Lucifer

Mr. Fusion, Do you have any RF filters (circumferential iron ferrite magnets) on your power cables? If the capacitor did not work, then you may need a larger one, a diode to prevent back current, or to return to the original grounding point through the headlight wiring harness. Do you have a 12v test light and a couple lengths of spare wire? When your HIDs are flickering, can you hear the power relay flickering too? You may want to get some scrap wire and do some testing before you make a permanent change or give-up entirely.

Chris1970, my apologies for any perceived offense, none intended and I see that the fender reference was MrFusion's. As to the difference in [electrical] systems, yes there are differences. I see that your car and MrFusion's have an Oto-cycle ICE whereas my Energi has an Atkinson-cycle ICE and electric drive system. Your cars utilize a traditional alternator, mine employs a voltage converter. They operate at different voltages and the computer code is quite different in the two cars. My 12v system is approximately 12.5v when "off" and a regulated 14.5v when the voltage converter is "on". I would imagine yours is 12.7-14.3 depending on what your alternator is doing at the time of measurement. Historically, the relay wired to ground would be fine, but my hands-on experience with my car has been an eye-opener and I have been amazed at the amount of thought that has been put into engineering the system. The relays each of us are using are likely also different, so also would be the amount of current they draw when energized and the amount of voltage the require to remain energized...the latter being what causes the flickering.

Mr. Fusion, The "problem" is with the car's computer not recognizing the load your HID relay is drawing. These are VERY smart, highly engineered cars. The turn signals and headlights each have separate power circuits, but share a common ground circuit. If you have wired your relay ground wire for the original headlight power (now the "on/off signal") circuit to the fender as Chris1970 suggests, then when the turn signal is also turn "on" the computer measures only the current drawn by the turn signal through the standard ground circuit and is not able to account for the reduced load of the two circuits. This causes it to try to figure out what is going on by modulating the pulse width of power to the headlight circuit....to the point of providing too little current to keep your HID relay energized. When it opens, even momentarily, the spark between the electrodes of your HID collapses and your ballast may or may not be able to re-light it before the next collapse. The "problem" not likely to be your ground. You will either need to re-wire your relay to the original ground circuit, add a heat producing, power consuming resistor to your power side of the circuit, or insert an electrolytic capacitor to supply electricity to the relay coil when the car computer does its thing (described above). The latter is the easiest and is available at Radio Shack for a couple bucks. For example, part number 272-1030, a 35v 470uf model. Bend the leads and insert them into your relay socket where the relay prongs are inserted, positive to positive, negative to negative, the capacitor should be marked for polarity, or the longer of the two leads will be the positive one. Like this.....

There is a new Fusion G2 specific forum so I will attempt to compile G2 headlight specific posts there: http://fordfusiong2forum.com/topic/114-sextet-projector-hid-headlights-led-switchback-drl/

Henry, Where can I get a gatling assembly like the one you are toting? Lucifer

Well, after trying for a couple weeks to upload a video on this site, I have uploaded it to YouTube. Here are a few links: www.youtube.com/T58aGjDld7I http://youtu.be/QGolNqZyAaQ http://youtu.be/cq9G2it7RjQ http://youtu.be/Vxn4SClwmG4

A few daytime pics....

Hi guys, Yes, I have been 85% successful in my lighting mods. I installed three pairs of Morimoto Bi-Zenon HIDs: the low beams (replaced the H11 reflector projector with a Mini model HID projector, and matchbox model projectors in the fog light housings, and the high beam H7 reflectors. I also replaced the conventional filament turn signal bulb with a 24 emitter LED, replaced the conventional filament DRL with a 5 emitter LED, installed switch-back DRL/Turn Signal LED strips along the lower edge of the housing (white DRL turn amber and flash with the turn signal, then turn back to continuous white when the turn signal is off), installed LED halos around both of the projector hoods, and installed cornering LEDs in both the fog (now driving) light bezel and in the main headlight assembly on the bezel between the LED side markers and the turn signal. First, let me state that this car, a 2014 Energi, is highly integrated to start with. If you remove the single headlight assembly plug you will find that it uses only six pins intelligently by switching combinations of the power and ground pins "on" or "off" to accomplish the desired results. Looking at the headlamp assembly plug (where the pins are visible from OUTSIDE the housing), from bottom left, is the ground pin for the DRL and high beam, top outside left is the side marker and DRL positive, inside top left is the high beam positive, inside top right is the low beam positive, outside top right is the turn signal positive, and the bottom right is the turn signal, side marker, and low beam ground. I designed a small external circuit board to power the halos, convert the flashing turn signal current to a constant current to power the cornering LEDs, allow the fog/now driving lights to remain on when the high-beam circuit is active, and to enable power to the new in-board projectors either: on manually, off manually, or automatically with the low beam power. The solenoid blinds in all three projectors on each side are activated together with the high beam power circuit on their respective side of the car. I have attached a few pictures taken during the construction process: I will try to take and post some pictures of the finished installation tomorrow.

Lucifer's new Landau.... http://www.fordfusionforum.com/gallery/image/1333-lf-qtr-small/

Ford and Lincoln both do. It is called MyFordMobile, I use it on my Android Phone. Go to www.MyFordMobile.com

Lucifer lives within the machine!

CyberDMan, Thank you for your time in tracking my Fusion. I am loving the car and have already started customizing it.

I installed these quad HIDs into the headlight assembly this past weekend and will re-install them in the car next weekend (installed body skirts and dual exhaust this past weekend). The halos look yellow in the picture, but illuminate as white.

Um, no....no Ford dealers in the Underworld, so I am visiting New Mexico...closest place resembling home that I could find and the dealership described their deals as "flamin' hot"...my kind of place!

The weather is the same here today.....freezing and snowing, so I made an appointment to sign the purchase paperwork on Friday to be sure I can take advantage of the $750 Ford Cash. But I will not drive it off of the lot until the weather and roads clear (I may have to trailer it home).

Guys, there are 18, 19, and even 20" wheels of the same width as the stock 17" and Low Rolling Resistance tires available for each. Yes, the entire package may weigh as much as 5 pounds more per wheel, but they can still be somewhat efficient. I am fairly confident that Ford does not offer larger LRR wheel/tire combinations because it is un-economical to make them available options and no matter what they would still be a compromise in fuel economy. If you are interested in buying after-market wheels (can you find a buyer for your gently used stock wheels and tires?) go to the tirerack.com They recognize the Fusion Energi as a discreet model and offer larger wheel and tire packages, even LRR tires. There is also a feature on their website which allows you to view a picture of a Fusion (in your actual factory color) with whatever wheel/tire combinations you are considering, so you can see what they would look like on your vehicle BEFORE you make a purchase decision.

Indeed! And I was concerned that I would not be able to use the $750 Ford Cash within the 60 days allotted. Keep in mind too that I am in New Mexico, just across the border from the Republic of Mexico.

http: VIN: 3FA6P0SU7ER227320 delivered to dealer today, 12/4/13....one week after build date.

How are you guys defining "necessary," "lethal speed," and "unsafe speed"?

My car was unloaded from the train this morning, leaving only a 3 hour truck ride to the Dealer. I am disappointed to relate that, although my Dealer's inventory manager has tried to help me, she has been a source of erroneous information. First, it took her nearly a week to place my special order even though I had specified that time was of the essence since I had $750 in Ford Cash. When she did, she specified a priority code of 19. When I asked her why, she said that was all they could do and that it was Unscheduled Clean. I told her she could specify 11-19. She changed it and on the following Thursday Cyberdman told me the car had been scheduled to November 25 (this was at the end of October). When I called her for an update on November 26 she told me I had been re-scheduled to December 9...my Ford Cash expires on Dec. 7. On Wednesday, Nov. 27 I used the MyFordMobile registration process (described above) to determine that my car had been built that day. On Friday, Nov. 30 I asked her to check her records again to confirm the Wednesday build and to get a delivery ETA. On Monday, Dec. 2, Cyberdman confirmed it had been built, that it was already in Nogales, and ETA was Dec. 11. On Dec. 3 I spoke with the inventory manager directly and asked her to check the vehicle visibility report. She did and reported an ETA of Dec. 12. I asked her for a rail car number, she said it the report did not list one. She faxed the attached report to me to prove that she was right and I was mistaken. I noted for her that the report indicated that the car could be delivered as early as Dec. 6 and as late as Dec. 12. But more importantly I told her that the report she had sent was a current report and that she needed to look back at the full status history for an ETTX number which would have been assigned just prior to the status changing to "in transit". She did and found the number, but then said it only applied to the segment between the plant and Nogales. I told her I thought it applied to the rail car, not the train, and that I would check with Union Pacific for current status. She responded that the Visibility Report was the most current information and she offered for me to call her back on Friday for an update. I told her the UP system is constantly updated. So I performed a telephone inquiry and requested it to fax a report to me. I then sent the report, which indicated the car was scheduled to arrive at its destination today. Today I ran another UP inquiry and obtained the attached trace report indicating the train car was at its destination waiting to be unloaded. I sent the report to her to alert her to the probability that car will be delivered to the dealership later today or tomorrow. I then called the new car manager and made an appointment for noon on Friday to sign the purchase paperwork for the car and take advantage of the Ford Cash. I'm just happy to be getting my car this week.

Although radar will not be completely abandoned, the new system is called automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast or ADS-B and is a cooperative surveillance technology for tracking aircraft. The aircraft determines its own position via GNSS (GPS) and periodically broadcasts this via a radio frequency. The mandatory installation date for ADS-B OUT is January 1, 2020 (with some exceptions).

Any of you wanting to track your Fusions from the Hermosillo plant in Sonora, Mexico.....this innocuous looking gate is where they exit the plant in the rail cars you see in the background to begin their journey to the U.S. The plant is in the far southeastern section of the Hermosillo city limits. The train cars travel north to cross the border at Nogales, AZ. Click on the thumbnail for a larger picture.

Hi Cyberdman, Hopefully, 2014 Fusion - VIN 3FA6P0SU7ER227320 was built last week. Could you confirm this with any updated information you may find? Thank you very much for giving your time for these updates!

Go to myfordmobile.com and attempt to register your vehicle using your VIN. MyFordMobile will not recognize your VIN until the car is built, then it will allow you to give the car a name and to select its color.

VIN: 3FA6P0SU7ER227320 built on 11/27/13, Released from plant on 11/29/13 for transit to state NM, ETA dealer 12/11/13.