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Medano Pass. Got thru the mud and sand just fine while it was still labeled "impassable." Other than a couple Wranglers coming thru I had the trail to myself!

I use the VLR on just the rubber floor! About once a year I follow-up with Mother's Protectant on the floors and such as well. For the carpet mats I haven't yet cleaned them with anything but straight water from my pressure washer. It's been two years and they're still doing great. Dust...

Agreed. The article lacks meaningful content, and many of the recalls it talks about, I've never heard about. I got the premium package with my badlands, so I have the faux leather seats, rubber floors, and carpet floor mats. Gotta say I was super skeptical of the carpeted floor mats, but...

Even if you don't have soy-based insulation, rodents (of all sorts) still love to chew through wires for some reason. I had an older model 4Runner that had the left front ABS sensor line chewed when it was in storage after shipment. Would have been a $170 wire harness but there was enough...

I have heard it when I'm on a trip to colder places. First reverse of the day in cold weather and it HOWLS. Fortunately, the atmospheric conditions where I currently live are not conducive to making the howl. On the unfortunate side, when I went to the dealer to try to get the TSB done for...

This vehicle has quite a bit of torque steer. If you're accelerating as you're changing lanes, you'll definitely feel it! You'll get used to that little quirk pretty quickly and learn to compensate for it.

The rear toe was out from the factory on my vehicle. It drove just fine on the highway but was definitely noticeable that something was a bit off when going over bumps.

Yes, it's definitely an issue. I fabed a little plastic piece to hold mine in place. The new kits are supposed to have a little bracket to move it under the link. Sucks they haven't updated their YouTube video...

This sounds like the time that I put a stop-leak in my coolant to "fix" my head gasket leak. Spoiler alert- it fixed nothing. 100 miles later I was pouring white smoke out the tailpipe and it didn't want to go above 40 mph. Another application masked the problem long enough for me to drive it...

:shock: Just that first one is shocking. I don't have any measurable oil consumption in 5,000 miles. Did the dealer explain what those 120 miles were? When I bought my Bronco it had like 7 or 8 miles on it. It sounds like someone in the dealership might have taken your vehicle out joyriding...

Had this same thing happen to me when I got my Escape serviced years ago. FIrst, they didn't do it at all, and when I pointed it out, took them 10 minutes of arguing, another 10 minutes to measure the tread depth, then a half hearted apology that they were wrong and forgot to do it. Then, they...

I really liked that the old version had a VIN-sorted owners manual. So you only saw the stuff that was actually on your vehicle. Fingers still crossed they bring back the full features of the previous app. Still incredibly annoyed that my service receipt pictures for parts and oil are not...

I've had to do both SYNC updates (so far) myself as well. I have super fast wifi, and a good signal strength but it still never seems to want to download that way. Luckily they offer the at-home USB option so you don't have to go to the dealer. I was also having issues with my SYNC before...

One of the first things you might consider is getting some undercarriage protection if you are going to be taking it off-road at all. There's several companies that have the engine and some front protection on offer. There's now also a couple of options for protection of the gas evap can (a...

If you live in a dusty environment (or actually take the vehicle off-road) I would stay away from the K&N filters. They're great if you're trying to go fast and don't care about longevity, but the oil on the filter isn't great at keeping dust and other fine particulate matter out of your cabin...

This is really interesting and really highlights my surprise when I was getting to know my Bronco. The difference in acceleration between my T-Bird (2004 Pacific Coast Roadster) and my Badlands isn't really that noticeable, which was truly a bit shocking as I wasn't expecting that kind of...

Don't think the transmission fluid would be too hot in that situation. I had gone up the trail about 2 hours before, hiked, then drove back down. When I hit the hill I had "issues" on I had only been driving for a half mile on uneven, but mostly level dirt road.

Given the current recall, I hooked up my battery tender I got for my other vehicle I don't daily drive, and was a bit shocked when my BS battery state was shown to be only 25% charge. One of the reasons I hooked it up is that my auto start/stop was still showing disabled last week when I...

In my experience, this isn't entirely true. I have a '22 Badlands, and I was on a steep downhill, forest service-type road (loose rock/gravel, nothing crazy) after coming to a full stop and staying under 4 mph using my brakes, in manual mode, the engine STILL shifted into 3rd gear automatically...

I've learned this the hard way as well. When you change your oil, never put in more than the overall capacity states. Also, you won't ever get out all of the oil in the engine, so you really shouldn't have to add that much new oil. If you're in doubt, always measure the amount of oil that...