I like my new 2010 FEH
Alotta plusses.
a few negatives:

-noise coming from "blend door" vent (?) /middle dash area is MADDENING

-a/c stopped blowing cold after a few thousand miles (minor prob...quickly fixed)

-Nav/iPhone/sync/hard drive probs:
When iphone is removed from USB (EVERY time I leave the car) and reattached via USB, sync takes about an hour to "index" all 6650 songs from my iPhone, basically "RE-indexing" even though there has been no change to the contents.
It's dumb.

-Another MAJOR nuisance?
The only way to input songs into my "jukebox" is via cd (which is DUMB).
I should be able to input songs to jukebox via cd's OR via usb from iPhone
No dice.
problem?
when I "input" songs to "jukebox" via burned cd's (which is a time consuming process)..."gracenote" recognizes NONE of the tracks so none of inputted songs on jukebox have a "track name" or "artist name"

all together?
these things are really pissing me off
Aside from that I like the major aspects of FEH & gas mileage but these glitches are a real P.I.T.A.

 

There is virtually no noise at all ( by design ) from the blend door / vent area in the back of the 2005 - 2008 Ford Hybrid Escapes.

I seriously doubt this is the source of your "noise" or else something is serioously wrong and you should get it fixed while under warranty.

Ford went out of thier way to make the system silent in the earlier models.
For example, the fan speed decreases with road speed, and the fans blow very slow and silent (or stop) when you are stopped in EV mode to make them undetectible. I have not ever heard the door open and close. I've only heard the fans when I tried to, on purpose, by running the car a short distance with the air filter cover open, and the filter out.

HTH,
-John

 

Thanks
I hope u r right but check this forum for "dash noise" threads and u will see it's a fairly common problem...
here's one thread:
https://www.greenhybrid.com/discuss/...nd-dash-20251/
Here's another:
https://www.greenhybrid.com/discuss/...ge-noise-9225/
And another:
https://www.greenhybrid.com/discuss/...se-back-22826/
etc. etc.
https://www.greenhybrid.com/discuss/...lem-yet-22205/

I personally dont know/care the source of the noise..all I know is it drives me CRAZY!!!!!!

 

John, I think the Robert was talking about on of the cabin AC/Heater blend door(s) and not the one at the back of the vehicle used for directing air for battery cooling purposes.