Chief7

A great bunch of posts... Since I started this in May my now 16 month old MKZ has 5550 miles on it - a whole 1000 miles in 4 months! But we can now go to the store for shopping and some restaurants are open and have outdoor seating which we have been enjoying 2 or 3 times a week. Plus, I had 5 stents put in 3 weeks ago for now I get to drive 30 miles 3 times a week for cardiac rehab. Yay me!! Take care all, and drive safely!!

I got an update for my 2019 MKZ a few months ago - I actually got an email advising me that it was available. That was easy! Good Luck!

I REALLY wanted white. I was in on Friday looking and working on the deal... but didn't put a deposit down. On Monday I went in to make the deal... and MY white MKZ was GONE! And the sad thing is it was bought by a fellow retired fire chief!! But I do love my Red MKZ - and I an live with that!!

I don't get on often - and I have thought about checking in several times during this "quarantine" time - but... I hit one one year anniversary with my 2019 MKZ last week - and it had 4654 miles on it after ONE year - I have only driven my car less than 200 miles since this all went down, and that alone is pretty discouraging! As an old retired fire chief, with an RN/Trauma Nurse daughter I am in the "when the child becomes the parent and the parent becomes the child" mode so, and with a wife who is more at risk than I, we are being pretty cautious. I trust you are all staying well and bet, if you've been staying home and being careful, you are ready to hit the read again, too!! Stay well, all!!

Since the first week I've had my 2019 MKZ I've had problems with the Sync 3 (initial phone iPhone 8+). The general symptoms are starts normal in home screen and then, after driving 50' the screen locks up, turns blue, until speed is <10mph and then the back up camera shows up on the screen, and no controls work: A/C, radio, phone, etc. After a month of trouble shooting the dealer replaced the APIM and things were better for about a month. Over the last two weeks these symptoms, and other variations on the theme, have increased in frequency. I switched to an iPhone XR on 6/22 - about the same time they replaced the APIM - but it has just started acting up almost daily over the last week or so. The dealer's ace tech guy spoke with Ford and they said the problem MAY be the phone. They just did a reset to manufacturer's set up, and we have NOT synched the phone - which is a bit of an inconvenience in a $38000 car to say the least!! Like most I use my phone a fair amount while I am driving. Fortunately I am not in GA or NY where I'd earn an expensive citation for holding onto my phone. The photo below is one of those variations - the home screen navi info on the left, and a blank screen with the + for zoom on the back up camera and the back up alert info on the top right. This is the latest variation. The question is - have any of you experienced a similar problem and, if so, how did you resolve the problem?? I am anxious to hear!!

Yeah - sometimes my fingers get going fast than my brain and eyes!

It was, indeed, the APIM. They finally replaced it after 3 mis-tries. But I guess that they have to demonstrate to Ford/Lincoln that they can't get it to function any other way. But, alas, all is well and it works just like it is supposed to now!

As a retired state Trooper you can imagine how ticked I am at seeing this!!! My blood boils when these morons just drive off like that. He would NOT have wanted me putting the cuffs on him when we took him down!!! I just took delivery (4 weeks ago today) I my 2019 MKZ RI - and I love it. I haven't yet installed the dash cam - a little pride in how pretty this is over my previous bow tie car. But I think that this may be the day. I know how valuable the dash cam is for civilians and Troopers. I ALWAYS had mine on. A perp that tried to run from me fell face first into the gravel when his pants fell off his butt. Then he thought he could file a complain of "police brutality" against me. That's fine - filing a false report was just one more felony change! Anyway, I think Lincoln has a OEM dash cam that the dealer can install. I may stop there on y way to Kiwanis this morning. Like everyone else I am happy you were NOT PHYSICALLY hurt - but I am saddened at the rest of the pain you have to endure now. Stay safe!! Ed

I have used ProClip mounts in all of my cars for the last 15 years or so. I just received my latest for my new 2019 MKZ and will install it later. For now I am going with the mount on the dash (it does NOT mount permanently on the dash and is easy to remove) but may try another of their units that goes on the center console. Maybe I'll take a picture later. Here is a link to their web page: https://www.proclipusa.com

My 2019 with 242 miles has been having this lock up issue since delivery! It has been in twice and had a service bulletin done on it a week ago. The problem remains. I did a Master Reset on it myself, and it is better, but still is not consistent in proper operations. It will start up correctly and then all buttons - including radio channel changes - are inoperative. Sometimes it just gives me a blue screen with nothing working but whatever radio channel was on. Today, when leaving for a meeting about 20 miles away, I set the navi for the location - and it locked up. I shut down. opened and closed the door, and it took 3 minutes to shut down. When I restarted it worked fine... until I exited the interstate. then the navigation just stopped! About 1/4 miles later it started up again! I stopped at the dealer and spoke with the service manager and am hoping the will find a solution. I'm thinking whatever electronic brains are behind the dash are the problem - and I am hoping they will just replace them!

I'm LOVING this car - except for hiccups with the Sync 3!!! I am getting ready for my third appointment with service for this problem!

I took delivery of my 2019 MKZ on Tuesday - and I'm still getting used it the many advantages of this beauty. There's been a lot of changes since my last Lincoln - a Continental Mark VIII