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Thanks everybody for your comments. The car is brand new (400 mi) and has the wipers as per the Ford Parts list(26") but they are the longest wipers I've ever had on a car. Doesn't make sense to me that the same windshield in a Lincoln car has shorter ones. perhaps the angle it slopes has something to do with it. Engineers make interesting decisions sometimes and other engineers sometimes ask "why"?

No my car is an SE and doesn't have that. Where is that camera installed anyway?

Seems like I'm talking to myself. Checked Ford Parts and looked at windshields. Fusion, Tauras, MKZ and Continental all use the same windshield part number--03100 So I'm guessing an owner can have his choice of wiper blades 20", 24" 25" or 26".

Nobody but me on line this morning. Went to Ford Parts and found the standard Fusion blades are 26 inches(I measure mine at 27 inches) Looking at the Lincoln MKZ and found they run 20" L and 24" right. The Continental is the same. Engineers make strange decisions some times. I think I'll go look at what the Taurus has.

My new Fusion 2.0 has only 400 miles and running great. Getting the normal 30 MPG on the highway. The windshield wipers seem about 4 inches to long. When running they reach all the way to the roof edge. The overall length from the pivot to the end is 37 1/2 inches. Each blade is 27 inches. Seems to me a 24 inch would work just as well. Is there some requirement for blades this long? Anybody have any thoughts about this?

It's probably smart for me to quit carrying the fob while working in the garage. There is no way I can stay more than 3 feet from the back of it. Thanks for everyone's help. It was a curious problem and it was good to define exactly what was going on.

A related statement; With the lift gate turned off on the dash, a side to side foot movement unlatches the lift gate on my car but the lift motor does not move the gate, nor does pushing the down button on the gate close the gate. That's not as far off as I would like the lift gate. OFF to me means manual only---you need to push the unlatch button to open the lift gate. Perhaps Ford doesn't think that way.

Ok I'll check that out. Thanks More to the point I don't want the lift gate to go up when I walk by. I think I'll try hanging the Fob around my neck--rather than in my pocket and see if this is really a bump thing or a "close by" thing. Generally I've been unloading in the driveway and that way not having to deal with the lift gate opening height with the truck in the garage. More information: just went to the garage to measure the distance from the bumper to the screen(17"). Just to check i waved my foot back and forth just behind the sensor and the lift gate went up. Then I checked to see if the sensor was turned off in the dash "vehicle" selection --left side of dash. YES it was, so the turn off is not working. Another test: Pulled the truck out of the garage so nothing else was close to the rear end. Waved my foot just behind the bumper sensor area the lift gate opened. Tried it again in the middle and it opened. However when I pushed the down button on the gate it would NOT close. The down button worked normally with the dash selection in lift gate "ON" position. Seems like the "OFF" logic has been directed to the wrong device.

This is about lift gate sensitivity on a '16 Explorer sport. After reading the above report I turned off my lift gate because my garage door is a bit low and the lift gate would hit the retracted door when it went up. Since my garage is short and I have a screen door for the opening( a Florida thing) I just have enough room to get by the truck in the back. I carry the key fob in my pocket. The interesting thing that happens is that sometimes the lift gate will open as I am trying to get by it in the space between the truck and the screen. The Fob requires two clicks to open the lift door. I really don't think I hit the Fob--particularly twice-- in going by the Truck. The other thing is that my dog has been just behind the truck right at the lift sensor ( slightly right of center looking at lift gate) wagging his tail and I was on the same place on the left side of the rear. The lift gate went up. This has happened 4 times now and I am interested if any one else has seen this problem. The dog was there 2 out of the 4 times. before I submit this post i went out to the garage to see two things --- at what height is the Fob when I walk by----I'm short and the Fob is in my pocket just above the swell of the bumper. I turned the buttons out and bumped the Fob against the bumper at least 6 times and all I could get was the horn to blow. Anybody out there have a similar problem?