What did you do to your Fiesta ST today ?

[XanRules]

It seems the Sport Tune team gets a lot of leeway to do what they want I guess. 🤷‍♂️ Wouldn't surprise me if the Explorer ST and other ST vehicles are the same way. They included the specialized parts in the cost of the vehicle. I also see different part numbers on what are visually the same part that are shared between vehicles. Many of the part number changes I suspect are just supplier-related and occur over time. Most recent example I've bumped into...
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https://www.fordpartsgiant.com/part...nuckle_and_hub.html?filter=(6201;13221;13480)

It undersold both in volume and then price due to an almost complete absence of investment in marketing. The dealers here were actively steering folks away from them.

Yeah, a while back I wanted to change my interior to red instead of that weird green color on some of the buttons. The green is specific to the ST, and I figured since the start/stop button was plug and play, the rest would be as well. Nope. The pins, PCBs, or both are different on every single version of, for example, the dimmer switch - the S, SE, ST, and Titanium all got different versions, so does the sedan and the hatch, and then the European cars have a totally different dashboard. Same with the headlight switch and the HVAC controls. Just stupid.

 

[SteveS]

It was last night, but I finally got some new TPMS sensors to be learned by the car. This saga goes back to almost a year ago when I got a set of brand new RPF1's from a forum member, then a set of pre-price increase Continental ECS02's with discount from Tire Rack, rebates from Continental and their credit card, and Capital One Savings money back. Then I went to get a new set of TPMS sensors. I've always used Motorcraft sensors but I couldn't find them any cheaper than $42 apiece this time around. Rockauto had some Continental/VDO sensors that were metal stems and only $18 apiece. Rockauto's page said they would have to be learned through the standard manufacturer's process so I thought they would work just like the Motorcraft ones. Wrong.

I didn't mount the tires until this spring since I wanted to finish last summer with the old set of tires. When I did, I couldn't get the car to learn the sensors with the little $12 Motorcraft tool. So I went looking and found that these sensors required the use of a different tool to activate. And the list of tools was expensive tools, many of which do all kinds of things I don't need to do. And the manufacturer of the sensor (Redi-Sensor) says that unless the tool is on their list it won't work. And cheap Harbor Freight TPMS tools were not on the list. The lowest-priced tool on the list is the ATEQ VT37. But when I went to order one, they were unavailable anywhere--backordered. Finally was able to get one about 2-3 weeks ago. Updated it online and went to learn the sensors--no sensor found. Tried unlocking the snesors, none found. After several phone calls with Redi-Sensor support, they had me try unlocking the sensors but telling the tool that it was a 2022 Toyota Prius, then if successful go back and unlock them as a 2019 Fiesta. That worked last night and then the relearning procedure went lickety-split.

I guess now that I own the tool I can buy the cheaper TPMS sensors in the future--as long as they don't require the $69 subscription fee to get updates.....