Picked up my 2025 Ford Explore ST last week

[Blue Beast]

I picked up my 2025 Explorer ST last week, having had the previous 2021 Explorer ST.
I was surprised by what is no longer available, here's a short list, let me know if you have any questions:

No longer available:
Hands-Free, Foot-Activated Liftgate
Active Park Assist
Door Sill lighting
Leather Seats
Dash configurations when you switch modes
(Previously when you switched to say Sport Mode everything went red and the dash focused on sport related dials)
The PRNL & Mode Dials will keep spinning until you stop (Annoying)
Second-row Console

Not crazy about:
Seating material
Floor mats are cheap
Android based System is frustrating and distracting.
Limited amount of physical buttons to manage functions.
STILL NO RADIO Control other than volume from the steering wheel.

Dealer had no instruction available for BlueCruise
LJS

Welcome to the forum

 

[GomerPyleST]

Got this fixed...took about 5 minutes. They pulled the panel and out the connector back where it was supposed to be.

On the way home, the center screen went blank (doubt it was related). Sirius was on - touched the screen with no response - pushed the front camera button & it showed up, but went blank when the camera was disabled - "Ford" showed up when I shut down the car - everything worked normally when I restarted the car.

My Screen went black once, but so far has not done it again and it was only for a few seconds. I did have another little glitch the other day. I had Audio off and locked and left the car for like 15 minutes. When I came back and started up Audio was back on and set to Bluetooth which is fine because I don't have any music on my phone. However when I went to turn it off by the physical button is would just flash real quick, but then it would still be on. it did this until I changed the source to another like AM/FM, then back to the Bluetooth, then I hit the button again and this time it turned off. I wish there was a way to default the map to full size as I hardly listen to music nowadays unless on a road trip and I wish there was a way to not have the audio automatically start. Right now I have it set where there is no source to pull from, but it's like the start/stop button, seems like I always have to hit the off button to keep it off and to have it actually say Audio off. I'm hoping ford is gathering some data so they can release an update for all these little quirks after more people buy the 2025's.

 

[Caster]

Screens going black on rare occasions aren't anything new in any Ford vehicle. Nearly all reset by turning off the vehicle and restarting it. Its the wonderful world of computer and electronic glitchery.

 

[JADE97]

Screens going black on rare occasions aren't anything new in any Ford vehicle. Nearly all reset by turning off the vehicle and restarting it. Its the wonderful world of computer and electronic glitchery.

The issue in my 22 F250 Tremor was found to be due to a loose connector on the touchscreen.