guy48065
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- City, State
- se MI
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2004 Explorer Limited 4.6
I bought my truck last December and this past holiday was the first time I used it to tow my 18-foot aluminum utility trailer & 2 Rzr's. Total weight of trailer & machines is approximately 4000 pounds. Truck does have the Trailer Package. What a pig it was on the highway! The truck has always run great but felt extremely overloaded even on flat roads. And Michigan is pretty flat. Engine seems to have only 2 speeds--Slow (2500rpm) and Fast (5200rpm). Cruise control set to 70 I could just maintain speed as long as there wasn't *any* uphill tilt or headwind. On slight grades it would lose speed until about 65 then suddenly downshift from Slow to Fast and scream its way back to 70. Yes I had OD turned OFF. With cruise off I could hold speed a little better but several times on slight grades I had the pedal matted. This would be undriveable in the mountains.
My previous tow vehicle was a '05 Durango Hemi and let me tell you its 250HP feels completely different from the 4.6l 250HP.
The drive-by-wire throttle sucked for letting me "help" it a little while in cruise when it started losing speed. Not a fan of having no feel for throttle position.
SO--is that just the way it is or do I take it in and let the dealer try to identify a problem?
A chip or some tuner magic perhaps?
(BTW temp never budged from the center of the gauge)
My previous tow vehicle was a '05 Durango Hemi and let me tell you its 250HP feels completely different from the 4.6l 250HP.
The drive-by-wire throttle sucked for letting me "help" it a little while in cruise when it started losing speed. Not a fan of having no feel for throttle position.
SO--is that just the way it is or do I take it in and let the dealer try to identify a problem?
A chip or some tuner magic perhaps?
(BTW temp never budged from the center of the gauge)