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I searched but wasn't 100% sure if the thread I was reading was going to be accurate on my 2016 model. So Question - where is the cabin air filter on the 2016 model explorer and is it easy to get to? My car is not one year old and 25K miles (yes, sadly really it is). And wifey is going to...

The ground clearance is your major issue - the sand settings will work amazingly well even on the dry sand. But if you really are going to get out deep enough to say bog in 5+ inches in - then you'll most likely be stuck in the explorer. either the front body aero dam or the fender well or...

No worries but in engineering we always seem to come up with re-inventing something or borrowing a piece. Auto History is sort of my other thing. One of the "valveless" designs I used to like involved a rotating cartridge where the poppet valve would be - the cartridge would then spin in place...

love the lack of mention of the first system or it's founder. Preston Tucker - back in the 30's he proposed an all hydraulic valve system after working on the idea of a dual overhead cam engine earlier in his career. (and yes your beloved over head cam, and even better the dual over head cam...

So it's a bit easier to cypher if nobody's has mentioned it before. Capacity listed for the 2016 explorer is 18.6 gallons - notice your gage is marked with what would be even increments for 4- leading to 16 sub steps to empty. Therefore the gage marks off the first 16 gallons of use - the...

sounds like yet another dealer that hasn't had any sort of tech training for their departments. and yes this LED headlamp is a new system - so there should be info on it. ALso despite what you might believe LED's can and do fail and every part on any car can have premature failure issues...

HUH. I'd be curious as to see what's in the programing - I found all the devices I test drove were way more responsive and shifted quicker and higher up the RPM band in sport mode. I suspect it has some affect on the stability system.

curious do you drive your explorer sport in sport mode. I got to thinking about that the other day. as in shifter lever all the way to the S at the bottom, or just in D. Using the "sport' mode in the transmission also changes other programed aspects of the car's reactions. throttle ramp is...

IMO the explorer needs to be as long as the FLex used to be - and the front seats need to be moved back about 6-9 inches.

so my liftgate when in motion - beeps in the car. the entire travel. and the beeps appear to come from the car speakers. so I wonder if 1 it didn't latch all the way and 2 a bump jarred it open such that the air strut opened the door. IE it wasn't on power drive mode and it wasn't an...

That's why I say you might not need it. Despite conventional wisdom not all engines have a build up issue on the intake valves. Some do a better job that others - so if people without catch cans are having issues on their focus, focus ST's mustangs and etc then it might be an issue for Ford...

define reset because you can set the stop height of the gate by holding the button while moving it to position. or do you mean reset the closing?

I believe the 2.3 ecoboost in the new explorer is the same basic engine as the 2.3L ecoboost in the mustang. I think the differences are very minimal - and those oil separators (catch cans) should work but you might find you need some creative mounting as they are meant for a location that...

6 years or thereabouts is a pretty good run for a belt - let alone however many miles over 80K you might have gotten. to that end- today's pulleys are actually sealed ball bearings and meant to be lubed for life - they are often plastic but even the metal ones aren't meant to be serviced these...

how many miles were on it when you got in it. I bet it was more than 20 It's possible depending on where you are that the damange is from shipping. usually cars are protective wrapped but that won't stop a wonton rock of doing some serious damange. the seat bit is what worries me the most -...

are you sure it disables traction control or just allows wheel slip. 2 questions are you wanting to disable all traction control as it the stability system, or are you just wanting to allow some wheel slip so you can spin the tires and make noise. modern cars sold to the public are required to...

I think I read someone else complain about that on an explorer recently but I don't know if it was moving at the time. I wouldn't think it was possible with how the lock out works on a power liftgate. follow on question - did she notice if there was another car behind her at the time? did...

with or without friction modifers?

so I would say if the powertrain warranty is 5 years or 60K - at either mark I'd be changing the PTU fluid. Now I've not looked it up but that is the ford spec for such - I bet it is something fairly uncommon. IE I'm sure it's not just straight 80-120 or such. After that - I bet it is meant...

the dealer you used, and/or it's service writer should be shot for incompetence. The OLM is an algorithm but it varies the timing based on how you drive - so it's conditional based not a standard X miles or XX months. To that end - change the oil - have it done elsewhere because those morons...

Even the Japanese companies have premature failure issues on their products - their dealers though often do more to help the owners when they bring them in. To that end - our 2016 has 21K on the clock (and yes it's not even a full year old) and it's been flawless.

Leather requires care on pretty much any car. your luxo brands when they are taken in for MX are often treated by the dealer before haning back to the owner - it's part of that up charge. If I could help it on a Daily driver I would never have cloth seats again. The Ecoboost 2.3 4 mill -...

for having the job done for you - the price isn't unreasonable. Especially at dealer service pricing. so there is that I would however do a look for SB's or other notices realted to your model and see if there are known rear brake issues that perhaps ford will pay outright. Otherwise - if...

so the sport model explorer uses a thicker sway bar front and rear - thus stiffer spring rate if you want to think of it as a torsion spring. which is what it is. it has shorter springs also that happen to be stiffer - with higher damping coefficient struts and shocks which help with the...

I guess I'm mostly curious as I test drove the snot out of quite a few appliances including the bimmer x5. which I wasn't serious about I just wanted to try one. and other than the bimmer - which being RWD has different dynamics all together. I felt the ford had the better road feel, and...

so maybe I'm missing what happened. so speed over 55, crowned highway road, LH side, jerk wheel to right, swap lanes - correct with second jerk - high speed lane change. foot on or off gas - or brake. I did quite a bit of that before agreeing to buy a explorer and I did it with every other...

some are. the 4 wire and the 7 wire are all one way systems. there are a few multiwire setups that do feedback to a controller setup for electric brake force and wheel speed. but those are more complicated - and for a real tow rig. Sway control is one of the settings you can de-select in...

sounds like trailer sway control and I wish there was an easy way to keep that OFF by default. Seems like something that should enable when a trailer brake kit is connected or the like. either way

Meanwhile - on the good side. Hallmark Ford - Batesville MS.

I was thinking perhaps we should have a disparaging service departments thread - or something akin to that.

I was going to say I'd really have to have them side by side and pull out mah rulers.

under a car cover in that ammount of hot and direct sun light you will have heat soaked the car. Irony this is a tested condition during development - but the limits aren't probably what you would expect. So not only is the air in the cab hot, so is the air in the dash, all the vents etc...

From what I've seen - regardless of your model moving to the 2016 is a new headlamp assembly. from there you'll notice that the 2016 LED setup for low beams has the emitter panel off to the side - it's not a bulb but a panel with a heat sink. and it's made to reflect out of a curved mirror...

possibly the second best tool I ever bought during racing. motive bleeder.

I have to say considering the mass and the distribution - I think the sport brakes are fairly good. That front rear distribution is a killer though. anyway - if you just have to trade the pads, while there bleed it if you want. I will say this - it won't be the quality fluid you probably put...

I current DD a car and race another car that have painted calipers. Use paints that specifically mention high temp and ceramic in the descriptions. I got mine from VHT I believe. anywho - prep work like all applications is imperative. Caliper removal - through cleaning - drying - taping...

I hate the hankooks on mine too. looking forward to something new, not sure what though. What's the speed limiter on a Sport set to? I plan on some other H tires for ours - it's not a sport and the wifeymobile. so I like that treadlife.

what did you come from? I doubt you will have any air in the line - especially new off the factory. reason they are reverse filled and tested twice before continuing down the line. (ABS module reasons) so there shouldn't be any air in the system out of the factory. - mostly because of the...

built up bumper sits in a warehouse, or worse gets sent to the factory by say train or some such - and gets rained on without proper coverage. water, rust etc gets in the boxes with the bumper or whatever - and corrodes the terminals. I could see it, sad though. wonder if it's maybe a new...

to be fair I do as well. but I also wonder just how the dealers manage it, IE they could equally be fudging paperwork on both ends. I mean in my town there's a chevy dealer that's been busted twice as having sold customers repairs with replacement parts and they've not actually fixed the car...