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I understand buying a vehicle can be an emotional experience and the sales people do most everything possible to get you into said vehicle and before you know it you are driving off the lot and now you think you've made a mistake. Because most new and newer vehicles have displays with touch...

Congrats on your vehicle choice and congrats to your son for soon going off the college. When you do replace the tires 245/75/17's will end up rubbing on the backside of the front wheel wells in certain situations, 245/65/17's will do better. Enjoy the new ride.

Even with Fords current 0% 48 month financing offer a 60k note will be $1250 a month. Unless you're a good saver or pull money with creative financing (home equity line of credit) or don't buy the latest and greatest vehicle there is no way around high payments, it's become the norm.

As you noted you currently are not experiencing RDU prblems. Typically if the RDU is starting to have problems it will make a grinding type sound when performing slow tight turns. Ford claims the RDU can also make the same grinding sound if the RDU fluid is contaminated, but if changing the...

Badlands went to the dealer for "The Works Package" and the recalls for the battery inspection along with the body control module and powertrain control module calibration updates. When I picked up the Badlands after the service it seems like it runs better than it did when I dropped it off...

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Back in the day I used to paint my calipers. Nowadays nope, just not that important. I've seen some tire shops will do it for customers, I haven't asked what they charged, just a tech with a spay can and some masking while the wheel is off.

Oil life depends on multiple factors. How you drive, long or short trip length, the environmental conditions hot, cold, vehicle load and or towing I was just in Arizona (Lake Havasu), it was hot and I know it stays that way for an extended periods of time and in that environment if you use...

Likely there will be no consensus, you will get almost as many recommendations as the number of belly buttons posting them. These days if you stick with the brand name manufactures it's hard to go wrong. Find a place you can get a fair deal and good service. Your only stipulation seems to be...

Fortunately or unfortunately depending how you look at it, the best way to have the issue diagnosed is to take your Sport to a dealer, they have the software that can talk to whatever modules are involved with the codes you see, to find out whats causing the problem, otherwise you're just...

The Op's transmission has been having issues for awhile, could be a coincidence that it died post fluid flush. Though the latest train of thought is if you haven't been servicing a transmission on a regular basis, don't start at a higher mileage, you'll be asking for trouble.

After my Badlands battery was replaced, auto start stop is basically transparent, I have to look at the tach to see if it actually shut off. Early on when I was test driving Sports, auto start stop on the 1.5 models was clunky and seemed like a gimmick, I could see how people wouldn't like it

Mostly drive with the AC on, the Sport has too much wind noise and buffeting with the windows open. Off road wind noise isn't a big issue and I can stick my head out when needed to comunicate with a spotter or listen for any scraping or banging sounds.

I have Rubitreks on my Badlands, 245 65R 17's, they currently have 41XXX miles, no problems. I will buy them again when they wear out or become unserviceable.

I have a 2021 Badlands, I had the original software update for the body control module and powertrain control module performed, I have not had any issues because of it. Supposedly there is a problem with the original update and now there is new software update. I have the recall showing in my...

All prepped for off road, where are the dirty pic's, lol

Most people that choose the Sport over the full size Bronco for the following: 1. Fits in the garage. 2. Manageable size. 3. Better fuel economy. 4. Less truck like driving dynamic. 5. Don't need full size Bronco capability. 6. Less cost. I've had my Badlands for over 4 years now, I see more...

5 Star and Stillen list 2025 2.0 liter tuners for the Sport, it would likely be best to contact them directly to verify.

In summary, the vehicle senses the battery has a low state of charge and has put unnecessary systems to sleep to preserve the battery. As mentioned, this was a problem for some of the previous years of the Sport. Ford came up with a software update and also found certain batteries had a...

Good luck with the new ride, enjoy the trip! I just came back from a Lake Havasu weekend run with my Badlands, the fuel mileage suffers a bit doing 80 to 90 mph, ?