davicon
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- February 24, 2013
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- toronto
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2013 explorer XLT 201A
So i have had my explorer XLT for almost two months. I enjoyed driving it down to Florida with my family and am happy with the vehicle for the most part. The ride is smooth and quiet and the mileage is actually not that bad. Some issues that have come up after 7000km and I wanted to know if these are common.
1- when exceeding 65MPH i get a humming noise from the base of the hood/windshield wiper area. I have seen that there is an on going post on this and have posted on it so I dont expect another one here. I hope this is fixed when i go into ford for first oil change.
2- MFT microphone stopped working last week. Cant use it for telephone or to give any voice commands. When someone calls me they cant hear me reply and MFT im guessing cant hear my commands either. Hope this is an easy fix.
3- I have the platinum white paint and have noticed that some panels are a VERY slight difference in colour. Is this normal? The bumpers and gas cap cover have a slight yellow colour to it that you have to really be close to notice. Im guessing that this is due to different materials being used. I dont mind it really but wonder over time weather the colour difference will be more noticeable....
4-I have noticed that the panel gaps are not the same from door to door. I compared mine to another explorer in a p-lot in florida and noticed that the other explorer was worse than mine. I dont really notice this that much. Its not really that noticeable. This is build quality issue.
5- the rubber trim around my windows and doors looks terrible. Just looks sloppy. When two pieces meet they are different levels and it just looks rushed. My wife has at hyundai tucson and it doesn't have this issue. This is just another build quality issue so im not expecting a fix.
I guess it sounds like i dont like my explorer which is not the case. If the humming noise gets corrected and the MFT goes back to working like it did then the build quality issues only annoy me when i stare at my vehicle for too long...lol. Im just pointing them out to see if they are common.
1- when exceeding 65MPH i get a humming noise from the base of the hood/windshield wiper area. I have seen that there is an on going post on this and have posted on it so I dont expect another one here. I hope this is fixed when i go into ford for first oil change.
2- MFT microphone stopped working last week. Cant use it for telephone or to give any voice commands. When someone calls me they cant hear me reply and MFT im guessing cant hear my commands either. Hope this is an easy fix.
3- I have the platinum white paint and have noticed that some panels are a VERY slight difference in colour. Is this normal? The bumpers and gas cap cover have a slight yellow colour to it that you have to really be close to notice. Im guessing that this is due to different materials being used. I dont mind it really but wonder over time weather the colour difference will be more noticeable....
4-I have noticed that the panel gaps are not the same from door to door. I compared mine to another explorer in a p-lot in florida and noticed that the other explorer was worse than mine. I dont really notice this that much. Its not really that noticeable. This is build quality issue.
5- the rubber trim around my windows and doors looks terrible. Just looks sloppy. When two pieces meet they are different levels and it just looks rushed. My wife has at hyundai tucson and it doesn't have this issue. This is just another build quality issue so im not expecting a fix.
I guess it sounds like i dont like my explorer which is not the case. If the humming noise gets corrected and the MFT goes back to working like it did then the build quality issues only annoy me when i stare at my vehicle for too long...lol. Im just pointing them out to see if they are common.
