Woody

My understanding is that you press the unlock button once and then press the unlock button a second time and hold it, until the windows are as open as you would like to be. ie, hold it until the windows are 1/4 open, 1/2 open or completely open. The moonroof and windows will stop opening as soon as you let go.

So, driving home from work on Monday, my Check Engine Light came on and I stopped at the first AutoZone I saw. They pulled the following code and provided the following printout: Definition: P0171 - Fuel trim bank one condition lean. Explanation: The powertrain control module uses the oxygen sensor to calculate the Air/Fuel ratio of the engine. The computer as recognized a rich or lean condition on one engine bank. Probable Cause: 1. If bank one and two codes set together suspect fuel pressure or MAF (Mass Air Flow) sensor 2. Oxygen sensor defective 3. Ignition misfire-repair 4. Fuel injector problem As I was only receiving the single code for bank one, the next most likely cause is a defective Oxygen Sensor. Since it was relatively cheap and I just passed 101,000 miles, I figured there was no harm in replacing it as a first step. The problem is this... I understand that Bank 1 is the side of the engine closest to the Firewall, but I couldn't find any diagrams online of where to look for this particular sensor. And on the firewall side of the engine, there are two easily-accessed sensors, which look similar and I believe have the same electrical connection. However, I have no idea which of these two sensors is the one I'm supposed to be replacing, if they are in fact the ones I'm looking for. I'm looking for suggestions or further insight?

Update: The wheezing is still there and I'm not sure what it's from, but after recharging the coolant, I've actually got air conditioning... Sometimes. All of a sudden, the system is acting up again and randomly, the blower will simply stop working. The compressor is still running and if I'm at highway speed, I can open the back windows a crack to "suck" cold air out of the vents and into the cabin... So now I'm trying to figure out what to replace next or, more likely, again.

I'm glad I read this post! My battery died yesterday and I got a jump start, hoping it was because I had spent some time with doors open and accessories running while replacing my rear door handles... When I went to start it again today, it was still dead. So, 6 years out of a battery isn't bad and I'm heading to CostCo after work to grab a new battery. Your comment of " not in stop and go driving" however concerns me, as I live in Chicago and it takes a good 10-15 minutes of stop and go driving to reach a road where I can drive more than 35mph for more than 1/8 of a mile. I'll read my manual when I get home, but hopefully this won't be a problem.

We've had warmer days on and off... I defintely don't have COLD air conditioning and there is a severe amount of hissing/wheezing noise coming out of my dashboard when the A/C is cycling on and off... A friend told me it sounded like his grandmother with Emphysema was trapped inside my dashboard... I'll likely wait until spring to have this looked at again.

As an update... I had the sensor replaced and the A/C... kinda worked, but not great. And within a few days, the blower went out. Since that was new and supposedly had a warranty, I had it brought back to my father's friend's shop. I explained that new blowers don't do this and chances are, as I had originally said, there was nothing wrong with the blower. I suggested the Blower motor resistor might be the most likely culprit and after four days of ordering the wrong part over and over again, they finally swapped it out. Unfortunately, now it's kinda cold outside... There is definitely cool air blowing, but I question if it's COLD. At this point however, I'm wondering if there is still enough refrigerant in the system? There was one point where, while the compressor was still "hotwired" that I heard a pop and a puff of smoke shot out of my engine compartment. What that could be, I'm not certain as everything else seems to work. So... My guess at this point is that there's some safety valve that blew when too much pressure built up in the system. I'm sure I can get through the winter, so I may just wait to see what's up next summer!

Just got my call back from the Lincoln Dealership... I need a simple little Air Conditioning Evaporator Discharge Air Temperature Sensor, Part #19C734 which runs about $17.49. The bad news? It's going to take about 7 hours of labor to remove my entire dashboard, at $145/hour. Total quote? $1,039 for parts and labor. Needless to say, I'm looking into other options, including making the repair myself. For those who wish to give it a shot, a relatively easy to follow step-by-step guide is provided HERE.

My Air Conditioning stopped last summer... Or, more accurately, wasn't working when I turned it on for the first time last summer. I took it to my neighborhood shop who checked the coolant and said it was perfect, they checked the fuses and relays, they even "hot-wired" the compressor which promptly turned on and began pushing cold air. their final determination? A short in the system somewhere which would take 1-4 hours to locate at $75/hour, not including parts and labor to repair if required. Since I normally bike to work in the summer, I used this as additional motivation and left it be. Come this summer, my father discovered that I have no A/C and insisted upon taking it to his friend's shop to have it repaired for me... And here's where it gets fun: We stopped by after hours to grab my car and there was indeed A/C, but the engine seemed to be running rough and there was a hissing noise coming from under the hood... I opened it to look around and the noise stopped. I got back in, shifted to drive and the engine promptly died. Tried again, the hissing was gone and it chugged forward. Long story short, it turned out the mechanic had run a wire from the compressor relay to ground, so that it would run whenever the A/C was on. This threw off the RPMs, and I'm assuming the hiss was a release valve from too much pressure in the system. I was... In a word... Pissed. Once I removed the wire, all of the problems went away, but of course so did the A/C. My father insisted on bringing the car back to that mechanic so that he could fix what he had done. The mechanic then claimed that the car's computer was shot and would cost $600 for a new one. However, since they seldom died, he could probably find one from a junk yard for less. I refused. Now, I don't have a degree in automotive engineering, but I have friends who, one way or another, have fried their car's computers. And every single time the failure was, in a word, spectacular. Never did a computer stop just a single system from running, it was always a full-out crash which brought down everything from the ability to unlock doors to failure to shift out of Park. Could I be wrong here? Perhaps... but even if I am, I think that I would rather pay Ford or Lincoln for a new computer and installation than this particular mechanic. I've scoured this message board for other options and explanations and the closest I've found is either the temperature control head unit in the dashboard or a temperature sensor. So, on my lunch break I drove to the nearest junk yard who had one in stock and they allowed me to plug in a new control unit... Still no A/C. So... It could be a sensor, but at this point I've schedule an appointment for tomorrow morning at my local Lincoln dealership. Any last-minute suggestions would be appreciated, otherwise I'll let you know what they determine... (All of the posts here I've found have had a surprising lack of closure.)

As a general follow-up to my original post, Eventually my other rear door handle cracked as well. (Though that one is a chip in the corner, rather than the whole handle. I finally got around to ordering replacement door handles through www.teamfordparts.com out of Las Vegas. Even with shipping, it was significantly cheaper than going through my local dealerships. I've not replaced the handles yet, but there are enough walk-throughs on here posted by others, (Thanks guys!) that I'm sure I'll be able to manage it no problem, as soon as I get some actual free time.

What was the final outcome on this? I'm having the same problem... Everything is working and the compressor can be "hotwired" with the result being cold air... I've taken the car to a number of local mechanics and the last one claimed my computer was "fried" and it would cost $600 for a new one, not including labor. My local Ford dealerships have gone out of business, but I'm going to take time off to visit one of them next. I'm just curious if this is something more simple, like I need a new Climate Control Head Unit?

I just wanted to comment, having been one of the first to do so... I've had my rear-view mirror flipped upside down for three and a half years now and the mirror has been working perfectly ever since. It still surprises me that there hasn't been a recall, but that being said... It was an easy fix. (Also, I have the center-mounted third brake-light, no spoiler.)

I hadn't realized that there was a time before oil filters... Much less that cartridges were once common. It still surprises me that a cartridge costs more, when it actually requires less material to make.

Nope, the last time was at this same shop. And the owner verified that they did not change the filter last time, he doesn't know why. The time before that was at a shop by my house... The guy at this shop claimed that wholesale for most filters is about $2. But they had to run to a parts shop for this filter as it wasn't something they carried, hence the higher price. All oil changes before these three, 15,000 miles back, were done at a dealership. But yes, with regular oil, if not filter changes... My hope is that and damage would be minimal. I appreciate that he was upfront about the mistake, but he made no offer to make it up to me... In addition, he noticed that my power steering pump was missing the cap and I had to buy a new one... (It's easier than me driving out of my way to get to a Ford Dealership at some point.) Considering that someone in his shop was the last person to ever open my hood, I can't help but think that they took it off and lost it either that time or this. I won't be going back to this shop.

I reached 55,000 miles yesterday and dropped my 2006 Milan I4 off at a shop around the corner from my office. I've been there once before and liked the place. The guy seemed straightforward and unlike the place I took it before that, I didn't feel the need to scrub my interior after getting it back... Before that, I took it to the dealership for all maintenance. (I didn't mind the price, just finally got fed up with driving out of my way and waiting 2 hours... I don't have time to do it myself, much less wait while someone else does it.) SO... I get a phone call from the shop a few minutes ago... Apparently it's going to run me an extra $20, because Ford has gone the way of European cars and adapted the cartridge-style oil filters, versus the screw-on style... Cartridges are basically just like a screw-on standard oil filter, but just the paper filter, internal and with a cap holding the filter inside the engine, versus a steel capsule screwed onto the side of the engine. (The benefits are less material to be tossed out or recycled and you can see the actual state of the filter.) This probably isn't news to anyone here... But I've never changed the oil on this car, it was always a Ford Dealership, or these last two neighborhood shops... My PROBLEM of course... Is that they obviously didn't change the filter last time I brought it in, as they had to order this one special and are paying about $10 more for it... I doubt they just threw it in for free last time. Rewind to my previous oil change at the shop by my house... Without question, I can say that if this shop didn't change my filter? Neither did that one. Which means that... Most likely? It's been 15,000 MILES SINCE MY OIL FILTER WAS LAST CHANGED!!! So... I must admit... I find that I am suddenly very concerned about the health of my engine... Any suggestions/input? I want to believe that since the oil was changed regularly, chances are I'm fine and have nothing to worry about. But I can't help but be concerned...