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For MY information: Can you still drive the car with a dead Lithium battery using the gas engine ?

Anyone else have this CEL appear? If so what fixed it ?

If y6ou don't mind me asking, w2hat's he gonna charge you for it? Is it gonna be '93-96 or a 97/98 ?

Has anyone found a kit for the 93-98 Mark VIII 's ?

I had this happen a number of years ago in my F250. Took it to the Ford dealer and they had to replace complete engine wiring harness. Covered by comp insurance. My problem was squirrels... tried lots of things before I ended up buying a pellet rifle.....

Found the location and removed it. Couldn't blow thru the valve so put it back on.... code never came back. Canceled the appt with Lincoln dealer. Maybe it was just not tightened enough...whatever no longer a problem.

Anyone know the location of the purge valve on the 2015 Hybrid?

Beautiful here in Yuma...hit today was 82 !

After 2 days the CEL came back...looks like I'll be finding out if my 6 year CPO warranty works. It will have to wait until I get back from vacation away from winter tho. Flying to Yuma, AZ on Tuesday.... 70's - 80's much better than 30's - 50's !!

Went out this AM with my code reader and turned off the CEL. Open gas filler door and snapped the nozzle port door a few times. Drove the car to Docs appt and back (about 15 miles total) and no CEL ! Will wait and see ! ... OH! Found out that if a CEL is on you can not use the remote start function !

Got a P0456 code on a CEL that came on last night on my 2015 MKZ Hybrid. Book says "Small evaporative leak". Anyone seen this before? Got a feeling it may be crud on the spring loaded fuel fill port. Haven't tried to clean it yet as weather sucks right now. Any ideas beside what I think ?

I was just wondering if in reality that most ALL Takata bags are faulty and they (FoMoCO) is just stretching out the recalls so they'll be able to handle the problems. Sure wouldn't be the first time they've done it. It wouldn't surprise me. Guess I'll start worrying about it if/when my '15 gets a notice. Thanks for your answer. ?

Has anyone heard what the difference is between the 2012 MKZ and the 2013-16's as far as the exploding airbags go? Do you know if the Takata Airbags are REALLY different in these years?

This had been a Ford Motor Company problem for a lot of years. Lack of lubrication has always been the issue. The unhood mechanism HAS to be periodically lubed to realize long term use. Think the first time I saw this was back in 2005 on a Ford...don't remember model. Long screwdriver released it and it was evident it hadn't been lubed since the factory did it. One of the issues that happen when we think we know more than the local dealer on service.

Thanks...it takes a bit to get used to the way the site is run. I did a dumb thing and ASSUMED that the "VIEW NEW CONTENT" would show all the MKZ forums.