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to re-repeat what exactly is different in the interceptor mod?

I think market research is showing that to be a less desireable feature - which of course means it's something I like. cuts down a bit on the complexity of the codes needed for key fobs and now smartphone access. remote start with auto climate on is a nicer feature I suppose. what I want to...

so what exactly is different?

there's more room between the seats in teh 2016. I think I wrote about it in my intro thread - reason I bought a 2016 had to so with fitting a rear facing child seat in the second row. in the 2015,neither my wife or I could fit the seat behind us while in driving position. and it would only...

in my current car with HID lows - for my high beams I'm useing Xenon match bulbs from a company called HOEN. they are an offshoot of Sylvania - OSram. which happens to make my HID kit. so they tailored a halogen standard bulb so that it's cleaner and closer to 4300K color. works great...

what they are saying is the plate/disc electronic controlled center diff in the AWD system is run by the ECM/TCM (engine, transmission modules) and in the sport mode it's calibrated to allow more torque split % to the rear, than in the non sport models. I assume the platinum does as well...

you can't put just any LED bulb in the High beam spot - it's going to have to be a high power LED. IE something that's going to cost north of 100 dollars. why - it has to push high lumens, or rather LUX to get out over the factory low beams. so not every LED on the market is made for that -...

I've cheked a company I've dealt with called Diode Dynamics - they sell some decent kit. my guy there wanted me to wait it out a bit so they'd test fit somethings - as there might be some other changes in the 2016 setup. for the highs - I'm interested. but for the fogs - I think I might want...

those first bits sound spot on. that 4th one - check the book on your meter, it might be a misnomer. I don't know what your meter shows - but mine has 4 spots. 4,40,400,4000. it's a ranging thing - some other meters I've used have 10,100 but I would check that again before...

nice. question is this also what is under the police interceptor package explorers? or do they get thicker yet sway bars and stiffer springs?

No worries - I'm odd so I've been doing some deep digging into the explorer before and now after we've bought one. I am more comfortable around GM products becasue that's what I've worked on and owned for the last 2 decades. I work on almost everything. but I've been wanting to bone up on...

uhm no they aren't. 1 = 4.48 2 = 2.87 3 = 1.84 4 = 1.41 5 = 1.00 6 = 0.74 (overdrive) final drive ratio - in the bottom of the transaxle - 3.39 according to ford website. so there's only one overdrive - I find that mildly surprising - it does have to haul a lot of azz around. the sports...

it's spelled out fairly well on ford's website under specs. basically sport will bring you the 3.5 turbo with more torque, and power. different transaxle with different gear ratios because of the more torque and power bigger brakes front and rear (at least on the 2016 - I assume the others...

OK so I'm new here and my google fu apparently sucks. so I have a 2016 explorer with the 3.5 Ti-VCT V6. it runs well but I think there some minor room for improvement. one of the things I've done to most of the cars I've owned is a PCV trap or catch can. device goes inbetween the...

Also I was wrong about the transmission/ transaxle in the explorer - it isn't a DCT exactly it's a automatic with the clutch packs and the gear rings staggered in line - co produced and developed with GM. with the gears staggered it sportier applications it will respond like a DCT - and with...

oh dear - tire pressures. so that door placard pressure is there for some good reasons 1) you need to have some head room between tire rated max - and the pressure reading with the tires normal temp - weight on wheels. why - they will heat up a good bit going down the road - and you need to...

I have no documentation to support this but I would think the computer - seeing that you're within speed and RPM ranged to engage OD gears - would indeed lock up the torque converter. I'll need to check the book on my 2016 but I can't imagine it wouldn't. I would think if nothing else it...

having just bought our 2016 - I did drive both. almost thought about buying a 2.3 ecoboost but I think with tinkering I can get the 3.5 up about 2 mpg and I like a challenge. on paper the extra mpg for our normal driving routings - didn't pay for the cost in 3 years. not that I don't expect...

do you have a multi-meter? if not go to an autozone, oriely etc and let them put the tester on it for free. but if you are curious and have a meter.... 1) with meter set to DC volts - check battery at terminals (the actual posts of the battery) with the car off, lights off etc. should...

I only recommend it as a temporary view. IE get some on there - live with it for say a week or so - feel it out. if you don't like it, it was a cheap and easy change - peal and try again. vs actually painting the grill - not cheap, not easy change. get to where you like what you have...

having come from 3 different cars with HID's - 2 of which I retrofited my self. I love the 2016's LED lows. and I can tell you why the reflector - look at the way it's situated. as such when they decide to follow on with active beams - which I's surprised it doesn't have that now - the...

My GM product has a display mode that brings up various systems and status - one if battery voltage and battery charge as %. I haven't looked hard enough but I figure the explorer has something akin to that somewhere.

I might can see how on a black one it would look odd. I like it on our white whatevertricoat one. also think it looks good on the guard, red and the blue ones. consider - before you buy something, and I hate recommending this - but tape off the insides and the body, and plastidip the thing...

2 things I would worry about for starters. age of current coolant in car. Yes I know it's good for 5 years or . . . . . . . that's true of common use routine - extended idle isn't that. I'd consider flushing it if your car is over 2 years old and say 30K+ miles. air filter - sitting in a...

some newer cars as a protection circuit for the electronics (low voltage does strange things and often bad things to electronics) it will sense battery voltage is too low - and shunt off the battery completely from the rest of the car. My G8 does this and I noted it on my neighbors Lexus...

on a brand new car - absolutely. arbitrary number of sorts - yes new new car - bought with only 41 miles when we signed the paper. so it's not even tried to be broken in. had a week of use - and road trip. 1095 miles to be exact - new oil and oil filter. why get any early metal chips...

wow. have you checked the charging system fully? have to inspected the cables for corrosion at the ends - especially at the alternator and body ground? you could have gotten a bad battery you could have overheated a battery that was non sealed and boiled out the electrolyte.

front wheel drive platforms (like the explorer) will be doing will to fit 8sp gear box under there. and in fact that should be plenty. look at the new GM products.

so what exactly will sync 3 do that the current revision of my ford touch won't do? also aside from not being used in new cars come 2017 - how exactly is my ford touch at the bottom of the barrel with new cars today? having spent the last 2 months looking at everything from nissan pathfinder...

seems they replaced both sides and whatever is underneath. all clean and so far all quiet. oh and first 1000 miles and first oil change. hopefully I'll still be happy with in come 2020.

I do have to say - after about 300 or so miles I decided to put it in sport mode (something I didn't notice in the 2015 but I might be there). and it responds differently in general - probably revised fuel map, along with better shifting - full revs. and that's without being completely...

I haven't seen nor looked at a platinum - just a sport none of the sports have them my lowly XLT does. as did the Limited I checked out, as did the 2 XLT ecoboosts I checked. unless the platinum has different mpg rating than the sport I could see the platinum not having them either. you...

+1. yellow doesn't flash back on the driver in dense fog. I was mildly curious about the night light pattern of the 2016 LED headlamps when we bought ours - as I didn't think to test drive one at night. have to say - there is no reason to use the fogs for any thing other than FOG...

I believe they are missing from all Sport models - idea being - you're not buying the sport for fuel ECON and they needed airflow to keep engine/turbo temps calm. that's a guess on my part but the 2, 2016 sports I saw on the lots around me - have the same notation. but my XLT seems to have them

that's what they've been saying - some software arrangements (legal) prevented them from bringing out sync 3 on the first round of 2016's. and I bought one anyway - don't think sync 3 was going to do much for us. and MFT is working just peachy keen. I'd say don't get the sport - get the...

wow. OK for atleast the 12-16 years (and I suspect from the 09- also) the car was designed to hit it's max MPG's between 65 and 70 mph. that's what 6th gear is for, that's where the engine map was leaned out, etc. all auto makers do this to some degree. now with extra weight in the car -...

I too have a 2016 and didn't buy the optional rails - thinking I would get them later. I would suspect as popular as the explorer is - there will be options later on in the car's life. IE after say a year. but it sounds like you want a set soon. Our dealer asked if we wanted them and I...

that makes some sense - I noticed the 2015 edge titanium I test drove in hard rain - I thought acted funny. but drove another one on a clear day and it responded differently - I too chalked it up to the lane departure and auto brake/cruse systems kicking in or such. we have a 2016 XLT - so...

Interesting read - some inconsistencies and complete misunderstands about effects on the engine - but interesting testing. but give me a day or 2 of reading and I'll put more detail in. I would say though - per this discussion - not all CAI devices work worth a damn, not all filters will...

Nasty gas smell? Not exactly. But being so new it does get that solvent,plastic curing,sealant baking smell. Its geting better though. Cowl issues. Didn't read anything about that earlier before we bought. My neighbors 15 does have issues. Thanks for the link. Will read