MicKeyZ

Congrats and welcome to the club. I guess you're now DOOMED on the scrap heap with the rest of us rubes :fear:

Yes, but I believe those features are package dependent (I have Reserve). [full disclosure...I haven't actually tried the heated seats. Check back in a few months ]

I have. Here are some shots I took just for you (Please ignore the numerous fingerprints on the screen). I don't have any comparison to the MKX seats and don't remember how the regular seats felt in other MKZs but I'm happy with what I got. I love being able to custom fit the seat to me but the massaging part so far hasn't really been used except by my passengers. Because it obviously has to change from the custom settings while in massage mode, I don't find it all that comfortable.

Thanks for the responses. I haven't seen any recurrence of the shutting off or the wrench so I'm still in monitoring mode. You may be right. As I said, I was kinda panicking so I probably didn't wait like I should. It's still beeping at nothing. My concern here is that I'm starting to ignore it which defeats the purpose of having it at all.

I hope this isn't the start of a series of problems with my 3 week old car. Yesterday, I was starting to back out of a parking space and the rear parking sensor starts beeping like crazy even though there was absolutely nothing around. Then there was kind of a "galunk" sound and the car shut off. The little wrench icon showed up on the dash and it said "See Manual". When I tried to restart, the "P" button kept flashing and the car wouldn't start. I was sort of panicked by this time so I don't remember everything I did but eventually after pressing the start button multiple times and trying to put it in D, P, and R in various sequences, it finally started. After about a minute or so, the wrench disappeared and did not return during the 15 minute trip home. When I got home, all the manual said was to take it to an authorized dealer. Anyone seen anything like this? When I first got it, the rear parking stuff seemed to work okay but lately, it seems to sense things that are not there making me skittish about backing up at all. I checked the manual and online but have not yet seen anything about what does the flashing "P" (park button) mean.

Maybe it's critic thing (or a guy thing) but not everyone worships at the altar of RWD. I personally could care less.

Stick as in staying down when pressed or behaving in the manner similar to what I'm experiencing?

Has anyone had problems with the the steering wheel buttons? One of the buttons that control the dashboard displays requires extra pushes (or extra hard pushes) to activate. The button on the left which controls the display mode, Enxxxxxx stuff, EV, etc. works fine but the one on the right which activates the Entertainment, Climate, Navigation, and Phone sometimes has to be pressed multiple times to work. Up and down seem to work fine and going to the left is not so bad but pressing on the right side and pressing the "OK" button is problematic. I took it in for service last week for that and a couple of other things and they seemed to dismiss my concern. First they said the SYNC upgrade would probably take care of it (of course it didn't). Then they said they checked it against another vehicle and it's working the same. For the button on the left, I can use the pad of my thumb, my finger tip, a knuckle, etc. to easily move the selection in any direction. The right side button moving to the right requires me to press up to 3 or 4 times and the "OK" can take up to 2 times to accept the signal. Meanwhile my eyes are off the road. Anyone else noticed this issue or if this is not normal, do you have suggestions on what magic words I can say to get them to take this problem seriously?

I see a lot of you quoting your vehicle's city vs highway mileage. How can you separate the two?

Thank you for providing this tracking service. It helped save my sanity. The car arrived at the dealership 8/26 (poss 8/27) and I took delivery 8/30. Hopefully, I'm doing the picture attachment thing correctly.

Can't speak to leases since I've always purchased [I'm kinda with fordmantpw about forking over $17,000 and the keys after two years. To each his own I guess ] As far as the Grandpa thing.....Don't people say the same about Cadillac (as a brand)? I've only had my car for less than a week but I'm very satisfied so far (if not a bit overwhelmed with all there is to learn). No need to follow trends....Set your own. After seeing your car, let your coworker be the one with doubts.

I know your post was a month ago ....... I picked up my car on Friday and during the purchasing process, they scheduled the first maintenance appointment for me in December. I'm wondering if that's what happened to you and perhaps they just didn't alert you at the time or it was overlooked in all the craziness of the process..

If they were aiming for women with their Black Label, then at least for this woman, mission not accomplished

Just talked to the dealer and my vehicle HAS ARRIVED!!!! :banana piano: I was trying to be patient but after seeing your post, I decided to call and check. I also never had the rail info so I couldn't track the seemingly leisurely route it took to get from Hermosillo to Los Angeles (when techman's made it all the way to VA in less time). I'm going to go see it today and perhaps take delivery tomorrow. The dealership is about 30 miles from my job and maybe 20 miles from my house (unfortunately, not in same direction), but with LA traffic, who knows how long it will take......... I don't know if I'll get the private cash since the one I have expired 6/3/13. Hopefully, I'll get the conquest. BTW, I am a "she"

Could I have an update for vehicle (2014 MKZ) 3LN6L2LU3ER803769? Thank you for what you do here. It is very much appreciated.

Thx....It's nice to see them side by side. I really like the sterling but went with the platinum dune. I hope I don't regret it.

Hmm...It seems mine should come sooner since Socal is a whole lot closer to Hermosillo than NC but I guess I won't whine too much

You should check out Cars.com. They have numerous 2014 MKZs with pictures so you can be assured they are actually at the dealerships. Since I ordered the platinum dune, I was anxious to see an actual photo rather than the poor color renditions on Lincoln's site or the chips available at the dealership. Now I'm waiting for a platinum dune to show up at a nearby dealership so I can see it in person. From photos, I like the color but don't yet love it.

I did order the multi-contoured seats and my vehicle looks like it's about a day behind techman's. I also had a scheduled date of 8/12 but my window sticker is dated 8/8 and it only showed up on ETIS this morning with a build date of 8/15. On Monday, I received an e-mail from the sales person that showed dates 8/12, 8/27, and 9/2. Based on what I've read elsewhere, I have reason to believe that 9/2 is when it will be at the dealer. I didn't feel like registering at support.lincoln.com so I don't know if it's also needing the SYNC upgrade. As far as the Black Label, I don't think it's a good sign when 90% of your ad features something other than the product. It also sound like they want us to pay extra for the luxury experience we were already promised. I think the prior interior designers with their contrasting top stitch fetish have made a comeback.

According to Cyberdman's vehicle locator thread, my status is.... Scheduled to Day (2013-08-12) Do I understand the terminology correctly that this is the build date? If so, :happy feet: And And

I would like to check the status for a 2014 Lincoln MKZ w/VIN: 3LN6L2LU3ER803769 Thank you

I ordered them and have very recently become the proud recipient of a VIN Now, I don't know if it's been scheduled or not, but at least some progress is being made.

I'm in almost the exact same boat. I ordered more than a month ago and was expecting to have my VIN by now. I emailed the dealer and he says not in production. I'm not sure if that means production hasn't started at all or only that my vehicle is not in production. After I read above from Iiari that the multi-contour seats were showing late availability, I went to the Lincoln site to check but saw the 2014s were gone so now I don't know if there will be a delay on this or on my color choice or anything else. I had really hoped Ford would have their act together after the screwups last year.

Did you deal with SB salespeople or only service? After my experiences with the sales people, I decided I would not set foot on that dealership property for sales or service. The first guy I spoke with was fairly affable but had little knowedge about the vehicle or the ordering process. The second guy (different occasion) was your stereotypical used car salesman. He was trying to sell me ANYTHING with an engine and 4 wheels no matter what I said I wanted. Several times he told me the color that I liked was ugly. When I finally had to become a little firmer against his attempts to shoehorn me into anything, he shoved his card at me and walked off in a huff! Maybe I'll reconsider going there for service (if I ever get the damn car-waiting for 2014 production).

I have no claim to inside knowledge of their pricing decisions. Perhaps your sources inside Lincoln will allow you to explain to the peasantry "how it works" that you know that the price savings for removing the extra service are being returned to the customer by graciously not raising the price by an even higher amount than is already the difference between 2013MY and 2014MY.