ben senise

the sport is not the same as the "ST Line," at least in N America. The Sport became the ST, both of which were more powerful. The ST Line is strictly cosmetic (again, at least here in NA). regarding de-badging, why does it have to be because of embarassment? i debaged all cars i've ever owned. why do i need to tell anyone what trim i have or what engine i have? i subscribe to the "less is more" school of thought. i dislike clutter. de-badging reduces that clutter. i don't like stickers. i don't buy clothes with logos either. i've never had a problem selling a de-badged car. and there's no reason to think that it would be any indication of problems with the car. so cars with all these mods people talk about are okay as long as the car still says edge titanium on it? it's strictly a matter of taste and my taste is plain and boring. live and let live.

just to be sure but does this happen after the engine has warmed up? have you tried the "Max" button and does the same thing happen?

i just got a pretty good deal on a new 2020 ST in february. i debated whether or not it was worth it to get the 2021 and sync 4 on the big screen. one thing about the big screen though is that all the physical buttons for the HVAC have been replaced with virtual ones on a screen. no tactile feedback. i didn't feel that it was worth it for the deal i was getting. the transmission is slightly different on the 2021. i understand that they just took the 2020 8 speed transmission and electronically removed the 2nd gear. not sure if the physical gears are in there or not. this is not an issue as now that i have the 8 speed, i see that difference in the ratios between 2nd and 3rd are so miniscule that it's comical. other than that, not much difference so if you're getting a good deal, i'd probably go for the 2020. just my 2¢.

are you using the car's built-in navigation or a phone that is attached with a cable (i.e. android auto or car play)? i've had some bizarre situations with the phone connected using google maps. the car icon on the sync screen would jump all over town and recalculate continuously. it appears to only happen when i pull out of an underground parking where the car has been overnight. it's inconsistent though. from what i've read and my understanding of it, android auto or apple car play on sync use the gps antenna on the car as well as the phone. what i would need to do next time is disconnect my phone from the edge to see if the map on the phone screen is correct.

that cluster is on a 2021 which is Sync 4. from what i understand, you can't upgrade Sync 3 to Sync 4. i doubt it but maybe Ford could release an update to Sync 3 that includes that feature.

ah, i was thinking of goof off which is acetone. i just checked their MSDS. i use lighter fluid, the kind you put in a zippo type lighter to get sticky stuff off. that would be similar to goo gone. i might grab some goo gone one day to see if it's better.

i'm not sure but i believe that goo gone contains acetone and acetone can dissolve plastic/synthetics. i would guess that the fabric used on the headliner and visor is synthetic. i would be afraid to try. in any case, if they don't bother you, then better to leave them. for me, i find them distracting and more so on the black headliner than that beige/sand headliner on my '16. I posted the pics and the source for the vinyl just in case anyone wanted to cover these stickers with very little effort and not run the risk of trying to peel them off with alcohol or any other solvent.

i tried that. didn't work on my '16 and left a mess. the ST has fabric rather than vinyl on the visors and the sticker looks like it is really embedded in the fabric. i didn't want to make a big mess. my solution is clean, inexpensive, and easily reversible. is it totally hidden? no, but i don't see that yellow and white in my field of view. it seems to be more of a problem with the black headliner than it was with the beige headliner because of the high contrast.

and me! i downloaded the edge owner's manual before i picked up the car and read it almost cover to cover. the salesman was going over the features in the car and i told him that i already knew. i wasn't rude. he was super nice. i have since referred to the manual many times to make sure i understood how everything works. but it's very true, nobody reads the manuals for anything. and nobody uses the help function in apps. years ago people would ask me about something on a computer and i would answer "i don't know. let's look it up" (even when i did know the answer, just to show them.) then i would click on help and find the info. some people, a lot of people, are averse to finding the answers. it's strange.

i solved my transmission problem. i traded my '16 Ti for a '20 ST. ? but i noticed something different on forscan when i was making a few mods to the ST. there was a parameter somewhere to clear the memory of something transmission related. i was going to go back and take a closer look but i forgot. now i don't know if forscan has changed the way it presents info or the info that forscan gets from the car is different but the interface had some differences on the '20 from the '16. i'll try and have another look when i have a moment but in the mean time, maybe someone with knowledge can comment. it would be great if this would be possible to clear with forscan on older edges.

coincidentally i just watched a couple of videos that people have made while doing the event and yes! they do an exercise where they drive towards a fake car and the automatic braking engages. very interesting.

if people actually read an owner's manual then we wouldn't need the stickers!

the stickers i've seen in the US are just as obscene. i say get rid of all these warning stickers and let evolution take care of the problem. ?

yes, factory nav. if you don't have factory nav, i think you can't get the display unless maybe there's a hack with forscan. i didn't have factory nav on my '16 and i couldn't get google maps on the display. what does EVIC stand for?

I realize that this is an old post but last time i saw it, i still had my '16. now that i too have a 2020 ST, i can comment on your problem. my 2020 ST gets the instructions on the right hand display of the instrument cluster. i assume you're not seeing phone, entertainment, and navigation at the top level of the menus. i use google maps as well and i was happily surprised to see the instructions for auto android nav and not just the built-in nav. I have Sync 3 v3.4 Build 20136_PRODUCT let us know if your problem was ever resolved.

I didn't do this to edge I or II but now that edge III has a black headliner and visors, i thought i'd cover up those obscene stickers. the contrast is not as strong in real life as it looks in this pic. it's super easy and removable should need be. i got a letter sized sheet of vinyl from michael's, the art supply store. it was only just over a couple of canadian pesos so not a huge deal. you can get at least four of these cover-ups from one sheet so do it with a friend and save! lol. it's called ORACAL® 651 Intermediate Cal Vinyl, Matte

one emblem for the back and one for the front? that's wild. did they mention why they do that?

that's not bad. i thought it would be totally blank but i like this since it's just more discreet. i'll have to check this out. thanks

what did you use to black out the ford emblem? i was thinking about doing that as well. do you have pics with a straight-on view? would be nice to see. did you do anything to the ST on the steering wheel? i'm not crazy about having tags all around a car. i don't need to tell everyone what car or engine i have. the red ST is a bit loud for my taste. i would prefer if i could remove all of them including the seat stitching. i was torn between the performance blue and black but my last two edges were black so i decided on a change but i do like the black and yours looks great.

the seat heating doesn't stay on. the setting stays set to on so that when i get back to the car after stopping somewhere like a gas station the setting is on when i restart the car. not only did i de-badge the rear, i took off the front "ST" but i didn't like how that spot on the grill looked without the badge so i painted the badge gloss black and stuck it back on with 3M trim tape. i like it. it's very discreet.

if they make an edge convertible, i'm in! ?

ah, good to know. that supports the bad contact or loose wire theory even more. i did a super quick search and found a couple videos on youtube where a guy took apart a gen 1 edge. looked like a bit of work but certainly doable if you're comfortable with those things. be sure to come back and let everyone know how you did. good luck!

i'm not at all familiar with the non-power liftgates having had power ones only but since your key fob works to open the liftgate and the button doesn't, i think it's safe to assume that the lock mechanism functions and it just isn't getting the message from the button. i don't know what happens when you press the button meaning that i don't know if it just sends a voltage somewhere or if there's more to it than that. the main point of this post is that if i were in this situation, i would try and get access to the inside of the switch and check for a loose/broken wire or bad contacts, etc. i have no idea of how to get into that back panel but there's a decent chance that you can find instructions on youtube or elsewhere. of course, that means that you would have to be comfortable with mechanical and/or electrical stuff.

that's really interesting. since many here have talked about how sync 3 starts up on AM radio sometimes (often?) this makes me wonder what would happen if you removed AM radio from the list. i listen to either spotify or my USB stick 100% of the time. i never ever listen to radio, either AM or FM nor sirius. i'd love to delete these three sources. i did remove sirius from my last edge. haven't gotten around to doing it on this new edge yet. has anyone here deleted any sources?

i thought this might interest a few people here. it includes the Edge. "Ford said Thursday that some some Ford F-150 pickup trucks and Edge crossover without certain electronic modules due to a twofold punch of a global semiconductor shortage and a lack of parts caused a winter storm." https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/18/ford-to-build-some-f-150-trucks-without-certain-parts-due-to-global-chip-shortage/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+(TechCrunch)