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Hybrid Vehicles Ford Escape Hybrid Changes You'd Like To See in the Ford Escape Hybrid
55 messages, Last post on Apr 03, 2009 at 7:04 AM
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I expect the Outside temp to be available for 08 when electronic climate control arrives. Incidently, if you have an auto dimming mirror on your escape, you can upgrade to a mirror with temp display. the Steering Wheel changes for 08 also. Take a look at the 08 Marineer at www.mercuryvehicles.com Mark. |
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I've spent a couple days corresponding with mitocorp.com ("the" Gentex-authorized retailer) and my Ford dealer's service manager. Nobody can definitely tell me why the official Ford Accessories catalog for the 2007 Ford Escape offers the Gentex K21 Auto-dimming Compass/Temp mirror as a Ford after-market add-on for plain-vanilla Escapes but puts an asterisk "Not for Hybrid" disclaimer in the catalog. My best guess is because the in-mirror compass will not be accurate in a Hybrid because of all of the random/variable magnetic fields created by the motors/generators in the front axle. Our Hybrid has the "premium" pkg, with the Hybrid display, GPS, and compass display. Obviously, the compass input comes from the GPS, so there's no problem with confused input finding magnetic North. Not so with the Gentex unit, which will need to find magnetic North. If I turn off the mirror's compass display and only display the outside temp, then who cares? I'll report back here once I get the Gentex K21 and install it.
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Replying to: karls (Jan 22, 2007 6:29 pm) 
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| The biggest positive change they could make for me would be to quiet it down a whole bunch. At road speeds the noise is near deafening. Not the engine or drivetrain I think, but the road/wind/tire noise. My daughters' Focus has Pirellis and precious little sound deadening material and it is about as loud at the $33K Mariner Hybrid. Wind noise around mirrors, road noise thru floorboards and wheel wells. | |
| I have an '07 HEV Escape which I installed a Rear View Mirror with a temp and compass with no problems. The comapss and temp read-out are accurate. It is the Donnelly Model 36500, which also has map lights which are very nice. As it turns out Donnelly also made the OEM Rear view that came with the Escape. | |
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Replying to: pf_flyer (Oct 26, 2006 5:13 am) I have a related question for the techs out there: If I replaced the drum brakes with disk brakes, would it have any negative effects on ABS, roll stability control, or possibly the regenerative braking? Thanks,
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Replying to: alex35 (Feb 15, 2007 9:21 am)  Yes, changing the brake hardware could affect anti-lock performance. No - the regen system takes place inside the eCVT and is not affected by the brake hardware at the wheels.
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Replying to: mecheng1 (Feb 15, 2007 10:26 am) "Power 4-wheel disc brakes with Anti-lock Brake System (ABS)" is standard on all 2008 Escapes
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Replying to: mecheng1 (Feb 16, 2007 10:18 am) EDIT: Reading a bit further, and more closely, on page 13 it says the Hybrid will have disk/disk, so apparently the regular will have disc/drum and the hybrid disk/disk. This has been a point of confusion for me in reading a variety of previews, and official publications have been known to contain errors, so I'm still going to wait for more published test results.
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Replying to: alex35 (Feb 18, 2007 4:13 am) Yes - going "backwards" in technology from disk to drum is hard to justify and should be hammered by the media 
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