2014 FORD EXPLORER Complaints

WHEN QUICKLY ACCELERATING TO HIGHWAY SPEEDS THERE IS AN BURNING/EXHAUST SMELL IN THE CABIN. DOES NOT MATTER IF THE A/C IS ON OF OFF OR WHETHER ITS ON OUTSIDE AIR OR RECIRCULATION.

WHEN THERE IS A HEAVY RAIN THE SERPENTINE BELT SQUEALS AT VARIOUS MOMENTS, FOR SHORT PERIODS OF TIME. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN 2014 , BUT DEALERSHIP SAID IT WAS A KNOWN ISSUE AND THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO ABOUT IT. THEY SAID IT WAS DUE TO THE BELT GETTING WET AND FORD DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO PREVENT IT FROM HAPPENING, AND THAT IT OCCURS ON OTHER FORD TRUCKS TOO. MY OTHER ISSUE HAS STARTED RECENTLY HAPPENING TO WHEN IT RAINS HEAVILY, THE "LOW BATTERY FEATURES TEMPOR. TURNED OFF" NOTIFICATION COMES ON AND MY STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP BRIEFLY WHILE DRIVING. I CHECKED MY BATTERY CONNECTS AS THE MANUAL SAYS TO DO AND THEY ARE FINE. THIS ONLY OCCURS DURING HEAVY RAIN AND IT HAPPENS AT VARIOUS TIMES DURING DRIVING. IT NEVER JUST STAYS ON, BUT WILL TURN ON AND GO OFF AT DIFFERENT TIMES DURING THE DRIVE IN THE HEAVY RAIN. SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING IS GETTING WET CAUSING A SHORTAGE, BUT EITHER WAY ITS DANGEROUS WHEN MY STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP.

AN EXHAUST SMELL ENTERS THE CABIN OF THE VEHICLE. I FIRST STARTED TO NOTICE IT WHEN THE CAR WAS IDLING AND I THOUGHT IT WAS COMING FROM THE CAR AHEAD OF ME. THIS CONTINUED ON AND OFF FOR MONTHS UNTIL MORE RECENTLY WHEN THE SMELL WAS PRESENT EVEN AS I DROVE THE CAR. I HAVE HAD HEADACHES, DIZZINESS AND STOMACH UPSETS FOR MONTHS REALIZING THAT MY VEHICLE WAS PERHAPS NO LONGER SAFE FOR ME TO DRIVE. I BROUGHT IT IN TO MY DEALERSHIP AND THEY IMMEDIATELY ACKNOWLEDGED THE SMELL AND GAVE ME A LOANER. THEY HAVE FILED A COMPLAINT WITH FORD AND ARE CURRENTLY WAITING FOR THE REPAIR PARTS BUT THEY ARE ON BACKORDER. I WAS TOLD THAT POLICE DEPARTMENTS HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SAME THING. I JUST RECEIVED A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT NOTICE SO I IMAGINE THIS WILL EVENTUALLY BE A RECALL. IN THE MEANTIME I CANNOT DRIVE MY OWN VEHICLE WITHOUT RISKING MY HEALTH. THE CAUSE TO ME IS UNKNOWN, I HAVE READ THAT IT IS A DEFECT IN THE ENGINEERING OF THE EXHAUST SYSTEM.

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE, I NOTICED A VERY STRONG SMELL OF PROPANE OR NATURAL GAS. WHEN VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AND IDLING, THE SAME SMELL WAS DETECTED OUTSIDE THE CAR. THE NEXT DAY, THE VEHICLE SMELLED AGAIN WHILE DRIVING, ONLY THIS TIME IT SMELLED LIKE ROTTEN EGGS.

MY FORD EXPLORER HAS A BAD EXHAUST ODOR IN THE CABIN WHEN HARD ACCELERATING AND ON COLD MORNING EVEN AT IDLE IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO NOTICE THE SMELL AND IT LINGERS IN THE CABIN IN TELL YOU OPEN A WINDOW. I CAN SMELL IT ANYTIME I GET ON THE HIGH WAY BUT THERE ARE TIMES WHEN I CAN SMELL A CHEMICAL TYPE SMELL WHEN STOPPED A LIGHTS.

FUMES OR GAS SMELL COMING OUT OF CAR. STRONG ODOR COMING OUT FROM CAR AFTER DRIVING.

WE WERE DRIVING DOWN A RURAL ROAD BEGINNING TO SLOW DOWN, WHEN THE CAR DID NOT SLOW DOWN, IT.WENT AT FULLSPEED WHILE HITTING THE BRAKES. THEN HITTING A TREE HEAD ON, CAUSING A FATALITY. I DID NOT.WANT THE CAR DESTROYED, BECAUSE I WANTED A FULL INVESTIGATION PERFORMED ON THE CAUSE AND THE TPS . I ONLY RECEIVED A BLACKBOX INFO WITH LIMITED INFO SHOWING VEHICLE SPEED AT CRASH. THE ONLY THING SLOWING VEHICLE WAS A DITCH AND THE TREE. ALSO DRIVER SIDE BELT CAME UNATTATCHED AS WELL AS MIDDLE PASSENGER. ONLY DRIVER AIR BAG AND ONE.PASSENGER AIRBAG DEPLOYED.

DRIVING AT HYWAY SPEED OR GOING UP HILL TH ECO BOOST STALLS CAUSING TRAFFIC HAZARD. UNABLE TO EXCELLERATE PARTIALLY STALLS. TOOK IT INTO GET REPAIRED AND THE PART IS BACK ORDER INDEFINTELEY . I HAVE BEEN WITHOUT A CAR FOR SIX WEEKS NOW. NO IDEA WHEN IT CAN BE FIXED.

EXHAUST LEAK INTO CABIN. EXHAUST ENTERS THE VEHICLE CABIN DURING HIGH RPM ENGINE CONDITIONS. THIS CONDITION OCCURS MOST FREQUENTLY WHILE DRIVING AT FREEWAY SPEEDS AND WHILE ACCELERATING TO PASS SLOWER VEHICLES. THIS SITUATION OCCURS ESSENTIALLY EVERY TIME THIS DRIVING CONDITION IS EMPLOYED, AND THE LONGER THE ACCELERATION PERIOD AND THE LONGER THE DURATION OF HIGH RPM ENGINE SPEED, THE MORE DRAMATIC THE EXHAUST LEAK RESULTS.

EXHAUST SMELL INSIDE CABIN. I NOTICE A BAD EXHAUST ODOR IN THE CABIN IF I ACCELERATE OVER 3,000 RPM.