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    Contemplating..

    I have a 2017 XLT 2wd and tow a 22' travel trailer. The truck handles this easily with a WD hitch. Milage varies, 10-12 is typical for towing, city driving is 15 mpg or better. I totally love this vehicle for towing, also have done some non towing long haul trips, its very comfortable. I've...
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    2015 Ecoboost - Fuel Problem

    Had a similar experience on my '17, turned out to be the throttle body. One of the cheaper items and easier to replace, so I'd try this first.
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    Issues with brake controller

    I'd use a volt meter to see if there is any power going to the 7 pin. And check all the fuses.
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    Lost throttle. Weird codes

    This sounds like an experience I had. Turned out to the throttle body. My mechanic had to drive it around with a code reader connected since the error codes were not stored.
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    Gen 3.5 owners.... any regrets

    I had a V8 Toyota Sequoia, traded for 17 XLT. Toyota had the smaller V8 and I found towing a bit of a chore. Expy has more torque for sure, towing is much easier. Fuel economy is good for such a large car, even towing at interstate speed milage is about what I got in the Toyota (and I was...
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    Decisions, decisions

    I love Toyotas, had extremely good luck with them but seems like there's a difference in size and capacity between an Expedition and a Highlander, sort of apples-to-oranges thing. I got my Expy to tow a travel trailer, something I don't think a Highlander would handle.
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    Heated seat

    fuse?
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    Wrench light, driving slow hesitate then surge

    That sounds like the throttle body, happened to me, but I have 3.5L engine, so who knows.
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    power loss and wrench icon

    I had the same nightmare. I was having the failure intermittantly but often enough to be scary. No problems since the throttle body was replaced.
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    power loss and wrench icon

    The whole thing about no codes is kind of silly. If an error condition is happening, which makes the wrench icon come on, a code should be logged.
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    2015 Ecoboost over heating solved

    I wonder if one blade failing causes a cascade effect on the other blades.
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    What does your MPG look like with your EX when towing

    I second JasonH, tight fuel stations are a pain. Sometimes on secondary highways you don't have the nice big truck stops so you have to live with it. So I always try to fill up when I don't have the trailer connected but that's only a small part of the time. As for what you can do to increase...
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    What does your MPG look like with your EX when towing

    I get around 19 when not towing around town, by being pretty light footed. I tow a 3500 travel trailer, plus some gear in the Expy, probably 4000 total. Generally get around 12 mpg on the interstate doing 70 mph. I generally don't go faster than 65-70 mph. Once on a trip where the road...
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    Throttle body repair on the road

    I had to replace the throttle body on my 2017 two weeks ago. Used the official Ford part, dealer had many in stock. My mechanic told me the fact that the had so many in stock probably indicated that its a well known problem (which seems confirmed by various internet stories). He also told me...
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    power loss and wrench icon

    Final update: Shop replaced the throttle body, drove it around w/o further problems. Not too surprising given the history of issues with Ford throttle bodies. I'm kind of surprised that no failure codes were stored, given the severity of the problem. But I drove about 100 miles over this...
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