2022 Ford Expedition consumer reviews

I’m Ford’s poster child for the Expedition. I bought my first one in 1997 when they came to the market. That was followed by new purchases in 1999, 2004, 2006, 2011, 2014, 2017 and my recent purchase of a 2022 Limited. All were 4 wheel-drive except for the 2011. The 2 wheel drive Expedition is a lousy snow vehicle. I have several issues with the 2022. The new 15.5” screen is ridiculously annoying and distracting. It also doesn’t work for many changes described in the manual. It sits too high on the dash board, distracting your view and your attention to the road. This should be trashed for future models. I graduated to retractable running boards in 2017 and again in 2022. I don’t like this feature, especially on the 2022. Slower than 2017 and much louder. Why can’t Ford offer fixed running boards on their Limited and Platinum models? GM does on the Tahoe. I don’t like AppleCarPlay, so I’m running on the normal system. When I have the radio or navigation displayed, and then make a phone call, the screen does not return to the previous mode when I hang up the call. I have to touch the radio or nav button to return. Same thing for the instrument cluster. I have to press “Back” and “OK” to get the cluster back to where it was before I made the call. I’ve turned off the Adaptive Cruise Control, but every time I set the cruise, I get a message I have to “OK” that says Adaptive Cruise is disabled. I know that, I disabled it. I also turned off the lane assistance feature. I continue to get error messages that say Driver Rest Needed and has a coffee cup icon. What’s up with that? I can’t disarm the seat belt reminder. There are instructions in the manual, but the initial signal of the belt reminder light going off after 1 minute never happens. I also can’t program out auto door locks. Both of these were easily done in 2017 and earlier. The keyless pad on the door post is a joke. All others I’ve had were buttons on the top of the door handle. The touch screen takes longer to react to inputs and sometimes doesn’t react at all. Ambient lighting has no color options, my 2017 Limited had color options. Not a big deal, but with all the technology, you should be able to change the color of the Expedition in the instrument cluster to your truck color. They took away my double sun visor. On previous models, I stored papers above the top visor and could use the regular visor without losing all the papers. Not anymore. Other frustrations are the front license plate bracket mounts too low, should be higher on the bumper. The hands-free tailgate only works when you have the key fob in your hand. If the truck is unlocked, it should work with the fob lying in the center console. I can’t play music from my phone unless I activate AppleCarPlay. It should be an input option on the regular radio, like the previous models were. Plus, the voice activation is clunky. Won’t accept single names like “Call Joe”. You have to say “Call Joe @ Home” or “Call Joe Smith.” Overall voice activation is the poorest I've had on any previous models. The muffler on my 22 is noisier than any other Expedition I’ve had. I also prefer the tailgate close button in the left side panel instead of tailgate bottom. Ford caved to the rest of the market. I think they had the best idea with the button on the left. I found a pdf of the 628 page owners manual. Who wrote this thing? Under the “S” heading, there are two pages of things starting with “Switching” and in the “W” heading starting with “What is.” Very poorly written.