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2025 Explorer Hands Free Tailgate Release

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Does the 2025 Explorer still have the hands free tailgate release. I've been looking on the Ford website and the forum and don't see any information about them.

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No mention of hands free in the owners manual.
 

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All:

Does the 2025 Explorer still have the hands free tailgate release. I've been looking on the Ford website and the forum and don't see any information about them.

Dennis
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Probably not. It was deleted in late 2022 and I wouldn’t see it coming back.
 

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It sucked anyway. You’re not missing anything.
 

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Thanks for the replies. Doesn't look like it has anymore. I did have another SUV that had it and your right it did have a tendency to false open when you didn't want it to.

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My understanding is it's not available, nor is the parking assist. That from a Ford dealer doing an introduction of the car a couple months ago. He says the parling assist is permanently gone.
 

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I've had parking assist in two vehicles. I've never used the function. Pride myself in my parking ability.
...roll progressive parents commercial.
 

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I've never had a vehicle with it. I've parallel parked while towing. I think it's a cool sounding gimmick, but would never anticipate using it.
 

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Parking assist to me was just always a “hey look at this” feature, never used it otherwise either.
 

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Take it from me, who suffered many months with that hands free tailgate shutting on my f**king head while I was standing under it (I’m probably half an inch shorter now from all those hits lol) and not opening when I wanted it to, opening at random, etc…….you’re very very glad you didn’t get a handsfree tailgate.
 

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Take it from me, who suffered many months with that hands free tailgate shutting on my f**king head while I was standing under it (I’m probably half an inch shorter now from all those hits lol) and not opening when I wanted it to, opening at random, etc…….you’re very very glad you didn’t get a handsfree tailgate.
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Yeah the hands free system hit me a couple times while hooking up a trailer. Makes me feel dumb. I never used it anyway, I don’t mind it being taken away.
 

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get one off a wrecked one at junk yard, I'm sure the wiring and mounting bracket are still there. That's what I'm going to do when my 25 finally get here maybe.
 

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Yeah the hands free system hit me a couple times while hooking up a trailer. Makes me feel dumb. I never used it anyway, I don’t mind it being taken away.
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I yoinked its wires and put it to death a few years ago. Never looked back since lol
 

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It sucked anyway. You’re not missing anything.
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Dude I never understand this. It’s awesome on my 2020. Works 90% of the time or better. Just gotta know where to kick. I’m constantly carrying tons of shit (a true grocery getter), so I legit use it constantly
 

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Dude I never understand this. It’s awesome on my 2020. Works 90% of the time or better. Just gotta know where to kick. I’m constantly carrying tons of shit (a true grocery getter), so I legit use it constantly
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Looks like you got lucky because our 2020 it barely worked, and it sucked to try to use.
 

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Looks like you got lucky because our 2020 it barely worked, and it sucked to try to use.
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dang that stinks. And you figured out exactly where you needed to kick? Mine is like right under the backup sensors
 

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dang that stinks. And you figured out exactly where you needed to kick? Mine is like right under the backup sensors
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Yep knew where to kick. Ours was an A Build 2020 so it definitely had its quirks.
 

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Yep knew where to kick. Ours was an A Build 2020 so it definitely had its quirks.
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Roger that. Mines an A build also but generally got lucky. Lots of quirks and strange noises, but generally ok.
 

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Roger that. Mines an A build also but generally got lucky. Lots of quirks and strange noises, but generally ok.
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Ours has every single problem that was known, but once they were fixed it was ok. Still, with all those problems it was hard not to love it. I love these vehicles.
 

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