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I have the 20's and haven't heard that. will check if I remember. odd - might it have anything to do with how hard you hit the gas or direction you depart?

any of you ever cut open a strut or shock absorber? any of you see how they are made. you hit one hole or plate or some other crap in the road hard enough and you'll crack the seal, or you'll damage the shaft. it can't really be helped. struts are worse because the body has to do double...

Yes I'm familiar with Deming's production system that toyota implemented. the few times I've notice the strong solvent smell in a new car - they've all been american makes - and off the truck deliveries. my explorer was just like this and I thought it made some rational sense. No other...

yep new struts and since your noise is mostly stright line - wouldn't surprise me at all if your rattle noise is the strut tube being banged by the rod or the valve body internally. once the seal goes - there isn't much isolating the center section from the body - and the body is the rigid...

most electrical convenience features have a manual backup support system - so it's feasible the power fold seats might retain some of the mechanical system parts to facilitate movement in the event of a power failure or fault. I purposely don't have the powerfold seats because I don't like...

strut/damper life is still a bit of a crap shoot. some might well last 50K or 80K miles and 9 year - some might not get past year 2. But like said above modern struts and dampers are sold as a gas pressurized, often hydraulic units that are double sealed. if they leak oil - they are broken...

That's how I thought they worked - no need to pull anything just press the button. doing other actions might be confusing the system - I would imagine the book would say

have you called the dealer again to see if they have new information? only thing that comes to mind first is that perhaps a sensor is misaligned or damaged. so the seat stops moving via motor. Why do you have to pull the head rest strap - I thought with the power fold all you do is press...

that's why I asked about your state - state laws have pretty big effects on what is easly agreed to and what will require more paperwork. I've not known dealers to be that happy to fix their own mistakes. which is why I said you might need to consider finding a lawyer. Hope like hell you...

so when you checked your sway links and other front suspension bits for play - did you jack up the front of the car and put it on stands - or did you have the car on ramps. makes a minor difference. HOWEVER aside from that I think you're on the right track anyway. 2 things - might not be the...

so 2 main issues. First off thanks to Shelton for that listing, and like it says it would be major. I don't see it on there but I suspect there's another sensor involved. but more later. what feature do you actually want - power liftgate, or power liftgate with the foot swipe, key fob open...

it pains me to say this but I bet you will need a lawyer involved. FYI what state are you in?

assembled not 100% produced. so were those dash panels, engine covers etc all pressed in america or where they sent from china or what have you. granted he didn't specify models - so yes I went on the idea that his particular models came from overseas. my point to a finer level - very few...

so few things. your dealer and saleman is full of it - and I'd check carefully that bit about the memory seats because they probably outright lied to you. AS such - I would take your car paperwork and your what not and verify your order sheet because they should install memory seats for you...

to be fair your 10 cars were all foreign produced and thus spent a minimum of 2 months on a boat just to get to you, let alone rail travel and etc. meanwhile my new 2016 explorer spent 2 days in transit to me from the plant. not exactly the same situation.

let me make sure I'm reading this right. no power lift gate (none) manual operation on unlock and opening - door swings easy - once the struts most they lift the door up on their own. on closing door drops, upon bottom of swing, latching stops. requires forced movement to engage latching...

so the vehicle settings menu item that says power liftgate doesn't turn it off. seems like un checking that would turn off the button on the dash, the foot swipe, and possibly even the fob?

spotify and google music (and I assume to a degree apple music) exist for that. any modern smartphone - decent data connection = better sound and service than sirius XM. however - data connection strength and data usage are minor issues. why I love spotify - spotify let's to take a playlist...

few things - our 2016 had a pretty strong smell from miles 200 through about 11K. first I chalked it up to the new plastics venting gases (you know that new new plastic smell) and since there are numerous plastic covers and the like - and the car was built some 3 weeks prior to our picking it...

The manual is pretty clear that going to OLM light is sufficient. Also I assume it's a 4 year and under 60K miles lease, so you probably won't touch any of the other fluids in that time frame. or rather you shouldn't.

Hope you can negotiate a good final price if you do decide to purchase out your lease. some can, others can't so good luck there. Meanwhile - OLM is rather accurate on prediction and usage so it's rather safe when it comes to worn out oil - especially if you stick to the OE grade oil or...

not in the last 20 or so years. it's run on a test stand before even being mounted to the car - often it's run again in the car before leaving the factory. drained and refilled prior to putting on the truck for deliver. (different makers have different methods)

On the speaker setup - my 2016 has a option to tune the balance and fade such for better sound for the driver only - I find it sounds distorted to me, mostly because I come from always listening to a balanced out audio system. so you might want to check that as well. but with a CD playing, or...

it's not all 32kbps. The pop stations, and the specialty music stations, IIRC range from 128 to 160 Kbps, some of the talk and comedy stations are 80-96. as I understand it.

or explorer sounds fine - our 2012 focus didn't sound great but that was the lower end speakers and amp used in that car. also Sirius XM doesn't sound that great to start with but apples to apples our explorer vs my G8 sound about the same. now depending on what channel you have the...

2 things - premature failures can happen, so sorry but they should just trade out the sensor under warranty and have you on your way no questions asked. - that dealer is full of it. The computer does keep a log of codes that has occurred - even the non-latching codes. IE codes for significant...

crap - no. I suck at life.

interesting.

Thought about that but consensus was that the rotors being carbon/ceramic aren't as heavy as Iron/steel and the holes seem too small for that much difference. especially for the vane (I speeld that wrong up above) depth. might as well open up the hub. but I do wonder if maybe it was for...

provided they use the same security codeing (and I'm betting they don't seeing how the focus is a 2016 model) it would be feasible to train the car - that fob __________ is a valid fob for it. thus on both cars the fob would need to be registered as "legal" or whatever you want to call it...

So I asked around - yes the agera R brakes have holes in them supposedly to help evac carbon dust. The 1:1 has the similar brakes but I must say I sure didn't notice them when I saw one at Sebring this summer. again a slotted rotor would do the same - in the case of a carbon ceramic...

show me a picture. sorry but goole and mclaren's website say other wise. The brakes are a carbon-silica ceramic that is slightly unique or it was, but in no case is the rotor drilled or have holes in them. If they do they are very very small. I will say they look a touch shinier than...

So secondary question any of you find the sensor. because I looked up under there after we got rear ended. (5 months into owning a new 2016) and I can't readily see a sensor pointing down toward that area. Meanwhile I've not inadvertently triggered ours. seems the wife can't ever trigger...

Really? I've never seen a 918 in person so I don't know. I know the Agera R and the 1:1 are both solid carbon (that's a crazy vehicle right there) Not sure about the new mclaren but again - would be the first I've heard of drilled carbon rotors. off to research.

did he keep it on a battery tender in a garage? I've not known a car battery to last much more than 4 years if the car gets used ever.

you might have a damaged GEM module. I think that's the FORD term. Basically the module/computer that houses all the logic and commands as well as the solid state relays that run the systems of the car that aren't directly Engine, Transmission, and Braking/stability. It's sort of the...

I hate to sound all dooshy but name one built in the last 5-10 years. Those few AMG's - supposedly for looks. the C63 black editions with the performance options (if you can image more options on an expensive merc) come with solid rotors. the basic AMG - pin hole drilled. last I...

On my 2016 explorer I got in the veichle settings and under lighting turned off the daytime running lights - this seems to have turned off the LED strip that used to come on with the headlamps all the time. so now my car is dark on the front - I think. Need to recheck I guess.

well ok information then. why drilled or even slotted rotors vs today's modern ceramic pads. the adage of drilled rotors started as a way to allow gasses built up under heat and pressure of braking with older style asbestos based brake pads - they would develop gasses as the asbestos literally...

glad you inspected it. any other found damages?