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You are right! I forgot about the new electronics so my comparison is not correct!

Thank you mate for the excellent help, much appreciated. I just bought from Amazon.ca (I’m in Canada) the Battery Tender Junior 800 12V, 800mA, CAD$54.95. Delivery is for Dec-28. There is a huge variety of models and less expensive but reading the customers feedback most of them didn’t work. So I took your recommendation and went with Battery Tender. Regarding how long batteries last I know what most people think but I have a different experience. I’m an old timer and had quite a few cars in my life and never had to replace any battery. There are 2 cars in particular I had each for about 12 years without changing the battery: one was a 1979 Ford Econoline van which I converted to a camper and 12 year later when I sold her she was like brand new. The other one was a 2001.5 Passat GLX made in Germany and again after 11 years I had her she was like brand new. But I take very good care of my cars because it’s like a hobby. My current 2016 Edge I’m very surprised the battery went dead but my thinking is something beyond my control happened to her. About 2 weeks before the battery went dead I had gone to the dealer for oil change etc. and after this appointment I hardly drove the car to give a chance to the battery to charge because among other reasons we has two snow storms. In addition it just happened that I decided to wash/wax the car and when I do the wash I leave all doors open so she dries well. The interior lights went out after about 6 minutes and the next day I did the wax. Then the following day trying to start the battery was dead. When I removed the dead battery it was not marked anywhere with the Ford logo. I found that strange because all parts in the car regardless how small are marked with the Ford logo. Perhaps my dealer switched the battery? Who knows. Another reason is that today everything is made in dubious quality to reduce the cost so my battery had reached its working life and that’s why it went dead. When I get the new charger I will post back to tell you my experience

Thanks for the help, I’m new to this so I forgot to ask: do you disconnect the battery from the car and then you connect the charger or you can connect the charger to the battery on top of the car’s cables? Also since the Edge sits inside the garage, how often would you use the charger? Once or twice per week or month? Most likely I will go with 1 Amp because the battery is new and since I don’t drive the Edge much in the winter I just want to keep the battery charged. I also noticed that Norco has some pretty decent ones so I’m looking and will decide which one to get. These chargers are much better than my old one because they are smaller and easier to attach/hold to the car when charging. The old one I have it’s a big and heavy/bulky charger only good I guess for my tractor. Thanks for the info and links.

Mine is about 10 years old charger with alligator clips. I like what the links show especially the quick connect/disconnect and I may buy one. Notice they come in various Amps range, what is a good Amp range to get? Thanks

Recently the battery in my 2016 Edge Titanium went dead and had to install a new one. All went well but since I don’t drive a lot in the winter I was thinking to charge the battery to assure it’s always fully charged. I have for years a trickle battery charger which I use to charge the 12V battery in my John Deere tractor during the winter months however this battery is removed from the tractor and stored in my workshop so the charging process is quite easy. I plan to use the same charger for the Edge. The battery on the Edge is not located in an easy to access area and if I have to remove the battery cables it will be even harder. So how do you charge the battery? Do you have to remove the battery cables and the battery? Thanks

I have a filter in my email which assigns incoming emails to various folders. For the Ford Edge Forum I had this address but it doesn’t work any more www.fordedgeforums.com Then I noticed that the incoming mails now have this address hello@RingBellForService.com Has the forum changed its address? Thanks

Cant go wrong with that, I will order one after X-Mas Thanks

Trying to replace the batteries in my keyfob I broke the key chain hook. Since the internals are good I know I can keep it in my pocket but it’s not as convenient as having it in my keychain along with my other keys. Is there a way to repair it or I should scrap it? Thanks

You know pretty good stuff omar and you reminded me about how to turn off the interior lights when a door is open which I will use, thanks. I didn’t know what FORScan is but searching I get an idea about it and I will investigate further after the holidays. Looks like it’s a pretty good tool which adds additional functionality to the existing menus, thanks again

The 2016 Edge Titanium FWD includes LED interior lights, or perhaps it was included among the options I took. I must add that besides the power savings the LED provide, they also are much more bright. One item I want to mention is that about 2 weeks before my car went dead I had taken her for oil change/filter service and besides that work the dealer also did: Recall 20S42 Break Hose (replace both front brake hose and bleed as per manufacturer). No charge for this work Also they had a recommended special which I took: (I have 39500 kilometers) Motor and Injectors Maintenance (interior motor cleaning “MOA” plus Injectors maintenance and cleaning. I don’t know what the “MOA” means perhaps is a local dealer code. I wonder if the above work had anything to do with my battery going dead.

I would not say completely optional but based on my experience with that heavy battery located in that difficult cavity you taking a chance to damage the air filter cover. I removed the filter cover since it was so easy and the rest was so easy. What I found surprising was the unusual bracket in the negative cable. Why have this kind of adapter to connect the negative cable and not have a similar cable like the positive? Perhaps because it would have been more difficult to use a wrench in that location?

As mentioned in my first post the interior lights go off in about 6 minutes to prevent the battery loosing juice + I had done this many times before with no problems. This time it was different because I guess the battery got too old. In any case I installed a new battery + replaced the batteries in the keyfob and following that the car started with the first crank. Since I like to keep the doors open after washing the car in the winter inside my garage. I may install a gadget I had installed years ago in a Passat I had. The mechanic installed this heavy duty switch under the hood and flipping the switch the battery was disconnected.

Much appreciated omar Finally I got where the backup slot is, actually I was looking for a slot but it is as you mentioned a tray. So this is set (had to see a YouTube to understand it) I agree with the batteries, first I will get 2 new cells for the keyfob and if that’s not the problem I will get a new battery. (not an OEM but from a reputable local chain and as far as I know very few buy OEM batteries) Luckily the store is not that far so I should be able to do both quite fast. Thanks

Thanks akirby, that sound too easy!

BTW forgot to mention that on Dec-02 I had an appointment at the dealer for oil change etc. and at the same time these guys produce a check list, which I get a copy, stating all the fluids level etc including the battery and in that list the battery is marked 85% good but on the cranking amps there is no indication what I have

I may have to change the battery and looking at it stuck into that cavity I find it a very difficult place to work. I see there is a bracket in the front of the battery and at the bottom holding the battery to the base with one bolt and I assume there is not one also at the back because if there is one it will be inaccessible. Since I have to remove the negative terminal first I hope I can slide the battery enough towards the front to get access to the terminals bolt. Any tips before I dive into it?

Once or twice per year I wash/wax my Edge inside my garage, first I wash it and let it dry overnight with all doors open (the interior lights go out automatically after about 6 min) and the following day I wax. I do this since I got the car and never had a problem before except now. I went today to start and noticed the messages in the dash were different than it used to be but I didn’t pay attentions because from before I knew I just press the brake pedal and then the start button and of she goes. But it didn’t start, I could hear some kind of a noise but it was not the engine turning neither the starter humming, more like it sounded like a wining of something electrical. After a few tries now I get/hear nothing, completely dead. I only have 39K kilometers (mostly highway) and never had any problem before. Looking in the manual it says on page 152 to insert the intelligent key into the backup slot (inside the floor console storage) but I don’t see any slot to insert the key (I only have in this console a 12V socket). One of the messages I noticed in the dash it was saying “press to start or insert the key in the console” but pressing to start didn’t do anything so I thought it may need the key in that slot which I don’t have it. So what's the purpose of this key if I don't have this slot? I called the dealer and he said since my battery is almost 5 years old perhaps the battery has no more juice and he suggested to boost the battery and give it a try. I have 2 sets of intelligent access keys, one I never used and the other I change the batteries last January. Neither does anything now, the car is completely dead. Any ideas what may have happened?

Thanks for the info, will do so.

What is your experience with rust in your Edge? Obviously this question should be answered mostly by owners in the northern states where the highways and roads are salted during the winter months. My 2016 Edge Titanium is rust free so far but I don’t expect to be so lucky for very long. I live in Montreal Canada and our roads are regularly salted during the winter. Normally I Ziebart rustproofing my new cars when new but with my Edge, due to various reasons, I didn’t. Last September when I call for an appointment the earliest appointment I could get was end of November so I gave up again. Now I will do myself some rustproofing the best I can and in the spring I will take her for a good rustproofing, better late than never, I guess.

To my opinion the rough idle speed was due to "bad gas" I filled at a gas station. Normally I always fill up at the same station but sometimes I don't and that was my problem. Never had any problem since

Thanks onyxbfly for your time I do have 2 USB ports in my car and they both work fine. I also Googled “SIRI” and I understand SIRI is only used if I have an Apple phone and since I don’t use Apple products this is one less headache for me. Anyway I was going thru the instruction steps from my manual on how to activate voice control and at the end it said press the voice button on the steering wheel. When I did that a message in the Synch screen said “Turn off Airplane mode” on your phone. I did that and now the voice commands works! I never understood why airplane mode will come ON sometimes by itself, it happened to me before. So now I will try to remember this.

I have my 2016 Edge Titanium since new and at the beginning I had a Samsung phone which I set it up to work with the Sync and all was fine including the voice command. Recently I changed my Samsung for a Motorola6 and I was able to connect it to the Sync and all look good. That’s my phone book was transferred to the car and I could use this phone book to call/receive but I had no voice commands.. Only recently I noticed that the voice activation was not working. Went thru the commands and in the cars phone menu there is the icon “Siri”. When I press it it says my phone is not connected properly and to look into my phone setup. Pressing the voice button in my steering wheel does nothing. Any idea on what to look up in my phone to get the voice activated?

Let me clarify Perhaps its true if you move and go far away from the original dealer but in my case I was in the same town and I wanted to go to another dealer because I didn’t like to deal with the same salesman. Ford Credit told me that I must go to the same dealer and that’s what I did

My experience was the same but I also learned you must go to the same dealer you got the car leased to finalize the title transfer. I went to another Ford dealer and they wouldn’t touch it. BTW.. my Edge also has been a great car

Thanks for your time, I understand and makes sense.