DaveM

I still have the orginals that came on the car. Never had a problem so I wonder if you haven't picked up something that have stuck to the blades or what. I'd just get some at Wally World name brands and give them a try. Shouldn't cost over about $10 and if they work fine, if not you can then cross the blades off your list of what would be causing your problem.

Since you have tried everything on the windshield my suggestion would be to replace the wipers as they are most likely the problem. Be sure to clean windshield again before using them as ours works great without a problem.. As far as the wax from car washes, I doubt it as if so there would be millions of people all over the country complaining about that. I have had many vehicles and all have gone through car washes weekly for more than 25 years without a problem.

could it be the special funnel to fill the gas tank if you are stuck along side the road?

my wife had the non start problem 3 times and finally told her next time don't touch it and let me see. She called me to the garage and there was no green light. I twisted the key to start and all was well. I showed her how she did it and each time the check engine light came on because she didn't twist it to the start spot. She hasn't had the problem since.

Yes, as soon as they step on the brake to put the tranny in gear the engine dies. I'm sure there are other safe guards too.

Posted in the wrong forum. Try again and you will get a bigger group of people to help you out.

Or just maybe you could join the rest of the world and come in out of the cold and get just a tad tech smart. You may just like it.

If you over ride it by manually turning on the temp for the passenger side you can set it just like if you have a passenger. Also just because you have a passenger you have to still turn it on the first time after driving without someone sitting in the seat.

So true, I always just rip of their sticker and go by the display. When it gets to about 50% I check the mileage to see how far I have came and what the weather has been since last oil change. Then I make my own decision.

It is my understanding is if you don't turn on pass. side it is still on at the same temp as drivers side. Only reason to turn on pass. side is if you want a different temp then driver. I have turned mine on and set it for 70 while leaving mine on 72 which does seem to cool it a little more without the cold draft blowing out my side vents.

I guess I'd also have to wonder what else they didn't do. Maybe you should bring it to their attention and ask them how do I know you did the other stuff I paid for.

Just think, they can turn off their lights and sneak up on their prey without being heard. :hysterical2:

Those have been on every manufacturers right side mirror that I have bought for decades. Thats to let you know the mirror on the right is different than the left mirror and the object in the right mirror is a whole lot closer than it looks in that mirror.

I still don't believe it is real leather. More like a fake plastic leather. Having driven many G.M. vehicles with leather steering wheels this is the poorest excuse for a leather wheel in all my years of driving.

Change the display so it shows your RPM's and see if it is the engine doing it. Also check to see if the elec. motor is going up in power. If neither one seems to be the culprut, then I bet it may be your electric fan making all that noise. You have let off the gas which for the most part cuts either all or most of the power depending on if you are above or below 47mph and with all that quiet you can now hear your fan kicking in. On my motorhome when I let off the gas at certain temps and speeds the electric fans come on and it sounds like 3 more engines starting up and running at full power.

We have to start somewhere. Do you think the engines of today were here 100 years ago? Of course not, but they did get better and better as time went on, and so will cars like the Volt. Look at VCR's. Where they started in the 70's and for the most part are gone due to new technology. So will the electric cars go that way but I see many years of them improving and being around to take some load off the importing of oil. I have a 08 HHR with about 15K on it and I can only think of a couple times where it has went farther than 40 miles at one time. So just think of the many gal. of gas I could have saved. Heck I bet it would still be on its first tank of gas.

I agree on the gov. motors cr-p. It is old, but what I resent is my hard earned money being used to rebate some yo-yo buying a foreign car that does nothing for this country except send mega bucks back to that country to support their schools, build their roads and make their standard of living better than ours.

You have to think different here. First off the gas engine is not the same type of engine a normal car has to propel it. This gas engine is a generator which powers an electric motor that drives the wheels. Lots of generators make some to all of their power at a certain RPM where as a car engine can go from about 700 to 6, 7, or 8000 rpms which means different mpg at different speeds. I don't know what the volt will do but I can see if say the generator always runs at 3600 rpm's where as it puts out max voltage it is possible being I think the engine is smaller than the prius engine could get 50mpg. I guess within a couple months their should start being some road tests being done by the different mags so time will tell.

I have towonder if what you are hearing on full power is the electric engine which I feel makes more noise than the gas engine. Both together is quite loud.

The big question will be is it backward compatible?

Could also be a dealer thing.

I just got my Iphone 4 today and synced it to my 010 Fusion Hybrid with Nav. All I did was delete out my old Samsung phone and touch new and when they saw each other I typed in the number into my Iphone and they connected right away. Asked me If I wanted to do the phone directory, said yes and about 2min. later that was done. Later that day wife decided she wanted a cell too but just a regular one, nothing fancy. Well I had left my Iphone on the table in kitchen about 25 feet away from where car was in garage. Went out started car to sync her new phone and what do you know, even at that distance it connected with my Iphone. Had to go inside and turn it off come back out and sync her new Samsung to the Hybrid. Chose mine as main phone and hers synced right up too. Did not have to do anything else. I have the latest and greatest software on my Hybrid, I believe 3.1 if memory hasn't failed. I expected to spend sometime at this project from what I read here but was pleasantly surprised when all went well. Matter of fact I spent more time trying to figure out what I had to change on the car so my music from the cell would play through the car. Didn't need it cause I have all the same music on a thumb drive plugged into the USB port but can't resist a challenge. So far all is well in Ford land. :headspin:

Got mine on Oct. 5th and updated mine twice. Really quite simple.

I'm getting my Iphone4 either tomorrow or Sat. What have you heard about these?

I suggest before you do anything this time spend the time and reseach your next purchase which looks like you didn't do this time around. I have to wonder if it wouldn't be better to just keep the hybrid as the money you lose on it plus getting another car more than likely will end up in the long run costing you more money than it would to keep what you got and just enjoy it.