I’d direct my hate not at Ford but at a government system that knows the car is good, knows every other VIN tag is good, knows what happened and still says, “sorry, nothing we can do”.
Yes, I used a piece of water pipe insulation and tightened everything up goot-en-tight.
I was going to put a drop of super glue on the tag and see if that helps.
We sometimes get that weird popping noise as well from the passenger side. It's weird but I'm almost thinking it's the little Bestop logo.
I have put the pipe insulation on the cross bar which stops the flapping noise but I think that weird popping noise may be that logo catching the wind just...
I got a text from our dealer that we had 2 open recalls and when could we come in. I texted back asking what they were and they responded the wipers and the windshield adhesion issue.
My wipers work fine and I really don’t want them messing with the windshield so I told them I’m not ready to...
I would never morph my current one to an older one, now if I had the money back when I had my older ones, they absolutely would have morphed into what I have today! The 6G is orders of magnitude better than all previous ones but for the lack of a good sounding engine. You can't make a V6 sound...
I see some in the tail lights (LED) periodically, haven't really looked at the headlights. I notice it sometimes when I'm opening the tailgate.
Haven't thought too much about it.
Just did this to mine today, thank you OP for posting this! I've had key fobs for almost 30 years now and I've never set one off as much as I do in the Bronco.
Took the key apart and filed the red part down so I'll never have another panic attack!!
Glad I found this thread. I have the "non-notched" header panel. Called Best Top and they had me send a few pics and they are sending out a completely new top. I guess that piece is not replaceable.
Lady was super nice and didn't even blink an eye about replacing it. I did purchase directly...
We just did Union Springs (up to Flagpole) and Dunkle Hollow (down from Flagpole) a few weeks ago with 8 Broncos. Union Springs is a fun trail with a few pucker places but overall very doable. Dunkle Hollow is easy but fun.
Just bought the Ford key for $47 shipped and programmed it. I didn't get an actual key blank yet, I figured this would be cheap insurance if I ever lost or damaged one of the keys. Procedure worked perfectly and took less than a minute.
Could the magnet have come off/out of the plug or was it clearly not a plug with a magnet?
Carbonsteel lists a magnetic drain plug in his videos for the rear end that may help.
What a mess and to add insult to injury you have to deal with the police and DMV, ugh! Best of luck to you. I'd do everything in my power to not have a "special" VIN created. That may make re-sale a bit tough.
Happy KR bracket and ARB twin compressor user here. I’d not put one of these in the cab if you have passengers or dogs that want to stay in the vehicle while using it.
Unfortunately desire for training and paying for training are two different things.
I'm sure the independent places are perfectly fine without paying a whole bunch of money to get technicians trained when they can still service >98% percent of the automotive market.
Most will be able to...