cosmicray

Just obtained a cable to connect my iPod to the aux-in jack. One thing that I found is that I have to either crank the audio on the dash unit way up, or crank the audio on the iPod way up. If I do the former, then the audio level is much too high when switching from 'in' to FM. If I do the latter, then the audio level on the iPod is way too high when switching to ear buds. The dash radio unit appears to be a software controlled radio. It would be nice if they had put an independent volume level setting for the 'in' than for the other (internal) sources. Anyone know of a better solution for this ?

One (slightly off topic) take away from all this ... My 1998 Ford Taurus has exactly the same tire size as my 2013 Ford TC. The '98 Taurus VIN label says 32 PSI front/rear. The last time I bought tires for it, the tire guy (very knowledgeable) told me to run them at 35 PSI. So cranking up to 40/45 on the same tire size surprises me. Different application, but still surprises me.

Three hours after I bumped the rear tires up to 45 lbs, the TPMS indicator has cleared.

The VIN label says 40 in the front, 49 in the rear. Today I bumped the rear up to 45. Lets see if that causes the TPMS to clear overnight. The day I was closing on the TC, I recall the salesman making some remark about the computer would be 'learning' my driving habits for the first 600 miles (I think that was the number). I wonder if hitting 600 yesterday reached a point where the computer decided it was OK to start reporting stuff like this. As far as cargo weight, doubt I've been over 100-150 thus far.

My TPMS light came on yesterday. The vehicle is ~5 weeks on the road, and just turned 600 miles. When I got home, I did a walk around and checked all the tire pressures. Front-left was at 35, and all the others were at 38. Brought them all up to 40, but the light didn't go out. No big deal, I will see what happens after I drive it a few miles. This morning I read this thread, and it jumps out at me that the rear tires are supposed to be 49, not 40 (the 49 on the VIN plate looks like a 40). There is no way I lost 11-lbs in the rear tires since I took it off the lot 5 weeks ago. It has been riding OK, but now I'm concerned. Presumably the dealership did not prep it correctly. How important is having them up at that (to me absurdly) high pressure ?

The body-shop did a water hose test today. Pretty extensive too. He was unable to recreate the leak, but agreed with me that the marks on that press-board panel looked like a leak. Next time I have a thunderstorm, I'm going to slip in thru one of the sliding doors, and watch it for a while. See if I can catch it doing it.

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Last night we had a severe rain storm here. The TC was parked outside, on a slight nose down incline. The storm lasted about an hour, and dropped 2 inches of rain. This morning I noticed a vertical streak on the pressed wood panel, below the glass, left side rear door. My rear doors have the smoked privacy glass and wipers. Under the door, on the white edge of the frame, I found several drops of yellow-color water. The vertical streak is roughly aligned with the left outside lamp for the license plate. At first I thought this was new, and something that wasn't there when I purchased it (2 weeks back). Upon checking a series of photos taken the morning after I drove it home, I see that there was a streak on the panel then. I hit a torrential storm north of Tampa, while driving it home. So now I'm trying to decide if this is worth taking it in for service. Something is leaking, perhaps involving the seal where the wiper passes thru the glass. The leak possibly involves heavy rain tho. Back when I was shopping for a TC, I notice several pictures of used ones, showing the same vertical streak on that panel (although left-door right-door was random). Whatever the problem is, it isn't new and may involve particular units. Anyone else have the same issue ?

I have the same basic question. A salvage yard not far from me is showing this item in stock ... RADIO - AUDIO VIDEO EQUIPMENT 2012 to 2013 (receiver), w/o Nav sys; AM-FM-CD (single disc) ID CT1T-18C869-AA and AB Is that the correct part for a 2013 TC ?

The DEF/AdBlue became effective in the US with the 2010 model year. There may have been a few VW with it for 2009. If you are driving a '06 euro TC, I doubt it would have been there.

After driving my TC for a week, one thing has been quite annoying ... That being having 2 rear door windows, and a rear view mirror that cleanly cannot get a decent view of the traffic behind me thru the pillars where the doors join. I believe the fix is rather easy ... move the mirror placement about 4-5 inches to the left (on the front windscreen glass) so that the view is a clean shot thru the left-most rear door. For euro right hand drive, this might be a shift to the right 4-5 inches. Of course, if you don't have glass in the back doors, you probably don't have an inside rear view mirror. If the mirror mount adhesive ever fails (like it used to do on my F150), I will probably try it shifted over to see how it works.

A question for the european owners of the 1.8L diesel powered TC. Does your version include the SCR system of emissions reduction ? This is also referred to as Diesel Emissions Fluid, or AdBlue (I think MB has yet another name for it). I have the impression that all, or at least everything above a certain weight, sold in the US since 2010 is required to have this. DEF/AdBlue is a mixture of 32.5% urea and 67.5% de-ionized water. Somewhere on the vehicle would be a tank to hold the fluid, with enough to cover 5k to 10k of normal driving. The fluid is sprayed/misted/injected into the exhaust stream to cause a chemical reaction to greatly reduce NOx emissions. Ford has this on their large block diesels sold in the US.

These are the readouts I'm seeing on my 2013 TC test mode (with the engine not running) 1. gAgE (dial sweeps, etc) 2. test of all the segments on the LCD display 3. test of all the LED instrument cluster display 4. r0426 5. Er0426 6. E 01 7. dtSt 70 8. dt 1F02 9. dtc rotates with NoNE 10. SP 0 11. SP 0 12. 5900A2 13. TA 0 14. T 90088 15. od 0 16. F 254 (fuel tank was practically full) 17. F9038E 18. FL 00 19. FP C7 20. 45 C (engine still slightly warm from running earlier) 21. 051 C9 22. bt (flashing between 124 and 125) 23. dte 328 (distance to empty) 24. rAFE 22 25. PATS 0 26. A0-FF 27. A0-FF 28. A2-93 29. A4-0E 30. P01-(flashing between 85 and 89) 31. P02-(flashing between 00 and 01) 32. P05-07 33. P08-82 34. P10-FC 35. P11(flashing between 10 and 14) 36. P12-00 37. P13-61 38. P16-97 39. P19-00 40. P20-00 41. P21-00 42. P22-00 43. P23-00 44. repeats back to gAgE

From what I can tell, they are all the 'tall' euro version. Ford specifies a nominal height above ground (see the body dimension pdf linked above), but that does not include the antenna. It may, or may not, include the rear break light tho.

I had another go at measuring mine today. This time I used a step ladder, dropped a metal tape measure to the ground, and tried to visually sight a horizontal line. The tip of the antenna measured 83 inches, the top of the brake light was 79.5.

The blank panels, on the sliding doors, presumably attached after certain Transits are landed in the US... how are they attached to the doors ? Is it some special kind of heavy duty adhesive/caulk ?

Part of the issue with reception is how the broadcast tower polarizes the transmitted signal. I *think* most AM broadcasters are vertical (due to the longer wavelength), and FM could be either direction. If you know a local amateur radio operator, he may have better information about this. There was a ham antenna made many years back that was basically a rectangle, and it mounted on the roof with suction cups. Not the most ideal solution, but one to think about with all those mounting points up there.

I just tried this on my 2013 TC XL. It works exactly as explained, but it took 44 steps to get back to gAge. It appears they have added a bunch of Axx and Pxx displays at the end,

Many years back I purchase an Actron for my Ford Taurus. When I picked up my TC, finally located the hidden ODB connector, and realized it was the same jack as the Taurus, plugged in the Actron and gave it a try. It appeared to work as it reported "NO CODES". The one I have looks somewhat like the Actron CP9575, other than mine has a 1-line display and the newer ones are multi-line.

Dimension H101 is 79.3 inches, which may not include the rear top-mounted brake light. None of those drawings show the roof mounted antenna tho. The roof area over the driver is slightly lower than the rear area, but the antenna still protrudes above. I'm going to stick with 84 inches (7 feet) for now. My measurement was made on semi-irregular ground, so I'm not sure how much I might have been off.

For now, I'm taking the opinion that the cargo space in the TC will meet most of my immediate needs. I have a small enclosed cargo trailer (4-ft x 8-ft) presumed to weight ~800 lbs empty. I doubt that I've ever had more than 300-lbs of cargo in it. So I *think* the 1100-lbs is within the GVWR rating of the TC. For now I'm going to wait and see how often I come up short of needed space before I invest in the hitch receiver and wiring. A small 1 1/4" receiver is all I would ever need. I wonder if the presence of a hitch receiver and wiring might cause Ford to disallow a warranty repair on the transmission.

Somewhere I read that the Transit Connect (the US version, with the tall roof) may have issues fitting into particularly shallow parking garages. So I looked thru the owners manual for a clue about the suggested vertical clearance. Found nothing at all. Also found nothing on the driver side door pillar, nor anywhere near the driver position. Out comes the tape measure. I think I measured the top of the rear brake light about 6-foot 7-inches. The antenna above the front cab kicks it up a bit more, so call it 7-feet. I used that benchmark to remove a few low hanging tree limbs today. Anyone know for sure what the recommended height clearance is (or where Ford posts it) ? P.S. this post is on-topic, but I could not find any forum section that seemed appropriate for it.

Picked up my Transit Connect a few days ago from a dealer in Tampa, the local Ford dealer up here had none in stock. Drove home thru a severe thunderstorm, almost thought the engine was going to drown at one point. Received a very impromptu graduate course on operating the various front & rear wipers, 4 way flashers, and whatever else it took to get it home. The Transit Connect replaces a 15 y/o Taurus that suffered a fatal transmission failure, RIP. TC will be used for the normal running back and forth to the store, and minor farm duties. While washing it off yesterday, I discovered the mounting points on the roof, which I did not know where up there. Now I'm thinking about what I need most mounted on the roof.

A few days ago, I purchased a new 2013 Ford Transit Connect (US gas/auto version). I had been looking for a diesel/manual for a long time, but finally gave up. After purchasing the US drivetrain version, I located the UK fuel efficiency numbers for the diesel/manual version. The UK numbers have to be converted from imperial gallons to US gallons for comparison, and the emissions from g/km CO2 to g/mi CO2. The UK numbers can be found at http://vanfueldata.dft.gov.uk/vehicles.aspx Select diesel as the fuel type, sort on Model, and look for Transit Connect around Page 150, just after the larger Transit numbers. UK (using the 1.8L TDCi engine / manual) - Urban MPG 39.2, Extra Urban 47.1 MPG, Combined 47.1 MPG, CO2 159 g/km. Converting the imperial gallons to US gallons, and km to miles, I arrived at the following (and by all means, if I screwed up the math, please correct me) - Urban MPG 32.6, Extra Urban MPG 44.4, Combined MPG 39.2, CO2 256 g/mi. This compares with the data from my vehicles window description page (for the US 2.0L gas engine with automatic) - City 21 MPG, Highway 27 MPG, combined 23 MPG, emissions CO2 384 g/mi. The exact reason that Ford isn't marketing the diesel is anyones (educated) guess, but I suspect they would sell many of them if they did. I'm not unhappy with my purchase, but I would much rather had the diesel. The US EPA is roughly estimating 650 gallons per year of unleaded with a cost of $2,300 (15k miles per year). Driving those same miles on a diesel, even at a current price of (rough local estimate) $4.05/gal would have cut the fuel cost to $1,550. At the same time it would yielded a increase in range per fill of over 60%. Ford really needs to bring these into the US (and if Ford does not, some individual should).