Texas001

I have just over 25,000 miles on my Edge and have really been disappointed with the gas mileage. Then I found the real reason. My gas mileage was computed at 21.7 on a recent trip but when I manually computed the gas mileage it was 24.9. Now I am not disappointed any longer. Am I the only one who relied on and believed the computed gas mileage?

It beeps alright but it is closing down on my head. A lot of videos I found on you tube show a separate button. I don't have a special button just the button inside the cargo area, the exterior button, which does nothing, and the one on the dash. I suspect my 2014 Edge SEL does not have this feature and I don't know why. It is not in my owners manual and I looked hard. I noticed there are several positing here that are also not sure about this feature. I called my dealer and they haven't called me back. If I ever figure that out for my Edge I will post it here.

I don't find anything in the power liftgate section of the owner's manual that tells me how to do any adjusting of the height, that is why I asked here.

My tailgate raises up way too high and if the garage door is open and you open the tailgate it hits the garage door. My daughter has a Nissan and she can control the height of the tailgate by some type of setting. Is there a way to set the maximum height the tailgate will raise? I already have three scratches on the tailgate because I am too dumb to close the garage door before I raise the tailgate or try to close the garage door with the tailgate up.

At times I want to leave my car running with the A/C on because of my dog. But when I get out, hit the lock button and shut the door, the door unlocks. I think I will try your wife's method so I can lock the car with the engine running. Hope it works and if so I give your wife credit for fooling the car.

I only just now have 3000 on the car. Took a trip of about 70 miles a couple of weeks ago, thru and lot of small hills and got 30.2 mpg on the trip. Guess it was just a matter of putting a few miles on the car. I drove mostly around 50-55 mph. Now I am happy. Around the area I am getting 22 mpg.

My 'dealer' said that I would get 28 MPG on my new 2014 Edge with V-6 engine, FWD. Just like a half dozen other lies he told me. What are you guys in Texas getting? My best so far is 20.7MPG, mixed and one all highway trip got 22.7. What is considered the general break in period before the MPG hits its peak? No real faults found in my Edge so far, except maybe the My Touch is too smart for me. LOL

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Thank you cv27.

One last post by me on this subject. This is what I was trying to say that I wanted. Maybe I didn't say it exactly correct and some responded with less than sensible critisism. Seems that the technology is there, just wondering why the Edge BLIS doesn't have a "switch" to turn on/off an auditible beep or chime or "woman's voice saying look out numb nut" as one member suggested. The mid-size 2012 Mazda6 five-passenger sedan has blind-spot monitors as standard equipment on the i Touring Plus, i Grand Touring, s Touring Plus and s Grand Touring. An icon on the side-view mirrors lights up when vehicles enter the detection area. If a turn signal is activated while vehicles are in the detection area, the system alerts the driver with the sound of a chime. Sensors track approximately 12.5 feet from left to right and about 26 feet behind the side of the vehicle.

I scanned the owners manual to see if there was a way to turn on an auditible beep, much like the beep you get with the cross traffic when backing up. We all like different things, some guys even like fat girls. If it were possible I would try it and those who comdemned my idea could just leave theirs off. Wonder what the 2015 is going to have in this area?? But right now (less than 300 miles on the Edge) I am still trying to learn all the features in the Sync with MyFord Touch. Thanks guys for your inputs.

I should have mentioned but thought all would understand that the beeps would only occur when you turn on your turn signal. If I am not changing lanes then I am not worried about a car in my blind spot. Right now the indicator light does nothing for me unless I check my mirror to change lanes. So I only want the beeps when I use the turn signal to change lanes. Does that make more sense now?

Just got a new, 2014 Edge, and one of the things that I would like to do is to modify the Blind Spot Info System alert to produce an audible alert signal. Anyone done this or know of any aftermarket product that will produce an audible beep. Thanks