2025 FORD EXPLORER! The upgrades I've been waiting for
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.พ. 2025
- I'm at the New York Auto Show and I am so excited to take a look at the newly refreshed 2025 Ford Explorer!
While this was just a mid cycle refresh, on the exterior we have a larger grill and sleeker headlights. The interior got a total overhaul though! This platinum edition looks sleek, fresh and lux! The new Explorer has some really fantastic standard features like heated seats, power tailgate and Ford Co Pilot 360.
I was very impressed with this refresh and can't wait to get my carseats and stroller in one in the future to really put it to the test!
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SO happy they put a bench in the second row for the higher trims. I want the luxury but need a second row bench and it’s so disappointing that car manufacturers don’t hardly do that.
THIS!! I was so excited to hear about bench availability. Other brands… take
Notes!
Looks much nicer than previous explorers like you said. I like that the 3rd row is power seats to fold on their own and that there is some trunk space even with the 3rd row up!
Thanks for the review!
I agree!
BIG THANK YOU 🙌
I appreciate the videos, especially w/ car seats. Just recommend you also put a fwd facing car seat on 2nd row and try to access 3rd row with car seat installed so we can have a realistic idea of how the mechanics will work… God Bless you! 😘🙏💕💕💕
Love this tour, Kelly! Looks like a great upgrade all around.
Yay! The review I’ve been waiting for! 😍
This is the review I was waiting for! I’m excited for this!!!
I was so excited I thought the Expedition was gonna be there 😭
We have a 2022 ST. Love the changes up front with the landscape screen(ours has portrait) and the new location of the wireless charger. I’m disappointed they didn’t change the rear cup holders, they’re awful and won’t hold much more than a bottle of soda. Plus, whatever does fit tips easy, so it better be a closed container.
Do we know if sunshades will be on all trims ??
Is ambient lighting an option? I love the lights in my cup holders on my 2024
Does it have lower latch anchors in the 3rd row???
Trying to pick between this and the 2025 Santa Fe. Thoughts? Super tall Dad, two kids in rear-facing car seats; need to be able to tow. Both of these seem like good options.
They are pretty similar, but the Explorer is definitely bigger and would probably be my pick for you! Also check out this blog- the rear facing car seats you use will make a big difference in your driver leg room.
www.thecarmomofficial.com/family/best-car-seats-for-front-seat-legroom
How does this compare to the Traverse in size? Specially the 2nd row space for car seats
I have the 2018 Ford Explorer Platinum and I like it for the most part. My main complaints are accessing the third row with the bench seat and my kid's car seats installed. You have to go through the trunk. However, what probably bugs me the most is the tiny fuel tank. For the power in this car (350 hp I believe) it really needs a larger fuel tank. I am constantly at the gas station. Literally every 4-5 days I have to fill up again! The infotainment section of this new one looks way nicer than in mine though! Love the little charging shelf
great feedback on your experience with the Explorer! Im very happy with the upgrades Ford made
20 gallon tank
In terms of materials and trying to be plastic free as possible and scents etc. what car maker uses less plastic? Is that even a thing?
Thanks for the review…can you access the third row with car seat installed with tether anchors? I want to get the bench option but not sure if it would be easy to access third row…thnx
Is the Australian 2025 model the same as this one ?
Are there USB charging ports for the second row seats, similar to the Hyundais and Kia’s?
My FAV midsize suv!!!
4:15 OH NO! 😱😱😱
What happened to the car seat friendly tilt?!?!? 😩😩😩
May need to consider this now. Ive been waiting to check out Toyota Crown Signia hybrid
I'd wait for the kinks to get worked out on the refresh model. Our 2020 need a new transmission before 100k😢 driver heated seat blown, navigation is funky and the infotainment can be wonky. The power and space is nice though
I lik the Ford Explorer ❤
ST Model is my favorite.
Then Platinum, ST Line, Active...
With a bench seat would the middle seat be big enough for an adult to sit there comfortably?
Between two car seats? Probably not 😕
Do you think there is more trunk space in the 2025 with the 3rd row up then previous years?
I don’t think so.. it looks identical to my 22 trunk space!
@@Sroyder11 It looks the same as my 2020 Explorer Platinum. She kinda of skimmed over this and the storage not mentioning the spare tire?.
The expedition needs the 2nd row sunshades built in. Ford just released the 2025 and guess what???? No 2nd row sunshades. Is it really that hard to just add them in ford?
Blue Cruise is good. While the interior is improved, it’s still a model that needs to be improved.
With Ford’s warranty problems, it’s simply not worth paying that price. Buy a Toyota Highlander.
Ford needs to let the public know that they are serious about innovation and quality.
Maybe offer a 7 year 75,000 mile bumper to bumper manufacturers warranty? Make it a Hybrid with the Hybrid Technology they use in their Escape. That’s what Toyota is doing.
It’s frustrating how they redecorate instead of innovate, especially when they have the technology in another vehicle.
Interesting 👍
It’s great, except for the 3rd row seating! I want a Grand Explorer with a decent 3 passenger seating like the Grand Highlander! This is solely the reason why we’re considering buying the GH… if the 3rd row seats were comparable, I’d buy the Explorer…
The Explorer was the best selling midsize SUV last year in part because Grand Highlander cannibalized some Highlander sales. Highlander had been the midize SUV sales champ some previous years. Also last year there were almost a dozen compact SUVs that outsold the Explorer.
Where is the head up display?
4:00 3rd row knees are elevated
Am I the only one that hates digital gauge cluster and digital climate control?
Ticks off so many boxes!
Pretensioner seat belts in the 2nd row!!
Ceiling vents in 2nd and 3rd row
Sunshades
Bench seat options
But why do I not love the looks of these domestic brand cars…
it has a ton going for it!! aesthetics are totally personal preference but I did find the interior to be really pretty!
I have the 2021, which isn’t drastically different, in my opinion, and I hate it. The third row is way too low which I didn’t notice when I bought it because the kids were in boosters. Now biggest kid is 4’9” and won’t sit back there because it’s uncomfortable. I also have regretted the captains chairs. Bought them for easy access to third row but now need 7th seat like now! Also had lots of trouble with recalls and quirks. For us it’s a hunk of junk I can’t wait to pay off and be rid of.
Soon to be four!? Congrats!🎉
thanks!
First time I heard you say blues clues 😂
I definitely said blues cruise... its hard not too!!
@@TheCarMom I definitely did a double take, lol
Adding bench seat option for higher trims is best thing ever!!! more companies should do it. Good job ford!
Guys, its soooo lux! LMAO. Anyways, the same issue i have with my 2017, crappy center console storage. That center console area needs another overhaul.
Was hoping for a bigger trunk! I’ll keep looking 😊
Can you review the 2024 Chevy Malibu?
How tall are you? 😂 I am very tall and I just make sure if this car could be a good deal.
I'd much rather have the 2025 Traverse. Better looking in and out. And much more space
If only Ford gave childeat tilt from expedition info Explorer !!
YEP… fingers crossed for the reassign
I like the Chinese version. I was shocked on the touch screen, except it won't extend across like the Chinese version in 2023. Also, the taillights are confusing compared to the Chinese version..
👎 You Did Not Show the Functions of the New Tail Lights
I saw the 2027 full redesign. Its going to look like an oversized Ford Escape with radical style.
There is no thigh support in the third row.
Yeah but it is a ford and first gen of this model. I have deep concerns about putting my family in there regarding reliability
We buy Ford for their reliability. less recalls than honda pilot. The days of thinking only Toyota and Honda are reliable is outdated
kelly kinda cute lowkey
I love the flat wireless charging pad!!! My 2020 expedition wireless charging pad is slanted and literally my phone can’t sit at that angle to charge. Terrible design.
Yes, I love this too!! I have a 2020 Explorer and have issues all the time with mine, not to mention mine is behind the cup holders at the center console, like who thought that was a good place for it? 🤣
Why would you want to drive hands free, especially when your family is in the car with you……mom?
I wish people would just get the minivan they actually need rather than fussing about features on SUVs and watering them down until they are good at nothing.
Sorry but that minivan won’t make it down my dirt road in a Minnesota winter. Just sayin.
families come in all shapes and sizes and minivans simply don't fit some lifestyles. ALSO, why should families be limited only to minivans? the entire point of my channel is to showcase cars from the perspective of a mom
@@TheCarMom True. I prefer the ride of an SUV. Minivans are great if I needed the absolute volume for people and cargo. But, SUVs are still a better lifestyle choice.
@@amandaadler1860 We drove many generations in Minnesota with rear wheel drive chevies, Buicks, etc that Grandma and Grandpa used to drive. Great grand parents, Model T's, A's. My parent's generations drove around southern MN in 80s/90s caravans just fine as well. I think our generation and this next generation forgot how to drive.
@@midwestfarm757 well I know a minivan won’t make it down my unplowed dirt road or my driveway with the 10-15” high drifts of snow. I can confidently say this because my neighbor had a Honda odyssey and got it stuck multiple times before trading it in for a used Tahoe. You do what you have to do to live in the country in Minnesota. Sometimes it takes 24 hours for the county to come plow our dirt road. I have plowed it myself with my little side by side Polaris many times in the middle of the night so my husband would make it home from his night shift in his Honda Pilot- since the county surely wouldn’t plow it in time for him. So thank you but I’ll stick with my F-150 Lightning and make it to school drop off on time. If I lived in town, I would be fine- those roads stay groomed and get plowed quickly.
Blue's Clues 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Gets met every time 😂
I've always been a fan of the Explorer but, that front grill looks like something out of the 1940's-lol
They need to work on making the 2nd row of seats disappear, not just slide forward. :(
No mention of the engines available under the hood. :(
Sorry, this Explorer would be my least desirable SUV to take that 50K out of my wallet.
6 seater suv not 7
What is up with the new UGLY grill? Now it looks like a GMC Acadia.
It’s a KIA 🤣
Explorer is lacking and the reviewer is annoying
Stop screaming
Does the driver's seat have a massage function @The_Car_Mom
Yes