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The rear liftgate struts failed completely for me after less than a year of ownership. I had to wait months for the replacements to arrive. My breaks are sometimes doing the whale noise in reverse. Otherwise no moderate problems other than that (and nothing major that would leave me...

Letting my stream of consciousness flow: - We can debate 1.5L vs 2.0L all we want, porting down the dual clutch to the Outer Banks is just smart business. There will be people who want the fuel economy of the 1.5L but the offroad capability of the greater ride height and dual clutch with the...

APIM swaps have been a thing for year. For less than $800, getting Apple Carplay support in my 2015 Ford Fusion was worth the Sync2->Sync3 upgrade alone. But that was a much larger radio experience upgrade (Sync2 was godawful) and it was cheaper and easier (you essentially only had to remove the...

I'd be curious to ask a Ford Tech if the 24S24 resets the battery management system forcing it to retrain on the battery. I had extremely weird alternator behavior (voltages below 12V while driving to accessories in the cabin) shortly after the recall, but after driving a little under 100 miles...

I think it's overall an improvement. I'm neutral on the appearance of the front/back revamps. I think Sync4 + larger screen is good. I do not like HVAC controls on the screen instead of tactile buttons. I think the industry will eventually go back on this, but who knows. Consumers see Teslas and...

If you're talking about this above the rearview mirror, it isn't a camera: It's a temperature/humidity sensor; details here. Maybe the 2025 BS facelift adds BlueCruise (which does have a driver facing camera), but MY21-24 BS' do not have driver facing cameras, regardless of trim/options.

As someone who majored in marketing - and who had a head of the marketing department at my university that deeply lamented that I didn't go into it professionally - my main gripe with the initial quality survey is that I really disrespect the way in which it is marketed. I would wager if you...

From the horse's mouth: Since the IQS goes by the number of problems to come up with the score that gives us the fancy bar charts that JD Power puts press releases out with, counting the number of problems per 100 vehicles gives a score that puts equal weight on all problems, regardless of...

I'm really confused by the overall messaging of your post here because you say they release ranking data whether manufacturers "pay for the data or not". The problem is the manner in which they do so. JD Power will happily release data based on an "initial quality survey" and the number of...

There's a thread on the overall refresh elsewhere here. I gave my opinion of the on-screen climate controls. Rather than re-iterate the whole conversation, I'll state I'm strongly against them. I disagree people who say you get used to them or that they're a minimal driving distraction, to the...

The APIM (in essence, the "brains" of the radio - in older Fords, usually the APIM is one part with the screen. In newer Fords, the screen is a separable part. BS, it's buried deep in the dash and requires a lot of disassembly to get to) drives the entire screen. If the screen stops registering...

You can call my entire first part of my post speculative on the number of injuries. While I would be inclined to say that the messaging between the lines is obvious, I would concede that anything is speculative in an absence of information. The NHTSA legally compelling a ton of information from...

For people talking about first party vs third party extended warranties, talking about sheer probability or payout rates is absolutely useless. Ford charges over $1100 for a single front headlight on a Bronco Sport. I can guarantee you that Ford is making a hefty profit on that. Beyond that...

This is getting into a semantics game where Ford is calling them "potential injuries" to the NHTSA as a way to not directly admit legal liability in the ensuing lawsuits as a result of these fires. The class action paperwork acknowledges two injuries directly as of Feb 2023 when the class...

Even with the stalk in current models the blinker fluid is too expensive/time consuming for most owners to keep topped off...

If the keyfob is a compatible part number and runs on the same frequency, you should be able to reprogram the fob to the new vehicle. In the 2023 BS at least, some cars are equipped with 315mhz keys, while others are 902-903mhz keys. They look very similar, potentially even with the same...

The dealers are pretty screwed up by this. I talked to the parts counter at a Ford dealer yesterday and they said that while they've been managing with pen and paper carbon copies for dealing with service/parts, that it's seriously affecting dealership operations and most of the impacted dealers...

I'm glad I have a 2.0L... The existing recall fix is a band-aid. To be clear however, I am not arguing against the existing recalls as is. Safety belongs in layers. The fact that fuel leaks can leak easily onto hot areas that can cause an under hood fire merits the drain hose portion of the...

Digging up a rather old thread, but after a year and several false starts, I finally got the emergency keyblades in the additional two keys I self programmed cut. Why revisit this after a year? Well, I'll give my experience and hopefully that helps someone. Why cut the emergency key if I have...

As I understand it the recall procedure is just flashing BCM/PCM via the OBDII ("Driver Link Connector" port and shouldn't have anything to do with the fusebox. Have you checked that the fuse isn't blown, or if you used a fuse tap, that it isn't loose? You said "It does have the ODB Power...