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Huh? That looks like something that could have been written 2 years ago about the 2016 MKX. It's all old information.

Sorry, but that is very difficult to understand. I assume you're using some translator but that still doesn't make much sense. Changing wheels will never change your alignment. But different tires have different tendencies to pull. Sometimes it's designed in and sometimes it's part of normal variation. Sometimes just changing tires from one side of the car will change the way it pulls, sometimes it will not.

That shield is used for two things, aerodynamics and direct injection tick noise reduction. Doesn't have anything to do with dust. The 3.5 doesn't have DI so it's not needed for that and probably not close enough to rounding up to the next fuel economy label to make a difference for aero.

All that will do is turn off the animation, it won't stop it from booting up or switching the power.

That's the same problem the 2009 Nav systems had, the nav and climate were all on a separate voice system from Sync. That's why with those systems you always had to say a keyword first, like USB, Phone, Climate, Radio and so on, then wait for a prompt to say the second part of the command.

They don't recommend changing the oil in the RDU, the transmission, the A/C lines, the suspension ball joints, the window regulators, basically anything except the engine oil. It's almost as if Ford had data that said customers are more satisfied with a vehicle when they don't have to do as much maintenance so they design systems that don't need maintenance. And how do you know that the PTUs coming off the line today aren't better and won't last longer than the ones that were made 8 years ago?

How would you ever know about all the things Ford found would not last 150K miles and fixed before they ever went to production?

All the wiring is different. It's not a simple job. Even if you can get it plugged in, the software in the cluster, ABS module, PCM and other things will need to be reprogrammed.

Anything is possible, but it would be far cheaper to just trade yours in for one that already has it.

Everything on eBay is either a fake or stolen. Ford and the Nav company have an exclusive distribution agreement, so if you're not getting it from them, it's not legit.

Actually it's done specifically to improve fuel economy. As omar302 points out, it's cutting off all fuel, so you're fuel economy going downhill is literally infinite, you're not burning anything at all. In your Sable it was likely still injecting just enough fuel to keep the engine running along, so even though you were picking up speed, your net fuel use is more. If you put the Edge in neutral it will start burning fuel again to keep the engine idling, so again your burning more.

Changing your oil won't stop the dirt from sandblasting the turbos. Sandblasted turbos will eventually fail no matter what you do with your oil.

If you move to the Middle East or most African countries or Uruguay and a few others, you will need to get the 433 MHz sensors.

I have it on very good authority that it is a binary condition in the oil and that yes, if you do keep it below the temp (can't remember what that temp is, think it was around 340) that it will last forever. I can also tell you that Ford does extensive testing on heat management and that if the CAT was able to get the PTU oil over 340 on it's own, they absolutely would have designed a more robust shield or put in some ducting (like they did on the Flex and Explorer). If their testing had shown that the PTU would get over 340 during customer usage, they would have done something different (like they did with the Police vehicles). I also know that back when the Edge and Explorer first came out, the AWD volume was substantially higher than Ford had predicted which led to the supplier running short on production, which tends to cause them to send out parts that aren't quite as "robust" as they should be. So anyway, all that leads me to believe it's not an inherent flaw that maintenance is going to prevent, it's more a lottery as to the manufacturing variation from one vehicle to the next.

Well yes and no. The thing about the PTU oil is that it's very sensitive to the heat threshold. Keep it under that threshold and it will be fine forever, but get it over just once and it's toast. So say you drive 20,000 miles and never overheat the oil and then change it. You've wasted the oil change as the new oil is just as good as the stuff coming out. But then say at 21,000 miles you tow in the desert mountains and overheat it. Then you go until 40,000 miles before changing it. Now you've driven 19,000 on bad oil and likely caused PTU damage. The point is since it's impossible to know when that oil has gone from good to bad, it's impossible to come up with a maintenance schedule that provides any sort of guarantee. The real problem is the source of the overheating, and my theory is that comes from the internal production variation in the gears and such that create more friction than was intended in the design. As I said, that's not something you can fix and if it's generating enough heat to cook the oil, only changing the oil every 500 miles is going to prevent the inevitable failure.

But there's no evidence that doing maintenance prevents the failures. There's a guy over on the Flex forum who changed his PTU oil every 20K miles from new and still had a failure at about 65K. My theory is it is the variation in manufacturing that causes the PTUs to fail. Sure having more fluid would likely increase the robustness to that variation, but I believe that a PTU is destined to survive or fail based on it's internal variations and there's really nothing you can do about it.

It hasn't had six check engine lights, it's had one and they've unsuccessfully tried to fix it 6 times. This is purely an issue with your dealership, they obviously don't have the skills to fix it. Take it somewhere else, get it fixed correctly and be happy!

Ford uses common switches around the globe on all models, so you could just take a look at a switch from a Fusion, Focus, Explorer or whatever. They should all work and fit the same.

I don't know why you're even taking this "lemon" factor into consideration. The odds of getting a "lemon" are really minuscule, especially on a model that hasn't really changed for 2 years now. If you're willing to pay $1500 as a "lemon risk" tax, then I'd suggest forget the lease, just finance at 0% and buy $1500 worth of lottery tickets. Your chances of hitting on the tickets are far higher than the chances that you get a lemon.

Even an Edge Sport couldn't drive fast enough to put on 2977 miles in 6 hours.

Which airbag are you talking about? A 2013 Edge has at least 6.

So you're complaining that the pin the body sits on while it goes through the paint booth doesn't have any paint on it? Until you invent a zero gravity paint booth, there will always be a spot that doesn't get paint. I can't quite tell where you're taking the pictures from, but looks like you've had to remove a lot of parts to be able to see the sealer. There really isn't much point in making something look pretty when it's just going to be covered up. Can't quite tell what's going on with the hole either, it may or may not be important.

That's like saying the only difference between an iPhone and a Samsung Galaxy is that one uses a lightning cable.

Autolock can be disabled by the dealer on a 2015 but you're stuck with the horn beeping. To clarify - the horn beeps when you walk away from the running car, not just unlocked.

Did you check in the glovebox for the card? Every Ford with a keypad comes with a credit-card sized card that has the original code on it. Should be in the package with the Owner's guide if you still have that.