the best looking hitch i can put on my truck. I don't want it to be all that visable as well. I would like to conseal it as much as I can.

Lex said it for me.

It's there, but not sticking out like a sore thumb. Oh, and it's got the 2" square opening. A plus in my book. The ex-factory Ford hitch is the 1 1/2 opening.

DON'T. DO. IT.

The Ford ex-factory trailer hitch and harness requires you to (not kidding) cut the plastic bumper to fit. I'd negotiated for one at purchase and then just bought the aftermarket one, anyway.

Dealer cost on it was more than aftermarket trailer hitch that didn't require the bumper cut.

Sirius made it easy to "think" it over.

I just got a card in the mail letting me buy one month and get three with a three month contract.

They're betting you forget to turn it off and continue month to month. Easy marketing.

Sound wise, yes, it's certainly not hi def. It's more like "AM Talk radio".

Favorites are 011 (BBC Radio One) and several bluesy stations. Stuff that isn't on the radio (yet -- or I just haven't looked hard enough) in Phoenix.

Stuff I've liked:

Always having radio...even in the sticks. Always being able to find a BB playoff game....not that I care anymore. Always having stations that I know I like. You'll give up sound quality when you're in the middle of nowhere.

I didn't have a dislike. I can deal with inferior sound quality in the car. I keep the sound low anyway. I just didn't know how much it was before putting up this post...

$13 a month.

Good thing. Satellite radio isn't like high speed internet. You can do without it just fine. But for 4.33 a month for the next three months, that's cool.

Thanks!

SEL+, but I'm not sure that would have an effect. I don't hear that noise. Sorry you're hearing one.

Good luck with your repair.

Pics of wood dash kit recently installed.

 

1 and a half hours..lots of patience but well worth it. ordered it from edashkit.com and received in a bout a week. This was a full kit...they also had a basic one that had a few less pieces.

Nice finish.

You did a really nice job of it and it's clear you worked hard to get it done perfectly.

Your ride, you get to decorate it. Ignore the "not for me" chorus in the peanut gallery. You should be proud of the job you did. Enjoy it!

So, ironically, the Edge was in the shop getting a new sensor.

I had a Mazda 5 for 2 days. Not the 7, not the 9, granted, but the 5.

Two words: no thanks

Keep in mind that I had an MX-6 forever and a day, so I am a Mazda fan. The only thing on the Mazda that's better is the 50K warranty.

Looks like I'm headed in to the dealer tomorrow.

Warning lights for ABS, Powertrain and Traction Control are intermittently on and turn themselves off again.

(Didn't I just do the module change out?)

While I'm there, I'll have them look at the external temperature gauge (mine is reading too high) and an unusual smell -- like a natural gas leak.

I've never seen a warning icon turn itself back off before. Weird.

Dumb bunny question, sorry, but the inside lights are adjustable. Have you turned yours all the way up, but not to the point of turning on the inside lights?

(says Phoenix, in Phoenix with the roof open on a bright sunny day ) I figure if I can see mine, you can see yours.

Dunno. Can you de-acronym the PCM, please?

I had two modules replaced, but PCM draws a blank.

Turned 13 (thousand) today.

19.5 in city

24.5 highway

what in the world are the 51 or 202?? :shades:

Freeways that run through or around Greater Phoenix.

We call them "The ten", "the sixty", "the fifty one", "the one oh one", "the two oh two", the "three oh three"

Your dealer is full of crap.

In a city of 3.5 million, there's only 20 used Edges to be had in Phoenix, no dealer has more than 2, most dealers have none. Two are being sold privately. Lowest priced is in the low 18s with no options other than AWD and 22k miles.

I was looking for several weeks for a used one. The only one that met my criteria (light paint, light intererior, AWD and BAMR) was gone in a day.

http://www.cars.com/go/search/search_resul...amp;aff=azcentr

Reverse sensors are standard on 2007 SEL and SEL+, fwiw.

Wow..there's someone out there who drives even more than I do ;-)

Glad you love your car. When you're in it a lot, it's a must have. I'm appreciating the decent highway mileage, too. Great ride.

(Bought mine Oct 1, too, and am closing in on 13,000)

Ipod person here, too.

Locally, I have a smorgasbord of radio stations, too.

I didn't think I'd use it, but I was wrong. I use it alllllllll the time.

When you're on the road somewhere in the sticks, you'll have radio, news, sports, weather and even stupid head chat dorks spewing utterly vapid opinions to keep you awake if you're driving when you'd normally be sleeping.

Got mine October 1. I have put just under 13,000 miles on my Edge.