I’ve never had a kick to open trunk before. I’ve also not had a car since I was a kid, pickup trucks don’t do kick to open. So probably operator error.
My theory is that it's the key fob.
Aus-delivered car here (2023.75). It's got the two flippable plastic silver rings on the lip near the liftgate latch. And two fixed metal rings on the sides near the seats.
I'll agree with you on parking assist. I've never even tried in 4 years, but the lift gate works like a champ IF you've figured out that you can't leave your foot under the sensor. It's literarily kick to open. One of the best features on the car IMHO.
Thanks. The main difficulty in parallel parking in tight spaces is the steering part. Ford’s solution is not good because it tries to do too much and makes the driver feel less in control (by pressing a button). Toyota had a better system where the park assist only steers and gives direction to the driver to shift back and forth between reverse and drive and modulate the gas / brake pedals. I didn’t like how far off the curb it parked (because it tries to match my vehicle to the side of the ones I’m parking between and the Prius is too narrow vs an average car).
My 2015 ford truck uses the gas and brake. I don’t believe it will auto stop so you could reverse right into the vehicle behind you if you don’t press the brake. So basically it just steers and tells you when to move the shift lever. I think if it used the gas and brake pedal but auto stopped it would be a much better system.
You have to try, just for the fun shock factor! First time I tried it was a tight parallel spot on the street with a car full of co-workers, they wanted to see it! I held the button we all screamed in horror the whole time but it worked!
If you did any research at all you would have known that the options you are talking about were removed. That’s one of the main reasons I am still driving my 2021 GTPE. The parking assistance is no big deal but the foot kick to open is used all the time. There have not been enough improvements to warrant a trade for a new one. It is a terrific car that I enjoy every day. It has been trouble free other than the contactors replacement which only took two days. It’s three and a half years old and has only had normal maintenance once a year including replacing the 12v battery and charging the brake fluid at the 36 months maintenance. I have the 7 year extended warranty so I am set when they come out with the new model in the next few years to get the updated Mach e GT.
Sorry you had to find out what is missing after buying one. Ive had 3 Mach E's now. Started with the 21 Premium, that did have the liftgate and parking assist with it, along with the camera washer. Loved the liftgate, tried the park assist once-didnt use again, just never thought about it, not sure about the camera washer, i kept it clean any ways. Traded in for a 22 GT/PE, no park assist, and no liftgate, they blame it on chip shortage and covid. i didnt mind no park assist, but they should have removed the button for it if not there. for the liftgate, i bought an aftermarket unit to make the foot liftgate work from ev-vida.com, worked great! also had a friend remove my button in the headlight switch for defrost and put in a liftgage button in its place, though i ended up hardly using it. Now i have a 24 Premium. Again no liftgate or park assist. Again, should have removed the button for park assist if not there. you would think if there was a chip shortage they could have put it back in by now or remove the button. Same for liftgate, how hard would it be to put back in. Again, bought the aftermarket module for the liftgage and it works great. I didnt put the switch back in headlight switch as of yet, probably wont but the foot switch is great. Also on my 24, they removed the door plungers on the front doors when you hit the button to open the doors, so it barely opens when you hit the button. it works but i like the pop out doors better. did they really need to take that out? Enjoy your mach e though, i love all the ones we have had.
Regarding the lift gate, are you referring to "power lift gate" or does it actually say "Foot activated" ? See https://www.macheforum.com/site/thr...lue-really-tanked-this-much.30469/post-688377 for example
LOL I took the custom forward cargo rings out of my 2021 and put them into my 2024. I also bought a pair of the rear metal D rings for a 2021 and replaced the plastic ones in my 2024 with them. ??
I completely agree with this statement! This space is far too large, and this car far too "athletic" for Ford to provide no practical means of securing cargo in the back!
Interestingly Ford equips the rest of the world, or a large part of it, MMEs with rear side cargo rings we have to add on. Why not the NAM cars??
Same reason that until the 2024 model year the North American MME didn’t even have a threaded receiver for a tow hook in the front bumper. Ford figured they could cheap out on us. ??
