niceonept

I don't know what MP3 player you are using but I have six Apple iPod Nanos and an iPod touch in my car and all play albums and playlists in the correct order. Sync also allows you to over-ride it and shuffle them, if that's what you want. Maybe the problem is the version of Sync you have? I have Sync 3 in my 2018 Edge which works ok with iPod Nanos and Touches but not with the iPod Classic, which worked fine with Sync 2 in my Ford Mondeo, so maybe Fords are abandoning support altogether?

Buy yourself a cheap iPod Nano and load your mp3 files onto that, giving the tracks their album name and track number. It doesn't matter if the iPod screen is cracked or faulty, or the battery totally knackered as it will be powered through the USB and controlled by the Sync computer screen.

Original, factory fitted pads fitted to my 2018 ST-Line 2.0 TDCi AWD.

Have you checked your brake pads? The Edge uses a mechanical wear indicator comprising a metal prong that makes contact with the brake disc when the pads are at their wear limit. It makes a horrible screeching noise.

I never realised how complicated these things are! All credit to you for working out the fix.

Fitted a set of "Rimblade" wheel rim protectors. Got fed up with scratching the alloys on my ST-Line!

There's some more info on this subject here:

That should work too. I have a lot of my iTunes music loaded onto an old iPod Touch (which is essentially an iPhone without the phone bit) and it works fine.

Yes, thermal shock can cause the glass to fracture. However the most common reason (according to the glass replacement company who did my roof glass) for Edge sunroofs to crack is stress, caused by the vehicle flexing whilst in use.

That's interesting. When the laminated glass sunroof cracked on my Edge it was replaced with toughened/tempered glass, but I didn't notice any increase in noise as a result.