dabangsta

I love the MPC remote start in my 2015 Fusion. I have never seen these be an issue, other than the older ones and using lock/lock/lock makes the horn honk. I hope you find your way back after it all and post what works for you. The range for those keys/fobs isn't great, it is another limitation that either of these solutions (new IKT with 5 buttons, or aftermarket add on without including longer distance fobs (which they offer)) solve. Mine can't always work through all the walls to the garage, or to the parking spot on the road.

Your SEL has the IKT (the key start, key has the remote fob on the head). There are aftermarket remote starts that are easy to add that use the factory key (usually lock/unlock/lock sequence). You have to have 2 already programmed keys to successfully use the aftermarket kits.

Nexen tires can be okay. Most of their A/S tires are M&S rated, so without knowing what model, hard to make a determination of they factor into it or not. Wider low profile tires are more likely to be affected by tramlining, but there are vehicle dynamics that can affect it as well. I wouldn't suspect the AWD system to play a role in this issue. I suffered from from it a bit on one of my older cars. It stock had 215 wide tires, and I put 265 wide rear, 235 front, with wider rims in the rear, that left the outer edge to edge of the rear tires over 2 inches wider than the front. Not only concrete roads, but just rutted pavement from high ambient temps would cause it also metal grated causeways were interesting. It didn't feel dangerous which is sorta what it feels you are describing, a not locked in vehicle at only 70 seems sketchy.

Or a completely new type of PTU with the disconnect?

Mine got ripped off when I hit a semi truck tire that was shredded in the road. It is all a part of the entire "fender splash shield" or "fender liner", not available separate that I could find. It is for noise and to some degree...aerodynamics (forces air under tire). If you look at images/pictures of KT4Z-16103-A https://www.ford.com/product/parts?partNumber=KT4Z16103A&sectionId=76647708 it seems to be part of the assembly.

What year and what manufacturer of pads have a squealer? Very few I found for 2016+ (I don't know what years are grouped together) aftermarket have them (Top Notch brand, some Akebono), none on factory installed pads I have seen. None for first gen.

No really "all weather", which I suspect would be the 3 peak rated snow tires with UTGQ ratings for year around use (CrossClimate2/3 for example). I don't think my tires are worth a separate post. It had Kelly Edge A/S tires on it when I bought it. They had zero miles, the dealership found the cheapest ones they could. They were not great at any one thing, but other than noisy at take off across painted stripes, and would hydroplane in not very deep water, not bad enough for me to replace. Got 53,000 miles on them, still had 4/32 tread left (pretty consistent across entire tread, all 4 tires), decided to get them replaced instead of waiting another 2,000 miles to wear them the rest of the way to the wear bars. Looked for a mid mileage "warranty", high traction and temperature rated (high ambient temps 9 months of the year, 8 hours at 80 mph at 110 degree ambient can end some tires), A/S more summer oriented tire. I don't want 80k tires, but I didn't want 20-30k wear tires, as it gets about 20,000 miles a year, but we get lots of nails and screws in them, something around where it is driven every day for work. Last tire repair they said they likely wouldn't patch it again, ~15-20 patches already. For $750 installed I ended up with Sumitomo HTR A/S P03 from Discount. They are considered UHP A/S, the Tire Rack testing shows them mid pack in most tests, but customer ratings and reviews seem to match my expectations. 1 year road hazard from Sumitomo (I didn't get from TireRack with 2 years road hazard, and I didn't spend $160 on the Discount one, that is one tire). The SUV/Crossover tire segment had some candidates, but usually more costly, and many have temperature rating of B. They are much better than the tires they replace, but how much of that is new versus old. They are much quieter than the ones they replace, even when new. No longer have small steering wheel movement, especially on cement roads. It still "kicks" at each expansion joint, but it doesn't saw back and forth. Got to experience them in standing water, and active rain, and did much better than the previous ones. I didn't hear the wheel wells filling with water and lack of steering. Only weird thing I ran into once was driving at 82 mph, cross gust of ~40-50 mph. Instead of being pushed sideways, it swayed a little bit. Just once, and the entire 4 hour drive was in high winds, and it behaved as expected.

The W speed rated ones are specific to the Maserati (not sure what model). They have 1/32 more tread depth (12/32 vs 11/32). This model tire has a lot of OEM specific tires (lets say tyres looking at the list). Some with sound deadening foam, various tread depths, different load ranges, even for the same size. While the scores seem okay on Tirerack, the over all recommended score is pretty low. I entertained these for mine, but went with a much cheaper tire that seems to meet my requirements better (cheap!, but also all other boxes checked, and lots of reviews on tirerack, with my driving environment and style). I got them same day at Discount, versus shipped 2 days from Tirerack, so forgoing 2 year road hazard for only 1 (from the manufacturer) for $150 less. I should do a mini review now that I have a few thousand miles on them. I just don't like Costco for tires because the last 2 times it was torture, and I will save myself from that if I can. Both times they annihilated the stupid Ford capped lug nuts (only third time they had been removed, in the the driest place in the US so no freeze, rust, expanding), and missing the 7500 mile rotation (I do them myself at oil changes, usually 5000-7500 miles) they wouldn't do warranty exchange on one that was evenly worn, the manufacturer stepped up. Nitrogen fill not enough, they might be worse that Walmart.

I have found some "shift panel covers" on Amazon. Matte and carbon fiber look. I normally wrap these but haven't so far, but it is annoying, especially if you have the pano roof and either the cover open, or the roof open.

While the tips are in shadows, they look to be burning correctly, the tips worn round, and the end of the ground strap eroded, so certainly time to get it done. I did mine earlier just to get it done during a good time to work, between long drives, weather cooperating, etc. I did mine at 82k, a little erosion on the ground strap, but the precious metal tip was still square, could have gone much much longer, but for how cheap it was to do, if I pull them I replace them.

I had to upgrade my 17 inch spare to 18 inch (I have FWD and upgraded the front rotors to the larger ones), and I found a lot of never been out of the vehicle spares from 2 or 3 year old vehicles. Mine was out of an MKX, and it had never been mounted or out of the cargo area. Even though it is 4 years old, since it isn't hit with UV rays, it should be fine (I have the original 1989 spare in my Cougar that I put on my Escape to get it to the tire shop). I was wanting an 18 or 19 inch aluminum rim with the T rated spare tire, but apparently sellers think they are gold plated, not worth the extra cost for a lighter combo. Also a lot of the ones for sale were the "kit", wheel and tire, jack and lug wrench, attaching bolt and holder. Just be sure it is an 18 inch one since you have AWD. Ford could sell you the rim only, and you can get a temp rated tire elsewhere if you want new, but unlike some other vehicles, they don't seem to sell the kit, that was optional on all trim levels for 2022.

I went with the Sumitomo HTR A/S P03 for my 2019 SEL (18 inch wheels). As much price point as Tirerack reviews. A couple others had rebates that would make them cheaper. 90% of its duty is driving 6 miles to work twice a day, in a high ambient temperature location, by a non performance oriented driver. 10% of the time it is on 400-1000 mile vacation drives around the desert and up to the mountains, sometimes during winter time. These are treadwear 640, traction and temp A rated, 65,000 mile warranty. They were built 16 months ago (0624 date). They are asymmetrical so I can cross rotate them. Made in Japan. m&s rated, UHP All Season (I tend to run UHP Summer), probably not as quiet as more touring rated tires. I got 53,000 miles out of the Edge A/S tires (rated at 55,000) in 2 years and 5 months (average 1800 miles a month), the tire shop asked me if I wanted to keep them (which they probably had more tread than imagined, even measuring them with a gauge), but they were noisy, prone to hydroplaning, and never really good tires, even new. I will update it once I get some interstate miles on them this weekend, and some around town more spirited driving.

It does need to be level when you are checking the fluid! Lift it to drain it and put back in the drain plug, drop it down on all 4 tires so it is level, fill with a close amount to how much you drained out, start it up and pull the sight plug add until it dribbles out. hook up everything and drive it if you need to to get it up to temp (I was able to just let it idle). The sight plug should be accessible with turning the front wheels (my Fusion with the 6F35 I had to measure the height of the wheel well, jack it up and remove the wheel/tire, and drop it down until it was level).

There are so many variations depending on your environment, driving style, miles driven a year, expectations. Personally I am after: middle range mileage expectation (40-50k, vehicle gets 10-20 punctures a year, 2 tires they won't repair again) summer UHP A/S UHP (desert, with minimal rain, no snow) UTQG temperature rating of A (high ambient temps, high speed extended drives in high temps) soft enough to not squeal/squeak at moderate throttle off the line across painted lines quiet (my 2019 is a tin can, not even the wool fender liners get rid of road noise) reasonable performance (it isn't a sports car, but it needs to handle some spirited cornering and braking) optionally a dope looking symmetrical tread price point (rebate of some sort is a bonus) I am looking at Sumitomo HTR A/S P03 or Toyo Proxes ST III My current tires have 51,000 miles on them, generally at 3 to 4/64s left (barely more than the wear bar). The dealership had them installed before I bought it, Kelly Edge A/S (55k tread life warranty), and I don't recommend.

Proximity lock/unlock on years that have it at all 4 doors appear to have it stop working for all doors but the drivers front door. It seems like maybe it is related to battery health. For me it seems to stop working when the vehicle is sitting, and frequently opened and closed and locked and unlocked (like unloading at public parking lot that is far away from where you taking things to, so unlock, grabs some stuff, close and lock it, then make multiple return trips like this). I am in the same boat, no other indications of a weak battery, so no reason for me to change it yet (car battery, not battery in fob I don't think, equally affects both fobs at the same time).