Recent content by Eric Hallenbeck

Belle tire has some BF Goodrich Long Trail AT p265/65r17 tires You think these would work OK? Thanks, Eric

Thanks to all of you for your advice. Thanks Lil Red: I will talk to them about the TSB 08-4-16, and opening a CUDL case with Ford. I'm going to look into the XCAL too. Thank you hellhound94 for the search keywords...going to check out your blogs. Glad to hear the warranty covers this...

Please excuse my ignorance...but what exactly is the "Mecatronic". This may arm me with more info when I take it back. I know they replaced about 2000 bucks worth of parts once, or so they say, but it did not help. Ran nice for about 1000 miles, then all of the sudden, the bump was back...

It costs about 75 bucks and the TSB gives them 1 hour tech time to do it. I have been in the extended (ESP) warranty. They waived the fee cause this problem started when the vehicle was almost brand new. I'm a Ford employee, so I am familiar with the CUDL (Customer Data Link) system, and...

Thanks for the replies. Looks like there's not a lot of wiggle room on the tires. I go up on the Silver Lake Sand Dunes and air down the tires to 10 lb psi. The more tire I have on the sand, the less I sink in, and therefore can climb better. Also have a bigger footprint. Bigger rims would...

Hello to all, I have a 2007 with 17" wheels, and a V8, 6 speed. Any ideas what the biggest tires I can put on without voiding an extended warranty, and can the speedo be reprogrammed to accomodate larger tires? Thanks, Eric

I have a 2007 V8 4X4 with 48,000 miles on it. About every 10,000 miles I have to take it back to have the module reprogrammed. I think they have replaced it as well. Same problem just came back again. A slip going from 1 -2 on upshift, and a clunk when just about at a complete stop. Any...