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A couple of days ago I performed a remote start on my 2025 Explorer ST using the Ford Pass app on my phone. I'm retired and the vehicle can sit for days or a few weeks without being driven so I like to start it every so often. Yesterday I was going to run some errands and went out to put some...

Wow, that's a lot of work just to access the battery and swap it out. On my last vehicle, a 2019 Mazda CX-9 GT, the battery was sitting right there out in the open when you popped the hood, no scavenger hunt needed. Then you only had to disconnect the negative and positive cables and remove...

According to Google (which concurs with what I read in the Pass app): As of October 2024, a Ford BlueCruise subscription costs $495 per year or $49.99 per month. Key points about the BlueCruise subscription: Price reduction: Ford recently lowered the price of the BlueCruise subscription from...

I think I got 42K when I bought my ST last month.

I've had this experience with the last two Japanese vehicles that I've owned and was hoping that buying an American car would spare me from dealing with it anymore. We live on a rural ranch in Texas and park outside. My wife's 2011 Chevy Silverado has never been touched by a rodent but when I...

As a new '25 ST owner it's interesting to read a lot of folks here hate the rims. I think they look pretty good, even on my white SUV, but taste is a subjective thing. I considered a Toyota Grand Highlander but Toyota insists on putting Chrometec plastic wheel covers on their top trip...

No hands free lift gate, just power. I went out and checked as well as looked at the window sticker. Also no lighted glove box.

My 2025 ST was built last year and got to the dealer at the end of August and has the 360° camera, massaging seats, power steering wheel control but I haven't checked for the glovebox light (I was just happy that the glovebox could be locked!) but will have to check. It's too bad that Ford is...

I'll have to check that out. Do you happen to know if there's any way to re-order the Sirius preset buttons on the bottom of the screen? One YouTube guy shows just pressing and holding the button and sliding them wherever he wants but that doesn't seem to work for me.

I've been driving since 1974 and have purchased a dozen vehicles since then; 6 domestic brands and 6 imports. What I've observed over that time. with the increasing complexity of motor vehicle systems and technology virtually no brand is immune from having problems. Formerly bulletproof maker...

Ha, Ha, I hear you on the tech & turbos. It's too bad Jeep vehicles aren't more reliable because I really like them. Back in my old Army days in the 70's driving those old Jeeps was a blast and I've had a couple of Wranglers as rentals and enjoyed them all. The asking price on them is also...

I've owned two black vehicles in my life and vowed never to do so again. They are impossible to keep clean and if you live in a place that gets really hot in the summer the black color makes the vehicle untouchable and the interior a furnace. I only buy white or silver cars these days living in...

Ah, OK I've got it. When I picked up the ST from the dealer service department today I asked them and they showed me the steering wheel buttons on the bottom right are dual purpose and answer/hang up phone calls OR toggle forwards or backwards on the radio pre-sets. I didn't notice the symbols...

I'm not following; bottom right of what?

The 2025 steering wheel buttons do not have any way to control the audio system other than volume up/down/mute.

And thank you for your support @OhioDF! I'd still be doing it but they finally had enough of me. :)

The Grand Highlander has suffered from significant teething trouble as a new generation model. They had the recall and stop sale/build disaster from airbag problems and some other issues. A neighbor traded in her Mercedes SUV for one of the first GH's to hit the showroom late last summer and...

I only purchased an extended warranty once in over 51 years of driving, owning 12 vehicles. It was on an '86 Volkswagen Scirroco and the only time I had a claim for a cruise control problem it was not covered. I'm wealthy enough now to absorb whatever costs come up for vehicle maintenance once...

Ooops, that's $20K in price not $20.

The ST I bought last Friday was a special order by a 75+ year old gentleman last August and was the first 2025 to arrive on the lot of my dealership. He returned it the next day as he found it too complicated for him to operate. The SUV sat on the lot until I drove it in December '24; I was...