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  1. rcompart

    4th Gen Expy FORScan Modifications

    Close but not the same. Once the brakes are applied at a stop light, Auto Hold continues to apply the brakes indefinitely so long as it's enabled, the doors are closed and the driver seatbelt is fastened.
  2. rcompart

    4th Gen Expy FORScan Modifications

    If you've driven a Mercedes, you'd understand how nice it becomes when you're sitting at stop lights during your whole commute to and from work. It's now the feature both my wife and I miss the most from our E550. It was the KeylessGo on all four door handles prior to us getting the 2018 Expy as...
  3. rcompart

    4th Gen Expy FORScan Modifications

    It allows you to press the brake hard enough to apply the brakes and then release the pedal and the brakes continue to hold until you press the brake again or press the accelerator pedal...
  4. rcompart

    4th Gen Expy FORScan Modifications

    Yes, right now the extended license is free and like ExpyAndy said, it will most likely need to be purchased in the future. This right now is my main objective with FORScan. I want to find out if its possible to enable Auto Hold and whether it can be done simply with software or if it will...
  5. rcompart

    Long Term Ride Quality

    I've driven both on the same routes and I felt the ride quality was the same between the two. That being said, the seats in my new Expedition are incredibly comfortable and a very large step above what was in both predecessors but the seats in the new Navigator are ridiculously comfortable when...
  6. rcompart

    4th Gen Expy FORScan Modifications

    The license is free but you need to register and then apply for it on their website. The odds of causing irreversible and permanent damage are pretty small but they do exist. Like mossback said, if you’re afraid of messing something up, be sure to back up all the control units and then stick to...
  7. rcompart

    FX4 and LED Headlights

    2018 Expy Limited MAX
  8. rcompart

    FX4 and LED Headlights

    On our Limited, the highs and lows are both LED so I would assume the same is true for the Platinums as well. Most of the time, manufacturers put all the LEDs, drivers and controls in/on the headlamp housing. It concentrates the assembly packaging and also allows the use of the heat generated...
  9. rcompart

    Long Term Ride Quality

    Part of the design intent with these various vehicles is more off-road capability, more passenger capacity, more on-road comfort or more payload and towing capacity and you buy what gives you need most if what you need. I wouldn’t say the Expy has reduced capability vs the F350, just different...
  10. rcompart

    4th Gen Expy FORScan Modifications

    Or if you’re in the Chicago area, I’d be glad to make the changes for you.
  11. rcompart

    4th Gen Expy FORScan Modifications

    You will need the OBDLink MX VCI and a windows PC with the FORScan software installed, then you need to apply for the extended license so you can write to the blocks and then you can use it make all sorts of modifications, disabling auto start/stop being one of the more common made ones.
  12. rcompart

    4th Gen Expy FORScan Modifications

    I’m using the Bluetooth OBDLink MX. It’s a pretty robust VCI and it communicates on both the MS and HS CAN networks right out of the box x without having to modify anything. It does NOT work with Apple products but it’s much more stable than the wifi version that is and for what I purchased it...
  13. rcompart

    4th Gen Expy FORScan Modifications

    FORScan is software that allows you to modify some of the settings of the vehicle that would otherwise only be available for change by a dealer technician. The F-150 guys have put together quite a list of stuff that works for their trucks and while a good deal are specific to a particular...
  14. rcompart

    Long Term Ride Quality

    Our 2017 was a nice riding vehicle with CCD and 22” wheel option but it wasn’t as soft and subdued over rougher roads and it lumbered through turns and when maneuvering in parking lots in comparison to our new 2018 with the same options. I’m guessing it has to do with changes to the suspension...
  15. rcompart

    2018 Rear Entertainment Initial Feedback

    Has anyone else been able to find the manual for the RSE online? I have not so I am sharing the PDF that was on a disc included with the headphones and remotes. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iP7pLT_FTk_kCo0EZiRGximbsWNfzvaj/view?usp=sharing
  16. rcompart

    Long Term Ride Quality

    We didn't think the ride quality of our 2014 changed much from when we first bought it but I can tell you the difference between it and the 2017 we bought was night and day, and again so with our new 2018. That's not to say the suspension components broke in or wore out, just that the subtle...
  17. rcompart

    4th Gen Expy FORScan Modifications

    I just took delivery of my 2018 Expedition Limited MAX this morning and by noon, I was already playing around with FORScan. Here is what I have found works so far. Everything listed below has been confirmed working. If you find something you think is of interest that you have confirmed working...
  18. rcompart

    The "Auto Stop-Start" is so annoying!!!!

    I finally had a chance to pick up our 2018 Expy Limited and I've had a little time to poke around in FORScan and play with some values in the various control units. Auto start stop is easy to disable in the BdyCM by changing the second digit in block 726-48-02 to x0xx xxxx xxxx. I'm going to...
  19. rcompart

    Got my build date

    I guess the I guess the car gods looked down on us with delight. Sorry to hear yours is taking so long. I have heard horror stories where vehicles sit in a giant lot overlooked because paperwork wasn't processed properly. :(
  20. rcompart

    Got my build date

    We ordered ours the first week of September and it was delivered last week. Took about 3 weeks to go from in order processing to delivered.
  21. rcompart

    Add DVD headrests- audio through stereo or fm modulator?

    We opted not to get the rear seat entertainment with our 2014 because we were just starting our family and they were both rear-facing. We did the same with our 2017 since one was forward-facing but the other was still rear-facing and we figured we’d go the iPad route and just velcro the one to...
  22. rcompart

    Add DVD headrests- audio through stereo or fm modulator?

    No kidding!!! Remember having the only forms of entertainment on road trips being the road sign alphabet game or I spy... and that was provided you weren’t playing keep your mouth shut because mom “got” dad lost!
  23. rcompart

    Fake Engine Noise

    I'll chime in once we take delivery of our new Limited MAX. If it is, I will be disabling it with Forscan.
  24. rcompart

    Test Drive...?

    What this guy said. ^ When we had to unload 20 sheets of sheet rock and half a dozen sheets of plywood, it went from a nice afternoon to downpours and heavy winds that evening. We brought it home with the tailgate tied closed but there is no way we wouldn't have had a mess the following morning...
  25. rcompart

    Got my build date

    Our 2018 Limited MAX was just delivered to the dealer. Longest wait ever but with so much stuff happening tomorrow and Saturday, we’re gonna have to wait a little more and pick it up after Christmas. :(

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