GrandpaJohn

Ford gave me new 18" wheels last summer because they were corroded from the previous winter driving. Now that winter is almost over (I live in Minnesota) I noticed the new wheels are also corroded. I haven't contacted Ford yet so I don't know if they'll keep giving me new ones or not. I'll keep you posted.

I've had my Edge for a year now. I live in Minnesota, so the weather can be hard on a car. I haven't had any problems with the grill or the logo. The only problem I had was the wheels corroding and Ford replaced them.

Thanks for the info about the wheels. I never noticed the corrosion until all you nice folks mentioned it. My dealer is going to replace 3 of them for me. I have to buy the 4th one because my bride put the Edge in the ditch during the last snow storm and dinged up the right front wheel. Ford won't replace anything that's damaged. The good news is my pretty wife wasn't hurt and there wasn't a scratch put on the Edge. The bad news is a few days later the car wash put about 10 scratches on the passenger side doors.

I have no idea if that would work, but why go to all the trouble. I live in Minnesota and just went through our first major snow storm. The stock tires on the 18" rims go through the snow with ease. It's the best snow car I ever had and it doesn't even have all-wheel drive. It's hard to tell if the roads are slippery with the Edge. It's amazing in the snow and I don't have to worry about my wife getting stuck somewhere. Either way, good luck with that. Enjoy your Edge! God bless.

I'm 205 pounds with a bad (old) back and I can drive my Edge all day without any pain. Best seats I ever had. Even better than my F-150. Maybe you have to get used to them. I hope that doesn't wreck your enjoyment of the Edge.

I have the factory installed auto-start on my Edge but haven't used it because it isn't cold here yet. I don't know all the features it has but I don't think it has the features you mentioned. I've had after market auto-starts put on 5 on my cars now. All of them at one time or another have srewed something up. My Sable would start up all by itself. My Contour would try and start itself up (even though the engine was already running) in the car wash. My F-150 won't start at all when my wife drives it (she is doing something I never do because it always starts for me. I think she locks the doors before she starts it and that screws something up). My Neon would blink all the lights for about ten minutes. So I would never put an after market starter on my new car. I paid more for Ford to do it, but if it screws up I feel they will stand behind it. Those after market guys look at you like you're goofy.

I bought my liner from Ford. I suppose I paid too much for it but it works just fine. We have the camel colored interior so it really shows the dirt. Ford's liner comes with four velco plastic corners so you can use them to hold just about anything in place.

I'm sure you'll be happy with their product. I've got the camel interior and I feel my leather seats could have been a little darker. It's hard to keep clean with the grandkids in and out of it. I don't think I would get the leather seats without getting heated seats. I live in Minnesota and it can get really cold here. I hope you enjoy your Edge as much as the wife and I do. We just had our first oil change @ 5,000 miles and the car has been a joy to own.

I have almost 5,000 miles on my FWD Edge. I love the truck but hate the way it fills with gas. You're correct, the pump shuts off but then you can put in another 3 or 4 gal. I can't tell when the truck is full so I sometimes overfill it and get gas on the side of the truck. I don't know how the onboard computer figures this all out but my Edge is getting way better mileage than you are getting. I've been getting 19 to 20 mpg in town and mid 20's on the road. For the first 2,000 miles I couldn't get over 22 mpg on the road, but then as it got broke in it got better and better. The best I ever got was driving from Minn. to S. Dakota. I had the wind behind me and got 27 MPG. Driving home against the wind I got 23 MPG.

Wow, I love the color. I wanted to buy ours that color but the wife chickened out. We bought red, which I like, but not as much as copper. We bought the SEL Plus, so it came with red door handles and mirrors. I have a hunch you may be able to buy chrome mirror covers and door handles. Enjoy your new ride. We sure love ours.

I haven't seen any kits for that. I like the chrome. I would rather add chrome to fill in between the lights than omit the chrome already there. Good luck on your search.

Take it back to the dealer. My 2 month old Edge has the same problem and I've pushed it back in place a dozen times. It still rattles. I took it back to the dealer and they fixed it for a day and now it rattles again. I'm going to try the dealer again.

Does anyone out there know if the Edge has the same sound insulation as the MKX? My Edge is very quiet (if I leave the moonroof closed) and I read an article that said the MKX had it's own sound insulation (not shared with the Edge). I don't see why that would be since both trucks are made at the same factory.

I had the headrest dvd players installed in my new Edge at the Ford dealer. They sound and look good. My grandkids love the games that are loaded into the system. They can watch the same movies or play the same games, or they can play them individually. I like the headrest dvd players better than the stock factory ones because they don't block your rearview mirror and there are two players instead of only one. The sound for the system can be heard through the radio or wireless headphones. It's a pretty nice setup!

Don't buy Ford's cargo cover. I did and brought it back. They want you to drill holes in your brand new car to install a plastic hook to hold the back of the cover up. Then you have to hold the front of it up by placing loops over the three headrests. That means you can't use the back arm rest and you can't lower the back seats (they are all looped together). To hold up the sides they want you to slide a hook between your back side window and the molding. After a few times doing that you would have loose scatched molding. It 's not a good design, save your money.

Is it a store bought dvd, or one you burned with a label on it? I had a cd I burned (with a paper label) cought in my dash cd player. My cd's (with the label) are too thick. If your dvd's are store bought I don't know what the problem is. Try hitting it;usually works for me.

Ford seems to have trouble with colors lately. Their purple and gray are so dark they look black too. Why make a color so dark you can't tell what color it is on a cloudy day? We bought a red one and like it, but a few more good choices would have been nice. The off white, tan, copper and red were the only colors we liked. Lucky for Ford that the Edge is such a nice truck that they could sell them if they were painted pink!

We bought the red one because it looks so sporty that color. We almost bought the blazing copper, but thought that color might go out of style in a few years.

I just had the twin DVD players installed by the dealer and they did a super job. All the wires are tucked away and it looks like it came from the factory already installed. I have a hard time getting rid of my grandkids when they ride in the back seat because they want to stay back there and play the preloaded video games.

Thanks for all your help everyone. I spent the weekend playing home burned cd's without the labels and didn't have any trouble. The more I drive the Edge the more I like it. I can hardly wait to take a trip in it!

I owned my Edge a day and managed to get my cd's stuck in the cd player. The dealer anwered my cry for help and pulled a cd player from one they had in stock. Within an hour I was on my way with a new cd player. He said the problem was I shouldn't play cd's that I have burned because they are too thick. I know the cd's I play have a paper label and thus they are thicker. I would like to play my home burned cd's without the label but I'm afraid to. Has anyone else tried playing their own cd's without the label?

I bought the cover and didn't like it so I returned it. It hooks on all three headrests which means you can't lower the seats or use the middle arm rest. The center has a hooks that are supposed to hook between the window and the side molding. In time I think that area would become damaged. For the back fastener they want you to drill holes and mount a button looking thing. Once I saw that I bailed out!

"Way to go" from Minnesota. Nice looking Edge. I ordered a red SEL plus with the bamr and 18" wheels. It will be made on May 31 and I should get it by June 8th. The dealer will keep it for a couple of days to install the auto-start and DVD player in the head rests. Enjoy your Edge!