New owner here with a few questions- 2019 Max Platinum

Shutterbug57 said:

Actual range or computed range? If your actual range is 340 on the highway, something is definitely wrong. If it’s the computed range, that is based on recent history. On a long road trip, it will get up there, but after a few city tanks, it will be low. Sometimes it’s fun to watch how slowly it gives down on a road trip when it started with a low estimate.

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Computed range, Shutterbug. I just thought that as I hit highway driving that my computed range would go up based upon vehicle speed etc.

A follow up question if I may because you guys are indeed awesome with your responses thus far. On Long Island we have the option of bringing our trucks on several nearby beaches. It's soft sand which requires that you air down to somewhere around 18PSI and it's often not a smooth ride. On my Suburban, which sat a tad lower, I had a similar air-dam that flared down around the front tires. I brought it to a body shop and had them shave off the "flare" on either end to provide for a uniform height. With the '19 I just picked up, the air dam is shaped similarly but more finished on the bottom, so it would definitely look out of place if I did some work to it.

For those of you who have done beach driving on similar sand, did you find that the OEM setup on 20's was an issue when you aired down? What I'm trying to avoid is having the front dam become a sand-plow.

2019 Platinum I had some wind noise at first stiff window gasket. Its gone away now after washing and window use. Had a seat belt rattle in the B pillar that has gone away after messing with it just using stuff seems to get it working better.

Mileage in Normal mode especially around town can be noticeably lower than Eco mode. Eco I always had a solid 17-18mpg doing the lousy kid sports in town hauling which was the worst mileage. Normal mode same type of in town week of kid hauling would be a solid 15-16mpg

Highway 60-70mph trips no roof gear easily average 21-22mpg with Heavy Tow pack gears. 75-80mph 20mpg is the top end and 18-19mpg is more typical at those speeds. My Sequoia was 12-14mpg kid hauling in town. 15-16mpg road trips. The big Expedition is pretty good actually.

But go mashing the pedal like a over caffeinated angry soccer mom late for Yoga class and your mileage can hit single digits easily.

360 cameras!! Use em

On wind noise, make sure you open the hood and check to make sure there aren’t any leaves or pinestraw in the cubbies near the windshield.


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Koz19MaxPlat said:

With the '19 I just picked up, the air dam is shaped similarly but more finished on the bottom, so it would definitely look out of place if I did some work to it.

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Do some work to it? Just take it off. I mean, the owner's manual even recommends doing so if you're going to be taking it off road. It's like 6 or 8 fasteners and takes <30 minutes...

There’s a whole thread on here about removing the lower valance/air dam. I posted pics of removing mine there. Search option works.
https://www.expeditionforum.com/threads/lower-valance.44668/

DWs-TTEB said:

There’s a whole thread on here about removing the lower valance/air dam. I posted pics of removing mine there. Search option works.
https://www.expeditionforum.com/threads/lower-valance.44668/

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Thanks for confirming that the search option works but as I said I wasn't looking to remove- curious to see if others had modified it to shorten the height.

I doubt it, the material its made of isn't the most fun to cut, at least not in a way that looks decent. You'd likely need to take it off regardless to try and trim it, and maybe use a dremel with cutting wheel or something to try and make a precise line. I would think run a piece of painters tape to the shape you want, then cut. Its ABS, so the cutting wheel will cut right through it but it will melt it a little too, leaving melted material you can just peel off. I took mine off and I personally think it looks better.

Calidad said:

2019 Platinum I had some wind noise at first stiff window gasket. Its gone away now after washing and window use. Had a seat belt rattle in the B pillar that has gone away after messing with it just using stuff seems to get it working better.

Mileage in Normal mode especially around town can be noticeably lower than Eco mode. Eco I always had a solid 17-18mpg doing the lousy kid sports in town hauling which was the worst mileage. Normal mode same type of in town week of kid hauling would be a solid 15-16mpg

Highway 60-70mph trips no roof gear easily average 21-22mpg with Heavy Tow pack gears. 75-80mph 20mpg is the top end and 18-19mpg is more typical at those speeds. My Sequoia was 12-14mpg kid hauling in town. 15-16mpg road trips. The big Expedition is pretty good actually.

But go mashing the pedal like a over caffeinated angry soccer mom late for Yoga class and your mileage can hit single digits easily.

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Koz19MaxPlat said:

Thanks for confirming that the search option works but as I said I wasn't looking to remove- curious to see if others had modified it to shorten the height.

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Its pretty flexible and can get dragged without damaging stuff. I haven’t bothered. If I start having problems with it dragging I’ll likely remove it. But so far its been a non issue