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  1. Tire recommendation for Outer Banks. I’m so confused 😵‍💫

    Choose to your needs, if you do alot of highway driving, then stick to your OEM tire size and there are plenty of options out there for tread all with their pros and cons be it all-seasons, all-weather or all-terrain. There are many many choices for standard all seasons, usually more budget...
  2. Replaced brake lights with LED bulbs. Now getting hyperflash / fast blinking lights

    Forscan can fix this and is in my experience the best solution, its setting you can change to eliminate hyper flash. You can try to use resistors to cancel, which I did till I found the Forscan fix but it was a temperamental, complicated solution with the wiring method the bronco sport utilizes...
  3. Michelin tires need to be replaced

    say what you will but the service manager said this to me so if its BS, that may be so. I used to drive over 60k miles a year for a couple decades, so I have gone through my fair share of tires, OEM and replacement and in my experience, replacement tires tended to run closer to its advertised...
  4. Michelin tires need to be replaced

    I had the same problem, Michelin tires dead at under 30000KM....like thats 20k miles. Sent to manufacturer for assessment as they even said that was way below expectations. Early wear and other concerns. Dealer even said OEM tires are lesser quality than retail version of the same tire.
  5. rear tires uneven wear?

    OEM Michelins are crap. at 4/32 at 28700 kms....so what's that, barely over 20000 miles? Alignment all within spec. relatively even wear across the tread and some splitting happening in the tread too, Michelin Rep took em for evaluation. We shall see the verdict here.
  6. Big Bend Upgrade to Outer Banks / Badlands Gauge Cluster

    This would totally be doable. Likely would need some tweaks with forscan though to get it fully functioning. There are those at the Maverick Forum who have had the fully digital cluster from the Escape installed and fully functioning.
  7. LED bulbs for tail lights

    seach forscan here in this forum, theres all the info to get it working, but yes a laptop is ideal and a obd2 cable reader is required $40-50 and the software is free, you will have to get a key which is good for a few months or you can pay for a year, and not pricey. its handy to have, its can...
  8. Leaking rear roof 21’ OB

    I know that leak, one of my escapes had this issue which actually is the seam running along the side channels where the roof rack mounts to the roof. I know the 2013-2019 escapes had this issue. First I have ever seen the Sport have an issue. Likely where the rack mounts at the back end there...
  9. LED bulbs for tail lights

    no, its all controlled by the body control module now days, just need to turn ouf the bulb outage flags in forscan and all resolved. Mostly software control now, no need for hardware controllers anymore
  10. LED bulbs for tail lights

    resistors really aren't the answer here. Every time I thought I had the problem resolved, the hyper flash would continue to intermittently return. Forscan fixed the problem as the setting has now been found and published in the most current version. Forscan is the answer regardless of the bulb...
  11. Eruption Green 2023 Bronco Sport first look

    Hot Damn! This looks great...wish they had this when we got ours....
  12. Can I upgrade my BB instrument panel to the 6.5" LCD instrument panel?

    Short answer? Yes. Long answer? its more than plug and play. The Maverick forum has had success in upgrading their cluster to an escape full digital cluster, so its possible. just to configure it for use through forscan could be a little tedious. The Maverick, Escape and Bronco sport all share...
  13. Unofficial MPG thread for the 1.5L

    3000km trip, Vancouver, BC->Kelowna, BC->Calgary, AB->Drumheller, AB->Edmonton, AB->Vancouver, BC.......7.5L/100KM with the 1.5L OB. Colour me impressed. ran mostly on ECO mode, though used Sport in aggressive passing on single lane mountain highways.
  14. Do Big Bend outer head light rings light up?

    Yeah, i ordered a loaded XLT to replace my Escape back in January...might be fall or later before I see it. Though if they open up the Hybrid in Lariat trim for Canada for the '23 model year, I will be waiting longer when I change my order lol. I cant answer specifically, but my guess would be...
  15. Do Big Bend outer head light rings light up?

    Canada mandates DRL for all cars in Canada at a certain spec thus why all trim levels have the signature headlights in Canada. It goes the other way in Canada too such as why can't I get a Maverick Hybrid in Lariat trim like the USA :( *EDIT* Ford fixed this for the 2023MY and now I have my...




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