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If that's the silicone rubber blade, they work great, but winter ice tore them to shreads. Soft rubber, you need to keep the glass clean; dirt and (esp) ice, causes them to wear out quickly.

Consider the price of copper and the miles and miles of wiring that would go unused ... Price point, they submit an order for specific products, it's the subcontractors the are required to warehouse the product and deliver it on a just-in-time need. As to options, every car Ford builds is a special build, the harness is only a small aspect of the total control. Probably the only standardized component is the steel body shell. After that there's color, options, packages, dealer requests, local regulations .....

I was told years ago by my dealer (service rep) that the blades that come with the car are different blades than the replacment blades sold by the dealers. Personally, I've use Trico for most of my life. Have tried most every blade out there at one time or another, but always came back to Trico. One way to extend the life of your blades is to wipe the blades once a month (or so, I'm not consistant on this) with an alcohol wipe. Cleans the dirt off while breaking the oil film that holds the dirt to the blade.

Try pressing the door unlock once (to first unlock to doors). Then press and hold the door unlock for three seconds to open all windows. (I dont remember precisely but I think the door must be locked first for the window function to operate). Also this feature can be turned on and off. Make certain it's turned on. See your owner's manual.

How many hours do you have in it at this point?

Nope. At least it didn't when I had a blow out last month. The tow truck driver pulled out the spare and could only put the defective 20" when over the spare recess. (Too large to fit in the recess).

At the time I never thought to ask, just took their word for this and said ok. Could huse call and ask the service department about it.

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My 09 has 100k+. I was concerned about rhis and asked my service rep about the WP leaks. He told me it was related to not getting the coolant changed. Apparently Ford (Lincoln) has changed to a different coolant just to prevent failures. Has to do with old fluid causing corrosion. Service was adamant about getting me to change coolant to new type.

Couple ways to tell: SEL has the backup alarm when you backup and there's an object behind you. SE doesn't.SE exterior mirror caps are black, SEL mirror caps are color matched.

It appears that they are installing the siren speaker insidea the grill (as in this youtube video) Here's a fully decked out police cruiser This company specializes in fire and police conversion. http://911rapidresponse.com/projects.html In every installion I've seen on the Internet, all of the siren speakers were installed behind the grill. This involves removing the frontend for mounting. One other consideration would be to use a top-mount light & siren bar, if your looking for a simple diy installion.

This is a YouTube video where "fix it angel" shows how to remove the door latch and replace the switch attached to the latch. Ag the end of the video, he tears open the switch and it clearly shows the corrrosion located inside the switch.

Going for the Hummer look, eh?

Have you been able to get this fixed yet?

Have you maintained the service? Have you changed the plugs at 100k?

FordTechMakuloco has a good video on how to install on a Ford turbocharged engine. As I understand it, the sensor's detect the knock and adjust the timing (and in modern engines, other systems) to run the engine as lean as possible. The computer needs a knock to set determine where the mixture is set, but maintains it so that it doesn't cause engine damage.

You could also consider installing a better Halagen bulb. Phillips VisionPlus or Osram NightBreaker's are an inexpensive improvement.

Be very careful about which wheels you stick on your car. There is cheap junk coming in from China that may not hold up on the road (potholes and simular hazards in particular). https://www.tirerack.com/wheels/tech/techpage.jsp?techid=90

From what's been discussed here, installing a catch can on these engines would seem to be beneficial. It doesn't appear to be a correlation between how hard you drive it and the carbon buildup. As the valves are not being washed by the gas spray there will be buildup. Driving harder will only cause more blowby, which in turn allows more oil and blowby to be drawn into the intake causing more buildup on the back of the valves and valve seats. As for using 91 octane, it would seem realistic to believe that Ford Engineering thoroughly tested this engine under all circumstances and found it acceptable. By reducing the knock, the computer may attempt to lean the mixture in an attempt to reach a point where the knock can be sensed. Years ago, Ford used to produce a magazine entitled Ford Times. I remember reading an article one month where they discussed the reasons you should NOT use higher octane gas. They (Ford Engineering) wants the engine to knock so the computer can measure it and compensate properly. Otherwise it will go lean attempting to compensate and the engine runs hot.

https://www.tirerack.com/wheels/results.jsp?autoMake=Ford&autoModel=Edge+SE&autoYear=2012&autoModClar=AWD&package=false If kona blue is not selected, tap on the color wheel near the picture of the edge and select it. Then you can try out all of the different wheels and see what each would look like. (Note I tapped the SE instead of the SEL, and AWD instead of FWD, but I don't think it will make any difference.) PS forgot to mention, if you click on the arrows next to the 5 wheels shown, the next (or previous) five wheels will be displayed. Then just click on whatever wheel and it will be placed on the car.

The NHTSA opened an investigation on the Edge door ajar issue in October. The dealer cost (I believe) is around $400. However it's an easy fix, abet time consuming and there are seveal videos on YouTube on how to remove the door panel and replace the switch attached to the latch. Looks like a two hour job.

The rule I'm familiar with is a drop of 20% when you drive it off the lot. 50% seems high.

Take it over to a reputable body shop and see what they suggest.

Oh ratfink. Now everyone will know.

Are there any codes stored?