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  1. It's here! Thank you once again for volunteering your time for us Ford fans...we appreciate all you do. My wife thanks you for the timely updates, she loves her new Flex. We picked it up Saturday, and I think we've already put 50 miles on it just showing it to all our friends and family in the area. My apologies for the shade in this pictures...
  2. Hopefully the last update I'll need... Vin: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Thank you so much for doing this.
  3. It's all comes down to your driving style. The "S" mode shifts a bit higher (RPM) than the normal "D" gear, giving you more kick. In stop-and-go driving, that's going to cost you as you burn more gas to get to those higher RPMs before shifting. It's tiny little amounts, but they add up fast. In highway driving, I like to use my adaptive cruise control a lot. So there, it's more about what speed you average. In normal drive, you're 'sweet spot' seems to be around 55-60. On level ground, you can maintain that speed at the lowest RPM between gears. Because sport mode shifts higher, the 'sweet spot' seems to be more around 60-65. On longer highway commutes where I want a bit more speed, sport mode saves me some fuel cruising at just over 60. But when traffic is heavier, or I have to slow under that, I move back to normal. So, for fuel economy, don't use sport in stop-and-go traffic. When cruising on the highway, hit cruise control and watch your tachometer for a bit - switch between normal and sport and see which cruises at lower RPM. That's the mode you want for your highway speed.
  4. I was a doofus and didn't repost my vin last time. I know better, yet I still forgot. I need to go find my brain.. Could I have an update, please? Vin: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Thanks!
  5. Hi! Any new updates? Vin: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Thanks.
  6. The magic you do, for which we are eternally grateful. I can look up stickers (whenever it gets to that system), and ETIS (the public one anyway), doesn't have a real build date. Build Date: 30.11.0002 I was hoping you'd have more.
  7. Howdy! Got a new Ford on the way (my wife likes my Fusion, but wants a bigger vehicle for herself). I presume 2015, I don't think they've started on 2016 yet, have they? The sticker generator isn't showing yet, but Etis has a barebones entry. Anything you've got is appreciated. Vin: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  8. Just made some minor updates to the original post. Not much has changed that I can see, except that shipping seems to be moving a lot faster these days. If anyone knows of tracking shipments not made through CSX rail, please let me know.
  9. It wasn't obvious. My phone reconnected, my radio stations were still there, I think even my navigation favorites were still there. It was little things which clued me in. Starting the car, it took several minutes to find my phone (I had driven out of the dealership before checking, and was convinced I'd need to do it by the time I reached home - it found itself halfway there). In the Media Player settings, I disable the "Auto Play" feature - it was back on. I've since disabled it again, but that doesn't seem to do anything any more. In audio settings, 'surround' was off, as was the thingy which adjusts volume based on speed. In the Gauge Cluster, the tachometer no longer showed in fuel mode. There might have been more...major settings were OK, but minor things that deviated from default had been reset.
  10. After I got mine back, my whole system seemed to act like it was reset, save for my radio stations and phone pairing. One item I had to correct was this: somewhere in the Settings on that left-hand side of the dash, is an option for the fuel gauge to show fuel only or fuel + tach. Change it there, and the tach should be available again in INST MPG view again.
  11. Is it sad that I hope to get one of the usb drives, just because I'm hoping it'll say "Ford" on it? Although, I've applied the update successfully, so if they actually pay attention to the SMR records I probably won't get one. Oh, and in response to a much earlier post: so far, no problems with my iPhone 5 on the new update.
  12. I used needle-nose pliers to get them out, then my fingers to put them back in.
  13. Just did my update this morning on the way to work. Won't be able to report on iPhone 5 changes until I re-link my phone. Be prepared for basic settings to get wiped - phone pairing, wallpapers, etc.
  14. So, it's been awhile, but finally good news! I finally fixed my problem. Went to Ford's new support.ford.com, and found the latest owner's manual for our '13 Fusion. I know, I got a pretty printed on in my car, but the website is on the 3rd edition and I was curious if they ever updated the bit which says the info display ought to show power distribution in the AWD system.* Welp, as I was scrolling through it, I came across the fuse box diagrams. The internal fuse box has two for the radio: 32: 10amp, GPS, Voice Control, Display, Adaptive Cruise Control, Radio Freq. Receiver 33: 20amp, Radio, Active Noise Control. So, I crawled under my front dash, drivers side...got waaaaaaaaaaaaaay up in there (stick your head up past the brake pedal, that's where you gotta go to see the fuse box), and managed to yank those two fuses. One at a time, pull, wait 5 seconds, reseat. Then extracted myself, sat upright and turned the car on. The whole radio had reset (although I didn't lose my presets, so that's nice)...and was suddenly tuning HD again! Woo-hoo! A quick check indicated GPS and Voice Control still work fine...I expect adaptive cruise will be fine too. So, not much of an adventure, but if anyone else has this issue, hope this helps. * Looks like they have.
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