Three problems related to engine shut off without warning have been reported for the 2005 Ford Explorer. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2005 Ford Explorer based on all problems reported for the 2005 Explorer.
My son was driving home at approximately 35 mph at 10:30 pm and the vehicle shut off completely. He was able to re-start it. There were no maintenance lights on. I bought this car for my teenage son in April 2014 and this is the 3rd time it has happened to him. A mechanic checked it out, but could not find anything wrong with the car. Not sure what to do now, and my son is leaving for college in August and driving his vehicle.
Because of the recent gm recall ignition issue, I thought I should let someone know about the serious similar issue I had 3 times before I traded my car in. The car would just shut off while driving. And all 3 times, I pulled to the side of the road and restarted the car and continued on my way. I was lucky to have a place to pull over safely. I took it to my mechanic twice, found nothing wrong. Took it to Ford and they found nothing wrong. I traded the 2005 for a 2011. I also told the dealer that I traded it into about the engine just shuting off for no reason and to check out the problem before they sold it again.
The contact owns a 2005 Ford Explorer. While driving between 35-65 mph, the vehicle shut off. The vehicle was able to be restarted. The contact drove another 20 miles before it shut off again. After the second failure, it took the contact several attempts to restart the vehicle. All of the warning lights illuminated on the instrument panel. The vehicle was towed to the dealer and is currently being diagnosed. The current and failure mileages were 44,113.