2011 FORD EXPLORER Complaints

THE AC/HEAT SPEED WILL RANDOMLY INCREASE/ DECREASE TO EITHER FULL OR LOW SPEED WITH IS CLICKING SOUND LIKE YOUR DOING IT ON YOUR OWN. THIS WILL CAUSE MY WINDSHIELD TO FOG UP WHEN COLD OUTSIDE WHILE DRIVING & DISTRACTING ME THE DRIVER THE ANNOYING CLICKING SOUND COMING FROM THE UNIT ITSELF. THIS COULD POSSIBLY CAUSING ME NOT TO SEE SOMETHING COMING OR IN THE ROAD CAUSING ME TO WRECK & PUTTING MY FAMILY IN DANGER.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD EXPLORER. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL WAS EXTREMELY HARD TO TURN. THE CONTACT NEEDED ASSISTANCE TO GET THE VEHICLE OFF THE ROADWAY. THE SERVICE POWER STEERING, TRACTION CONTROL AND POWER STEERING ASSIST WARNING LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO JIMMY MICHEL MOTORS, INC. (555 S ELLIOTT AVE, AURORA, MO 65605, (417) 678-5001) TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE POWER STEERING RACK ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THE FAILURE WAS LIKE NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V286000 (STEERING) AND 14E001000 (STEERING). THE MANUFACTURER WAS INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS THEN INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OVER THE MILEAGE AND REPAIRS WERE NOT COVERED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 169,573.

VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO AND HAS BEEN FINE UNTIL TODAY. PULLED INTO THE GAS STATION, TIRE LOW LIGHT CAME ON, PULLED OVER TO GET AIR AND POWER STEERING WENT OUT. COULDN'T GET THE VEHICLE STEERING TO WORK AT ALL.

THE CAR DROVE FINE AT 7AM - AT 8:30 AM. I PULLED OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY, I WAS GOING 45 MPH WITH MY 9 YEAR OLD IN THE CAR ON A VERY BUSY ROAD, ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CAR STARTING FLASHING "HILL DESCENT CONTROL OFF" THEN IT WENT TO "SERVICE ADVANCE TRAC" THEN "SERVICE POWER STEERING NOW" AND POWER STEERING COMPLETELY FAILED. I HAD TO STEER THE CAR TO THE SIDE OF A DITCH WITH MY 9 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, AND ITS 26 DEGREES OUT. CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO MY REPAIR SHOP. REPAIR GUY STATES POWER STEERING RACK IS NOT GOOD AND STATES THERE IS AN OPEN RECALL ON 2011 FORD EXPLORER FOR IT. I LOOK THROUGH SERVICE RECORDS I SHOW HIM IN 2016 RIVERHEAD FORD DID THE WORK 5 DAYS AFTER I BOUGHT THE CAR - HE SAYS THERE IS NO WAY IT WAS DONE OTHERWISE THIS WOULD NOT BE HAPPENING. OR, THE PARTS THEY USED TO REPAIR IT ARE FAULTY. I CALLED RIVERHEAD FORD THEY CAN'T SERVICE THE CAR, OR GIVE ME A LOANER UNTIL 1/7/2021 BECAUSE OF COVID & TOLD ME THERE WAS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS I'VE REPLACED THE POWER STEERING RACK, THE ENGINE BLEW 18 MONTHS AGO, AND NOW THE POWER STEERING RACK AGAIN. THE CAR IS DEFECTIVE, AND I'M LUCKY MY DAUGHTER AND I ARE ALIVE. FORD NEEDS TO ADDRESS THIS BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED.

TRIED DRIVING MY EXPLORER ONE MORNING AND I HAD NO POWER STEERING CONTROL, MEANING THE STEERING WHEEL WAS VERY HARD TO TURN AND I WASN'T ABLE TO PULL IT OUT OF CAR PORT BEING THAT SAID I SEARCH MORE ABOUT THE ISSUE ONLINE AND FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR POWER STEERING LOSS. CONTACTED FORD TO SEE IF THE COULD FIX IT DUE TO THE RECALL BUT CUSTOMER SERVICE AGENT WAS SAYING MY VEHICLE DID NOT HAVE ANY RECALLS ACCORDING TO THE VIN OF MY VEHICLE, WHEN CLEARLY IT HAS THE SAME PROBLEM OTHER VEHICLES WITH SAME ISSUE AND WITH RECALL LETTER HAVE.

WE WERE TURNING LEFT IN A BUSY INTERSECTION, FROM A BUSY STREET ONTO A HIGHWAY, WHEN MY POWER STEERING WENT OUT SUDDENLY. NORMALLY I'M THE ONLY DRIVER OF THIS VEHICLE, MIRACULOUSLY MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING AND WAS ABLE TO MANUALLY STEER US HOME. IF THIS FAULT HAD OCCURRED WHEN I WAS DRIVING, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. IT'S A KNOWN ISSUE WITH FORD, THEY FOUGHT MANY LEGAL BATTLES OVER IT, IN MY VIN DOES NOT FALL UNDER THEIR RECALL. THEY HAVE AN FIELD SERVICE ACTION FOR MY VIN, BUT IT EXPIRES AT A HUNDRED AND 150000 MILES. I WAS LESS THAN 4000 MILES OVER THAT WHEN MINE FAILED. THIS SHOULD BE AN ACROSS-THE-BOARD RECALL FOR ALL FORD EPAS SYSTEMS FOR THE AFFECTED YEARS, AS THEY SEEM TO BE AWARE THAT IT IS AN INEVITABLE FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD EXPLORER. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE SERVICE POWER STEERING WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE DRIVE TO HIS RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO HAMMONASSET FORD (191 BOSTON POST RD, MADISON, CT 06443; (203) 245-8828), WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH NEEDING THE POWER STEERING ASSEMBLY TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. UPON INVESTIGATION, THE CONTACT ASSOCIATED THE FAILURE WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V286000 (STEERING) HOWEVER, THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 73,900.

WHILE DRIVING DOWN INTERSTATE 75 FROM GAINESVILLE FL TO LOGANVILLE GA MY POWER STEERING PUMP WENT OUT ! THANKFULLY MY CHILDREN WERE NOT IN THE CAR , BUT EVEN AFTER PULLING OVER AND CUTTING THE VEHICLE OFF TO TRY TO RESET IT IT DID NOT WORK!

THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED UP WHEN MY MOM STARTED THE VEHICLE AND TRIED TO BACK UP. TOOK IT TO FORD THEY SAID A RECALL WAS OUT ON THIS BUT FORD IS NOT COVERING IT.

MAKING RIGHT TURN AT TRAFFIC AIGNAL, 8:30 AM S/W/C ANTHEM WAY & DAISY MOUNTAIN ANTHEM AS 85086 LOSS POWER STEERING. WARNING LIGHT CAME ON STATING POWER STEERING ASSISTANCE LOSS