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Hey another idea Jon. Can you double check your AWD settings? I put my car in "rut-mode" and my throttle response matched your initial description. As soon as you turn it on, you get a message, but if you forget about it, turn the car off, it'll stay in that mode when you startup and won't...

It's possible I got them confused. I looked into sway mode and it appears to be an innate feature that doesn't affect normal driving. Regardless, this whole car is drive-by-wire and if you hit the gas and it doesn't give anything, could be something weird with the programming, or the sensors...

One more idea... I saw in another thread someone accidentally left their trailer sway mode on, which caused problems when trying to drive in a spirited fashion, without a trailer.

Yeah. Ideally in a perfect world, these cars would have heated mirrors and heated windshields (though those tend to be mutually exclusive of HUD). The remote start is pretty nice though. Just feels like Ford only went half way on this. My Sport has a heated steering wheel, remote start -- but no...

Maybe your oxygen sensor is acting up? There's a known issue if you do errands and drive around, stop for 30-60 minutes, then go again slowly, you get a weird throttle oscillation. And if you punch it, it goes away. And the theory is that it's water condensation. But maybe it's worth a look if...

So I ended up buying the F770 and installing it into my Explorer, and my wife inherited the F750. The technology inside the cameras are exactly the same, except for the cosmetic housing -- it's far more concealed/compact and the wires can be perfectly hidden. Even the firmware of the F770 can be...

After doing this install, I did the same install on my wife's CRV, and holy hell that car was a difficult to wire up to the rear -- the headliner literally glued to the roof, trim panels also glued in key places, and the roof above the liner was sealed so I couldn't pass the wire through it. I...

Oh yes, freezing rain. I lived in Ottawa during Ice Storm '97... and then moved to California for 10 years to recover. I could see that working, but don't really see car designers factoring that into whether wipers should auto park or not. Oh well.... thread has digressed itself to death, in no...

Which situations?

So did you get yours yet?

I had a 2008 Lexus ES350 that I'm pretty sure did this too. But I can't really remember which of my previous cars had this feature. Does the Explorer Platinum trim with auto wipers do the job? Like I said before, I'm just a little disappointed that a $50k new car doesn't do it. It's not exactly...

Well given this is my first Ford Explorer (and first Ford in 15+ years), I wasn't really expecting it to just stop when you turn off the car. A lot of other brands do park the wipers properly when you power down. It's not a big deal, but just assumed in this modern era, something like this would...

Wow, the way it should be. :) Thanks for your input!

Good to know! Once tires are rotated or switched out for seasonal changes, do you just put the car in retraining mode? Press start, then toggle the hazard lights 3 times?

I just ordered the parts on Amazon and will report back in a couple weeks once I attempt to get them installed. I was told by Fordparts.com that the 2017's (at least my VIN) have embedded training transmitters and don't need the reprogramming tool. I love how everyone I talk to has a different...

Alright, I have a question. I looked up my 2017 Explorer Sport on fordparts.com and got this part: http://www.fordparts.com/Commerce/PartDetail.aspx?n=e8fNw0VhKcb5b2pk41Yqig%3d%3d&id=392463098&m=2&search=true&year=2017&make=Ford&model=Explorer Now they also have other pieces like valve caps...

Here in Vancouver, it's been a few degrees above freezing -- cold enough for lots of condensation, but no frost. Ideally with remote start, you want everything cranked. And it does indeed blow the air loud, until you start the engine to drive, then auto goes back to normal. So I think it's...

You were exactly right in my case. I completely fell for this and thought the car turned off due to the relative volume. All I have to do is get in my car, press the start button without the brake, and everything is good to go. Thanks!

Right now, the remote start works great. Fire up my car a few minutes before I head out. I can get into the car and when I'm ready to go, I'm told to press the brake and press the start button. When I do this, the car turns off, and then I have to do it again to start it properly. Is that...

Aren't the front & rear wipers supposed to park when you turn off the car? Right now I hit the push button to turn off the car. The wipers stop right where they are -- both front and back. This seems unusual. Maybe I messed something up when I installed my dashcam? I've got a 2017 Explorer...

Wow, that sucks. I'm guessing you are in the US? I opted out of getting the new car replacement insurance here in British Columbia... which costs about $700 per year and replaces my car with a new model year version should the damage exceed 50% of the value. But I figured it would take a lot to...

What kind of low speed accident totaled your car?

So I've been thinking a lot on this and have done a few of my own tests. In fact, the last couple days, I started driving more in Sport mode instead of drive mode to get a feel for the differences, and have found the driving experience to actually be a lot smoother. The shifting is less harsh...

It may come down to money, but the 2017 has non-performance improvements over the 2016 -- it has Sync 3 & Car Play which is the next generation infotainment system. It's very good, fast, responsive, etc. The older models don't have it. And well the 2016/2017 have improved exterior aesthetics...

All this got me to read up on it. So, it has a tighter gear ratio (narrower than other transmissions) -- so it is indeed trading top speed for torque/acceleration. Loss of efficiency is 20% per gear (compared to 25% per gear with the ZF-8). So it's kind of a wash due to having more gears...

That can't be true. It wouldn't make any sense to build a transmission with so much torque capability and only put it on a RWD.

You lost me at tire shop. Once they are originally mounted, it's all me. Another thing that got me to do my own tires is that it's very annoying to get an appointment to switch out tires (even with separate rims) -- hit or miss, sometimes you have to wait an hour or so. Faster for me to simply...

I'm not totally dissing directional tires. In fact, I had Blizzaks for my last car, and I used them for 3-4 seasons and there's plenty of tread left. I just prefer classically rotating my tires -- and I only rotate when I switch out my winters/summers. I just got annoyed because the first time I...

Audi nailed the ZF-8.

Also did you get yours under the Ford Employee Pricing and Costco deal? If not, there is now a cold weather package and 0% financing deal on the table.

105's are good because that's my stock load rating! Car weighs 5000lbs. At 105 load rating, you could theoretically carry 8000lbs, but in real world car says you can only carry 6250lbs, because of turns, hills, lateral g's. As for winter tires, I am avoiding directional tires like the plague...

I can see the 10 speed being useful for a machine that can benefit from the extra torque -- real off road vehicles, heavy duty trucks, etc -- but the efficiency/complexity tradeoffs are far more problematic for road cars (everything from sports cars to the Explorer). Basically it'll spend too...

I cannot find this anywhere. It might be in the owner's manual somewhere, for a lack of trying to search it. The car is so new, that I'm having troubles trying to purchase wheels with guaranteed fitment online. My assumption is the 2016s and 2017s are completely identical, but there are always...

Technically you could buy one in Europe and ship it to America... but that would be stupid expensive, double taxes, etc. Or wait until they relaunch them here :) If I wanted a small truck, I'd get the new Honda Ridgeline -- actually pretty cool car with neat features. Also the 10 speed...

You can buy Rangers right now. They never went away. Just considered too small for North America. I would imagine the Bronco is going to go the path of the Raptor for aesthetics (retro-futuristic). I can see demand for a redesigned Ranger here. The smart money will be on working towards proper...

The 5 year interest rate is 0% plus you get a free winter package. But purchasing is very different from leasing. The purchase price for my configuration is $4500 more, but that enters luxury tax territory which adds another $2400 in taxes which I was able to avoid with a lower price. But I...

Some ideas have been posted recently. Have you looked into any of those? Reminds me of an ancient time when I had a 1981 Honda Civic, and after replacing a tire, the shop didn't properly torque the wheels, and I experienced extreme vibration, which I couldn't deal with until I completed my road...

Actually Audis are amazingly good right now and almost bought one -- I chose Ford to save $30k ;) Audi was 3rd best reliability of any car brand last year after Toyota & Lexus. However at the time, they also had one of the oldest model line-ups and are aggressively refreshing all their models...

Wow... interesting. Trying to parse out what exactly I ended up getting. It does seem like the Ford ESP Premium Care implies it's used by other manufacturers too like Audi? Also what's the difference between Ford ESP PC+ and whatever Elite plan I got?

Okay, I bit. Very interesting confidential info. What's the deal with the L/Holdback vs W/Holdback and what does it mean? In any case, I paid $53k for my sport and it had moon roof, adaptive cruise, roof rails, and weather mats.The L/holdback came out to $51k.