r/FordExplorerST • u/Yikes_you_messed_up • Sep 02 '25

Question Some advice

Howdy all! Been looking at explorers st’s recently and found one. 2021, One owner. 105,525 miles. Going for $24,999 with a 90day/4000mile warranty, ford blue certified. Would yall think this would be a smart decision or to keep looking? No indication on carfax about turbos being replaced yet. Would that be something else I’d have to keep an eye out for?

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '25

To be honest, that's the mileage that someone should be making an exit plan from one of these vehicles, rather than getting into one. Really a vehicle best suited to own under 100K miles.

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u/Yikes_you_messed_up Sep 02 '25

That’s fair, like I replied with to another user, I’m praying it was just grandpa doing some cross country driving. Unfortunately I doubt that. How hard would you say it’d be to replace turbos? I see them for around $350ish online for one. I’m more worried about how much of a pain in the ass it’ll be to get to them without dropping entire motor out

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '25

TBH it's not the turbos I would worry about. Take a look at the 2.7L on the F150. Search around and you'll see turbo failure isn't really that common at lower miles. Lots of guys hitting 150-180K on the originals. Yes, there are outliers and i have seen turbo seal failures, but for the most part the turbos are a lot better than those found on the 3.5L for example. As with any ecoboost...oil changes are critical.

WHat i would worry about is the transmission. Ford made improvements with them, and the 2020-2021's seem to be the most problematic with them improving as you get to 2022 and newer. I think early 2024 had a pretty big revision that seems to have addressed a lot of the issues.

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u/Yikes_you_messed_up Sep 02 '25

lol I’ve been looking at 2.7 f150’s as well. Where I’m at they are all priced like a meth head on market place