Pray that your low pressure fuel pump does not go out. You have to drop the exhaust, remove the driveshaft, LH air deflector, LH shield, disconnect evap lines and electical connectors, using jack, lower fuel tank to access pump.
The high pressure fuel pump is more likely to go out than the low pressure one. Ford actually makes pretty good Fuel Pumps, you don't usually see them go bad, my Aerostar is running the original fuel pump.
Sorry, I should have said when using the Fordpass app to lock/unlock.
FMC has been doing OTA updates for a couple years now for SYNC. Also the dealer has access to live info via OTA without hooking up the IDS.
Yes you can pull the fuse, but that will cause issues.
Truth.
1. Yes, along with fuel level, any MIL codes, and tire pressure.
2. Yes, that is how the remote start works (along with lock/unlock)
3. No, it will cause it not to run, that is how the computer gets updates.
4. Yes
His theory on used vehicles was sound advice 20 years ago when you could get a 5 year old vehicle with 50k mi on it for a 1/3 of the new price. Cash for clunkers was the start of the hyper inflation of used vehicles. For example, in 08 I bought an 07 Taurus for $8k. By 2011 it was worth $11k...
Any ford dealership employee qualifies for D plan (if their dealership qualifies.) along with any immediate relative (parents/kids/siblings,) can get D plan pricing. He would just need to enter his STARS ID and get a pin number for you to get plan pricing.
You do have savings with D plan, like what has been listed by Bartmaverick that lists D plan pricing, that is the price you pay. Ford allows up to $500 for administration fees on top of the D plan price. Also you can claim any factory rebates that you qualify for like any other buyer...