2014 FORD EXPLORER Complaints

UPON ACCELERATION THE CABIN SMELLED OF EXHAUST FUMES, IT HAPPENS ALMOST EVERYDAY AND CAUSES LIGHT HEADEDNESS WHEN DRIVING. WHEN GETTING UP TO SPEED ON THE HIGHWAY THE CABIN FILLS WITH EXHAUST. *TR

AFTER PURCHASING A NEW 2014 FORD EXPLORER LIMITED. 3.5L 4WD LESS THAN 2 HOURS PRIOR, MY WIFE AND 2 CHILDREN WERE DRIVING HOME DOWN THE FREEWAY. AFTER A HARD ACCELERATION AN AWFUL SMELL FILLED THE CABIN. MY WIFE STARTED COUGHING AND I INSTANTLY FELT NAUSEOUS. I PULLED OVER THINKING SOMETHING WAS BURNING, MY WIFE THOUGHT IT WAS BURNING WIRES. I CHECKED OF THE VEHICLE BUT FOUND NOTHING BURNING. I DID HOWEVER WALK TO THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE AND WAS OVERPOWERED BY THE SAME SMELL. I NARROWED IN DOWN TO THE EXHAUST PIPE. AFTER GETTING HOME I DID A QUICK GOOGLE SEARCH AND WAS SHOCKED TO FIND MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM AND THERE IS EVEN A LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST FORD OVER IT. THE DEALER MUST HAVE KNOWN ABOUT IT... I WANT TO RETURN THIS VEHICLE , FORD HAS TO HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THIS OR SHOULD HAVE. THEY PUT MY CHILDREN AT RISK AND I AM NOT HAPPY. I HAVE OWNED THIS VEHICLE FOR LESS THAN 3 HOURS AT THE TIME OF THIS WRITING. WHAT CAN I DO? *TR

EXHAUST FUMES ARE ENTERING THE VEHICLE WHEN THE CLIMATE CONTROL SYSTEM IS OPERATING. THESE FUMES ARE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE ITSELF AND NOT FROM OUTSIDE SOURCES. THE FUMES ARE WORSE WHEN THE RECIRCULATE OPTION IS OPERATING. HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND/OR MEDIUM ACCELERATION PRODUCE THE STRONGEST FUMES. HEADACHES AND NAUSEA INFLICTED ON VEHICLE OCCUPANTS. VEHICLE WAS SERVICED BY FORD, PRESENTED AS REPAIRED AND STATED TO HAVE PASSED A TEST FOR EXHAUST FUMES. VEHICLE STILL PRESENTS EXHAUST FUMES INSIDE THE VEHICLE. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE, IT BECAME APPARENT THAT FORD AND THE NHTSA HAVE KNOWN OF THIS PROBLEM: CARBON MONOXIDE EXPOSURE AND HEALTH ISSUES SHOULD NOT BE REGULATED TO SECONDARY STATUS BY FORD NOR THE NHTSA. *TR

AT FIRST THE ONLY TIME WE WOULD NOTICE EXHAUST ENTERING THE CABIN WAS AFTER HARD ACCELERATION. NOW IT SEEMS THAT A LOWER SPEEDS EXHAUST IS ENTERING REGARDLESS OF ACCELERATION LEVELS ON AN INTERMITTENT BASIS. *TR

COMPLAINT SUMMARY: SECOND ROW INFLATABLE SEAT BELT STUCK IN OUT POSITION. WILL NOT RETRACT. WILL NOT PULL FORWARD. CONCERN THAT THIS IS A MATERIAL FLAW - SEAT BELT IS TOO THICK AND TOO PLIABLE. DOUBLES OVER IN THE RETRACTOR AND BECOMES NON OPERATIONAL. MAJOR RISK OF INJURY AS THIS CAN HAPPEN WHILE THE SEAT BELT IS IN USE RENDERING THE SEAT BELT INOPERABLE. THIS HAPPENS UNBEKNOWNST TO THE PASSENGER WHO WOULD NOT NOTE THE INOPERABILITY OF THE SEAT BELT AS IT IS VISUALLY BEHIND THE PASSENGER AND NOT IN SIGHT LINE. VEHICLE MANUFACTURED IN CHICAGO....UPDATED08-28-14 *BF UPDATED 11/12/2014 *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD EXPLORER. THE CONTACTED STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 21,649.

MY FAMILY HAS A 2013 AND 2014 FORD EXPLORER. BOTH OF THEM DELIVER A NOXIOUS ODOR INTO THE CABIN ON MEDIUM TO HARD ACCELERATION. THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON COMPLAINT WHEN I'VE SEARCHED FOR THE ISSUE ON THE INTERNET. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD EXPLORER. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, EXHAUST FUMES ENTERED THE CABIN OF THE VEHICLE THROUGH THE AIR CONDITIONING VENTS. THE EXHAUST FUMES WERE THE STRONGEST AT 60 MPH OR HIGHER. THE CONTACT HAD TO REDUCE THE VEHICLE'S SPEED AND OPEN ALL OF THE WINDOWS IN ORDER TO RELEASE THE FUMES. THE FAILURE OCCURRED CONSTANTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 600. UPDATED 10/03/14*LJ UPDATED 3/10/15 *JS

BAD ODOR IN VEHICLE DURING ACCELERATION. SMELLS LIKE ROTTEN EGGS. THIS IS A BRAND NEW AUTO. VERY DISAPPOINTED. SMELLED IT DURING TEST DRIVE BUT SALESMAN SAID THAT IT WAS CATALYTIC CONVERTER AND THE SMELL WOULD GO AWAY. IT HAS NOT. *TR

FIRST INCIDENT: PARKED CAR AT GAS STATION FUEL PUMP, WHEN WE GOT IN TO MOVE THE CAR IT DID NOT HAVE POWER STEERING. WRESTLED THE CAR TO THE FRONT OF THE GAS STORE AND WENT INSIDE, WHEN WE RETURNED TO THE CAR AND STARTED IT, THE POWER STEERING WORKED. SECOND INCIDENT: JULY 18,2014, SAME THING HAPPENED AFTER A STOP AT A STORE. POWER STEERING COMPLETELY OUT ADVANCE TRACK LIGHT STAYS ON. HAD TO GET TOWED. FIX TOOK FOUR WEEK WORK DAYS. THE INVOICE SAYS EB5Z*3504*A GEAR ASM-STEERING WAS REPLACED. *TR