Recent content by Bigridge83

Ours just turned 43k. Other than the brake moan that I fixed myself with a set of ceramic brake pads and the sorry china battery that took a crap 3 months out of warranty, ours has not given any major issues. I’m not going to blame the battery issue on ford, because, as a mechanic, I’ve seen...

yea I’ve got gorilla hands myself! It was very aggravated for about a month because the door would only lock when I drove it. And then I figured it out that it was the Neanderthal driving it that was causing the problem!

I narrowed it down to operator error for us. It was how I was opening the door that was causing it to lock. I would pull the handle and then push the door open with my knuckles, which would push the lock to the lock position. Once I realized this I haven’t had any more issues.

You are correct, there is a disconnect at the PTU, but that disconnect is a “dog collar” design, similar to a non synchronized manual transmission. The RDU clutch activates first to get the driveshaft spinning, and when the drive shaft is within 30 rpm of the PTU shaft speed, the PTU will...

After pulling my hair out for a month trying to figure out the issue was, I figured out the problem was me! As I opened up the door, I used my knuckle to push open the door as I pulled the handle, and that caused the door lock to push in. Once I figured that out and was aware of it, obviously...

My wife’s bb does this…I have crawled underneath and pinpointed the noise to the RDU (rear differential unit.) after looking in the shop manual, there is an electric motor that will disconnect the differential from the driveshaft, to help with MPG I’m sure. Im going to assume that this noise is...

Our ‘21 big bend has just turned 14,000 miles and has had zero problems, other than the beluga whale mating call while backing up. I’m not worried about it, I’m going to replace the pads myself when some are available. Ours has the recall on the oil separator but I checked ours out and it is...

I’d be willing to bet a paycheck that the harness will be there. I installed factory fog lamps on my fiesta and the harness was there. Now that I say that, somebody will prove me wrong and I’ll be eating ramen for a couple of weeks ?

Oh yeah ours lugs like a bastard in normal. I also noticed that since we’re not having to run the a/c anymore that the cyl deactivation kicks in ALOT! I don’t drive the car everyday, so it is definitely noticeable. I tried to ease around in sport mode when we were looking at Christmas...

They tried to sell me the ford extended warranty. I promptly declined, as I do all my own work on my vehicles. He then stared at me like I had two heads. I’m sure I lowered his cut of selling the ford esp! It’s a shame they almost have to scare you into buying a warranty, because “it’s...

Another member added their Blackstone report, might as well throw mine up for everybody to take a gander at!

Has anybody run into their drive door locking by itself? I have noticed ours will randomly lock with the key still in the vehicle, but all of the other doors will still be unlocked. It desnt do it everytime, just when you least expect it. It has sat overnight with the key in it and has...

My parents have a 2020 explorer that had a similar issue. All the warning lights on, random messages, wouldn’t start. Finally started and the dealer said the battery was bad. They replaced it and it hasn’t done it since

I’d like to take it down to orcacoke island and drive on the beaches down there some. For me, the more remote the beach is the better. I wouldn’t give you a plug nickel for a week paid vacation at myrtle beach. I’d rather stay at home! Now if that week were in ocracoke village then we’d have...

Ohhhh yeah we don’t have the lane centering aid. Just the lane keeping aid. My mistake ?