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Take it from me, who suffered many months with that hands free tailgate shutting on my f**king head while I was standing under it (I’m probably half an inch shorter now from all those hits lol) and not opening when I wanted it to, opening at random, etc…….you’re very very glad you didn’t get a...

Add this one to the ‘things I wouldn’t have expected to be the solution’ box. Glad it’s fixed!

My only other guess is a faulty control module or something of that nature. I assume this happens anywhere and not just when the car is parked in once specific location (making me think about interference)?

Wonder if the latch mechanism is bad…I would assume the latch has a built-in sensor to recognize whether it’s closed or not. Had a similar issue with the hood latch on a previous car, and I just cut the wire and permanently looped them together so that the latch thought it was permanently closed.

It’s always at the worst time too, like 5am in my driveway and the horn blows twice for the missing key, waking up the neighbourhood lol

Mine does that occasionally. I consider it a glitch, but to minimize the number of occurrences I replace the battery with a fresh one. Seems to do the job. These vehicles and all modern vehicles are so laiden with electronics that, along with the amount of RF interference around us all the...

See if it happens when, after reversing, you shift back to drive and try moving forward. Mine did the same thing, and it was a faulty driver side rear axle shaft.

Good to see this octane conversation is still alive and kicking. For anyone who may be reviewing this thread looking for advice on long-term effects of using 87 octane in one of these vehicles: for reference, when I made the post I quoted above in Feb 2021, I was at around 25,000km or so on the...

Took delivery July 6, 2020 with 1.6km on the clock, now 132,852km (82,550mi).

126,500km (aka 78,000ish miles) and I’m still on the originals. Last report was I still had 4 or 5mm left, which was an oddly long time ago but no squealers squealing or grinding yet, so…eternity brakes?

Stock 2020, has been doing it all along. Only seems to do it on a cold start. Goes away in a short time. I run 87 octane, not sure if it’s possibly adjusting ignition timing to compensate for the lower octane. 120,000km and no problems so far.

Out of curiosity, where was it on the car and how long did it take to do? That 1-2 hour quote from the tech left me scratching my head lol

My old 2009 Pontiac G8 had the same problem, and it was the evap purge valve. Cheap part, 10 min fix with some light swearing. Not sure where it is on these Fords but the problem sounds eerily similar, so I would agree with the guy above who mentioned it

Like I said, to each their own

To each their own. I drove for 19 years without so much as a scrape before my car was built so I don’t feel the need for them myself. In tight parking lots all the warning alarms were just irritating.

I have never been able to turn it off permanently but turning off the parking sensors (button beside the button for the hazard lights) is an easy way to turn off the reverse brake assist. Have to do it every time you start the car but it’s one button easy. Also disables the annoying parking...

One benefit to the funky shifter that no longer has a physical connection to the transmission - the electronics step in and protect us from our mistakes lol. Doesn’t stop you from accidentally throwing it into park instead of reverse when you’re going to back into a parking space or doing a 3...

Neighbours might give me funny looks though lol

This is the noisiest car I’ve ever experienced in terms of all the clicking and clacking and clonking and vvzzzzzing etc.; after three years I’ve learned to ignore it. Noises for gear selecting, I’ve once or twice heard noises that I THINK were from the transfer case. Solenoids and actuators...

Mine was replaced at about 21000km (13,000ish mi) because the pan gasket was leaking; then I replaced all driveline fluids at about 50,000km (31,000ish mi), then again at 108,000km (67,000ish mi), so far no problems with any of the driveline housings. No harm in replacing fluids early/often - I...