ncranchero

Can someone scan and post the fuel line recall. Ford says no recalls for my VIN. I smell fumes everytime I fuel up!

Put my '14 in the shop Friday for fuel line recall and transmission sliding into 3rd from 2nd, as well as a regular service. Trans tech took a ride with me and said he couldn't feel the tranny sliding into 3rd. Told him I smelled oil/fluid occasionally. He said not possible because the belly pan would conceal any leaks and the tranny would fail before I noticed leaks. The called me and said there was no fuel line recall for my VIN. Then said they found an axle seal leaking. Well it's monday and when I called them they had not found an anwer for a replacement seal. Guess I'll be printing off part of this thread for him to read since they are oblivious to this being a problem. Letting me take the van until they can come up with an answer for the seal.

I have a need to replace the home made antenna with the factory one as I may replace the TC soon. Now I cannot find the original I took off. Anyone have an original laying around????

FWIW I have 70,500 on the Michelins now. Extremely heavy rain today in NC and my trip up the interstate was hair-raising. Anything over 55-60 and it would hydroplane and get squirrely, not good in a 70 MPH zone. I haven't driven in rain like this in several months. Quite a few motorists in the median and against guardrails. When I got home I measured the tread since they still "look" decent and it's at 4 to 5/32nds out of the new 11/32nds. That's rather disappointing since they're only a little over half used up! I just SO hate to go back to the Conti's..................

My MPG's have dropped to 365 miles on a tank so upon checking when I'd last changed my air filter (49901 Wix) it became apparent that it was time again. Changed it, confident my MPG's would once again allow me 390-400 miles on a tank. Nope. Looked up the recommended spark plug change and see it's 90K, hmmm. I'm at 107K now so it's overdue. Called my local Ford dealer for an estimate ...................holy smoke! Parts/labor to change the plugs is a whopping $469 !!! How can this be? Oh yeah, if the plug breaks it's $65 each to remove the broken piece! It's a plain old spark plug. WTH is there to break? Called the Parts Dept back & asked the price of plugs. $15.50 each. SP448 (AGSF32YPC) Motorcraft at Rock Auto are $6.41 & $7.09 @ Advance Auto !! Mind blowing!

I run the max tire manufacturers inflation pressure which is 44 psi. & load rating is 1510 lbs. I purchased them at Discount Tire and had to order them. I carry the maximum (+/-) a lot of days and the tires perform/handle wonderfully. The road noise in this sparcely insulated tin can is just driving me nuts. My 2008 E250 is like riding in a limo compared to the TC. They are 90K mile tires and I only have 39K on them, and they show little wear, so I have many more miles left on them. Must find a solution to the noise.

Let me tell you something to save you some misery. I replaced the original Continental tires at 58K with the P215/65R15 95T Michelin HydroEdge. These are the most awesome tires in ANY amount of rain that I have ever had. They are also the most annoying, maddening, noisy tires I have ever had when it comes to interior noise in this van. The roar roar roar is driving me MAD! Sounds like a bad wheel bearing, which I thought it was initially. It went to the dealership twice with no improvement. Two rear wheel bearings, which made no difference (and that I questioned the necessity for, especially after I requested the old parts that they didn't save for me) at a cost of over $375 EACH plus labor changed nothing. DO NOT put these tires on your TC. I have 97K on the van now and the tires show minimal wear so I'm buying some foam insulation in the can and filling every cavity I can find. The $900 poly-liner kit may help but that's a ridiculous price for what little there is to it. Hope that this helps someone else is all I can say.

Ford OASIS message 1. 4167 -2010-2012 TRANSIT CONNECT IPATS NON-IKT KEY AVAILABILITY 2010-2012 TRANSIT CONNECT XLT EQUIPPED WITH IPATS CAN NOW ORDER A NON-IKT IPATS KEY. THIS IS A 1 PIECE KEY (NO RKE 3 BUTTON KEY FOB), WITH THE FORD LOGO AND A BLUE CAP TO INDICATE THAT THE IPATS TRANSPONDER IS PRESENT. YOU MUST SEARCH BY PART NUMBER: 164-R8051 FORD LOGO KEY (UNCUT) 40 BIT TIBBE OR 164-R8052FORD LOGO KEY (CUT) 40 BIT TIBBE. NOTE: THE 1 PIECE FORD LOGO KEYS WITH THE BLACK CAP ARE NON-IPATS. THEY HAVE NO TRANSPONDER AND WILL OPEN THE DOORS ONLY ON AN IPATS EQUIPPED VEHICLE. Ford OASIS message 2. 4166 -WHEN PROGRAMMING OR ADDING ADDITIONAL PATS KEYS, VERIFY THAT YOU ARE PROGRAMMING A PATS KEY. 2010-2012 TRANSIT CONNECT WITH THE XLT PACKAGE ARE EQUIPPED WITH IPATS STANDARD.WHEN PROGRAMMING OR ADDING ADDITIONAL PATS KEYS, VERIFY THAT YOU ARE PROGRAMMING A PATS KEY AND NOT A NON-PATS KEY. THERE ARE NOW 3 TYPES OF KEYS AVAILABLE. 1)A2-PIECE PATS KEY (LOLLIPOP/FORK AND KEY-FOB). THE 3 BUTTON KEY-FOB CONTAINS THE ENCODED IGNITION KEY IDENTIFICATION CODE, AS WELL AS RKE. 2)A 1-PIECE NON-IKTPATS KEY (NO RKE 3 BUTTON KEY FOB), WITH THE FORD LOGO AND A BLUE CAP TO INDICATE THAT THE IPATS TRANSPONDER IS PRESENT. 3) A NON-PATS 1-PIECE KEY, WITH FORD LOGO AND A BLACK CAP. THIS WILL OPEN THE DOORS/HOOD/FUEL DOOR ONLY, ON A IPATS EQUIPPED VEHICLE.

I sent a message this morning to a friend who is a locksmith. He confirms the difficulty is in getting them cut. CRAP ! :banghead:

Looking at this again since my evening last was a total PITA. I leave my key in the van and use the old style remote I have on my retractable belt key chain. Went in @ McDonalds, got food, came out ......... frigging remote was FUBAR. Battery good but it's DOA. Had to call my roadside assistance to unlock my door. Now according to Woody a non-transponder key is $50. EBay has transponder keys for $13.99. Calling locksmiths and Ford dealer today to see if they can cut them. My only other key was 30 miles away locked up in the store...........

:o Wow! $2800? :wacko:

Your horn blows when you lock it? What year? I wish mine did but I actually haven't looked to see if it's programmable. i just wish it beeped instead of a flashing light show!

Most of the comments I get I can't post here.