Davidoo

Did you buy it new? I have a 22 ST that I factory ordered and picked up myself at the dealer. The 22 ST did not come with the engine cover. It is one of the things they started leaving off, like the glove box light, when they knew they were going to stop making the Edge. It also didn't come with the hood insulation either. I bought that through the parts department at the dealer, but decided I was fine without the engine cover. The dealer verified and I checked other 22 STs in their lot and none came with the engine cover, so I bet yours never had it. There were several topics on this forum back in 22 about it.

I can't confirm since I never had the issue pop-up. Hopefully this update didn't introduce any other bugs.

So yesterday when I started my 22 Edge ST I got a message on my screen popup that I had a successful over the air update, and it was for the rear-view camera issue. I didn't expect this was going to come automatically, but glad it did so I don't have to go to the dealer. I never once had the issue, which is odd because I live in Phoenix and have had the car parked outside during the day where the temperature was over 120 degrees in a parking lot when I started it. Hopefully this means everyone will get the update as well. Screenshot attached.

Much of this issue could also be attributed to a low refrigerant level. As the car runs a while and gets hot, the refrigerant expands as it heats and can work better. It certainly could be the valve, but buying a refrigerant pressure gauge at an auto parts store and checking the level/pressure while its running could rule this out. Even without a major leak, refrigerant levels do drop due to evaporation through the hoses and tiny leaks at the fill valves on the high and low pressure side. If it is low, adding some gas could get you 5 plus more years without a problem.

Very lucky I've never had this issue on my 22 ST.

Costco gas is Top Tier as well. I use that almost exclusively unless I'm on a road trip and need to go somewhere else.

Can you still open and close the shade and the glass with this in there?

This is a common and annoying issue with a fairly easy fix. See this thread......

I don't see any recent updates either, although my 22 ST has never had this camera issue.

I have a 22 ST that came with the Hankook tires as well. I do believe they are considered a performance tire, but don't provide a good ride at all......and I know the ST won't ride as well as a non-ST. I now have 31,000 miles. The Hankooks have worn fairly well, but I probably have less than 5,000 miles left before I wouldn't want to drive on them anymore. I'm also looking for something, preferably Michelins. I do see many have the all-season Michelins, but I don't really need that kind of tread here in Phoenix as I'll probably never drive mine in the snow.

Thanks. I thought I fixed this on my 22 ST a couple of years ago, but it keeps coming back and I have tried everything in that area around that clip and it won't stop anymore. I'm beginning to think it could be something like the cables as you mentioned.

The new plug worked fine. Just have to turn it in a couple more times to tighten it. As a side note, I still like the "regular" one piece screw on oil filters rather than the two piece cartridge. The small o-ring on the tip of the cartridge is a real SOB to get on without damaging it.

Getting ready to change the oil on my 22ST and have used the previous drain plug a couple of times. I read somewhere that you should get a new one each time, so I went to the dealer. They handed me this plug in a plastic package that looked completely different in that it was way longer, maybe 3/4 inch. They told me it was a new replacement for the old one because "they had problems with the old one." Not only is it longer, but it has 2 O-rings instead of just one. Guess I will find out tomorrow when I change it. The new one is part number ML3Z-6730-A. The old part was KX6Z-6730-B. Photo attached. Old one is on the left.

Thanks STBEAST. Yeah, I have seen photos of people with 20s and 21s with the cooler, yet I have a 22 without it? I too wondered about the studs which is one reason I just had the dealer do it. I talked to the tech that did the work and he said as the dealer, they are required to change them. He said they are rated as only able to be torqued one time, but he thought you could use Loctite, but then he's had some where people used it and they had a real hard time getting them loose. I didn't get a chance to see the fluid that came out, but the tech said that the RDU actually gets hotter than the PTU and I was wise to change that one as well. Maybe just a placebo effect, but I swear the car runs smoother and quieter than before. I should be set to 60,000 now.

So I changed out the RDU, PTU and transmission fluids this week as I hit 30,000 miles. I did the RDU myself thanks to the help of posts on this forum. I had Ford points, so I had the dealer do the PTU and transmission today. I've used this dealer for a while and bought a lot of cars there, so they pamper my whims a little bit. I asked to see the PTU and the studs and if they were going to change them out as Ford recommends. I had been under the car before and saw the PTU cooler studs, but noticed today I don't have the cooler at all, just a plug it appears. I thought that after 2019 as others posted on here, they actually had the cooler, but my 22 doesn't? Seems odd to me. I have attached a photo showing what appears to be just a plug to me. Anyone else know about when this was supposed to be changed to the actual cooler, or have a 22 without a cooler as well. I'm in Phoenix, so our heat is a big deal. I was thinking the cooler would help a little. As a side note, I changed the RDU myself and only got about 22 ounces out of it when the specs say it holds 28 plus/minus an ounce. I'm glad I did because it came out completely black, and a lot of sludge stuck to the magnet on the drain plug. I got 26 ounces back in it before it started pouring out the fill cap, so that's all I could get back in.