Recent content by Slunik

Absolutely a design issue! Understand your frustration....I've lost count on my replacements (4) but my most recent replacement has broken as well and my dealer will replace it at my costs! Looking at the in-mold detent connections on the side panels, the front plastic cross-member that...

Let all members know what your outcome is with your dealer, it's important the issue be recognized by Ford Technical Services. Currently it is not!

Let all members know what your outcome is with your dealer, it's important the issue be recognized by Ford Technical Services. Currently it is not!

Let all know how your dealer / Ford respond with a fix to the seat panel breaking. My dealer responded indicating Ford Technical Service do not recognize it as an issue after 4 replaced panels. My current 4th panel has released from its connection.....

I'm in Greer, SC and have seen a few. Surprisingly, not many!

Thanks for your feedback. My unit came off the line in Chicago, August 2019. It was part of the initial production group. No other problems, to date!

2020 Explorer ST Lower Seat Panel - Below is a picture of a broken driver-side, lower seat panel. With entering and exiting the vehicle, downward seat cushion pressure snaps the flimsy molded-in center clips and the flimsy forward clips. You can clearly see where these clips insert into the seat...

I've used a Frank T, Grimsby, ON, photo to show two areas where the mold-in clips, on the inner side of the panels, break. The center inner clip is attached to the seat frame. When entering and exiting the vehicle, body weight, on the outboard side of the seat cushion, forces pressure onto the...

Yes, the Performance Event is for original owners.

We participated in the very first ST Experience, held, in Asheville, NC, May this year. It's a great setting with the Biltmore House and the Blue Ridge Parkway. The Ford Performance team did a great job and we strongly recommend it.

This is a heads-up for ST owners who may encounter driver & passenger lower seat panel breakage. Should your lower seat panels break, ensure you advise Ford directly as well as your dealer. Ford doesn't recognize and refuse to acknowledge the issue. Ultimately they need to re-tool and...

This is the reply from my dealership after 4 different lower panel defectives replacements: As a dealer we have went as high as we can, Ford Hotline, Field Service Engineer and Customer Relation Center. Ford will not cover the panel base on the panel is not defective, I do agree with you it’s a...

The lower plastic panel, on the driver's side, has disengaged (broke) four (4) times and after each time has been replaced by the dealer. The flimsy snap-in detent at the center and front of the panel breaks and renders the panel useless, flapping against the seat frame. (This panel housed the...