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-Brian
The Tuxedo Black is hard to find because as already noted, something in that paint color comes from Japan and they can't get it.
Good luck.
The closest vehicle that I can compare this to is my 2007 Toyota RAV4. I don't seem to have this issue.
Maybe because of the bigger vehicle and engine, as compared to the explorer, maybe this is normal.
Thanks
SOP for 4WD engagement on tractive, non-slippery, surfaces.
I'd say it's just the nature of the 3.5 v6. My wife has an '11 Taurus with the 3.5 and I've noticed a bid of vibration on acceleration through the pedal. My 07 Expedition does the same thing. Fords just tend to have a bit of a graininess in their powertrains.
In both the Expedition and Taurus, I notice the slight vibration in the 2,500 rpm range while accelerating only. The Taurus is just FWD, but the Expe does it regardless of being in 2wd, 4wd, or auto mode.
Absolutely right, really helps ameliorate the torque steer in the more powerful models. Just rented a Flex in Florida a couple of weeks ago. FWD. Was fine until I put it all the way down to merge, and the front end got totally squirly. If it were AWD, that would have hardly been noticed at all.
***More and more these days it seems EPS, Electric Power Stearing, is being used, biased against, torque stear.
And with RWD or R/awd NONE at all.
I was driving my wife's Taurus today and it's noticeable at approximately 2,500rpm while accelerating. I notice it most through my right foot that is on the gas pedal. I'm sure it can be felt through the floorboard too, but I must say it's a very slight vibration. The engine just feels slightly coarse while under a decent load (1/4 throttle or so), once it revs past 2,800rpm or so it goes away and it not noticeable once at cruise speed. I don't know what gear ratio the Explorer uses, but the Taurus at 2k rpm in 6th gear is going 80 mph.
Like WW recommends, I would make sure the tire pressures are in the correct range and balanced.
Fords have really tight drivetrains and it can take a long time for it to break in.
Do a web search for any similar issues with other new gen Explorers.
My wife has only had the Taurus 3 weeks, so she's put about 1600 miles on it so far. Maybe it will smooth up a bit as a few more miles are put on it.
My brother has a '10 Fusion Sport with the same 3.5 v6 and it seems smoother to me. Though it doesn't have a different platform.
Well that will probably take about 3 months.
-Brian
I doesn't seem to attract dust like most of the others.
-Brian
-Brian
My wife wanted to drive it, and it was a few days before we could work it out.
By then, it was gone.
Bashing ONLY the new Explorer, made-over, re-labelled, FWD Taurus X.
It certainly appears that something is wrong that Ford doesn't want to admit publically.
Just guessing.
Not sure why there's delays with orders. I know I wouldn't be able to stand the wait!
-Brian
Is this fact or just a WAG on your part??
Perhaps Ford has decided to not flood the market with the Explorer which would result in the need for heavy incentives. Low availability is profitable for both the dealer and manufacturer.
Wouldn't that be like....90 days of inventory on each dealer's sales lot...??
Is this fact or just a WAG on your part??
Again - answer the question or is deflecting easier??
Flood the market..??!! Wouldn't that be like....90 days of inventory on each dealer's sales lot...??
Actually more than 60 days is flooding the market.
Do they come with the 3.5L now? Didn't know that, thought they were still putting the 3.0L in the Fusion..... That would be one peppy car!
Starting in '10 Ford offered a Fusion Sport that has the 3.5 standard and is the only way to get the 3.5 in a Fusion. It definitely is peppy.
Now rated @ 240 hp.
Our '09 Escape with that engine and 6 speed trans gets about 22 mpg vs our '04 3.0 (200 hp) with 4 speed, which averages about 19 mpg.