New '22 Expedition Limited Stealth

Many thanks for your write up. I see you ordered from Granger. Dis as well, due production June 20th or so (got the email 3 days ago) Your Pics under Pics2 given me concern but as long as its all cosmetic, I guess we shall be fine, though I must admit I personally have beef with interior aesthetics when they are not properly done....I will just have to deal with it. I'm glad to hear you are happy with the 12 inch screen. I also wanted physical HVAC buttons, not via interface and I guessed 12 inches should suffice for the other stuff. Please keep posting, some of us are living vicariously through you

texevora said:

Thanks for the detailed write-up. I’m trying to decide whether to go through with my trade-in of my ‘19 Expy Limited 4x4 for my incoming order of a ‘22 limited 4x4 stealth performance pkg.

Im confused about your comments on the headlights, can you elaborate on what you like more about the new design? The low beams were disappointing? Any idea how they compare to the 19-21s with LED headlights?

On the taillights, are you saying the new design is better? Always thought the taillights looked pretty good on the 19-21s (the ones with LEDs)

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I actually like the looks of the previous LEDs better. I just think the overall front end look is better in person on the ‘22s. Much cleaner and sleek. The low beams IMO are worse than the previous LEDs and are worse than our ‘17 Explorer LED reflectors that we traded in. I’m going to mess with them some more but very disappointed so far. Very poor throw and spread. Brights are pretty good. Anytime my brights dimmed I felt like I needed to slow way down. The brights seem to fade off and on instead of instant off and on, which I kind of like.

On the taillights, I just think the new design is way better aesthetically. Especially on the Stealth.

DFWHD said:

Love the silver with stealth package. That's what I had on order, but ended up finding a dealer stock black stealth locally that had just arrived and grabbed it as not to wait it out for months on end.

I'm moving up from a 2013 Expedition XLT, so there is no real comparison. I don't have any issue with low beams, they seem as bright as I expected (so much better than the 2013). I noticed the speed sign thing too, but do believe it's just a warning. As for the camera in front, I have HD tow and the Sync 4A larger touchscreen and certainly does have the front camera. Maybe it's part of the Sync 4A package? Sadly, I got my first scratch on the rear bumper today. Tried to buff it out, which helped some but still visible. I guess the universe didn't intend me to keep it pristine too long. As my wife said, "I'm just glad it wasn't me that did it". A lot of truth there!

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I think I found the speed sign setting. Was looking in Speed Limit Assist and that’s where the warning is. But if you go in the Cruise Control settings there’s a toggle for Speed Sign Recognition. A little confusing and a little different than the F150 menu. I’ll have to try it out this week.

Thanks for sharing. I just put in an order on Thursday for the SPP.... I am one of the crazies that want to pay 10 Gs for shiny red calipers and a factory tune...lol.
I'm told, the order books for the 22MY closed Friday.
Thanks for sharing the good and the bad....

Beachums said:

Thanks for sharing. I just put in an order on Thursday for the SPP.... I am one of the crazies that want to pay 10 Gs for shiny red calipers and a factory tune...lol.
I'm told, the order books for the 22MY closed Friday.
Thanks for sharing the good and the bad....

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I believe there are changes to the internals of the HO ecoboost as well. And not to mention the 22 speaker stereo instead of 12.

USKflt said:

I actually like the looks of the previous LEDs better. I just think the overall front end look is better in person on the ‘22s. Much cleaner and sleek. The low beams IMO are worse than the previous LEDs and are worse than our ‘17 Explorer LED reflectors that we traded in. I’m going to mess with them some more but very disappointed so far. Very poor throw and spread. Brights are pretty good. Anytime my brights dimmed I felt like I needed to slow way down. The brights seem to fade off and on instead of instant off and on, which I kind of like.

On the taillights, I just think the new design is way better aesthetically. Especially on the Stealth.

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Ford went from LED projector lights on the 18-21 to LED reflector lights on the 22's. The reflectors aren't as good and are a cost save measure.

@USKflt question for you in your floor mats. I plan o taking them with me to the dealer when I pick up. Not going to give my monsters the opportunity to get dirt in there . How does the second row mat work when you slide the seat? I’ll have littles getting in and out daily and wasn’t sure if there was enough clearance for sliding the seats. Thanks so much for the pictures and write up. Just makes the continued wait that much harder.

kzei said:

@USKflt question for you in your floor mats. I plan o taking them with me to the dealer when I pick up. Not going to give my monsters the opportunity to get dirt in there . How does the second row mat work when you slide the seat? I’ll have littles getting in and out daily and wasn’t sure if there was enough clearance for sliding the seats. Thanks so much for the pictures and write up. Just makes the continued wait that much harder.

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I also took mine with me to the dealer. You do not lose any functionality with the tip and slide. See attached picture.

USKflt said:

I also took mine with me to the dealer. You do not lose any functionality with the tip and slide. See attached picture.

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Oh my gosh, So helpful! Thank you. I’ll order now and hopefully they won’t gather too much dust in the garage while we wait

Nice write up! I have a nearly identical vehicle - only differences are exterior color (mine is white) and ours has the 15.5" screen. I was a bit hesitant to give up the physical buttons, but have been pleasantly surprised at how intuitive/useable the screen controls are. I've learned to really like the big screen and am a bit of a techy at times so glad that it had it, but can't imagine being disappointed either way.

I agree with you on the styling changes.. in person looks even better than the pictures and I think it is a really nice upgrade to the previous model. The new infotainment is leaps and bounds better than the last generation as well. By far that was my biggest complaint on the 2019 Expedition Max Limited we traded; this version has addressed nearly everything I didn't like about the last and looks much more modern.

We've had ours for about a month now and overall we are very happy with the new vehicle. I'll admit it sounds like you got a better deal than we did, though. We were at MSRP but justified it due to a really good offer on our trade.