enigma-2

I have 20's on my MKX and it rides a lot rougher than the MKX loaner I drove which had 18's. I believe the type of tires on the car can affect the ride as well. I'm running Bridgestone's.

Could also be a blown head gasket; compression drops on the cylinders blown, and coolant leaks in. It's possible to have a new gasket installed if there's not too much damage in the bearings from the watered-down oil. They can actually take a lot of abuse. Depends on how much water got into the oil. Had this problem years ago, spent around $800 and the car ran fine for couple of years until I sold it.

I got a second "we still haven't forgotten about you and will fix the passenger airbag in your 2009 MKX when we finally get replacment airbags or you sell the car first" letter last week. Their still thinking about me. Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy deep down inside. (Course that could be the glass of wine I just drank). "Here lies enigma-2 His airbags need to be replaced He hit a bump and they went boom, And now he's spilt in two".

Cute! Pix didn't turn out clear (auto lights in the garage are always on when anyone is in the garage). Reason I posted the link, has pictures of what it looks like projected on the ground). ?

I kept the old ones. Kind of a fun thing, not really useful anyway. Thanks for the heads up, know what to expect.

Just installed new puddle lamps with LEDs and laser LEDs projecting the word "LINCOLN" with the Lincoln star on the ground in front of the door. There's a model for "FORD" as well. Wind & Fire - T030 Lincoln Side Mirror Projector - MKS MKT MKX MKZ- 2pc set https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N5A1MQ3/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_x.k0ybNY0YGA7

According to Car & Driver, there's 110 lbs in a modern Bentley. So at least half that in a MKX.

Yup, I agree. But to make up for the lack of rear windows opening, the Panoramic moonroof pops open. And if you don't have a BAMR (moonroof), the back hatch window explodes.

Could always go reallllly big

Think big http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/172039259313?lpid=82&chn=ps&ul_ref=http%253A%252F%252Frover.ebay.com%252Frover%252F1%252F711-117182-37290-0%252F2%253Fmtid%253D1588%2526kwid%253D1%2526crlp%253D183016357862_324272%2526itemid%253D172039259313%2526targetid%253D340520999167%2526rpc%253D0.14%2526rpc_upld_id%253D112883%2526device%253Dm%2526mpre%253Dhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.ebay.com%25252Fulk%25252Fitm%25252Flike%25252F172039259313%25253Flpid%25253D82%252526chn%25253Dps%2526adtype%253Dpla%2526googleloc%253D9016241%2526poi%253D%2526campaignid%253D764892186%2526adgroupid%253D39783961149%2526rlsatarget%253Dpla-340520999167%2526gclid%253DCj0KEQjw2LjGBRDYm9jj5JSxiJcBEiQAwKWACzSBTqHbRpZiuC5ihzbFMdrYBvW0qc9OakaIpFUPa8waAk1t8P8HAQ%2526srcrot%253D711-117182-37290-0%2526rvr_id%253D1185983926082&ul_noapp=true

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?