Jimmy G

I found more under the hood. Where the hood skin is folded to the frame!

Warranty took care of it. Yes. it is disheartening to see it. I had a Ranger that did the same thing. It was white and much easier to see.

Fixed.

Probably a drive shaft carrier bearing going out. Mine did the same thing and was replaced under warranty.

It's just a storage system for the vapor. The ECU controls the purge solenoid and opens it so the vapor can be drawn into the engine. That's why you don't want to overfill your tank. You can get liquid gas into the canister assy and mess things up.

It might be the carbon canister assembly. They're electronically controlled and in a black box type mount.

I found rust on the inside edge of both rear doors. Where the door skins are bent over the door frame there is rust bubbling the paint. Here's a couple of pics.

Same here on an 07 AWD. Mine was a carrier bearing.

Mine is working real good in all this snow on the south shore of Lake Erie!!

As the owner of a 2007 AWD Fusion, I can say you will not be disappointed with the handling in the snow.

Just went an did a little experiment with a rubber mallet. I dropped the seat backs and tapped around the latch with the trunk lid closed. Nothing happened. The escape handle hangs down and it doesn't take much pull to pop the lid. My bag must be snagging that handle.

Here's something. I keep my 3 ball bowling bag in the trunk. Sometimes it shifts and pops the trunk open. It doesn't take much to make it happen either. I'll be tooling along and the "Trunk Open" light will come on. Never had that problem on any other car.

Is the mileage stored in the gauge cluster or the main computer(ECU)???

The rear drive shaft is in 2 sections. The carrier bearings support the sections. I only had 10,000 miles on mine when it went. It started as a low whine, almost like tire noise and got progressively worse.

Yup. It's probably a carrier bearing going bad. Mine was replaced last spring. Running fine now.