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I have a new 2017 ford explorer Limited with the standard 12 speaker Sony sound system. The sound setting menu have slider controls for treble,midrange and bass control. The treble slider min and max setting does not change the high frequency sound of the tweeters. Does not matter what sound...

I have downloaded sync 3.6 to my usb flash drive but have not installed it in my car yet. The instructions say to NOTE ANY SAVED NAVIGATION POINTS BEFORE INSTALLING. What does this mean? I have several saved navigation points and thought the new 3.6 version automatically saves them when...

I have a 2011 explorer with navigation and the latest mft update installed . I am a subscriber to sirius traffic link. I recieve weather info and the weather map ok but have never recieved traffic and road construction info on my navigation map. I have all the road construction and detours etc...

I have a 2011 explorer limited with navigation. I understand that the turn by turn directions and the map feature is the default setting if you have navigation in your car. If you loose satelite signal your turn by turn directions and map data are gone. If you are driving and this happens can...

I have the latest sync update installed in my explorer. When i access the POI menue in navigation it will not let me verbally cancel and go to another screen like climate ,phone or audio. If i am searching for a POI and decide to cancel my search by saying cancel the system refuses to accept any...

I loaded sync 2.11 onto my explorer a couple of months ago using a usb thumb drive. I had previously had 2.8 version installed . I have had more problems with MFT with the 2.11 version and was wondreing if i can re-install the 2.11using the same thumb drive that i originally installed it with...

I have a 2011 EX limited with navigation with sync 2.8 installed. I have had the Ex since january and have had very little trouble with the operation of the system. Not a single reboot or any bugs other than slow responce from the system. It has been a very stable system untill i installed the...

I finished installation of the v-leds 9005 35 watt 5000k HID kit. Before i removed the stock halogen bulbs i tested the existed light pattern on my driveway and garage door and took measurements of the existing beam pattern. I also drove the vehicle in our the village and tested light output...

I have a 2011 EX . I have found the fuse box but cant figure out how to get the cover off. Its so dam awkward to get to and see. Does the cover have some catch or latch that has te be pried apart before the cover will come off. Ive tried pulling it straight off and prying it from side to side...

Those who have installed these kits in the 2011 EX, are you happy with the results ? Was there a dramatic improvement over the stock halogens ? Would you do it again. Have you had any problems blinding other oncoming traffic ? So many negatives written about how these retrofit kits are...

With winter approaching i was wondering how everbody who lives up north safely cleans there plastic headlight lenses from ice and snow without scratching the plastic lens. My previous cars i have used the plastic ice scrapers you use on your glass windshied to remove frozen snow and ice. My...

The manual; shows a single filament bulb 2005-Hb3 for the headlamp. A 2005 bulb is catagorized as a high beam bulb correct? How does this bulb give off low beam lighting? When activating the low beams it sounds like some motorized shield comes down to cutoff the upper part of the lamp to direct...

Who do blame for this mess, ford engineering or ford quality control dept? How could ford engineering release such a unstable system to the sales dept? Certainly they must have spent many hours road testing this system before releasing it to sales. Certainly some of these glithes must have...

I am having problems with MFT recognizing playlist from Windows media player. I have songs and playlist downloaded to my USB thumb drive. MFT will only play and recognized the artist and songs on the drive. The screen shows the name of the playlists as being available but there are no songs in...

Does anyone know if this can be a dealer installed option?

very frustrated with the factory nav system. You cant trust it to compute a correct route 50% of the time which means for long trips i still have to have a set of computer generated printed map quest instructions for my destination. searching for P.O.I by name with voice commands is pretty...

Does the antenna on the roof recieve all signals from gps satellite,sirius satelite, and am/fm radio? Is there another antenna mbuilt into the vehicle somewhere. The reason i ask is that my am/fm reception sucks compare to all other vehicles i have owned. I live 40 miles across lake michigan in...

I have downloaded a jpg photo onto a flash drive and have uploaded it onto mft okay but i get a message that it is improperlly formatted and it will not be displayed . I understand that the file size cannot be larger than 1.5 mb and it is not. But i dont understand the screen size maximum of...

Has any one notice how loose and sloppy fitting the window glass is in both the front and rear doors. Roll the windows down a couple of inches and put your palms on the glass and you can literally move the glass up and down and sideways at least half and inch. This seems odd to me . My 2004 ford...

Has anyone tried to remove the plastic pieces that are hanging down below the front rear wheel wells.? They are bolted to the undercarrage with two screws that are easily taken off but there is something else holding the plastic piece inside the fender well. There does not seem to be a way to...

My ford touch on my 2011 limited has worked flawlessly for 4 months except playin music through the usb thumb drive ports, I have my itunes music on sansa 8 gig thumb drives. The music freezes sometimes and indexes to the next song. I just had sync 2.8 installed and now have more issues and...

Im having some problems playing music using my USB flash drive in my explorer. I am taking my car to the dealer to fix the problem. I have sync 2.4 already installed in my vehicle. I assume they will install the newer version of 2.7 in my vehicle. My question is once they install the new...

Any one know how to add a headphone jack to the explorer limited. I am dissapointed that the sony audio system has plenty of audio imputs but no audio outputs whatsoever. My wife likes to read a book while traveling but i like to jam listening to music. I have my music library in the car on cds...

Has anyone else have a problem with the sony sound system not displaying any information about artist,track or album when playing a CD. The same albums downloaded onto a USB flash drive and played on the sound system show the artist,and track information. My dealer tried my CDs on various...

Alright where are they hiding all the speakers??? I have the limited 2011 EX and can only find 10 speakers and it is suppose to have 12. Here is the location of the speakers i have found so far. 2 speakers in each front door. [total of 4 in front doors] 1 center speaker in dashboard. 2...