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I put these on my 2019 MKZ.  https://www.steeda.com/Steeda-Fusion-Jacking-Rails-CD4
 
These allow me to use a floor jack at the center of the car where the front and rear doors meet and allow for jack stands to be placed at each end of the jacking rails.  I can then jack up the other side of the car in the same manner and have the car supported by four jack stands making tire rotations and other maintenance jobs easy.

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As my dear, departed uncle used to say,  "Anything that gives you trouble is called she." :hysterical:

Little did I know how prescient the last sentence of my prior post would turn out to be.  As noted above, I left the car at the dealer on 2/23.  I just got it back Friday, 4/28.  When I left off, they'd replaced the BCM and a battery cable to no avail.  I don't have an itemized list of parts replaced, but one thing that stands out in my mind is that they replaced the main wiring harness.  I was horrified at this because after visiting the old Wixom Lincoln assembly plant in MI years ago with my LS owner's club (at Lincoln's invitation), we observed that the main wiring harness goes into the vehicle when it's still just a shell.  The tour guide mentioned that these harnesses were fragile and required careful handling. While he was telling us this, the line workers were tossing the harnesses through the windshield openings, where they landed on the bare steel floors of the body shells with a resounding bang.  A member of our group made him aware of this, and he promised to deal with it later. I only mention this, as it may play into the story later.
 
As I said, I don't yet have a list of things of work was done or parts replaced.  My SA periodically called me over the course of the 8+ weeks to keep me apprised of what was going on.  I know that there were phone calls to Lincoln engineers in MI, as well as visits from Lincoln field engineers.  I got a call last week to say that they'd replaced "some sensors," but still no luck.  At that point, I was ready to ask Lincoln to just buy the car from me, and we'd part company.  Ironically, I'd just bought the car off lease a few days before it went in for service. He told me to call Lincoln, but before I did that, he would call his liaison that he'd been dealing with first.  He advised me to wait until I heard back from him.  On Friday morning, he called to tell me that, hallelujah, they finally fixed it.  End result: a FoMoCo field guy spent a whole day with it and found that the replacement main wiring harness was defective.  That's when I recalled that harness tossing incident at Wixom 20 years ago.
 
Also on Friday, I got a voice mail from the SA's guy at Lincoln advising me to call them, which I did.  The person (Lincoln concierge) took all of my particulars. I told her that the car was now fixed, but that IMO, I thought that I deserve some kind of compensation for the loss of use of my car, despite the loaner I had. I asked for reimbursement for at least one month's payment.  She asked for documentation of the amount and that they'd get together to see what they could do.
 
It was so good to be back in my MKZ!  The Corsair was nice enough, but boring.  It had 700 miles on it when I got it and was fully optioned. It was also a good opportunity to make extensive use of the Lincoln+Alexa app so that I could continue listening to SiriusXM.  Just not my cup of 10w-30.  I'm not a CUV/SUV person, and my time with it only served to reaffirm my feelings about that.  I just don't understand the American public's infatuation with them. Amazingly, everything works as it should and there are no squeaks or rattles.  It even retained all of my settings.  There are no obvious signs that the inside of the car was apart. 
 
I'll update when I hear from Lincoln.

Little did I know how prescient the last sentence of my prior post would turn out to be.  As noted above, I left the car at the dealer on 2/23.  I just got it back Friday, 4/28.  When I left off, they'd replaced the BCM and a battery cable to no avail.  I don't have an itemized list of parts replaced, but one thing that stands out in my mind is that they replaced the main wiring harness.  I was horrified at this because after visiting the old Wixom Lincoln assembly plant in MI years ago with my LS owner's club (at Lincoln's invitation), we observed that the main wiring harness goes into the vehicle when it's still just a shell.  The tour guide mentioned that these harnesses were fragile and required careful handling. While he was telling us this, the line workers were tossing the harnesses through the windshield openings, where they landed on the bare steel floors of the body shells with a resounding bang.  A member of our group made him aware of this, and he promised to deal with it later. I only mention this, as it may play into the story later.
 
As I said, I don't yet have a list of things of work was done or parts replaced.  My SA periodically called me over the course of the 8+ weeks to keep me apprised of what was going on.  I know that there were phone calls to Lincoln engineers in MI, as well as visits from Lincoln field engineers.  I got a call last week to say that they'd replaced "some sensors," but still no luck.  At that point, I was ready to ask Lincoln to just buy the car from me, and we'd part company.  Ironically, I'd just bought the car off lease a few days before it went in for service. He told me to call Lincoln, but before I did that, he would call his liaison that he'd been dealing with first.  He advised me to wait until I heard back from him.  On Friday morning, he called to tell me that, hallelujah, they finally fixed it.  End result: a FoMoCo field guy spent a whole day with it and found that the replacement main wiring harness was defective.  That's when I recalled that harness tossing incident at Wixom 20 years ago.
 
Also on Friday, I got a voice mail from the SA's guy at Lincoln advising me to call them, which I did.  The person (Lincoln concierge) took all of my particulars. I told her that the car was now fixed, but that IMO, I thought that I deserve some kind of compensation for the loss of use of my car, despite the loaner I had. I asked for reimbursement for at least one month's payment.  She asked for documentation of the amount and that they'd get together to see what they could do.
 
It was so good to be back in my MKZ!  The Corsair was nice enough, but boring.  It had 700 miles on it when I got it and was fully optioned. It was also a good opportunity to make extensive use of the Lincoln+Alexa app so that I could continue listening to SiriusXM.  Just not my cup of 10w-30.  I'm not a CUV/SUV person, and my time with it only served to reaffirm my feelings about that.  I just don't understand the American public's infatuation with them. Amazingly, everything works as it should and there are no squeaks or rattles.  It even retained all of my settings.  There are no obvious signs that the inside of the car was apart. 
 
I'll update when I hear from Lincoln.

Mercon LV, the fluid that should be in your trans, expands a lot when it's hot. Assuming that you followed the procedure for checking the ATF in the owners manual, the question is why is the fluid low in the first place?  Transmissions don't "use" fluid.  The only other place it can go is via a leak.  Has the trans ever been serviced before?  If so, maybe it wasn't properly filled.  The OM says no to drive the car if the fluid is below the dipstick. That said,  a standard drain and fill starts with 4½ quarts of MERCON LV and you can adjust if necessary when the trans is completely warmed up.  Nothing else unless it clearly states that it meets FORD WSS-M2C938-A.  No "universal" ATF or anything like that.
 
The procedure is simple and can be seen here.  In the video, he's working on a Ford Edge Sport, but there's no difference for these purposes. It's a 6F55.

I had a knocking sound in my '17's passenger side that sounded like it was in the door (no pano roof).  It turned out to be the male end of the seatbelt buckle hitting the plastic trim on the outside of the front passenger seat when said seat was unoccupied.  My 2020 doesn't do this.

I got 2 of those emails.  Interestingly enough, it only discusses auto updates via Wi-Fi.  There's no link to a program download.  I'll check for the latter on the Sync or Lincoln Owner sites.  Mine doesn't auto update even though it connects to my home Wi-Fi.

Wednesday evening, I was on my way to dinner on a local street with red lights on every corner.  After a time, the orange wrench light came on, along with the notice "See Manual" in the message center.  There were no drivability issues.   After dinner, the light was out on startup and stayed that way the whole way home.  My wife used the car the next morning and no light.  When she went out again in the afternoon, it was still off going, but popped on again during the trip home.  I called my longtime S.A.  He told me to wait a minute while he "tapped into" my car.  He said that it looks like communication with the transfer case (PTU) module was lost.  He knew the exact date and time the alert came up and, further, gave me dates of previous alerts that obviously hadn't triggered the light. 
 
So, I learned something.  I didn't know that they can see this stuff in their systems without the car actually being there.  That prompted me to check the vehicle health report on the Lincoln Way app.  It showed nothing.  Of course, the light didn't come back on yesterday or today, but since they have a record of it, that shouldn't be a problem.  I have a service appointment next week.

Yup.  Back in the day, a SA told my friend that his car pulling to the right was a safety feature; that if he fell asleep while driving, the car would go off the road instead of crossing into the incoming lane.

Welcome, Ross. It certainly is a shame that there will be no more MKZs.  I've had 2 1st-gens, and I'm on my 3rd 2nd-gen. If they were still offering them, I'd likely get another. Lincoln has abandoned us.  I'm not, and never will be, in the market for an SUV/CUV.

Yup.  Back in the day, a SA told my friend that his car pulling to the right was a safety feature; that if he fell asleep while driving, the car would go off the road instead of crossing into the incoming lane.

I think you may have missed my comment that this battery is for the HYBRID, not a 3.0 V6.  It's a whole different deal electrical system.  There is no alternator for starters (pardon the pun).  This is the Ford battery from the Ford dealer.  It is the only one that fits the space.  760 CCA just aren't needed for it.
Also, the substandard battery lasted 6 years and 53,000 miles, so it did ok.  As above, ymmv :)

Not to mention that they'll try to upsell you on all sorts of stuff you don't need or want.  The web abounds with JiffyLube, etc. horror stories.  Here's just one site

Sorry to see you go.  Good luck and enjoy your new GC.

Lincoln may be wavering on their decision to produce a sedan again.  In the same vein, I read earlier this week that the record high gas prices are prompting some companies to reconsider their decisions to drop sedans. A scenario that some here predicted.
 
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My 2020 has the same color interior.  We love it.
 
Awesome Mustang.?  I love seeing daylight under the front wheels of a streetable car. What are your ¼-mile times and speeds?

No pop-ups here.  Using Firefox with Ad-BLOCKER Ultimate add-on.  Like bbf2530, I don't use my phone to access the site unless I'm away from home.  In that instance, I use Chrome and don't get pop-ups.  Does Apple have any ad blockers you can install?  For a variety of reasons,  I'm not a fan of Apple.
 
For the record, the moderators have nothing to do with running the site. Hence, we can't "explain ourselves."   However, I think it's common knowledge that websites don't run themselves for free.

The 2017 MKZ has a 3G modem.  Here's a copy of the letter sent to dealers.

The 2017 MKZ has a 3G modem.  Here's a copy of the letter sent to dealers.

The 2017 MKZ has a 3G modem.  Here's a copy of the letter sent to dealers.

That was an improvement over my 2014 which had the button at the lower edge of the bumper cover, above the license plate.  You had to feel around for it, and it was usually dirty. 
 
Are those chips in the paint, water spots, or something else?