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So we just hit 10,000 miles a couple days ago, bought it April 11th I believe. So far, my wife and I absolutely love the vehicle. It is her primary driver and we have a 14 month old. Things we love and hate are below
2011 Ex Limited 4wd/awd.
- Ride/Handling. Still rides wonderful with a very quiet and smooth ride. Handles/Corners very well. Have had the brake squealing issue since 4,000 miles. Brought it to the dealer, can't duplicate it yet I can get it to do it every day. It'll be going back in before the 12k is up. Very embarrassing
- Technology/Safety features are amazing. Tuesday we were almost in a collision on the highway but thankfully the collision control kicked in. Normally we just get the red flashing lights and audible alerts. This time, the vehicle actually slammed on the brakes all by itself (activated abs). We were in the middle lane and I was starting to change lanes to the left lane. Just as I looked over my shoulder, the truck in front of us slammed on the brakes. I had already put my blinker on and if it wasn't for the Ex to slam the brakes on, my front right half of the Ex would have hit the trucks rear left. It was a scary feeling having the Ex brake when I was trying to accelerate.. not something you expect but it definately saved us from an bad accident. Amazing Amazing feature!!!
-MFT. We originally had 2.7 and upgraded to 2.8 and then to 2.11. We never really had any major issues with MFT, some voice recognition issues but I think a lot of it has to do with the learning curve of the new system. Never had a black screen of death and has only frozen up on us twice (see video below) and it froze on 2.11. The freeze in the video is from starting the vehicle and backing out of the garage. I noticed the rear view camera wasn't working, then none of onscreen buttons were working. I then noticed it said my climate was off on the screen but it was actually on.
- MPG. I'm getting approximately 21mpg mixed driving from day one. When taking it easy on the highway, I've seen high 22's and as low as 19. I drive it like I want to.. not really focusing on mpg. I want to accelerate how I want and drive the speed I want so I'm happy with low 21's overall. 2 mpg to me isn't worth driving like a snail.
Issues to be resolved:
1)Brake squeal as previously stated
2)MFT - still waiting for that magical update to fix the freezing despite having very few issues.
3)Rain Sensing wipers randomly turn on. See 2nd video. Driving on a bright sunny day, dry as a bone, windshield as clean as a brand new one, wipers decide to give some nice courtesy wipes FIVE times in a row. I only got the 4th and 5th by the time I got the video going. Dealer says "can't duplicate it".
4)Rain noise above windshield - AWFUL!!!
5)Grease on windows. Molding sills were replaced and still does it.
We haven't had any of the other known issues yet. Apillars are great, no overheating, nothing else loose or falling apart.
Curious to see what Ford says now about the wipers as I have video proof showing it.
Overall, a small list of issues to be resolved. Very happy with our choice. If I were able to do it over again, I wouldn't hesitate except the only thing we would have changed is to get the bucket seats. It is very tight with a car seat and would have loved to be able to slide the 2nd row back to make more room.
2011 Ex Limited 4wd/awd.
- Ride/Handling. Still rides wonderful with a very quiet and smooth ride. Handles/Corners very well. Have had the brake squealing issue since 4,000 miles. Brought it to the dealer, can't duplicate it yet I can get it to do it every day. It'll be going back in before the 12k is up. Very embarrassing
- Technology/Safety features are amazing. Tuesday we were almost in a collision on the highway but thankfully the collision control kicked in. Normally we just get the red flashing lights and audible alerts. This time, the vehicle actually slammed on the brakes all by itself (activated abs). We were in the middle lane and I was starting to change lanes to the left lane. Just as I looked over my shoulder, the truck in front of us slammed on the brakes. I had already put my blinker on and if it wasn't for the Ex to slam the brakes on, my front right half of the Ex would have hit the trucks rear left. It was a scary feeling having the Ex brake when I was trying to accelerate.. not something you expect but it definately saved us from an bad accident. Amazing Amazing feature!!!
-MFT. We originally had 2.7 and upgraded to 2.8 and then to 2.11. We never really had any major issues with MFT, some voice recognition issues but I think a lot of it has to do with the learning curve of the new system. Never had a black screen of death and has only frozen up on us twice (see video below) and it froze on 2.11. The freeze in the video is from starting the vehicle and backing out of the garage. I noticed the rear view camera wasn't working, then none of onscreen buttons were working. I then noticed it said my climate was off on the screen but it was actually on.
- MPG. I'm getting approximately 21mpg mixed driving from day one. When taking it easy on the highway, I've seen high 22's and as low as 19. I drive it like I want to.. not really focusing on mpg. I want to accelerate how I want and drive the speed I want so I'm happy with low 21's overall. 2 mpg to me isn't worth driving like a snail.
Issues to be resolved:
1)Brake squeal as previously stated
2)MFT - still waiting for that magical update to fix the freezing despite having very few issues.
3)Rain Sensing wipers randomly turn on. See 2nd video. Driving on a bright sunny day, dry as a bone, windshield as clean as a brand new one, wipers decide to give some nice courtesy wipes FIVE times in a row. I only got the 4th and 5th by the time I got the video going. Dealer says "can't duplicate it".
4)Rain noise above windshield - AWFUL!!!
5)Grease on windows. Molding sills were replaced and still does it.
We haven't had any of the other known issues yet. Apillars are great, no overheating, nothing else loose or falling apart.
Curious to see what Ford says now about the wipers as I have video proof showing it.
Overall, a small list of issues to be resolved. Very happy with our choice. If I were able to do it over again, I wouldn't hesitate except the only thing we would have changed is to get the bucket seats. It is very tight with a car seat and would have loved to be able to slide the 2nd row back to make more room.