If I am in 4L I almost ALWAYS have it in manual mode to control gear selection. I also noticed in rock crawl mode it starts in 1 gear and in Baja and maybe Offroad Mode it starts in 2nd gear.
To note…to control speed and slapping the transfer case chain in 4L rock crawling I love to run single...
Never had any window issues in the Raptor not so for my old ‘21 Badlands, daily occurrence. I got the update in the Raptor. Following day my rear passenger window wouldnt roll up. Had to mess with for a half hour. UGH!!!!
I have scoured the inter webs and found no documentation of tie rod failure. I bought a spare inner tie rod for the BRaptor and it is a heavy chunk of metal compared to the flimsy Badlands inner tie rod.