Rapid Red
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- 2020 ST Street Pack
So I had an interesting experience at the dealer today. I went in to have winter tires put on the stock rims. That went ok. On the test drive however, at some point the engine shutdown kicked in when they were stopped, and it would not power back up. They had to tow the explorer back to the dealership. They tried for an hour to get it going, including disconnecting the battery, but no luck.
So now I have an escape loaner for the weekend. It’s good on gas.
I am happy this happened on their watch. But it has me really freaked out about the auto power down function, which I hate already. Might have to get a tune just to override that, and take the extra HP as a side benefit!
Will know more Monday when they get in into the shop.
I hope others fare better than me. Given that the vehicle is red, and the hatch opened a couple of times when wandwashing it the other night, I think I am going to name it Christine. I hope no mechanics lose any fingers fixing it!
So now I have an escape loaner for the weekend. It’s good on gas.
I am happy this happened on their watch. But it has me really freaked out about the auto power down function, which I hate already. Might have to get a tune just to override that, and take the extra HP as a side benefit!
Will know more Monday when they get in into the shop.
I hope others fare better than me. Given that the vehicle is red, and the hatch opened a couple of times when wandwashing it the other night, I think I am going to name it Christine. I hope no mechanics lose any fingers fixing it!