2014 FORD EXPLORER Complaints

I PURCHASED MY VEHICLE A LITTLE OVER 1 YEAR AGO AND HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING A FOUL ODOR, ROTTEN EGG, SOMETIMES EXHAUST SMELL IN MY CAR WHEN ACCELERATING AND MY VEHICLE IDOLS VERY HARD. IT DOES IT WHEN DRIVING ON A CITY STREET, OR FREEWAY. I HAVE 2 SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN AND DONT FEEL SAFE DRIVING MY VEHICLE. AND NOW THAT I THINK ABOUT IT, THEYVE BEEN SICK MORE SINCE IVE OWNED THE VEHICLE. HMM..

I HAVE SEEN ON THE LOCAL NEWS THAT SOME VEHICLES IN THE MAKE, MODEL AND YEAR OF MY VEHICLE MAY CONTAIN CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING HEADACHES WHILE DRIVING OR RIDING IN MY CAR. AND AT TIMES I HAVE SMELLED THE PRESENCE OF EXHAUST SMELL WHILE RIDING OR DRIVING.

WHEN DRIVING CAR I HAVE NOTICED IT MOST WHEN I HAVE TO ACCELERATE QUICKLY IF THE AC IS RUNNING I GET THIS STRONG SMELL OF EXHAUST INSIDE THE CAR. IN A FEW LONG DISTANCE TRIPS I HAVE HAD HEAD ACHES AND I HAVE TO THINK THAT THE SMELL IS THE CAUSE.

SULFUR OR ROTTEN EGG SMELL WHILE GOING UP A HILL WHEN THE VEHICLE HAS TO DOWNSHIFT INTO A LOWER GEAR. ALSO WHEN ACCELERATING RAPIDLY LIKE ON A ON RAMP TO THE INTERSTATE. I CALL A FORD DEALER AND THEY ACTED LIKE THEY HAD NO CLUE OF THE PROBLEM. WE ENDED UP SELLING THE VEHICLE AND LOSING MONEY AND THIS WAS ONE OF THE REASONS TO SELL. I HAVE SEEN MANY MORE CLAIMS ONLINE ABOUT THIS AND ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND WANTED TO REPORT THAT I HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AS WELL.

ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS WILL GET A TERRIBLE SMELL INSIDE THE VEHICLE AFTER ACCELERATING. SMELLS LIKE AN EXHAUST LEAK COMING BACK IN THE CABIN.

HAVE RECENTLY BEEN MADE AWARE OF COMPLAINTS FROM EXPLORER OWNERS OF A FOUL SMELL COMING OUT OF AC VENTS, SIMILAR TO AN EXHAUST FUME, SULFUR OR ROTTEN EGG. HOWEVER, THE FUME THAT WE HAVE EXPERIENCED IS MORE LIKE A RANCID SOUR ODOR EXUDING FROM AC VENTS. THE SMELL IS MOST NOTICIBLE UPON CRANKING ENGINE AND THEN ACCELERATING. UNTIL NOW, NO FORMAL COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED TO FORD OR OUR DEALERSHIP. VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED BRAND NEW IN AUGUST 2014. ODOR BEGAN TO OCCUR APPROXIMATELY 1 YEAR AGO. WE ARE AWARE OF A REAR SUSPENSION TOE LINK POSSIBLE FRACTURE RECALL AT THIS TIME.

THERE IS A HORRIBLE SMELL IN MY CAR WHEN I AM DRIVING IT. SO BAD THAT MY CHILDREN AND I HAVE BEEN GETTING HEADACHES NOT KNOW WHAT THE SMELL IS CAUSED FROM. IT IS HORRIBLE FUMES INSIDE THE CARD.

STRONG "NATURAL GAS" SMELL INSIDE CAR WHILE DRIVING AND VERY NOTICEABLE OUTSIDE OF CAR UPON EXITING INTERIOR. CAN SMELL FROM INSIDE MY HOUSE WHEN PARKED IN GARAGE. STARTED 1/26/17 WITH 63,200 MILES ON MY SUV. TOOK TO FORD FOR SERVICE ON 1/30/17 AND WAS TOLD THERE WERE NO EMISSION PROBLEMS AND THAT IT WAS DUE TO MY PTU WHICH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED ALONG WITH PTU VENT VALVE.

THE SMELL OF ROTTEN EGGS CAN BE SMELT INSIDE THE EXPLORER, ESPECIALLY WHEN STOPPING AT A STOP SIGN. THE EXHAUST CAN BE SMELLED INSIDE THE CAR AND GIVES ME HEADACHES

EVERY TIME I DRIVE MY 2014 EXPLORER I AM HAVING AN ISSUE WITH A HORRIBLE EXHAUST SMELL THAT IS RECIRCULATING BACK INTO THE VEHICLE. I AM UNABLE TO DRIVE WITH MY WINDOWS DOWN AND TYPICALLY HAVING THE AIR ON MAKES IT WORSE. THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHERE OUT OF THE BLUE I HAVE GOTTEN VERY NAUTIOUS AND A VERY BAD HEADACHE AND MY EYES FEEL AS IF THEY WANT TO GO OUT ON ME WHILE DRIVING OVER 30 MINUTES LONG. I FEAR THIS SMELL CAN NOT BE HEALTHY FOR MYSELF OR MY SMALL CHILDREN. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR IN SEVERAL TIMES TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT FOR THIS ISSUE AND FOR SOME REASON THE DEALERSHIP IS THE ONLY ONES WHO CAN'T SMELL IT! YET EVERYONE ELSE THAT GETS IN CAN'T. COINCIDENCE I THINK NOT. THE CAR IS IN MOTION WHEN THIS SMELL OCCURS. AND IT IS A VERY DESTINCT SMEL. I HAVE DOCUMENTS FOR MY COMPLAINTS BUT I WOULD NEED TO SCAN AND EMAIL THEM TO AN INDIVIDUAL. AND I ALSO HAVE AN EMAIL BETWEEN MYSELF AND THE OWNERS OF THE DEALERSHIP I BOUGHT THE CAR AT STATING MY CONCERNS AND MY ISSUE I AM HAVING. BELIEVE IT OR. IT I NOTICE THE SMELL THE SAME DAY I DRIVE IT OFF THE LOT. TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK THE NEXT DAY FOR THEM TO TELL ME IT WAS NORMAL BECAUSE OF THE CHEMICALS THEY USE IN THE ENGINE. I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT CARS SO I TOOK THEIR WOOD FOR IT.