2019 FORD EXPLORER Complaints

JUST RECENTLY PURCHASED A 2019 FORD EXPLORER LIMITED. WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AND ALMOST NEARLY BEING SIDE SWIPED BY A BIG RIG WHO APPARENTLY DID NOT SEE ME OR HEAR MY HORN. I THEN PULLED OVER NEAREST EXIT AND PRESSED MY HORN TO HEAR THAT IT WAS LOW SOUNDING. I THOUGHT MAYBE IT WAS DEFECTIVE OR A RECALL ON HORNS. I SEARCHED ONLINE TO FIND OUT THAT FORD HAS ONLY INSTALLED 1 HORN FOR THIS YEAR MODEL. NOT SURE IF ITS TO BE CHEAP OR BY MISTAKE, BUT I HAVE READ MANY REVIEWS THAT THERE'S ONLY 1 HORN INSTALLED WHEN ALL PREVIOUS YEARS HAVE 2 HORNS INSTALLED. THERE ALSO HAS BEEN VIDEOS MADE ON YOUTUBE REGARDING CONCERNS OF THESE 2019 FORD EXPLORERS. I TRULY BELIEVE THIS IS A BIG SAFETY ISSUE.

REAR HATCH ELECTRIC OPENING/CLOSING MECHANISM FAILED - HATCH CAME DOWN A STRUCK THE HEAD OF A PERSON CAUSING AN INJURY. ALSO BECAUSE THE HATCH WOULDN'T CLOSE PROPERLY EXHAUST ENTERED THE VEHICLE WHEN BEING DRIVEN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2019 FORD EXPLORER EQUIPPED WITH HANKOOK VENTUS 105H TIRES, SIZE: 255/50/R20. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ORIGINAL FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE HAD TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THE TIRE PRESSURE WAS CONSISTENTLY DUE TO A THREE INCH CUT APPROXIMATELY TWO INCHES FROM THE RIM. SUNSET FORD (11700 GRAVOIS RD, ST. LOUIS, MO 63127, (314) 843-4431) TRIED TO SELL THE CONTACT A NEW TIRE AFTER INFORMING HIM THAT THE TIRE WAS NOT COVERED BY THE WARRANTY. THE CONTACT WENT TO A TIRE SHOP FOR A SECOND OPINION AND WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS A DEFECT WITH THE TIRE. THE TIRE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,000. THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

THE BRAKE PEDAL IS NOT READILY ACCESSIBLE DUE TO CLEARANCE UNDER THE DASH. MY SIZE 12 FEET WILL NOT REACH THE PEDAL QUICKLY ENOUGH IN AN EMERGENCY.

2019 FORD EXPLORER. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO HORN NOT BEING LOUD ENOUGH TO BE HEARD AT ANY SAFE DISTANCE. *LD *JS

VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN STRAIGHT ON RESIDENTIAL 2 LANE STREET. HEARD A LOUD BREAK/ LOSS OF DRIVING CONTROL OF VEHICLE WHICH PULLED FORCEFULLY TO THE RIGHT. VEHICLE SCRAPED OFF CURB THEN BACK INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND COMING TO STOPPED. HAD LOST ALL POWER TO STEERING AND OPERABILITY OF VEHICLE. PUT HAZARDS ON TO AVOID ACCIDENT EXAMINED DAMAGE TO RIGHT FRONT PASS SIDE TIRE. APPEARED THAT STABILIZER ARM, SNAPPED, BALL JOINT DISCONNECTED. RIM WAS NOT BENT OR DAMAGED OTHER THAN SCRAPE TO CURB AND TIRE WAS FULLY INFLATED. PRIOR TO MALFUNCTION DRIVER DID NOT HIT ANY OBSTRUCTION, DEBRIS OR POTHOLES ON ROAD. NO DAMAGE TO BODY OF VEHICLE.

BURNING SMELL (PRESUMABLY EXHAUST FUMES) ARE LEAKING INTO CABIN WHILE DRIVING. HAPPENS MORE OFTEN UPON HARD ACCELERATION AND WITH AIR CONDITIONING ON IN AIR RECYCLE MODE.

THE 2019 FORD EXPLORER IS DELIVERED NEW WITH ONE INADEQUATE HORN. ALL OTHER MODEL YEARS HAVE TWO HORNS AND ARE WHAT YOU EXPECT FROM A HORN. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION, THE HORN IS SO LOW I COULD NOT SCARE A SQUIRREL. FORD MOTOR COMPANY SAID THEY CANNOT UPGRADE. THE FORD DEALER SAID THEY CANNOT UPGRADE WITHOUT EFFECTING THE WARRANTY.

WHILE DRIVING FROM VIRGINIA TO FLORIDA, TOWING SMALL U-HAUL TRAILER, WHEEL LUGS SHEARED OFF, CAUSING WHEEL TO COME OFF BELT ROLLING THE VEHICLE. VEHICLE IS BRAND NEW, I AM THE ONE AND ONLY OWNER FROM THE DEALERSHIP AND NEVER BEEN WORKED ON.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2019 FORD EXPLORER. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE CONTACT SMELLED FUMES COMING FROM THE IGNITION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO LEE FORD LINCOLN (LOCATED AT 4170-C RALEIGH RD PKWY W, WILSON, NC 27896, (252) 291-6000) TO BE DIAGNOSED, BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,100. *TT SINCE THE INITIAL FAILURE REPORT TO NHTSA ON JUNE 6, 2019, THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER IN THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS TO DATE, BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. TO THIS DATE, THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED AND THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. EXCESSIVE FUMES IN THE CABIN, MAINLY WHILE ACCELERATING AND/OR DRIVING LONG DISTANCES; THE SMELL IS SO STRONG THAT WE KEEP THE SUNROOF TILT OPEN TO ENSURE GOOD AIR FLOW & REMOVE FUMES FROM CABIN.*JB