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That's the most rediculous thing I've ever heard. The only way your claim makes sense is to say that there were less injuries because there were less cars on the road. Injuries per mile of driving are WAY , WAY lower now than they were in the 50s and 60s. Also a 65mph impact is totally survivable if you're wearing your seatbelts, unless it's truly a direct impact into a solid, immovable object. But that kind of collision is very rare. But the seatbelt chime is easily disabled, the instructions are in the owner's guide (they refer to is as "Belt-minder").

The problem is more complicated than that. Different parts of the world (and even different parts of the US) change their clocks on different days. Arizona doesn't change at all, how frustrated would Arizonians be at having to hit the "no" button twice a year? So the system would have to know both the date that DST begins/ends and match it to the GPS location. But then what happens if the DST dates change like they did a few years ago or DST regions change like Indiana did in 2006? How do you update the car? Do you make everyone in the USA get a software update when Evansville Indiana changes their DST schedule? I'm not saying it's not possible, and is certainly frustrating, but it is a more complicated problem than most people think.

I think it's 25% below the recommended. So in your case it would be about 26psi. Since you're in the Middle East and I know you guys do a lot of high speed, high temperature driving over there, tire pressure is very important. Low tire pressure in hot conditions can cause a blow-out at high speed, so make sure you're checking regularly. Sounds like you have one tire that has a leak.

No they don't, there used to be a button that would just turn DST on or off, but it would never auto adjust - you had to go in and hit that button manually twice a year. That button was removed in a previous release because people (logically) thought it would auto adjust then were disappointed when it didn't.

You have always had to adjust the clock manually for daylight savings time, this isn't new to this update.

That doesn't make any sense. DRLs can be either on or off. For US vehicles they are set to off. With a service tool, they can be set to on. Tell your service manager to read the shop manual!

That sounds more like an engine ground out. When you turn left, then engine rolls a bit to the right inside the body and can cause something like an A/C line or exhaust shield to make contact with the body. This can cause a groan like you describe and also explains why it only happens to the left and not the right. I'd have them inspect all the lines and peripherals of the engine for anything loose or out of position.

After a little research, I discovered that there is actually a separate "TPM" module in the Edge (most Ford's have the TPMS receiver integrated into the SPDJB). So you could try disconnecting that module (it's behind the LH rear quarter panel), but given that it's on the network, it's likely still going to set an error code and leave the light on anyway. Until you change the software in the cluster to tell it not to look for a TPMS signal, it will always be looking and will always turn the light on when it doesn't find it.

It's not a TSB, it's a SSM. The full text is: SOME 2011-2013 EDGE/MKX VEHICLES MAY EXHIBIT A HIGH-PITCHED SQUEAL NOISE FROM THE POWER STEERING PUMP WHEN STEERING WHEEL IS FULLY TURNED TO EITHER LEFT OR RIGHT STEERING STOP POSITION. REPLACE POWER STEERING PUMP WITH LATEST LEVEL SERVICE PART. REFER TO WORKSHOP MANUAL, SECTION 211-02. USE EXISTING LABOR TIME OPERATION NUMBER. SUSPECT SERVICE PARTS HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM SERVICE DEPOT STOCK. Squeal noises are inherrent in any hydraulic system, it's just a matter of damping them out. It doesn't indicate any kind of imminent failure. In fact I'd suspect it's more likely that you'll have a failure due to all the replacement of parts and some hose not being tightened up rather than a failure as a direct result of the noise. And no matter what happens, your steering wheel will always be connected to the wheels, so you will always have the ability to steer the vehicle even if the hydraulics fail completely.

Clusters don't use bulbs anymore, they are all hardwired LEDs. TPMS is a federally mandated safety system (in the US at least), so there is no legal way of disabling it. The software is all integrated into modules that do other things, so there's no wire to cut or connector to unplug. The only way is to find someone who knows how to disable it through the software.

I can tell you the source of my information, or I can tell you the information, but not both.

From a customer satisfaction point of view, all your points are very valid. But from a legal (lawsuit) point of view, how do you defend the comment that it "doesn't do what they said it would do"? In the case of MPG and power ratings, those are clearly defined tests that can be reapeated and proven and have legally defined variation. Did Ford say your system would never reboot? Did they say the response would always be within x.x seconds? There just aren't any industry/legal specifications out there yet that a legal team could use against Ford to say the system is "defective". All they can use is customer complaints, and Ford could easily whip out enough statistics to say that the vast majority of customers are satisfied with the system. From a legal point of view, I just don't see how a claim of "deception" is going to work.

Max A/C is mostly useless though anyway. Set it at 72 and auto and crank the fan up a couple notches if you want it to cool down faster. The actual temperature of the air coming out will be the same.

I've tried it, it is a big improvement. You can now say "play artist Juanes" without having to say "play artist jew-ains" and it even repeats it back in correct spanish pronunciation. Also you can just push the voice button and say "ninty six point three" instead of "radio FM ninty six point three". Also in the home screen the audio corner will now display the artist and title from FM radio. I didn't have enough time to say the overall stability is better, but it did seem quicker, though there were still a few delays here and there.

I didn't know the Fusion did that. All other Fords behave just like your Edge. Nothing you can do about it. Despite the touchsceen interface, the climate system is not actually controlled by MFT. It's controlled by the RCCM. The Fusion must have a new version of RCCM that remembers the previous setting, because as I said, no other Ford I've seen does. Maybe someday Ford will come out with a RCCM update for the Edge, but I'm guessing it's more likely a hardware issue - there just isn't a memory space to remember the previous temp. But no MFT update is every going to change it.

Your Edge has over 20 different electronic modules in it, the MFT really is only 3 or 4 of those. Why are you worried about the 3 or 4 MFT boxes and not the other 16? Don't confuse software glitches with long-term hardware reliability. And as akirby said, electronic hardware issues are discovered very quickly. A partially soldered joint won't last 100,000 miles and then fail, it will fail within the first 5000 miles.

But it's not as simple as having a problem or not. MFT will not operate perfectly for any customer, but neither will just about anything else in a car. The question is what is a problem severe enough to warrant class action settlement? Does only seeing one song from your hard disc cause you "to [suffer] losses in money and/or property"? Ford puts brakes on every car it sells. But often times, those brakes fail to stop you in time to prevent an accident. Is Ford responsible for disclosing that sometimes the brakes won't be sufficient enough to do what you want them to do? How do you draw the line between a defect and just poor performance?

It is true that there are a lot of throttle body failures, but cleaning them is not going to make any difference.

Quote directly for the Ford Service Manual: The TB : controls air supply to the intake manifold by electronically positioning the throttle plate. is not adjustable. cannot be cleaned. Not only is cleaning not required, it should never be done and would technically void the warranty on the throttle body.

Well, if you flip to the back there's an Index, if you look up "Key" it takes you to page 172 and if you look up "starting the vehicle" it takes you to page 173. It's not that hard to get to page 175 by reading from there. Still seems faster to me than calling two different dealers.

Yes.

Yes, you'd pay $$$ for that, but if Ford allowed this, then a lot of unscrupulous dealers would not pay the $$$ for it, they'd just order cars without Nav, convert them to Nav and charge the customers. The software vendors would then not get their proper license fees. Until Ford figures out a way to properly "police" Nav conversions, you're unfortunately out of luck.

There are many, many reasons to why timing of a model is what it is. One thing most people don't think about is CAFE. CAFE is calculated by the total number of vehicles over a model year. Since the Edge is one of the more fuel consuming vehicles in Ford's fleet, it brings down the CAFE average. So say if Ford has a pretty good CAFE number going for 2013, but is worried about 2014, then they will extend the 2013 Edge production (increasing the number of Edges that bring down the average) but shorten the 2014 run (reducing the number of Edges that bring down the average). I don't know if this is the main reason, but it is certainly a part of every model year timing decision. As for the plant shutdown, Ford shuts down every July and every Christmas, regardless of when a model changeover is happening. Tooling these days is designed to be flexible so it can build both the old and the new version at the same time.

You haven't been looking closely enough: http://www.thedetroitbureau.com/2013/01/spy-shots-ford-galaxy-van/

Have you ever been told that by someone who wasn't trying to sell you an oil change? Go by the oil monitor in your car. Ford engineers spent a lot of time developing and testing it. Dealers just want your money.