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June marked 5 years of service on the 2011 Explorer, with 80K miles on the clock. It also means that it's time for a coolant flush and fill. 5 years or 100K miles has always been my personal service schedule for coolant under normal driving conditions. I am a believer in following the...

** Google Drive Permissions Updated - 1/4/2023 ** All, I finally got around to changing both the PTU and Rear Differential fluid on the Explorer. First off, I'm not a believer in 'Lifetime' fluids, in any vehicle. At approximately 60,000 mi, I changed the Transmission fluid using a BG...

The factory battery failed during this cold snap. It made it not quite 4 year. All in all, not a bad performance. I took it in to the local battery distributor to get a replacement. He remarked that Ford undersized these batteries, given the engine, and electrical accessory load on this...

Has anybody tried these in the halogen projectors? They claim a 30,000 hr. life. Same negative effect on on-coming drivers as HIDs? $200 for the kit. http://oraclelights.com/automotive-lighting-products/ORACLE-LED-Headlight-Fog--DRL-Bulbs/ORACLE-9005-LED-Headlight-Replacement-Bulbs

They were at CES this year. Might be worth the $99 early adopter fee. Looks very compelling. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/appyourcar-the-smartphone-controller

Intermittent air bag warning light at 47K miles. Cause - Field mice nibbling insulation off of a wiring harness under hood, intermittently shorting the sensor for the seat belt interlock. $216. Not the first time I've had this. On two other cars it was spark plug leads. On one other...

...where the guy was complaining about his mis-delivery? Moderation tip - when a thread isn't going where it should be going, you LOCK it, you don't DELETE it. If it was deleted, that is very, very poor forum etiquette. I have never, ever been on any other site where threads get deleted...

They would be much more successful if they put an innovation/technology center somewhere besides a rusty, s-hole like Michigan. But, positive news on the technology front for car buyers coming up in the future. Ford is about halfway through its goal of hiring 3,000 salaried employees this...

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/ford-gives-turning-cars-smartphones-170533270.html But it seems people have no patience for touchscreens when a simple knob will do. Raj Nair, head of global product development, tells the Wall Street Journal that knobs and buttons will return to the dashboards...

If they offer a 2013 JGC Diesel, there will be a very nice 2011 XLT Explorer w/ leather, MFT, 4WD with 10K miles for sale in the No. Virginia area...... Ford needs to realize that there are other vehicles worthy of a diesel engine that don't weigh 4 tons, and have Powerstroke stamped on the...

A blurb about MFT / Sync in Infoweek magazine: http://www.informationweek.com/news/global-cio/interviews/231902920?queryText=ford+software ...my favorite quote: The update's addressing shortcomings of MyFord Touch 1.0--such as having buttons too small for use while driving and too much...