I wrote this in another thread I started a few months back but figured this would get seen more.

Brought a 2021 XLT FX4 Expedition home tonight my wife is thinking about buying.

Is it just me or is the road noise inside the cab very loud? Is that an expedition thing? Looks to have brand new tires on it. I was thinking tire noise but I dunno, even my wife commented on it.

I don't know anything about Expeditions but It will annoy you till the day you sell it. (Which will be soon if you buy it)

We have a 2017 Expedition EL (old body style) and it's quiet.

I'm also frequently in a 2019 Expedition Max (newer body style) that's a fleet vehicle at work, sometimes as a driver and other times as a passenger. That thing is far louder, particularly in the second and third rows. And that's a Platinum trim also. I have no idea why it's so loud, but the difference is very noticeable.

I think noise is a subjective thing. Our 2013 Expedition is annoyingly quiet inside to me. If I you notice it and you don't like it, it's not going to get better.

what are you used to driving in comparison?

sts7049 said:

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what are you used to driving in comparison?

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2016 Ram 2500 Laramie w/cummins. It's 10x quieter with a damn diesel than this thing is, I think. Or….the diesel is droning out the road noise unlike this thing with the V6 is. I guess that's a possibility.

Her current car is a 2012 Hyundai Santa Fe.

We have the exact same model and year as the one you are looking at. Ours is not quiet, especially with all terrain tires, but I wouldn't say it's loud. FWIW

Max 4wd owner here. Quiet to us.

What kind of tires are on it?

I'm on 22" navigator take offs with Dueler LX

This.

What are the tires like? If it's FX4 I'm wondering if you're running some sort of AT tire that hasn't been rotated and they're just noisy SOBs

ttha_aggie_09 said:

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This.

What are the tires like? If it's FX4 I'm wondering if you're running some sort of AT tire that hasn't been rotated and they're just noisy SOBs

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Yup. Or the dealer slapped on some whack ass advantas or Linglongs etc.

I'll get back to this on Friday. Putting on some Michelins on Friday. I have a 2019 and the road noise is not bad but noticed. Btw Sam's beat the crap out of discount tires. I'm not a Sam's & Walmart fan.