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    New Bilstein front & rear shocks on 4th Gen Expedition - new answers with experience

    Great post, very helpful! My crappy factory shocks are leaking at <50k and dealer wants 3k to replace them. I also find the factory shocks to be extremely harsh in city driving (although good on the highway). Have you found any negatives to the Bilsteins compared with the factory shocks? My...
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    $550 to replace rear brake pads: reasonable?

    Hi all, Dealer said my rear brake pads need replacement and quoted me $550. Also, they recommend that I get the brake fluid flushed at the same time. Car has 55k miles on it. 1) Is the quote price reasonable for a rear brake replacement service? 2) Do I need the brake fluid flushed? Not...
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    Need your advice for a better ride than my Explorers

    Expy highway ride is pretty good. Ride on city streets is poor, in my opinion, on the base suspension. Would not recommend an Expy if ride is a top priority for you.
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    Pickup owners: do you prefer towing with Expy or pickup?

    Hi all, I’ve only towed once in my life (22’ travel trailer), and it was with the Expedition. Am thinking about doing it again, and am debating about doing it with the Expy or my Ram 1500 crew cab. My thinking is that the Expy would be better since it is shorter by approximately 10 inches...
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    Liftgate button

    If you live an hour and a half from a Ford dealer, you must be very rural! Even tiny towns on the middle of nowhere have Ford dealerships.
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    Disappointing 4WD performance on snow.

    Does anyone know if the standard XLT without any special packages has an electronic (not mechanical) LSD? I wonder if lack of an LSD of any kind is contributing to the issue. The electronic LSD brakes the wheel with low traction to allow the other wheel to get some power, and is basically free...
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    Disappointing 4WD performance on snow.

    Got some snow and ice recently and figured the Expy should do well with 4WD auto. Certainly, if I needed top performance in the slow I’d invest in snow tires, but I feel like the Expy should be able to deal with the relatively mild and infrequent snow here. But even on a minimal incline, 4-auto...
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    Tailgate button sticking?

    What’s odd is that the button supposedly was redesigned and it is still failing. We had ours replaced with the new part number and it sticks too. Not sure why it is so hard for Ford to design a button??
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    3rd shock blown out on 2018 XLT

    Are you satisfied with the on-road ride quality of the Bilsteins?
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    Stick-on blind spot mirrors

    Will second the rec for RM10s! Love them.
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    What is the purpose of the flip-up tailgate window?

    Can anyone explain the use case for the flip-up rear window on the tailgate? I had assumed that maybe it was for carrying really long items, but then I read that driving with it open can damage the glass or hinges. And it can’t really be used for ventilation since it doesn’t roll down. So...
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    Does your radar cruise control make a ABS-like pulsing noise sometimes?

    I have the radar cruise control. The implementation is just so-so, but I do use it quite a bit. Sometimes, when it applies the brakes in around town driving (low speeds, usually under 20 mph) it makes a pulsing sound sort of like the sound the antilock brakes make if you slam the brakes. But...
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    How to listen to Bluetooth headphones while CarPlay plugged in?

    Hi all, Sometimes I want to listen to Bluetooth headphones but also have CarPlay plugged in (for Maps). For example, my kids might be in the back sleeping and I don’t want to wake them. However, it seems like I can’t connect to my Bluetooth headphones because CarPlay overrides it. Has...
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    2018 Expo VS 2021 Tahoe test drive.

    Which rear suspension did you drive in the Tahoe. They have 3! Steel springs And regular shocks, steel springs with magnetic shocks, and air suspension. The higher end ones cost crazy money, so I’d be keen to see a vase springs vs base springs comparison.
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    Instrument cluster screen always resets to the same thing at restart?

    Hi all, I usually like having the digital speedometer as my default screen. However, just last week, it started always displaying the same towing screen at start up regardless of what it showed when the car was shut off. Anyone seen this behavior before? Not sure why it started happening all...
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