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  1. jimz

    Michigan residents - registration renewal cost

    Drive like you own the roads because Gov will tax, until they make you broke, to eliminate traffic that wear out their roads. Regulation through taxation is more and more common place. Ain't Socialism great?
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    Dead battery...2 times...

    Some extra draw somewhere. My 08 radio that usually turned off with the key, didn't. I sat in car listening, after replacing battery twice, and heard CD drive running. It ran until battery died. I removed all CDs and no more problems. I did try another CD and it played as it should. Then...
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    Trying not to lose temper at dealer

    Time to move on. You had work done at the dealership. Your seatbelt pad was noticed missing days afterward. Anyone could have taken the pad. Dealership might have replaced a vehicle part but not aftermarket stuff that was not immediately complained about. If you are limited to the dealer...
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    2011 Expy Spare Tire Question

    Evidently the correct spare tire is not important. Manufacturers do as they please. Dealers ignore the problem. Buyers have been buying crap for at least one decade since my 08 has the mismatched 17" spare. Had I known to look at the spare then, I would not have purchased unless I had the...
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    Water inside doors

    Sorry it has been so long to reply. Life happens. Your picture is right on. The hard rubber and then the wiper strip. Is that wiper strip adjustable is my question. Now, my 08 expedition XL had a hard rubber at the bottom of door windows there is a big gap there between glass and rubber...
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    Water inside doors

    Getting water out is a good thing but how to stop water entering in the first place? All four doors on my 2008 has a sixteenth inch gap at bottom of window outside rubber. How do I close that gap by forcing rubber against glass. That should at least slow water entry if not stop it.
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    Whatever it takes...

    I wish your problem had been easy too. I think the corrosion between different metals was my problem. But what do I know. I never have slept at a Holiday Inn. ;)
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    Whatever it takes...

    I had a flat while at home. I jacked the vehicle and removed nuts. Rim would not come off. I took the eight pound sledge and "tapped" the rim and wheel without damaging it, but no luck getting rim off. I finally called AAA road service because I am old and wifey told me to. They were here...
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    Engine max performance

    Heard today Trump is supporting our farmers to make more e-gas. Might need to buy newer for self defense. Don't need my 2008 to look like a slug running through salt.
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    Took a bullet in the tire Saturday night

    No damage other than the rim? Whatever it was went through and through so could hurt something else.
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    Don't spray your engine with water!!

    My 2008 Expedition will get motor wet, not drowned but wet, riding on rain soaked roads. Seems spray from road is forced onto motor. Nothing to stop spray. Seems this Ford is a fair weather machine.
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    Towing Travel Trailer

    I thought These Expeditions that come with heavy duty towing come standard with the seven pin plug. If not it was not heavy duty. Hitch and four pin was standard rating. Sometimes salesmen will tell a lie.
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    Short oil life?

    A dealer close to us seems to find used rentals for resale. Advertises them as one owner. He forgets that those one owners have had hundreds of different drivers. Maybe they had proper maintenance.
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    Short oil life?

    Does oil have a shelf life? If it only last 6 months inside the motor without running it more than a few miles it must. For instance I only drive less than three thousand miles a year, so six months if very little use. So is oil like a gallon of milk and spoil on the shelf? It seems all the...
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    Lock second row controls

    I did look at some sync3 pages and it looks like Settings is the place to start. I did see some pages for control of features. So maybe the rear radio controls are there. DamifIknow. My search for "Parental Controls" did find the radio sync3 section. So a drill down for radio control might...
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    Lock second row controls

    First time kick butt. Second time duct tape. ;) From 08 Manual, page 41: "Parental control Press the memory preset controls 3 and 5 simultaneously on the front audio controls to disable the rear seat controls. They will remain disabled until the front seat passengers "enable" them again...
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    Cabin filter location & replacement

    Most times I get a 'warning" it involves return work. If it is so important why didn't they request my attention at the time? In other words I think it is just mechanics trying to impress their bosses. Then I have the suggested problem checked by another source.
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    oil change and shroud - should I be mad?

    Attitude is attitude at any business. It use to be that inexperience was turned into experience by accepting more responsible jobs instead of placing apprentices at more important jobs. Blame the business, more than the labor. I do.
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    How to turn OFF/ON seat belt chime

    " That's when people start locking the seat belt and sitting on top of it or getting another end from a junkyard and pushing it into seat belt." My choice is the first solution when getting in and out often. No big deal, especially when not on major roads. While bitching I want to stop having...
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    Gasoline smell after refueling

    Maybe just did not close cap tight.
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    What the Inside of a Tortured Ford EcoBoost V-6 Looks Like

    It all seems to be "If you can't dazzle'em with brilliance, you should baffle'em with bullcrap". We see trucks that go great distances without problems and we see some that cannot stay out of the shop. This motor was shown in detail but why wasn't the turbo? It all seems to be the Luck of The...
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    Gasoline smell after refueling

    I have fill many cars. I have filled until gas is running down the outside of the car. I have not had gas fumes inside the cars once I drive from the fuel pumps. Even my current Expedition will not put fumes inside when I run gas over or slop the filler tube area "by accident" I get no fumes...
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    Fuel Economy?

    We all end up eating some burned food because we let our eyes overload our brain. ;)
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    New camper - Sag issue

    https://diskdoctor.us/camper/uploaded/How to Adjust the Weight Distributing Hitch.pdf The initial setup is critical. Park both camper and tow vehicle on level ground but not connected. Measure ground to inside trailer ball socket. Measure ground to top of ball and make that one inch higher...
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    Fuel Economy?

    Gas mileage is like a pretty woman. Even if they all can dance it does not mean they can cook.

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