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2025 Explorer ST Electrical Gremlin or Dash Glitch?

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I have a 2025 Ford Explorer ST that I have had for a couple weeks now and I seem to have some kind of Electrical gremlin or dash glitch and was wondering if anyone has run into this or has one currently doing the same. So on occasion when I park my Explorer and it sits for like 10 to 20 minutes what happens is it make s a bunch of clunking and electrical noises however nothing lights up or or flashes etc in the dash or on the center screen. Then when I go to restart the car I notice that 3 of the pages I have added to the dash have disappeared. Specifically the pages I lose are Drivers Assistance, Trip 2 and the Temperature page. All of these pages Except for the driver assistance page which I think is a default page (but not sure of that) was added by me by ticking the box under the myview setup page. Also if I had a route planned in the Google map it also disappears. When I took it to the dealer and told them exactly how to replicate this they of course either did not follow my instructions or did not wait long enough and simply said they could not replicate it. So I was wondering if anyone else went thru this and if so were you able to fix it and how or is also going thru this weird gremlin. I'm hoping that maybe a future software update might come at some point to fix this as this is still a really new car and its a newer infotainment systems. I however just wanted to put out a feeler to see if this might have happened to anyone else. Thanks!
 

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I was cleaning the wheels the other day and kept hearing a noise. I kept looking all around but couldnt figure it out. Today I was inside and heard it again. My thought was, is there a squirrel under my hood. Mine is going in for moonroof fabric repair on Weds, so I will mention it to them
 

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Aside from the software issues, these vehicles including before 2025, click and tick and make electronic noises often and for a while after being shut off. That part is normal.
 

powerboatr

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Usually if dash is tezetting..it's indicative of a low battery state of charge
The clicking etc is car sensing your near
If you walk away and come back without key snd walk near car, it will make a few clicks as modules wake up
My 23 does it every time I walk past it in front

And once you get out and shut down..it csn take a while for car to sleep or shut down all the modules..iirc testing waits like 45 to 60 minutes
But the biggie is low battery state of charge
Charge battery to 100%
Go fir a drive and see if it stays
There is a truckload of modules etc that eat power.
If you make short trips..it csnt fully recharge
Especially if you have rear ac on mid to high blower
Or constantly unlocking locking etc,
 



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