What are these red things?

[tomking29]

I traded in my 21 Premium AWD SR for a 23 Premium AWD ER. So far, very happy with the new MME. Found these under the hatch cover. Any ideas?

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[Mach-Lee]

Those are the shipping spacers that were installed in the front coil springs during transport. You may discard them.

 

[Runningslow]

Those are the shipping spacers that were installed in the front coil springs during transport. You may discard them.

The first time I attempted to test drive a MME at the dealer, they failed to remove these. Made it only 100ft from the showroom floor before stopping due to the noises in the front end. The salesman encouraged me to keep going but I said no. This was a customer ordered car the salesman was letting me drive.
I asked the salesman to call me as soon as they removed the shipping materials or when they had another MME to test drive. He never called back. Combine that with the shady service department tactics with my prior Fusions and Escape, and I never went back to that dealer.

 

[tomking29]

Thanks. Odd that they would leave them in the car.

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