jvanloan

You will be towing it with the key off and the odometer does not record the mileage. I had the same 3M clear film intalled that is used on the front of motor homes. It cost about $400. Be sure to get the 3M brand. The installer talked me into a different, lower cost, film. It is turning yellow and I can't remove the oil that collects on it.

I travel extensively and use a navigation system to locate rest stops, resturants and other points of interest. Unfortunately Ford's system is not up to the task. I am currently in the San Francisco Bay area. When I enter Costco into the system, it returns a list of stores in Southern California, even though there are several located within twenty miles of my location. Ford support says I have to enter my current location ( a GPS system that doesn't know where it is?) it will search nearby cities to locate a store, so I looked for a WalMart. According to system, the nearest on was over 300 miles away. When I entered a city that was across the street from a Walmart in an adjacent city, it couldn't locate a WalMart that was across the street. Since I don't usually know nearby towns when traveling, it is impossible to enter a city. That is especially true of highway rest stops. Is anyone else have a similar experience? I saw another post that called the system junk. The seems to accurately describe it.

I looked at the instruction books for both online and thought the Roadmaster bar seemed better designed. I installed it on my MKX, but had some problems re-installing the front grill. I ended up cutting away more material around the grill than is described in the instructions. I spoke with Roadmaster and sent them photos of the installatiion. We compared tolerances and found the bar to be in spec. I'm not sure if they revised their procedures after that. They did do an installation on another MKX as part of their effort. Other than that, the installation went well and took about four or five hours. Thanks for the info on the wire routing. I will check it out.

Do you know yet how you are going to route the wires for the tail lights? I had a problem getting through the firewall and ended up going through the floor board and into the fender cowl, then up through the drain hole for the windshield/wiper area.

I'm not sure if this is the correct way to reply to your topic, but here goes. I found the battery discharges when towed in the accessory position. I also found I could turn the key OFF while leaving the transmission in the NEUTRAL position. The steering wheel remains unlocked and the battery does not discharge. I could not get Lincoln to condone this procedure, but it has worked for over one thousand miles of towing. Note the back of the tail lights are not in an area sealed to water, therefore the direct connection with steering diodes is the preferred in my opinion. I also wanted the LED bar connected, also with diodes to increase visibility and look cool.

I'm not sure if this is the correct way to reply to your topic, but here goes. I found the battery discharges when towed in the accessory position. I also found I could turn the key OFF while leaving the transmission in the NEUTRAL position. The steering wheel remains unlocked and the battery does not discharge. I could not get Lincoln to condone this proceedure, but it has worked for over one thousand miles of towing. Note the back of the tail lights are not in an area sealed to water, therefore the direct connection with steering diodes is the prefered in my opinion. I also wanted the LED bar connected, also with diodes to increase visibility and look cool.