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Just wanted to close this out. I ended up being rear ended at a stop light a few days after posting this. It was just minor damage but while Edge was being repaired the body shop wheel guy took a light polisher to the wheels and those marks came right out. So I'd say WWWPerfA_ZN0W solution would have worked just fine too.

Thanks.

Hi detailers,

So this dude cuts in front of me close to the end of the exit ramp and then proceeds to hit a piece of carpet, or sheep skin rug or something, and since he's so close to me it comes out from under his car so quick I can only get left enough so my two right tires hit it. No problem right? Then I goto wash the car and see these, what look like scuff or whip marks on both wheels and a little on the clear bra air dam, but I'm not worried about the bra.

I took a wet terri cloth towel and rubbed the marks with medium pressure and they did seem to lessen but from the pics you can see they are still there.

Wondering if there's a way to buff/polish out what look like less then a scratch on the Sport wheels w/o being too noticable? Or because its a painted wheel, I'm screwed? Thanks in advance.

The only 4GB limit in FAT32 is individual file size - not volume size.

You're right TheWizard, it's been so long since I played around with Drive sizes I forgot that I needed to use the format app because the PS3 backup file was over 4 GBs in size, not because the drive was too big. Windows and two other free tools I tried kept erroring out halfway through the formatting for some reason, but free tools are worth a try at first.

Cool Thanks Akirby.

For those hitting the FAT32 limit of 4 GB you can buy the same software tool I used several years ago called "CompuApps SwissKnife". I used it to reformat my 300GB external drive so PS3 could backup to it. Since then Playstation puts the important stuff in the cloud so I then used it to reformat it back to NTFS. It costs like under 20 bucks and worked great for me.

***DISCLAMER*** I'm not 100% sure how CompuApps got around the limit, probably using extensions to the FAT32 architecture so I can't say for sure if MFT would still recognize your drive but my playstation and several laptops had no problems reading from the 300 GB drive as FAT 32.

Can the MFT read NTFS? That's a proprietary Microsoft design but SYNC is a partnership with them. Just curious.

Just to close this out, turns out I was incorrect nothing had fallen down the under the seat vents. I borrowed a friends flex camera and fished it down there and there's no chamber down there just basically a tube to the front HVAC. So I got annoyed enough to decide and take everything loose out of the car before I took it to the dealer. As I was taking the crap out of the center console I lifted up the little tray at the bottom and apparently a metal tire pressure gauge had gotten underneath that, somehow. It used the console like an echo chamber as it sounded much louder than a small tire gauge rolling side to side. Lesson's learned.

Not trying to insult anyone's intelligence but maybe try changing the personal code you picked as well? Just in case the dude shoulder surfed someone using that one instead of getting the master code from the owners manual. It's a fairly quick easy thing to do.

I've seen several dealers have the policy of putting their dealership's zip code on all the new cars while on the lot. So the usual info sec advice of not using something "easy" to guess comes into play as well.

From what I can tell sagid.ali is correct. I took my car to Witt Lincoln and Alan Raines as well, who's a cool guy, both he and I looked at the VCM on his laptop and there was no option for the "light pipes" for DRLs on my 2013 Edge Sport. It's a GUI menu and In the Body Control Module it even mentions European rear DRLs which are required for fog lights in the rear. Strange to me those lights are there and Ford decided they look better turned off most of the time.

According to this site you'll need the VCM-II

VCM II
The VCM II will be introduced in the second half of 2012. The IDS software will support both the VCM and the VCM II.

http://www.motorcraftservice.com/vdirs/retail/default.asp?pageid=wds_retail&gutsid=&kevin=rules

Hmmm... I purchased the 72 month or 6 year 75k "PremiumCare" warranty extension plan through Ford for $1205.00, looking at paperwork now. So I'm not all that happy that others seem to be getting 7yr 75k for the same price, what's up with that? The dealer I bought at was back in Pennsylvania and I had a friend working in Service so I don't have any reason to think they cheated me, but even that warranty was only after negotiating for 25 mins.

So what's the deal, I didn't negotiate as good as others or maybe they are wrong and it should have been the 7 year? I'm guessing whatever is on the paper is what the coverage is. It also says there's a 100 deductible, which kinda sucks.

I have an HTC One coming from the 1st generation HTC Evo. The Evo never allowed the MFT to read my texts but since I've got the HTC One (about 1.5 months ago) it's worked fine. When paired, an incoming text will alert in the right side of the drivers console and I can press OK to have the car read the text.

I'm currently running Android 4.1.2 with HTC One Sense 5.0, but heard HTC released the newer 4.2.2 and most carriers are working to release it this summer hopefully that update won't kill the text feature it's pretty cool.

So I'm hoping this doesn't sound as much of a dumb question as it seems as I type it, but wondering if there is anything special to do with inside of Sport's exhaust? What is the material? Is there a metal polish recommended maybe something to protect against discoloration from exhaust condensation or buildup?

Hi,

So during my recent long road trip with a full Edge I believe something has gotten down inside what I believe are air vents under the front/passenger seats that give air flow to the rear passengers? I hear something probably about the size of a bottle cap rolling side to side during turns, I do not hear it going back and forth. It sounds as though it's inside the car as I've already removed everything from the side pockets and such.

So I'll spare you a rant on why the hell Ford wouldn't have a screen over those openings and ask if anyone knows more about them than me? I've considered one of those flexible cameras that I can fish down there and see if anything shows up, but they are around 100 bucks, which I imagine Ford would charge me to troubleshoot it anyway.

My friend has a magnet on a flexible shaft, so I'll try to get that in there and see if whatever it is, responds to magnetism. In the meantime here's a blurry cell phone pic, hope it helps.

I think I had a bad battery in my Edge from factory. I'm still not sure, and neither was the Ford tech, if that was causing my constant "battery saver - system off" issues or if those issues caused my bad battery. I'm leaning towards the battery but I got it replaced at the same time as I was upgraded to the latest firmware for MyFordTouch. Either way if it's even causing the slightest trouble Ford will replace the battery without an issue. Since the replacement and upgrade I've had zero issues, and I can actually have the accessory power\ radio on for more than 3 mins! where as before the battery saver would shut it off.

Just moved to San Diego County. Been here for about 3 weeks and already saw a silver one with license plate of something like EGEE1. And a black one where it looked like the owner plasti dipped his SPORT 22's.

So I move from east coast to west coast and figured I'd report how the clear bra did on the long drive, it was a bit longer than a straight shot as we toured a few places.

Anyway, I'd say it did an excellent job. Don't know if it was really necessary, the blue painters tape trick probably would have been just as good, although uglier. All in all the paint does look good, so I can't complain. Here's two pics of the only damage I noticed.

A small nick in the Scotch Print metallic tape that Dingo showed everyone, but that will be easy to fix.

The clear bra did rip at the very bottom of the front air dam although I don't see a lot of damage to the paint. I wonder if that will be covered by the warranty? Anyone know? I'm betting any compromise of the material is going to allow dirt to get under it and it will just get worse and maybe get bigger. Hopefully I don't have to go back to my original installer since they 1. didn't do the greatest job and 2. are many miles away now.

The 2013 Edge Owner's Guide 3rd Edition (an October 2012 revision) on page 106 says the icon is an RTT that "will illuminate when you turn the parking lights on" and on page 103 explains "Some warning indicators are reconfigurable telltales (RTT). These indicators appear in the information display and function the same as a warning light, but do not display on startup."

 

The Owner's Guide 2nd Edition does not include the icon among RTTs that it explains.

 

Omar302 may be correct about this being an Information Display update that the dealer can activate via new software or revised programming.

 

The icon would certainly provide a welcome confirmation of the automatic turn-on of headlights during daytime windshield wiper usage.

 

Good luck!

Nice job figuring it out. Looks like the "3rd gen" edges have it. Seems like the newer models should also have the light then. Not a big deal either way.

Thanks guys, yeah they did replace the grill section completely along with the hood as I mentioned before but I honestly believe they just didn't have the skills to not have the horizontal groove area pull up on the corners a bit. They also gave me a discount on some tint but then there is dirt under that too. So I was uncomfortable taking the car back to them. I'll get it replaced after moving back to San Diego in a few months.

I'm not near bothered by it enough to want to remove the film but I wanted to make others aware of it when pricing it out. If you point that area out ahead of time you might be able to negotiate for a bit of a discount if they have trouble with it.

nope its not high beams, that's blue. it's just headlights either auto or manual on. Maybe we should all start taking pics of the dashboard and see what the differences are.

Hmmm strange it wouldn't be standard. To answer Dingo's question that I took that pic when I parked the car in my well lit underground garage, it was idling and I manually turned the lights to on, then the indicator came on. I also notice it on when the lights automatically come on at night. I ordered the car in September 2012 and took delivery in November 2012.

Hey memory is not that bad after all, I have a green indicator light on the console, pic attached with yellow circle around it.

Thanks, everyone. Yeah I did read that "Recirculation may turn off automatically in some airflow modes to reduce fog potential" in the manual but thought there might be some trick. Guess I'll just have to live with it.

I won't thread jack myself with the battery saver thing but it's being quite the pain in the azz recently, but at least I'm not as bad as this guy.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=iaa_vPQ7OCs

I have a 2013 Edge Sport and I believe I have a green headlight indicator when my lights are on. Now you guys have me doubting myself, just dropped it off to get a hitch installed so I can't check but I'm pretty sure it's there. I'll pick it up tomorrow if no one else updates this thread I'll post a pic or admit my failing memory.

Hi doesn't anyone know of a way to over ride the, to me, incredibly annoying tendency for the recirculate interior cabin air from shutting itself off?

I guess Ford thinks drivers are too dumb to understand what to do when fog begins to develop on the windows, even though until recently every car made didn't override your settings.

I have a 40 min commute and sometimes 2 to 3 times during it the recirculate light will go off on the my ford touch system. I usually find this out when the car fills with cigarette, dead animal, or diesel stink, which is of course too late to avoid the smell. I do not have the system set to AUTO, just air coming through vents. I'm probably doing something wrong though.

Also I believe the system should be set to remember that I left it on recirculate instead of making me turn it on at the beginning of every car ride. This is one of the few frustrating things I've found with the Edge in so far a very quality car. Well that and "Battery Saver - System Off" crap but I'm hoping that will be solved with an update and master reset.

Thanks.

I'm having a less than perfect experience with the Xpel bra. I don't want to go into the back story or drop names but suffice it to say it doesn't look as good as I thought it would after paying 800+taxes. The shop is a 3M certified installer and has lots of experience and are nice guys, but still there are noticible pieces of dirt under the bra (up close) in some places, "rough" areas that don't look as good as fresh paint would, and the hardest part for them seemed to be the horizontal groove in the cross pieces of the grill. The film pulls away a bit and then looks white-ish. THe shop did take the car back in and redid the hood and grill and it looks better but still isn't as good as I thought it would look.

Don't get me wrong it's not awful by any means. To be honest though, if I could back in time I'd just keep the 800 bucks probably. Just my experiences.

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