Every state I've lived in it's illegal to disconnect motive power from a moving vehicle (obviously a clutch being depressed during shifting is a box to the side). Will you ever get a ticket for that, no? But if you get in an accident, your black box is going to squeal on you....
Same here. With having 2 Ranger 4x4s, 3 Escapes, a Lincoln LS, and this Mav the only problems I ever had were with one Ranger's electric hubs seizing, and the LS eating coils (for which Ford extended the warranty on them to 100k). Granted, if I'd have kept Escape 1 any longer it would have...
You made me look up to see exactly what advantage an Atkinson gives:
Why do most hybrid automobiles (thinking of the ford maverick in particular) have Atkinson gas engines?
> Most hybrids use **Atkinson-cycle gasoline engines** because hybrids can let the gas engine focus on what it does best...
That's an interesting conundrum: States' lemon laws usually require 3(ish) failed attempts to repair. What happens if they don't even try like in OP's case?
I don't remember which module (the directions are on this board somewhere, and also the seller's site), but it was basically just turning off the bulb monitoring so they don't hyperflash. I think it was threee settings and it was trivial.
I still like them. A heap ton of money even on sale...