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GUESS - bad switch or contact in the brake switch? I'd have a dealer look at it. My son had a door open alert on his kia. bad sensor on door latch and was replaced no charge. Yours might be something like this.

I agree with 2014FordFusionSE. I had my 12v battery replaced and nothing special needed to be done.

I'm still on my OEM lights 5+ years now.

As has been mentioned, tires can affect mileage. You will get the best non-Winter miles on the OEM tread. The closest mileage I've gotten with non-OEM is Goodyear ComfortDrive tires, but even then I lost a couple MPG. If you're in the cold area of the country, the gas formulas change for Winter blends. That will also screw with the mileage. Add in snow tires (if you go that way), there's more loss.

If it gets to that stage, I'll go to Toyota for a new car. They're all hybrid models as of '25 model year.

Damn! Shoulda checked YouTube, huh? The panel with the Ford logo on it is the one I was questioning. My screwdriver was too small, tho. And I had no clue on the battery number. Thanks a ton!

Started getting the low battery message today. Swapped in the spare so I could change the battery. Owners manual has nothing on HOW to do it, only that it should be done. Taking the bayonet key out, there is an area that allows access to the panel that is opposite the buttons. It was rather difficult so I stopped messing with it until I could find out stuff. Do I have to be raked over financial coals at a dealer for this? I have Intelligent Access - just so you know. Thanks!

Sounds like the same crap that happened here a couple months ago or so. Hopefully they can get it fixed.

Article has full list of potentially impacted vehicles - some Fusion/MKZ models in the list.

This place was screwed up before that ... all text being crammed into the frame at the left where your stats are. THEN there was some sort of server glitch that I got messages about. I almost wrote it off until it was back yesterday or so. No idea other than that ... and no idea who the hell we should contact when things go wonky again. MWR noted the all-in-one-frame issue some time ago ... no one responded.

If it sort of took over everything, then that's why I don't use it. His description of what it does sort of turned me away from it.

<sarcasm follows> Fusion is dead ... why not an owner-based help board, too? <big sigh>

It's server side and an admin or network guru will have to fix it. It's damn-all frustrating.

LVB is not being properly charged/maintained by the system/HVB getting discharged at fast rate ... dealer says unknown time in shop ; loaner/rental at my cost. Only way I can keep the vehicle from being dead is to run it after about 12 hours of sitting to keep it from dying. My wallet is not Ft. Knox. Also drivers seat material splitting on door-side bolster. My desire to get another car has been building ever since Ford decided to pull passenger cars from production. Accord and Camry seem to have best owner satisfaction. There are some review issues I want to check before deciding.

Not familiar with the charging system issue. Fill me in please? BUT ... I'm looking elsewhere - at hybrids. Right now it's either an Accord or a Camry. I'm leaning toward Camry but who knows?