Ford My Touch and go
I am now waffling on the prospect of buying a 2011 Ford Explorer after sitting in a model with the My Touch system and reading all of the issues/ complaints on the MyFord Edge forum and consumer reports. I love the exterior design, the vehicle fully meets all of my needs, but I am not very confident that I can live with a laggy buggy interface, touch buttons, voice commands. There are more complaints than compliments on the Edge forum. Many people have reported that their brand new 2011 Edge is in the shop with My Touch / Sync failures, touch screen failures, some reports of volume on the radio going to max every time you turn on the vehicle, the clock is always wrong, sections of the display blanking out while driving ! Top that off with the fact that it is designed by Microsoft and my confidence level has plummeted !
How cool will that touch setup be in 5 years when it is out of warranty ? Will it fade or haze or scratch ? Will the touch buttons quit working or get annoyingly unresponsive ?
Ultimately what I really want is the base model without the My Touch /Sync but unfortunately that model does not come with the features I really want, such as Sterling Gray color, or Dual moonroof , back up camera, it only comes in the few basic colors, and steel wheels with wheel covers !
Can anybody with first hand experience convince me that My Touch will not be a royal My Touchiness pain in the butt , especially after the 3 year warranty is up ? I plan on trying to rent a 11 Explorer with MyTouch for a week and live with it, I think Budget has them in stock ( I also plan on renting a GMC Acadia as well to compare )
I am now waffling on the prospect of buying a 2011 Ford Explorer after sitting in a model with the My Touch system and reading all of the issues/ complaints on the MyFord Edge forum and consumer reports. I love the exterior design, the vehicle fully meets all of my needs, but I am not very confident that I can live with a laggy buggy interface, touch buttons, voice commands. There are more complaints than compliments on the Edge forum. Many people have reported that their brand new 2011 Edge is in the shop with My Touch / Sync failures, touch screen failures, some reports of volume on the radio going to max every time you turn on the vehicle, the clock is always wrong, sections of the display blanking out while driving ! Top that off with the fact that it is designed by Microsoft and my confidence level has plummeted !
How cool will that touch setup be in 5 years when it is out of warranty ? Will it fade or haze or scratch ? Will the touch buttons quit working or get annoyingly unresponsive ?
Ultimately what I really want is the base model without the My Touch /Sync but unfortunately that model does not come with the features I really want, such as Sterling Gray color, or Dual moonroof , back up camera, it only comes in the few basic colors, and steel wheels with wheel covers !
Can anybody with first hand experience convince me that My Touch will not be a royal My Touchiness pain in the butt , especially after the 3 year warranty is up ? I plan on trying to rent a 11 Explorer with MyTouch for a week and live with it, I think Budget has them in stock ( I also plan on renting a GMC Acadia as well to compare )