We have two 13' Limiteds. Both have been excellent so far. No leaks, no smells, just an all around great vehicle. I would do it all again in a heartbeat.
The only time the liftgate should chime is just before it closes. No chimes should be heard on opening. As per the 2013 Owner's Guide;3 months, 3,000 miles blk/blk Sport. Hose clamp has came off twice. Rear passenger door is not flesh at the bottom with the rest of the car. Interior plastics are loose. Annoying dash rattle. Leaking sunroof. Very annoying, and seemingly unfixable front window cladder when rolling down. MFT has not functioned properly after the second week of owning the car. Randomly says key is not in vehicle while driving. Car honks twice sometimes after pushing start/stop to turn vehicle off, randomly. Rear hatch now dings when it has opened, not before it's opening like it use to, kind of annoying. I think anything electronic is this vehicle is bass-akwards.
3 months, 3,000 miles blk/blk Sport. Hose clamp has came off twice. Rear passenger door is not flesh at the bottom with the rest of the car. Interior plastics are loose. Annoying dash rattle. Leaking sunroof. Very annoying, and seemingly unfixable front window cladder when rolling down. MFT has not functioned properly after the second week of owning the car. Randomly says key is not in vehicle while driving. Car honks twice sometimes after pushing start/stop to turn vehicle off, randomly. Rear hatch now dings when it has opened, not before it's opening like it use to, kind of annoying. I think anything electronic is this vehicle is bass-akwards.
3 months, 3,000 miles blk/blk Sport. Hose clamp has came off twice. Rear passenger door is not flesh at the bottom with the rest of the car. Interior plastics are loose. Annoying dash rattle. Leaking sunroof. Very annoying, and seemingly unfixable front window cladder when rolling down. MFT has not functioned properly after the second week of owning the car. Randomly says key is not in vehicle while driving. Car honks twice sometimes after pushing start/stop to turn vehicle off, randomly. Rear hatch now dings when it has opened, not before it's opening like it use to, kind of annoying. I think anything electronic is this vehicle is bass-akwards.
3 months, 3,000 miles blk/blk Sport. Hose clamp has came off twice. Rear passenger door is not flesh at the bottom with the rest of the car. Interior plastics are loose. Annoying dash rattle. Leaking sunroof. Very annoying, and seemingly unfixable front window cladder when rolling down. MFT has not functioned properly after the second week of owning the car. Randomly says key is not in vehicle while driving. Car honks twice sometimes after pushing start/stop to turn vehicle off, randomly. Rear hatch now dings when it has opened, not before it's opening like it use to, kind of annoying. I think anything electronic is this vehicle is bass-akwards.
Mine is 'set' to not hit the garage door when opening. Before that when it reached the normal opening height, there was no chime. It operates as the manual says, only chimes 3 times when you begin to power close it.For the hatch opening, if you "set" the height at the very top, it'll ding when it hits the top because that's also the hard limit. Try setting the height just below the highest you can raise it. (Raise manually to almost the top, then press and hold the lower button until it dings)
Hey there Red14,
I am the proud owner of a 13 SilverSport and couldn't be happier. When I first took delivery, I was worried about "the smell", but when I took it in it was a simple matter of replacing a breather tube on the power transfer unit that somehow was missing and spilled some oil on the exhaust components. The dealer was great, did the repairs and went to bat for me to have all the affected exhaust parts replaced. THEN...the regional service manager called me to see how the repairs went and attached a 3 year comprehensive service plan to my VIN for my trouble.
Since that issue, the SilverSport has been a dream to drive and fun inside!
Todd
Welcome to the Forum chadhump. :wavey:I'm a new member of this site and just bought a new 2014 Sport last night. I had a 2009 F150 Lariat 4x4 with 80k miles and really had almost zero problems out of that truck especially with it being the first year of the new model. I've been looking at the Explorers for a year or so and when they announced the Sport I was very intrigued. I didn't have a preference on '13 vs '14 and the incentives were only $1000 less but I found a Tuxedo Black one with the exact options I would have ordered.
I come from a family of Ford owners and while no company is perfect, I've been pleased with Ford's vehicles for many years.
Would it be possible to get a simple list of the known or most frequent issues folks have seen or just dig through the threads? Anything I should just keep an eye out for immediately? I'm hopeful that the 2014 has any known issues addressed but of course time will tell.
Look forward to checking the threads and chiming in when I can.
Thanks,
Chad
Nice looking Sport Chad. I agree that you will be busy keeping it clean. That is why I got the white one.Thanks guys for the info. Here is the only pic I've taken so far and it was the day after I drove it home in the rain. I had just washed it. I'm sure this black is going to keep me busy on the detailing end of things but I was due for a change since I typically buy white cars and my wife also liked this one a lot.
http://i1250.photobucket.com/albums/hh529/chadhump/2014 Ford Explorer Sport/2014Sport.jpg