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Recent content by hbalek

  1. hbalek

    Rattle noise on bumps.

    I love/hate this thing! I've never owned a vehicle like this with extreme feelings! At just over 4 years and about 50K miles, the noises sound worse than most cars twice that age with twice the mileage. Hopefully the refreshed one is better put together and wins back people.
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    Rattle noise on bumps.

    On mine both undercarriage covers on both sides rattle but make different noises at high speeds and low speeds over bumps. The driver side makes a low pitch rattling sound and the passenger side recently started making a high pitched squeaking sound. I confirmed this by looking under the car and...
  3. hbalek

    Thinking about an explorer ST

    I'm pretty sure because of last year's serious Sync update issues, there won't be any more for the existing Sync 3 that we have. The new 2025 Explorers have Ford's new Digital Experience which is pure Google/Android and works better on a 14 inch horizontal or landscape screen. I'm looking...
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    Rear camera recall

    It took mine a year about 10,000 miles for the blue screen to first appear. Then after the first recall, the camera replacement fixed it until it reappeared about a year later.
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    Rear camera recall

    I had this recall completed 2 weeks ago and it works great now! No more blue screen and rear brake assist errors.
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    Transmission build date

    Mine had this problem at about 25K miles and now at almost 49,000 miles, so far so good. The problem has not recurred. My transmission was rebuilt not replaced.
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    Mishap

    I know the feeling! A black car or a object dinged my passenger front door above the handle. It's a weird crescent shaped black ding. No idea where it happened last weekend. I was able to rub out the black mark but the ding really bothers me. I have to stop looking at it. People who aren't into...
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    360 Degree View Camera Alignment using FDRS

    They replaced the rear camera and wiring harness. The camera image on the new camera is a higher quality than the previous one and also looks way better than the other 3 cameras now. As for the alignment, it seems a bit off but better than before. I may mention it the next time I am there.
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    360 Degree View Camera Alignment using FDRS

    I'm at the dealership now for the blue screen camera recall. Hopefully it's a permanent fix this time and they align mine which have also been off since the last recall 2 years ago.
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    Rattling

    Mine was replaced about a year ago after it broke. It's broken again and out of warranty. It seems Ford didn't redesign the part so no point in paying my $100 deductible only to have it break again. So I used black gaffer tape to keep it together.
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    No red brake calipers

    Those come in Street Pack with the larger black 21 inch wheels and tires and larger performance brakes.
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    How-To: Swap Bench 2nd row to Captains Chairs with Console

    Doesn't the XLT seat look different as far as the leather material and contrast stitching compared to the ST's?
  13. hbalek

    A New Sync Issue

    All of those issues you described and more I had on 22251 until I updated last September to 23188. I endured 4 or 5 months of that crap until they updated it and fixed it. It was running out of memory space because the cache folders were getting full.
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    Headlight Condensation

    I've seen videos where they use a hair dryer to dry it out then reseal it.


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