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Hello all, I just finished cutting out all the Reflectix window inserts for my van windows.   Now I'm looking into also adding window tinting to help.  There is a lot of confusing, inconclusive info on the internet.  I understand that a ceramic based tint would be best.  Has anyone here had...

To clarify: I said both the wires going to the original cargo light had voltage. One measured 3.5v, the other measured 12v--that's the one I connected to. The other wire I left in the connector harness and also wrapped some electrical tape over it just in case. The light stops getting...

Cargo light problem solved!  I popped the cargo light out to look at it and tested the two wires that go to it with a voltmeter.  In doing that, I found that they aren't simply positive and ground but both have voltage, and there is an integrated circuit in the cargo light (must be the timer?)...

Great ideas. Makes me wonder what else the solar switch could control for me. I could see using it to turn the vent fan off once its dark and cooler outside--if I'm not going to be around to do it myself--and save the batteries. Will be using the vent fan pretty non-stop. I don't ever want...

StarEcho, sounds like a good solution. My original idea was to find the fuse and do the same thing, but on my model it is integrated into the body control module, inqccessible.

Wow, what a pain regarding the Windstar! Yeah, I'm afraid the technological hubris goes beyond Ford, and is in fact at the very heart of humanity's pathology. Icarus and the wax wings come to mind as I ponder how each generation sees too much change too fast, undermining any societal...

Ok, I went down the rabbit hole so you don't have to (for anyone looking at getting a 2015 XL model of the Ford Transit Connect).  There is no firmware update to be able to have the dealer reprogram the body control module in order to avoid the exterior running lights coming on every time a door...

I wonder how many people put in their flooring and set sail, never realizing that water leaks in underneath. Other than making sure there are no leaks before proceeding, it also makes sense to me to make the flooring (and other mods) so that it is removable, to be able to pull it out after a...

Well I'm glad I had pulled out the cargo bed liner and other trim and had a chance to drive around in some rain for a while before starting to make and modify things.  At least I was able to see specifically where the water was coming in.  It seems to be coming in through the factory seam where...

Well after spending four or five hours on the door sensor, I have no idea how to tell the control module the door is always closed. Will have to try with a mechanic on Monday. Call me crazy, but I find it not just annoying but stealth-busting to have the running lights come on every time a...

That DRL issue on the E-250 sounds quite annoying. Right now I'm going to see if I can isolate the wires that go to the sensors and just wire them permanently together, or maybe also put in a toggle switch. It just seems to me that people who have relatively normal and average intuitions...

Just taking out the light bulbs or putting in burned out bulbs is not a solution. I still want my running lights for when I am driving--you know, the option of a normal car before the digitizing revolution ruined everything (dont get me started on digitized washing machines). Also, if I remove...

I am taking it to a place in town that does auto upholstery but also has a lighting specialist. (New Image Vans in Salt Lake City). Without even having seen it, they are pretty sure they have a fix--but at a minimum of $350.

That's what I just went through.  I should have mentioned the firmware update in my post.  I had gone to the same forum you linked to.  So yeah, it's confirmed: no update available for the 2015 model (at least for the XL--perhaps for the XLT, but I doubt it).

Just a Public Service Announcement here: Don't get a 2015 Ford Transit Connect.  When you open a door the exterior running lights come on, even with no key in the ignition.  The dealers confirmed there is no way to turn that crap off for this model by accessing the Body Control Module.  They...

Hello all, in prepping the subfloor of my Ford Transit Connect, I noticed it has several factory holes that were never plugged with anything, and are totally exposed to the outside.  I am wondering why it would have come from the factory like that, and what people use to plug them.  They are...

The Wilco Offroad Hitchgate looks fancy. It sure is expensive. I'm now pretty set on trying out the folding rear-bumper mounted tire carrier I linked to in my comment above...

And then I found this: https://www.etrailer.com/Spare-Tire-Carrier/Stromberg-Carlson/TR-2.html?feed=npn&gclid=CjwKCAjwwZrmBRA7EiwA4iMzBCEn-cLpEXzjxnq3Nw38quDGIeghiUUSaMH1149XhqFkVsIM1d7hJRoCnNsQAvD_BwE Anyone tried one of these bumper mount spare tire carriers?  Looks like a good...

Well thanks for all the useful input.  I like the idea of a hitch mount carrier that swings away.  I already have such a thing for my bike, which I used on my old van.  Maybe I could just have it modified, weld on a metal flange to accept the spare tire on the same bike rack.  But then the tire...

Hi, thank you. I like the trailer hitch idea, except then I'd have to move the spare tire every time I want to open the back doors. I see there are some bumper mount carriers that swing out when you need to open the doors, but none of them for a Transit Connect. What would be nice is the...