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    '20 rattling waste gate?

    You also give back some torque to get the V8 and whatever mileage increase you might see. 2.7 ecoboost has same torque as the Coyote if that matters as much as number of cylinders/lack of turbochargers.
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    2020 Expedition up in flames

    Old enough to buy appliances. When I was shopping for a washer and dryer I was given some good advice from a Lowe's sales associate (which has been backed up by service techs I have spoken to). The Korean appliance brands (LG and Samsung) don't stock parts regularly in North America. So they...
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    2020 Expedition up in flames

    id say they are different because dishwashers malfunctioning after a year is common and can be reasonably assumed to be a low quality design or part failure. Vehicle fire could be a defect or it could be a catastrophic event that’s not repeatable or predictable.
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    2020 Expedition up in flames

    I completely agree. Where we disagree is equating a total loss catastrophe with a faulty dishwasher. I don’t think those are the same issue.
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    2020 Expedition up in flames

    That's going to cost a lot in legal fees. No guarantee of victory. You'd have to prove wrongdoing by Ford to collect, seems like setting your savings account on fire because your car caught fire... feel free to disagree. I think that all depends on how one views their lot in life. If you...
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    2020 Expedition up in flames

    Not ever? I think I get what you are saying but it’s an internal combustion engine.
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    2020 Expedition up in flames

    Exactly. Again, this is tragic and unfortunate. A rare occurrence that causes a catastrophic fire can happen to a brand new car or an old one. It just doesn’t fall under “warranty claim” territory unfortunately.
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    2020 Expedition up in flames

    That’s really unfortunate and I’m glad everyone is ok. That’s how every manufacturer would respond to that not just Ford.
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    New owner recommendations and issues.

    When I had an iPhone 6 (last year!) I had all sorts of problems with Sync 3 in my Explorer. I gave up on that phone when they stopped sending updates. Night and day difference and all I did was upgrade to an 8. Hiccups every once in awhile but the problem always goes away the next time I connect.
  10. M

    Any 30'+ Travel Trailer owners out there?

    Balancing out your axles won't just get you back within spec, your rig will steer better, bounce less, and sway less too.
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    IWE Replacement

    I had a malfunctioning module causing the same mechanical issue, and that's exactly what I did until I could drive to the dealer.
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    Any 30'+ Travel Trailer owners out there?

    How do you like your gen y? How much of a difference did it make? If you’re familiar with the wheelbase rule of thumb even a Max might not be enough wheelbase for those. First 120” gets you 20’ of trailer and every 4” above 120” gets you 1 additional foot of trailer length. I also don’t know...
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    New Owner questions

    I'll second 91 octane while towing, I also use in our hot summers in AZ. Stick with top tier, it's more important than octane. I also installed the Weathertech rear mudflaps and have been happy with them so far. Install was a little finicky but I think it turned out well and I liked the...
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    Carrying cargo on front hitch cargo carrier

    Yes I think that’s wise. I was mostly approaching my assistance as helping you move more weight to your front axle for safety and comfort but yes, agree that regardless any extra weight should go in the trailer rather than add to payload.
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    In Vehicle WiFi with any carrier except ATT?

    I don’t think you can do that using the vehicle hardware? You need something third party in your obd port I think.
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    Carrying cargo on front hitch cargo carrier

    I still think you’re better off using WDH to get more weight onto your front axle - you don’t necessarily need to know the weight just measure your fender height before and after. Sounds anyway like ford recommends something that can get you to 50% and the Anderson only does 30%.
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    Consumer reports Expedition is trash?

    It's true that in a perfect world there would be more and better data. However I think we can agree that a source for objective data better than CR doesn't currently exist. So I have sympathy for their weaknesses just because nobody else does as good of a job, and they battle all of these...
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    Consumer reports Expedition is trash?

    Yikes. Never to be "truted"? That's an opinion piece, what little evidence is in there is court cases where the Consumer's Union was found not guilty. If that blog post does anything it proves the inverse, having the opinion that CR is bad is perfectly fine but he doesn't make the case from...
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    Air Lift for Rear Suspension

    Looking forward to hearing how that goes. I'm like 99% on upgrading the rear sway but I can't find any good anecdotes on the Sumos helping with anything but sag (I also have none). However I do get nasty trampoline-like bounce from highway bumps, which I believe is probably coming from or made...
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    Consumer reports Expedition is trash?

    I agree, nobody's perfect but at least they have actual data and a methodology to what they do. In their ratings you have to keep an eye on what your needs are and not just blindly buy whatever is "best in segment" as they have to choose priorities to weight more heavily, usually safety and...
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    Carrying cargo on front hitch cargo carrier

    Hmm. I’ve only put 6k on the vehicle and have 22” wheels so not a lot of sidewall to work with as it is - I don’t think it’s any of those? Not sure higher load rating tires are available for these wheels but just might not have found them.
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    Carrying cargo on front hitch cargo carrier

    When you’re on a highway and hit a large bump does that get pretty bouncy with the centerline? I’m trying to find a solution and I don’t think SumoSprings will help. My eaz lift has bars and chains and the bouncing can be really bad. I’m wondering if a different system would be better or if I...
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    Carrying cargo on front hitch cargo carrier

    I guess I never looked closely at Anderson... I'm not sure that system allows you to "beef it up" by getting a stiffer bar, like the EAZ Lift? In that case you can probably only distribute so much weight with that system although I don't know how much. You might benefit by trading into a...
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    Carrying cargo on front hitch cargo carrier

    EAZ Lift has bars, like a lot of the WDH systems. The bars are rated for a certain amount of bend or weight, mine are rated to distribute 600lbs, so roughly it will put 200lbs on front/rear/trailer. You can swap the bars out if you need to transfer more weight. For now those bars are...
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    Carrying cargo on front hitch cargo carrier

    You can definitely add weight to your front axle beyond the unloaded weight. Point of the WDH is to take weight off the rear axle and distribute it to both the trailer and the front axle. Here’s a before and after when I accidentally didn’t tighten the bars enough. You can see the difference...

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