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Dalinar

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  1. Mayor...Stig? I admire your hope, though futile it may be. I paid $2701.08 including a 10% sales tax going through a dealership. There were no third party sites with stock when I replaced my wheel like above, and I looked. In the end it was worth the cost to me, but now work is relocating me to Tampa so I'm sure it'll come in handy on those frigid 70-degree mornings.
  2. The fuses are hard to get to, but I did check it and it wasn’t the issue. Apparently, the heated wheels tend to fail after 2-3 years of heavy use, and both I and the original car owner are in the PNW, so pretty much daily in the winter. I had to replace the whole wheel for about $3000 with the adaptive steering; they can look by VIN. But, for me it was worth the cost in the end. I did get another 2 year (maybe 3, I’d have to look at the paperwork) warranty on the replacement wheel.
  3. So, after some research I found on the F150 site that heated steering wheels with adaptive steering have the HSWM built into the SECM and need a new steering wheel if the heating fails on the wheel. I have a 2016 Edge Sport and I'm not finding the same info here. It just stopped working so I haven't been able to check the fuse box yet. I'm curious if anyone has had a similar issue where the steering wheel did NOT need replacing, such as the issue being a fuse, or discounting the battery to reset the system (saw a YouTube video of an Explorer where a battery disconnect reset some electronic controls, like the folding mirrors) or something similar I can check before taking it to a dealer. I searched this forum and didn't find much on the issue for the Edge. If anyone has any input I'd appreciate it! Thanks, and sorry if this is been posted/answered a ton. I'm both new here and to Ford (but I did do a search first )
  4. I just picked up a 2016 Sport, almost fully loaded. It lacks the adaptive cruise control, but has everything else. All my complaints are nitpicks and overall I'm really enjoying the vehicle, especially the heated steering wheel. The engine blew on a Subaru Impreza hatchback, which was as base of a model as you can get, so I'm a bit spoiled with all the features. I've only had the Edge for 16 days, but here are my thoughts: Of concern for me: -The heated seat backs don't seem to heat up, just the seat bottom portion. I've noticed the known issue on the cooled seat backs not getting cool. I'm not finding any info on the heated seat backs though. If it does heat up I can barely feel it compared to the seat bottom, which gets quite warm. I did some searching here without result. Any advice there? -No 1-touch up/down for the back windows. -No 1-touch close for the pano roof. -The A and B pillars are kind of thick. -No 360 camera. The 180 is nice though, just seems silly not to put cameras on the side. -The windshield is far away from the driver, so a cell phone window mount didn't work well for me and I didn't want one attached to the dash. I paid the money for a ProClip mount for my phone and it works quite well. -No 12V on the drivers side or in the front bin/cubby (makes mounting a radar detector much more difficult, especially when I can't reach the mute button on the unit, and it's hard to reach to the SmartCord on the right side of the center console. I'm looking at an extender though. -Some of the climate control functions should be manual buttons, like where the air is blowing out of. There's plenty of room on the center stack for it. Same for the heated steering wheel. -Sun visors don't reach all the way back, so there's a gap where sun can still get in. -Wide turning radius. -The steering is nice, but took a couple days to get used to. I curbed a wheel a little bit because it turned way sharper than I was anticipating within the first few hours of driving it. I'm used to it now. -The parking sensors are great, but a little too sensitive. I've had cars in one lane over be a little too close to my lane (and me them, but no danger of contact) and the sensors went off. -No passenger side dimming mirror. -Rear seats don't go completely flat. Since it's my first post I'm going to cheat and put some things I really enjoy, too: -Parallel and perpendicular parking works well, as does the park-out feature. -Power tailgate/kick sensors are great-one try opens the lift gate every time. -It defrosts really quickly. -It heats up quickly. -Power-it's fast for a SUV. -The seats are pretty comfortable, and I have back and knee issues. -Heated steering wheel-the whole things heats up vs just the sides. -Pano roof and a completely opaque cover/shade. -Reclining rear seats/heated rear seats. -Sync 3 was really easy to upgrade from 1.0 to 3.0. -USB module replacement was easy with a paint can opener tool. Took about 5 minutes to swap out for a CarPlay enabled module. -Mine is blacked out, but someone decided to put chrome door handle covers on it. Spend about 2 hours taking those off and removing the adhesive. It looks so much better now.
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