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My car growls a lot. It goes GRRRRRRRRRRRRR. Kind of a low-frequency sort of electric-sounding vibration that I think comes from under the hood. It’s pretty loud. I haven’t been able to identify cause and effect. It seems to happen most of the time when I open the passenger door after the...

Did this particular recall ever materialize? I don't think I ever saw an actual recall number assigned by ford and I can't recall seeing any email or postcard notices from ford.

Pls be sure to report to NHTSA.

Pls be sure to report to NHTSA.

I started using MFM on my iPhone and the mapquest website to send destinations to sync after I read how to do it here. It was working consistently. I haven't been able to receive destinations since the change in MFM this past weekend. Today I even tried calling the sync operator and asked her...

I have a brake-hold type problem from time to time when I'm on level ground in my garage. Start up normally, put it into reverse and nothing happens. If I sort of gun the engine it jolts back and the problem goes away. I rarely use the parking brake--just put it in park when I'm on the level...

I'm at 1700 miles. Got the car mid June. I don't get out much.

Well said!

I found your blog interesting and helpful. Particularly the bit about the trip information options. Thanks for posting.

Thanks for going to the trouble to explain this stuff so clearly. I’d add a small detail to your last paragraph. If you drive so the white horizontal line in the budget cup is right at the top of the budget cup blue lines, your running budget will track very close to the fixed budget. But if...

Question for Hugh and Jasper7821 Sorry you’re experiencing the dreaded SSN problem. Are you guys using 240v charge stations? Someone has suggested a possible connection between L1 charging and SSN problems.

I hate the door covering the charge port for 1 reason: I keep forgetting to close it. I get to my destination, do my business and then return to the car to find the charge door open. It should default to the closed position when nothing's in it or at very least give you a warning light on the...

Hey I just discovered a fourth version of the truth about my driving. The MFM Local rankings (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA) show me in 36th place for the lowest average rate of consumption in Region 1 at 235 Wh/mi!!! That actually seems closer to what I'd guess, given my focus on driving carefully...

I have a question and a worry. I drive really carefully and it seems to me that I should have a really good average MPK figure. But at best I'm sort of middle of the pack here at 253 wh/mile (3.95 mi/kWh). I never drive over 65MPH and mostly just drive slowly on surface streets trying not to...

I've found that value charge is not reliable. About 75 percent of the time it gets it right but the other 25 percent it sort of has a mind of its own. I tried using a PG&E profile and that worked for a while, except it always started on Fridays as if it were Saturday. Then it just started...

After 1200 miles I've got 253 wh/mile (3.95 miles per kwH), at least according to the lifetime statistics that display when you turn off the car.