2007 Ford Explorer consumer reviews

This is the second explorer I have owned. I upgraded to a Limited and more options. It feels like driving a luxury car, has an amazing ride, and I get lots of compliments. I love the options it comes with and it's a great traveling vehicle. The kids love it. I love that they can listen to something different on their headphones while my husband and I listen to our own music, or just have a nice conversation.

Pros Extremely quiet ride and comfortable. Powerful V8 engine, awesome stereo equipments (audiophile), powerfold 3rd row seat. Cons Seat pockets behind the first row are not leather. Ugly Antenna. Over all, it is a great truck. The award winning V8 with 3V has been named one of the top 10 engine in the world for 3 years in a row. User friendly fully integrated Nav and stereo equipments further enhance driving experiences. Beautiful 2 tone leather seating and instrument Panels with power folded 3 row seating make driving experiences more fun than other trucks on the same class. Responsive ventilated disk brakes and loaded safety features are unparallel. The drawbacks are cosmetic, antenna, door handles for the 2nd row, and limited cheap plastic materials.

It took me a while to give up my BMW 325i for a large (at least to me) SUV, but after several weekend trips, I'm glad I made the switch. Of course going from being single (when I got the BMW) to have a significant other, her daughter, and two dogs may have something to do with my point of view. I knew going in that fuel economy must suffer, but I've only given up about 5 miles/gallon which I find amazing when you consider the car is about 1200 pounds heavier. I'm a believer in rear-while drive, fully-independent suspension vehicles so I didn't give up anything there going from the BMW sports sedan to a mid-size SUV. What amazed me more than anything was how quiet the new Ford Explorer is. It is an equal in quietness to the BMW 525i (which I had before the 325i) and better than the 325i. While it took me a long time to convert to SUV land (I'm always late on trends), I'm glad I waited until Ford got the Explorer right.