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There are 'clips'...think little angled connectors..on the end of little straps that stretch the leather(ette?) seat in my 2016 Ex Platinum. So the seat cushion you sit on is held tight by these straps, but on mine a few have detached and are hanging down along the console side of the driver...

So I pulled the tow hitch cover off my '16 Platinum and installed a hitch to help move a friend's mower to his GF's new house. All went weel, but when I look at the opening there with the hitch installed, it just really seemes to spoil the look...there's a big black plastic lip that sticks out...

I'm pretty disappointed with the wiper inserts that came on my new Ex...the driver side has a streak right across eye level and they just seem pretty flimsy. I recall picking up a new set at an Advanced Auto Parts off Route 90 near Waterloo, NY and the guy told me "Get the XXXXX brand, it's what...

So the auto wiper documentation in the manual doesn't really match what's in my new Ex Platinum....The 'stalk' doesn't go up and down for example which is what it says in the manual. There is a series of lines that you can twist the stalk to set, but they seem to behave more like intermittent...

Any tips/thoughts as I go to pick up my Platinum Explorer tomorrow? It has 31 miles, they got it from a dealer just west of us. I assume it will have latest Syn updates etc. I'm psyched to go get it, but have a lot of stuff to take out of my trade in 2012 Limited before I go there at...

This company makes awesome mount and cables for radar detector mounting. I have one in the 2012 Ex I'm trading in. I need to order one, but I can't figure out which mirror is the mirror in the Platinum. Please have a look here and see if you can determine which one is it?? Once I order...

Interested in feedback here....while color is a personal choice, and my Dad, who started a dealership in 1929, used to say to never offer your opinion on color choices,...I'm trying to decide between two colors in a 2016 Platinum Explorer. My first choice was a Sport with Silver paint and...

So I've done some research. I certainly loved my 2012 Grey Explorer Limited that has 98,372 miles on it now. Time to re-up. I went and second guessed myself for the sake of completeness and drove a Jeep Grand Cherokee.....not very impressed...a few cool features, but "What do you mean no...

I was in at 10,380 miles in my 2012 Ex Ltd to my dealer today for "The Works" service [oil change and tire rotation]. I complained again about the MFT system and was told they can not help me...they don't have the software, I have to wait for an SD Card in the mail. I reported again the many...

I started my Ex up yesterday after stopping to pick something up and it 'dinged' and popped up a message on the screen that said something like "Nav or Navigation SD Card Fault" ' Please insert Nav SD Card' or some such. It stayed up a while on the screen until I dismissed it. At the next stop...

I am just wondering if anyone has added any further alarm/security protection beyond what is afforded by the stock perimeter alarm system? One thing I miss from other vehicles is a blinking LED indicator showing status of the alarm...armed...has been triggered..etc. I am also not sure that we...

I have been using my iPod plugged into the lower of the two USB ports and a USB memory stick with podcasts and stuff on it plugged into the upper USB in my 2012 Ex Ltd. Love how it works...but suddenly when I play either USB device, the tracks and song name etc come up and it appears that it...

So as I admire my 2012 Ex in the garage, I wonder whether I ought to think about putting wheel locks on. It's a Limited with the standard 20" wheels not the polished chrome which I wasn't big on with the Sterling Grey I wanted. I have had them on cars in the past, but not on my last two. I keep...

While I still have 91% left on my oil life in my new 2012 EX Limited, I am already mulling over whether to stay with the 'blend' of synthetic/petroleum oil that Ford delivers in it, or to go to fully synthetic?? The service advisor told me he would stay with the blend as it's what Ford...

I have seen this mentioned here before. I leave my iPod plugged into the USB1 on the Ex and wish it wouldn't start up every time I power cycle. For example, I parked the car this AM and was listening to an AM HD radio station in preset 2. When I started the car after a stop in a store the iPod...

I am planning to take my 2012 Ex LTD to the fancy car wash in town today where they spray and hand wash it, but at the end a dryer thing rolls up and over the car to 'sweep' the water off...do you all remove your flexible (I assume it's flxible?) antenna from the top before doing so or just let...

Anyone else surprised there is no LED that blinks or shows the alarm status on the Explorer? I guess I got used to that in BMW SUVs and cars where you'd set the alarm and the LED under the mirror would blink slowly as a deterrent to would be breaker-inners. I see lots of cars in parking lots...

Just got my 2012 Explorer Limited this week. 301A, regular headlamps. I notice that the low beam aiming seems like other cars I have had, but when I switch on the high beams it seems to me that a lot of lot of light goes really high into the trees overhead. The road ahead is fairly well...