rmmpe

All this about rollback gets tiring.

When on a hill, use the brakes.

Also, I believe the Owner's Manual states to NOT use the trans to hold position on an incline.

"I am asking as I have had problems running K&N's in somer late model engins. It can screw up the mas aire flow sensore etc" .

It can/will also screw up the engine. The efficiency is not good and allows a lot of schmutz into the engine.

Unless you religiously maintain an oiled foam element, you might as well run no element at all.

I also have a rattle and, as mentioned before, it's the passenger side seat belt buckle tapping against the plastic cover.

We were looking for a 4-down towable AWD vehicle that was roomy, fuel eficient and responsive. The Edge satisfied all these requirements and I got a better than fair deal on a certified 2007 Edge and trade-in on our 2004 Navigator.

Thanks.

I'll look that over.

This may have been covered before but I can't find it.

Does anybody have information regarding a dash mat that can be installed to eliminate the horrible glare our tan dash has?

I've seen a few dash mats but they look pretty chintzy.

Any help will be appreciated.

Bob

Although I like the "Hill descent" feature of the trans, I'd really like to have the capability of manual gear selection. The gears are there but without a way to actively control them, it's a poor compromise.

If anyone finds out more about flashing the PCM to gain that ability, please let me know. I have a small Joystick just waiting for a place to call home.

It tows the Edge wonderfully.

The glare from the tan dash of my Edge is quite noticeable under almost any conditions. So much so I've given thought to cutting a piece of the black Marine Grade Vinyl I have and laying it over the dash to reduce the glare. I just haven't gotten to it yet.

Other than that, we are extremely pleased with the Edge AWD SEL+. Mileage is acceptable, it's a Domestic car, comfortable, responsive and tows wonderfully. And the trans, if needing a way to select other than D or low, is a nice bit of work. I suppose the "Adaptive Hill-descent" feature was supposed to address the gear selection process but, although a nice feature, I would prefer manual selection and an instrument panel indicator showing what gear it's in at any time.

We got lucky with it because it only had 12K miles and we got it for under $24K. As a "Certified" car, it has a 100K mile powertrain warranty and 24K miles remaining on the bumper to bumper. Better than the new car warranty, to my way of thinking.

All-in-all, after 13K miles, a darn good car

And, to my eye, it's a "Looker".

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I've towed our Edge over 11,000 miles with no problem(s).

In fact, I have to look at the rear vision display to make sure it's still there. We have the Proportionate Even Brake installed, set to the middle of both ranges.

There is no seat adapter needed; just install the unit and move the seat (power) to the lowest position and forward to secure it. I also have a "Toad-Charge" unit installed between the Edge battery and Coach battery to keep the Edge battery charged.

Finally, we place the shift lever in neutral and turn the key back as far as it will go.

Great TOAD, this :hyper:

bbf2530,

Thanks for the illumination.

Your statement:

"Were you possibly tilting the assembly sideways (since the directions specifically say not to)? If you removed the two correct bolts, I would assume you just need to finesse the assembly a bit more to get it out".

Aha!. The old "Pull it straight out" trick.

Yes, I was tilting it. Fortunately, I have learned that I sometimes force things too much and stopped before I broke anything; the lights still work. People have told me I don't know my own strength. Heck, it's not strength.....it's stupidity (but I never correct them).

I was trying to pull a lead off them to operate the auxilliary lighting system I made for towing it behind the Coach.

Failing that, I removed the lower part of the dash-board and ran a wire directly from the Brake switch.

Thanks again.

I sometimes have a tendency to exert too much force on things and break them. Thus the reason for my question.

I tried to remove the tail light assembly yesterday and removed the 2 bolts that appear to secure the tail light assemblies. To no avail. They moved a bit but didn't want to come out without force.

Just how do you get to the back of the lens to change bulbs or access the wires?

What shows as the miles remaining is based on the average MPG the car is/was getting at the time. The real remaining range depends on how you drive it from that point on. If easy and the car is getting better than what shows as the average, it'll be further. If you drive it hard, it'll be less.

Personally, I wouldn't trust it unless I felt like walking a bit.

Looked at vehicle today...was very pleased with appearance...now have to crunch the #s & see how far apart we are on the deal.

 

Negative is 3000 miles, dealer did say it was put "inservice" in early Jan, has dealer tags & we will have the remainder of the 36 month / 36,000 mile warrenty left thus I believe it has been titled & thus a "used" vehicle.

 

Any knowledgable opinions welcome...thx, PD

 

Response::

We just bought an 07 SEL having 12K miles on it. It has a few "Extras", like the convenience group, Leather, power passenger seat, SW controls, etc.

Advice:

Make sure it's a "Certified" vehicle, which brings the powertrain warranty to 100,000 miles.

 

For us, having the remaining 24K miles on the Bumper to Bumper along with the 100K powertrain miles at a cost of $24K was a good deal. Especially so because we've bought 3 other cars from our sales guy. He has treated us well and it's a good Dealership, which is every bit as important as a "Good deal".

They must not salt the roads where you are. This feature is such a pain. The windshield gets clean then, OOOPPS, all smudged up!

No salt but a LOT of dirt. I still like the feature tho'......

"You do need to change the fuse that controls the headlights from 15 to 25 to handle the HID lights."

Maybe it's just me but I'd be very cautious about simply changing the fuse to 25A. Unless the wire gage is able to conduct the added load, there will be a problem. These Automotive guys and gals are actually pretty good at what they do and things are generally designed to perform a particular job. I don't believe wires are oversized so owners can later change the system(s).

Actually, I like the feature.

Have you never been annoyed because you must activate the wiper again after they have stopped to get that last bit of water that runs down the windshield?

I bought my 2007 SEL AWD in PA. When the light switch is in Auto mode the DRLs go on when the Edge is started and off when shut down.

I love it.

I had a similar problem with another car. Water would get into the top and not drain from the bottom. The Dealer replaced the lights 3 times but the problem kept coming back.

Sooooo, I got fed-up with it and drilled a 1/16" hole at the very bottom of the Plastic lens and guess what? The problem went away.

Probably not the answer you wanted but it worked for me.

I worked for Chrysler when it was Chrysler (mid 70's to early 80's). The published "Company Rule" for employees was if you wanted to park in the secured lot nearest the plant, you drove a Chrysler product. If you didn't, you parked in the distant open lot and walked quite a way to the entrance. As this was in Detroit, the winter alone made you want to drive a Chrysler product (or wear big boots). Especially because the open lot was plowed last.

If you were a vendor and wanted to park in the Visitor's lot near the entrance, you drove a Chrysler product. If you drove something else, you had to park off-property and fend for yourself (there was no other parking near the plant and it was illegal to park on the street). ALL Vendors serving Ford, GM and Chrysler generally had a fleet of various cars so the proper car could be driven to the plant they were to call on.

I have the AWD and really like it. The MPG suffers a little but I'll take it.

BTW, there were many times we were returning to PA from Manchester,NJ and got hit with a snow storm. The AWD is a real plus there.

"Don't leave home without it".

Thanks Kirb.

Hi Kirb,

Overall, excepting 2 things, I am happy with the trans, they being the absence of a manner to select gears and the "sloppiness" of the lower gear shifting, which I'd like to be more "crisp/positive".

I am a bit surpised that nobody from Ford has offered any comments here.

Thanks for your input.

I do not question the comments about how the transmission shifts. But I am still thinking the transmission has learned to NOT shift under light pedal pressure when ascending hills.

The Allison transmission in our Coach is adaptive and has "learned" (data sampling) a bit about my driving style. Perhaps it's wishful thinking but I am more satisfied now than when I 1st got the car.

It looks like the transmission really is adaptive, as stated in the 2008 Edge sales brochure.

At least there's some relief that I may be losing it.

Good job on that. But, it still needs a way to select gears manually.