dabangsta

I think I have seen other posts on trying to get to a dedicated server, or something better, but I rarely can check this site once or twice a day (or a hundred...) without it usually being unresponsive or out of quota. I have lost a few posts that didn't get posted because it died between composing and posting. I want to be active, try to contribute, and use all that has already been posted to improve my ride and diagnose issues, but it just doesn't seem to be up to the task. The other boards I am on, for long ago platforms that are decades since last produced, have double/significantly more traffic and no down time, working inline images not the size of stamps. I am not a paying member, and rarely ever will unless there is a pay off (I have been active enough to be a premium member, and moderate a sub board), and I get that these aren't free and whatever is used to pay for them like ads or cosponsors are hard to eek out staying a float. Just my first post and details I got would be worth paying a fee for if I wasn't a cheap person I guess. I usually stay around until I am kicked off for a view that others don't enjoy, I haven't had a Crown Vic for 5 years but am still active on that board (I have a million pictures of things, a hoard of parts to give away, and nursed one to over 330,000 miles so know some tricks).

"in local news, a 2019 Edge, a car port, and part of a house mysteriously caught fire" I was checking the oil level after changing it a few days ago, seeing if I had a heat blanket on the hood, and if I had more flowers and leaves to blow out of air inlets on the cowl when I spotted this: It looked squished and dead, but to be sure I got the wife to protect me, and it unfolded and took off when she poked it with a not long enough stick. I squealed a little, then she got it on the ground and stomped it. No fire needed, but that was my go to. I don't think the critters like me doing maintenance or washing/detailing my vehicles. This is what I had prowling me when I replace the cat/o2 sensors/spark plugs, and detailed my 2015 Fusion (it is a wasp, really poor pictures):

Phone connection is not needed, it has a built in AT&T LTE modem that it uses for SyncConnect and Connected (Built-In) Navigation. No idea what your current Fords are, and if the built in maps are similar between SYNC 3 and SYNC 4/4a or not. I don't know if it includes map updates during the complimentary period and if you pay or not to continue, or if you can buy updated maps or a subscription just for them and not the connection part.

You have an SEL or higher with the Ford Co-Pilot360 Assist+ package (or Titanium Lux package or ST High package)? The "Connected Built-In Navigation" after the 3 years and a service contract not extended becomes "offline navigation" simply using your GPS and built in maps. The data for the connected part uses the vehicles modem (gas stations, weather, parking, traffic, hazards, etc). They tout it as better than Android Auto or Apple CarPlay because it will work when cell service is spotty, but that is the GPS and local maps stuff, the connected stuff would be as affected. Personally I download the maps for the places I know are spotty or I know I will be going for Google Maps since I use Android Auto, but I never have any issues even when I can't stream music (for a few minutes at a time). They still haven't announced the Connected Built-In Navigation cost, the Connected Navigation is $80 a year.

That is the concentrate, and what you need to do, not them!

Motorcraft says that it is a 50/50 mixture with "treated (purified) water".

I searched and found no reference to it, but I don't know what to search on other than dummy plug. There are no pins or a shunt, just a place to plug one of the wiring connectors in while it is unplugged for some reason. I have had these with wiring for SPOUT connector to lower timing if pinging, a way to force the fuel pump always on, but this is my first blank one. What is this for on my 2019 2.0?

My older vehicles, once they got some miles on them and would burn oil, I would add that extra pint or 2 to make it to the very top of the fill line so I could go the 5,000 miles without adding, but not there yet I hope with 66,000 miles and 4 years. But 5.5 quarts takes mine to between the top of the cross hatched area and the upper hole that would fill in, so don't think that added .5 quart would be wise.

Is the USB drive plugged in, and you can select it as a source (by name)? I had a backup USB drive with songs in folders by artist then album, and I am pretty sure I was able to get it to shuffle play (other option was Repeat, with 3 ways to repeat). This was a 2017 Escape with SYNC 3 3.0, I haven't tried in my 2019 Edge with SYNC 3 3.4 (different interface). I think it was a similar interface to when I would use apps like Pandora via bluetooth (but I almost always use Android Auto).

2019 SEL (but all have auto high beams), when I first got it, when the auto high beam headlamps would go on the blue high beam indicator would also. Now the best indicator (besides the not always as obvious longer range illumination...) is the fog light indicator turns off. I have played around with manually selecting high beams, turning off auto high beams, and back on, but it still doesn't turn on the blue indicator on the dash. I find I turn off auto high beams because it frequently turns them on and blinds people at a 90 degree angle to my travel (like at a stop sign or even at stop light), and it tends to go on and off frequently with the red reflectors on the ground, so people think I am flashing them, with my already obnoxiously bright low beams and turning on and off my fog lights.

I use a floor jack and use the connectors for the front and rear "frames" to the unibody "frame rail" that runs the length between the wheels, maybe near what used to be called the torque box? I had jack stands that had the slot for the pinch weld but they failed and all the new ones no longer have a slot, so I need to come up with a solution like you need, but I don't have rust issues.

Funny you should say that. I am 5'11" and my wife is 4'11". I have to save the limit to open slightly lower than max for her on the Edge. On our 2017 Escape I had to set it 8 inches down from the max, and it was right where my eyeball would be skewered on the corner (and it happened every time...) The hatches open completely different between the two vehicles. I am guessing due to the more extreme angle of the Edge back window/hatch and the more upright hatch and window on the Escape. I fell all the lost space in the Edge with the angle of the back window.

Looks great!

This was at 40k miles in my 2015 Fusion: My 2017 Escape was the same. The Fusion suffers from the 1-2 harsh shift (mostly when cold), the Escape the transmission shifted like butter, no issues up to 97,000 when it was wrecked.

Mercon LV has a very dark color package to it (unlike Mercon V which is bright red), and it is very common for it to be very dark even after as low as 30k miles. Ford had an SSM in 2009 when more vehicles started using Mercon LV that is normal and color should not be the only thing used to determine transmission health. I did my first drain on a 6F35 at 40k miles and thought I drained the crankcase instead. As you mention it doesn't smell burnt, sounds like it is normal Mercon LV fluid. To do a close to 100% drain you have to perform the drain and refill 3 times. I just did a single drain/refill at 40k, 60k, and 80k. Still well ahead of the normal scheduled maintenance for normal use.

I would rather have what meets the requirements than insist on it be made by Motorcraft, and unless the universal coolant says it meets the specification, I would skip it as well. If Yellow was to be used in place of Gold, that document would say so, but what it does say is specifically it does not supersede any other coolant than Orange and Specialty Green, it is not approved for replacing Gold. Any engine family that has specific cooling issues I wouldn't deal with. Ford dealer thought that my 1997 Cougar should have Orange since the at time current Cougar used Orange. If you have ever seen Orange mixed with other coolant, and the goop it turns into (or non distilled water), I wouldn't try my own substitutions.

Engine would help also, as there are 2 engine/transmission combos available (2.0 with the 6F35 and the 3.5 with the 6F50). However I don't know of any common issues for either one that matches what you are reporting, however that is a common transmission problem in general. There are some TSBs on earlier Edges equipped with the 6F50 that might be similar.

I don't see how Yellow is a replacement for Gold. My 2019 has it, and if I wanted I would use it in my 2012 Fusion Sport (3.5 with Orange), but not for my older vehicle that came with Gold. Plenty of Dex-cool coolants that meet the Ford spec for Orange.

Whoa, that is cool. I hope to never ever have to avail myself of this. They didn't seem to indicate any of this for the airbag recall on my Fusion.

Isn't that a Lincoln thing?

The Motorcraft carpet and all weather ones show the same part number for 2018-2023. I would love to trade my 2019 OEM optional all weather for carpeted ones, desert living negates the need for them (however nearly all CA and AZ delivered vehicles I looked at Edge and Explorer had the optional all weather ones).

P0456 right? What year? what engine? There is probably a more technical board this could go in more related to your engine or year, but it would help to include it anyways, most create a signature with all the details.

Unless they don't have an Android or Apple phone, I don't think that in car nav is great, and all the features from the phone navigation is way better. If it was needed for things like self driving or other things, then maybe, but it would hard to trust. Since it SYNC 4/4a and wireless, don't even need to connect it, and if it has the wireless charging pad, all the better. I don't mind plugging in my phone every time I use the vehicle. I updated mine with the latest maps, and tried to use it, and tried to be fair, but it just doesn't cut it. Maybe if you need things like always north at the top, or where gas stations were 3 years ago, it is okay. I watched my father try to navigate to a destination on unfamiliar streets with the built in navigation on his 2020 Explorer. It was terrible. It was mildly outdated (at least 3 times it didn't know of a new turn added), it kept wanting him go past the turn and do a u-turn, which made him think he had to do a u-turn from the current turn, which was a double turn, and he was outside, and it didn't have as up to date closures, speed traps, and notifications about stalled vehicles or debris in the road.

I think that is too generic of a name for it, there are at least 2 lines at the evaporator.

Does it say "No key detected" when it won't start when you press Start and have one of the IA keys in the cabin? If it doesn't, and putting the key in the backup slot in the console (with the buttons facing back and the key ring at the top) doesn't help, then it doesn't sound like the interior proximity issue. Do you have any added electronics, like a dash cam, radar detector, or USB power plugged into a 12v socket?