Bought car from bates ford in lebanon, tn new. within the first 1500 mile i experienced at least one incident where i tried to stop but the vehicle continued to accelerate. the car has about 36000 miles now and both my wife and i have had numerous incidents of this the last resulted in a traffic accident in plano, texas. there were 3 vehicles involved.the plano, texas police officer who drove the car to a safe location found no problem with the brakes. early in my career i was a police officer whose specialty was traffic ...
My father has passed out twice both while driving 2 different years of a ford explorer and doctor's were unable to find a medical cause. the first accident in august he spent 3 days in icu undergoing multiple tests, the second accident on october 8th left him with 9 broken ribs(some in multiple places), a broken scapula and his #3 lumbar is fractured along with a week in icu. he has been through every test that the doctor's can think of and are unable to give an explanation as to why he passed out while he was driving. ...
Was driving and the steer well became lock couldn't turn the wheel, tried to pump the brakes and they didn't catch. end up driving right into a pole and the airbags didn't deploy with everyone hitting their heads and kids getting concussions.
Overall the worst problem with Ford Explorer relates to STEERING problems. Browse the categories below to learn about the specific Explorer years that are prone to issues with these components.