New Expedition Owner - First post

[Nalvenin]

Hello everyone, really excited to have a new vehicle... I traded-in my 2015 tahoe LTZ for this 2020 Expedition XLT with the 202A package and few other extras... I love everything about the vehicle so far except a couple of things..

The engine... it's very sluggish off the gate to me but i came from a V8 5.4L engine to this twin turbo 6c... so maybe i just have to get used to it.

Second, the audio system is worst than in my wife's 11yr old Hyundai...6 speakers?? ugh The test vehicle i drove had a really good sound system with the 202A package but it was a 2019. Well, after much reading, I found out Ford decided to remove the audio upgrade from the 202A package for 2020! Bummer.... what have you 2018-2020 expedition owners done to upgrade the sound system... it's really, really subpar for a $62k vehicle! Dealer never mentioned it or offered an upgrade.. nothing.. Thanks.

 

[Jeff R]

Congrats on the new vehicle and welcome to the Forum!

 

[Gillbrak]

welcome.
FWIW
2015 Tahoe with the 5.3: 0-60 6.7 sec, 15.1 qtr mi.
2020 XLT: 0-60 6.2 sec, 14.8 qtr mi.

 

[Nalvenin]

welcome.
FWIW
2015 Tahoe with the 5.3: 0-60 6.7 sec, 15.1 qtr mi.
2020 XLT: 0-60 6.2 sec, 14.8 qtr mi.

Yes, after a hundred feet it goes... but the takeoff... ugh! I'm still getting used to it..

 

[Nalvenin]

Congrats on the new vehicle and welcome to the Forum!

Thanks! Hope to find a good community and help here.

 

[Alex Taylor]

Welcome to the forum! Just got mine last week. A tip on acceleration, I put an AEM air filter in mine and put some octane booster in it (try a tank of 91-93 octane as well) and you should see a notable uptick in launch. I read somewhere especially with turbo motors that high octane gas can provide a +10% HP increase (which is why they use race gas in race cars I suppose.) Also given it's a new motor it may take a couple of hundred miles for it to break in so keep that in mind.

For launching I do this on mine:

• Put in sport mode
• Put it in 4H or AWD (if you have that)
• Lock the rear dif (again if you have that)
• Turn OFF traction control
• With your foot on the break rev it to ~2,000 RPM then let it rip.

This should give you our best possible 0-60MPH time.

Hope this helps!

Alex

 

[2018ExpyPlatinum]

Congrats and welcome. Lots of good info on here.

 

[armoredsaint]

congrats!

 

[KenK]

Congratulations on the new vehicle.
I went from an older suburban to Expy Max 4x4 XLT and love it.
BTW the Expy is way faster than the Suburban. If you want to launch it harder just power brake it a little or a lot to get those turbos spinning.

 

[Deadman]

If you would have the tow package, the gearing would be more realistic for a 6,000 lbs vehicle. I'm assuming yours most likely has the 3.31 gears in it.