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Nice idea, but the Sync system is not connected to the Sirius. If it were, you'd already be able to control Sirius with voice commands. Other Fords like the Fusion, Escape and Flex have a direct programming button that lets you type in the channel number, but they all have 10-digit "preset" buttons.

I've driven the Q7 and it is not impressive. Fit and finish is about the only thing it has going for it, the MKT blows it away in every other respect, from technology to ergonomics to ride and steering to powertrain. The Q7 seemed like a product rushed to market to satisfy American consumers who will accept the "halo" of the Audi reputation and don't actually know what a refined product feels like. Heck even Consumer Reports ranks the MKT higher than the Q7.

Here's how Ford launches new products. 1. They build a couple batches of prototype cars that are used for testing and marketing. 2. They start blending in the new model along with the old model on the same assembly line. 3. They slowly ramp up this blend from say 1 in 100 vehicles to 1 in 50 to 1 in 10 to eventually all new models. July 12th is just the day that ratio reaches 100%. 4. There is a target date of when the vehicles will be released, but this date is completely dependent on the quality issues that are found. The decision to ship vehicles is made on a day-by-day basis so no dealer anywhere can ever accurately predict when they will get the vehicles. 5. Once the vehicles start to ship, the ones that have already been built must be updated with the latest quality fixes. This can be a simple inspection, a reflash of some module, or like the original 2007 Edge, a complete rebuild of the rear suspension. They usual try to fix the easiest ones first, which usually means the latest ones. So most of the time the first ones built are the last ones to ship. A car built on June 1st might ship after a car built on August 15th. If you were to drive past Oakville today, you would likely see 500-1000 new 2011 Edges sitting around. And even though production might "start" today, it's really not much different then what was happening a couple weeks ago and it's still at least a month before anything will ship.

Material science is exactly what it's all about. Back when Ford and all the others were allowed to use asbestos in the brakes, you could design a much better braking system. Now that asbestos is banned (don't know about Nigeria, maybe some of the other brands still use it) brakes have to be designed with much more compromises.

There's nothing wrong with Ford technology, it's just physics. A heavier car will wear brakes faster. But to stop a heavier car, you need more aggressive pads, which don't last as long. It's an exponential spiral, the more weight you have, the faster brakes are going to wear out, there's not much anyone can do about it. But it sounds like you had a specific problem with one corner. If one brake pad is worn more than any other, your problem is either debris or a sticking caliper. If all of the pads are worn evenly, then you just need to learn to use the brakes less.

Agreed, and marketing is one of them. What makes you think it was the engine engineers that wanted the 5W20?

Everything in the car is on a network. If you've cut wires and not reconnected them, you've made the network discontinuous, thus every module on the network (which is pretty much everything) isn't going to get it's signals.

Technically you're right, but realistically I can't ever see how 5W30 would be worse than 5W20 for durability. The only reason Ford switched to 5W20 was for fuel economy. I run 5W30 in all my cars, even those that recommend 5W20. PS, Note that Ford has switched it's recommendation for the 3.5 Ecoboost to 5W30 for 2011. Hmmmm...

It's ok akirby, everyone is wrong once in a while. If you don't turn on your headlights, you don't have any dash lights either. Unless you're in a car with dash lights that are always on (like Toyota's and the Ford Flex) in which case you would not realize the headlights aren't on regardless of having DRLs or not. As someone who drives regularly in Canada and the US, I find the frequency of Americans driving around without headlights when they should be (dusk, rain conditions) to be equal or greater to the number of Canadians driving around with only DRLs on under the same conditions. Someday stop by my house in the early morning and I'll take you for a ride in my Miata with it's plastic rear window. When you drive west with the sun behind you, the ONLY thing that can be seen is headlights, even though it's clearly not a time when full lights are required.

Sounds like you have DRLs activated. Just push on the parking brake, that will turn them off.

By the way the 50 channels you were getting was a Sirius promotion that ended on June 7th. http://www.sirius.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Sirius/Page&c=FlexContent&cid=1272762132018 Just a coincidence that your 6 months ended while that promo was on. I don't think pulling out the Sirius tuner is going to make the nag screen go away. The Sirius is configured "on" inside the main head unit, so it's still going to be looking for something.

You obviously haven't experienced MyTouch yet...

Auto headlights are part of the Convenience package which is optional on SE, but standard on everything else. So about 7% of all Edges do not have auto headlights.

A receipt for the first oil change is all you need to clear up any problems with the dealer. But as class900 says, I really doubt the oil issue has anything to do with the solonoid problem, even if the oil really was never changed.

2011 Edges have been in production for quite some time already. It's not a matter of production, it's a matter of getting them ready to ship. None will ship before August regardless of order type or build date.

That would be like trying to install Windows Vista on a Commodore 64.

With no codes set (no cluster lights on) a scan tool isn't going to tell you anything. Simplest test would be to swap wheel speed sensors from left to right and see if your problem becomse right turns. The other component to check would be the steering wheel angle sensor, though I don't know what you would actually check.

What condition are the tires? Have you recently replaced just one or two so that they don't all have the same tread depth?

You really only need to look at 1, the Flex, built at the same plant as the Edge using the same production systems, employees and engineers. It had a whole basket full of first year issues that have been worked out over time. Only now, nearly two years later, are the Flex's quality numbers finally coming into line with where they should be. The new Edge is mostly a refresh, except for the entirely new, first time for Ford, electrical architecture. This isn't just a couple new modules, it's an entirely new system with a new communications "language" and totally new software. This is going to bring a new age to the concept of warranty claims, as most of the issues are likely to be software bugs, rather than part failures or assembly issues. If you like downloading software updates, the 2011 Edge will be for you.

You probably hit the volume button while she was talking and thus you don't hear what she's saying. Check the volume setting in the NAV settings screen.

Congrats, but it really doesn't mean anything since none of the 2011s will ship until August.

EPA mileage is caluculated from testing production sample cars, so it's always late. As per my post on the previous page, US pricing is now available. It is not related in any way whatsoever to Canadian pricing.

Looks like the US pricing was released on May 12th, so go ask your dealer, they should know everything by now.

The 2009 system works on the CAN message network system. Unless you know how to reprogram modules, you're going to have a hard time getting it to work.

The 2011 order guide has been out for 2 months, but the pricing has not yet been released. So anything you hear from anyone - including a dealer - is just a guess. My guess is it won't be significantly different from 2010 pricing comparing equal features. As for how long from production to dealer - that too is just a wild guess. With a new model like the 2011 Edge they will hold production until they've built several thousand vehicles and confirmed that there aren't any problems. Depending on how many problems come up and how quickly they can be fixed, that can take anywhere from 6 weeks to 3 months.