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The same is the case with the rear powerpoint. I keep GPS devices plugged in continuously for Pizza delivery on my 2011... Offtopic - customers are constantly asking me if the vehicls is mine or owned by who I deliver for...

The 2014 Transit Connects have a different body style from the pre-2014 (first generation) TCs. They have signficanly more vertical space becauee of it's substantially higher roofline as compared to the new 2014 model. I imagine that the camper conversion vendors have not released a new conversion product for the new body style. It is - to me- a shame that they made the new Transit Connects with a lower roofline... All of the great improvements with none of the spectacular roominess. Oh well....

The same is the case with the first-gen Transit Connects. These vehicles do not have quiet interiors. My 2011 XLT Premium is "allegedly" quieter because it has a full interior but you really cannot hear the radio when the heater fan is running higher than "2". I am sure it would be pure agony if it could go to "Eleven". They were built for wee white van men... Sorry, that is all I have for today

Taking this discussion a slightly different direction... There are two places where I buy 87 octane gasoline for my TC. Both locations are operated by the same company. One offeres a 10 percent ethanol blend 87, the other has zero ethanol 87. I ALWAYS buy at the zero ethanol location because I get better mileage. Time to change my air filter...

Yikes - you had me worried that you had a Transit! Then I checked th Wikipedia and realized that the Transit Connect dates back to 2002 in Blighty. You would be amazed how people confuse the Transit Connect with the Transit... Which is pretty weird as the Transit's ONLY assembly line in North America is right here in Kansas City, Missouri! Mine is a 2011 "Ford Tourneo Connect" which is known as the XLT Premium Wagon (a rare vehicle) here in the Colonies. Welcome to to the Ford Transit Connect Forum!

Willie and 103west43rd: That was exactly the problem! The upper contact tab in the housing had been somehow knocked loose. The solution I used was a dab of hot glue at the base of the contact leaf after hand-positioning the contact back into alignment. Since it was the upper contact I was working by feel only but managed to secure the contact back into place. The result is - IT WORKED! I drove it on the Interstate for 70 miles (hey, it's MISSOURI!) in cold weather with zero failure. Problem solved. $450 not spent. Thanks all for your replies!

Woah. a GEM, you say? I guess such a unit allows for the ability to have all those other elecrical functions centralized in an effort to reduce parts counts and labor costs in the build process... ...but it kinda creates a maintenance nightmare. I have not considered a new Ford dealer on this particular problem. The reason being - I had a rear wheel noise problem that turned into an unauthorized $830 complete brake job done at another Ford dealer. Just to see if the price was outrageous, I ran the repair cost by a shop at yet another Ford dealer and the price was the same! I suspect the same will be the case if I go to yet ANOTHER Ford dealer in the area. My only other option is to purchase an aftermarket assembly fo 100 bucks less at RockAuto and do it myself - something I am not excited about doing. The weather should warm enough this weekend to allow me to personally inspect the damaged unit and then make a decision on how to proceed.

My sad story began about 3 months ago. The left-front turn signal bulb failed. I went to a nearby auto parts store and replaced it with a new bulb. Shortly thereafter, the light started to fast-flash intermittantly indicating a blown bulb or an intermittant electrical connection. It turned out to be an intermittan connection. Several trips to the Ford dealer later, and the fix has grown in cost to over $450! Apparently the locking device for the socket is somewhat delicate and, if it is damaged, the entire headlamp assembly needs to be replaced! Of course, this is not covered under the warrenty - extended or otherwise. On to the question: Does anyone sell an electronic flasher for the 2010 to 2013 US Spec. Transit Connect? Also, where is the flasher unit actually located? I figure if I replace all my turn bulbs with LED units, replace the flasher unit with a suitable electronic one then make a semi-permanent repair on the damaged socket, I am good for more than 200,000 miles or total vehicle failure - whicheve comes first. Thanks in advance... Ack