MUCH more luxurious, in the SEL Premium trim I got. Much more legroom front and back. Slightly more towing capacity.
Yep, the 2024's had infotainment issues. I got a 2025, no issues. Got a huge discount, time will tell if it's reliable.
They can no more opt out of extended warranty repairs than they can opt out of normal warranty repairs. Why would they want to? Ford is paying them to do the work.
If you don't like them telling you the truth, that your oil lasts much longer than you think it does, why bother testing the oil at all? Just change it a whatever more frequent interval that you make up because it makes you feel better.
i have never been treated any differently obtaining service regardless of where I purchased the car. Service departments are separate from the sales department.
GPF might be more reliable than DPF's, as the soot load is a fraction. However DPF problems are not EXTREMELY rare, they are very common. I have several diesel tractors with DPF's and some are trouble free and some are one CEL after another. Limp mode. Ask owners of pickup trucks how trouble...
The manual does not say to change every 5,000 miles except in frequent dust/sand. That picture is 'when to expect the oil life monitor to tell you to change under these conditions', which you conveniently cropped out of the picture.
He said flat towing...no effect on oil life.
The oil life monitor is not inaccurate. Either change it when the monitor tells you to, which is Ford's recommendation. Or change according to some made up more frequent internet advice interval for 'peace of mind'.
Cancelling the Escape/Corsair has nothing to do with the Bronco Sport/Maverick. The 1st 2 sales are dwindling while the latter 2 are strong. The fact that platforms are shared is irrelevant. The Escape is very long in the tooth and uncompetitive with the CR-V, RAV4 and CX-5/CX-50.