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The computers control everything. Turning a key or pressing a button makes no difference.

I've experienced that in multiple various cars in the last 15 years including my 25 EB XLT lux push button. Seems to occur randomly. The common thread seemed to be all were drive by wire were you tell the car what you want to do and it then decides how it wants to deal with your request.

I'm about to order an A.R.E. cap for my Ruby Red 2025 XLT with the black accent package. I'm leaning toward color match, but wondering if anyone had pics of a black cap on red truck.

When was the last time you changed the fluid?

The majority of "warped rotors" is pad contaminant deposits in a rotor from sitting with the pads touching a hot rotor. Example being a hard stop at a red light on a highway with a long light cycle with you sitting with your foot firmly on the pedal. It's best to let off the pedal, roll a foot...

Skipping right over the retroreflective bit or haven't you noticed that yet?

TPMS is not accurate. TPMS on my 2025 has always been about 3 psi low from known accurate gauges. Our 2020 escape was 4-5 PSI low with factory TPMS. Bought new tires 6 months ago and installed 3rd party sensors which read 1-2 PSI low.

10k miles, rotated twice, central Florida where we get torrential rains which can dump so fast even major highways end up with an inch of water even when well drained! No issues with driving in it. Last month there was so much water that it felt like I was driving in snow! I had to input much...

Typical cruisers idle more than 50% of their lifetimes. A hybrid makes much more sense.

Both are drive by wire, so the computer determines throttle response. Put both in sport mode and they’re probably more similar. Normal mode in the Maverick definitely feels tilted towards economy in the first 1/4 of throttle position. Sport mode wakes it up considerably.

As others have said, just drive it and it finds the new sensor locations pretty quickly. I’ve rotated twice & it figured it out in about 4 miles both times.

Not the AC button, the master HVAC ON/OFF button

"Fan off" and "HVAC off" is the same thing, just a different button.

I bought my truck new last year and it would wander, not tracking straight as if it was toed out. I checked the air pressure and found all 4 tires at 44psi. I dropped it to 35 all around and it not only started driving straight, but it rode much better. This has been a somewhat common...

When was the last time you changed your RDU/differential fluid? 50K miles seems to be where sweet spot for it to remind you you haven't done it yet. The recommended change is every 30k miles.

From our last 2 vehicles both having AGM batteries, 2018 Audi & 2020 Ford Escape Hybrid, the factory installed AGM batteries lasted 4-5 years. Both were upgraded one size when I replaced them. Both were started with a lithium jump pack & externally charged twice before replacement. Now I know...

I was a mechanic, I know the game very well. I worked at a honest shop and repaired many things other shops had supposedly fixed and seen many cars that had allegedly been aligned but still had factory paint marks, road grime and/or corrosion proving they had never been adjusted. One car had...

The first measurement shows both front wheels being wrong toward the right side as is steer ahead which means the wheel was slightly right. Total toe is OK. The second measurement shows steer ahead on center and magically both wheels are now within spec. There is no change in total toe...

That's the scam. The wheels were turned slightly in the first measurement. They straightened the wheels for the second measurement. Look at the total toe numbers.

Toe? 0.05”, 0.45” 0.05”, 0.45”