GroundHogg

I read the TC 2010 has a "wet belt", but the mechanic I took it to recently insisted it had a timing chain and not a belt. Well, manual says "drivebelt"... so how hard is it to change a drivebelt?

That's a lot of lighting. Thanks for the info on the housing, I was about to try to remove mine as well. Looks like my road beat used TC has a lot of missing fuses, that one for the license plate lights is 157.

I bought a lower grill for my 2010 TC and I'm having difficulty gettting it to stay in place. The original was missing and I have replaced it so I can hang the front license plate. It fits fairly well but one side pops out, I don't want it to fall off or be easy to rip off the front. The plastic flaps seem to slip out, they hold for a few minutes then slip. Drive to store and back its popped out a bit. I'm thinking of using black silicone to help glue it in, the kind used to hold in the rear tail light covers on older cars. Ive also thought about drilling a set screw in but this seems extreme and the front lower plastic is a bit flimsy. update: well. it stopped popping out on its own. I pushed back in one last time and it has stayed, so after a while the plastic conforms to the body. Would have deleted forum entry but I do not see a delete for a post.

Yes, the horn functions. Edit - ;I was reading on the "TPMS Sensors" forum topic, and I have ordered one of those trainer devices. I think that may solve my problem for the TPMS; I was using the owner's manual procedure that is to "re-set"; the system, and the other ;ignition cycling method; to train the sensors If the fuses have been correctly changed then I think the only other possibility is the internal wiring to the cigarette lighter itself, which I do not believe I can get to. I'm testing the socket with a known functioning safe; device, its a small inverter that runs in my other car and I'm just using its "on"; light for checking I'll need to get it fixed as I want to be able to run devices in the cab, including backup camera, GPS, and maybe an External TPMS system since they have replaceable batteries thanks

yes and no: I don't know that much about the wiring in general, I had read there were two power points, and I changed most of the 15 amp fuses (perhaps ,I left one out, but I did it one at a time ), so I thought that must be the next likely cause. Now I'm thinking that maybe the wiring to the lighter itself has failed. I'm only trying to get power restored to the accessory/lighter so I can run some devices in the cab.

Ok, I took a picture of my under dash fuse box. On the fuse cover card it shows 174 as "I" with the book icon and is located 2 from the left(starting counting at 1), and 3 from the bottom row which is empty. The one you mention appears to be number 163 and shows a 20a fuse, unless I'm reading the card wrong. I have a lot of empty slots as I only have the XL so no power locks, etc.

I bought a small compressor to run off the cigarette lighter in the used but "new-to-me" 2010 Transit Connect I recently bought. The compresor is a "Slime" and said it was for truck and suv tires, well it ran for about 30 seconds and then as I tried to add air to the tire it sputtered out. I thought at first the little 150psi compressor died trying to inflate the truck tire, but now I have found the cigarette lighter no longer functions with any device. I changed fuse 143 (one for the lighter) even though it looked ok and still no accessory power. I decided to change a few other 15 amp fuses in an attempt to locate the "rear accessory fuse". I also changed all the 20 amp fuses (since one of them had a line down one side of the filament). I changed some of the 15 amp fuses in the underhood box as well , but still no aux power. I only changed the mini-fuses. Radio works, truck runs, not noticing anything else not working accept TPMS indicator is on. The only reason I even tried the little compressor was to reset the TPMS. I went to the gas station I tried for about 2 hours to reset the TPMS but it wouldn't let me past the passenger front wheel. I aired them all back to door reccomemdation. I have a Hayne's guide but it is for the UK models, and it has wiring/fuse information, but it appears the fuse numbers and fuse box layouts are different from US model.