general problems of the 2005 Ford Explorer

I tried to put the car in drive and the shifter broke off/.

Car stalled while driving at highway speeds. Brakes and steering became impaired. Lucky, I was in the rightmost lane and was able to narrowly avoid collision. Incident occurred after a ~3hr drive as I was exiting the highway (I. E. Slowing down). Upon restart, engine turned over, but was undriveable due to iterative surge/stall cycles.

Hello while driving down the highway, the upper ball joint in the drivers side front broke and caused damage to the axle, tire, and wheel. This caused issues with control of vehicle and could have cause a much greater accident than what occurred. I was able to avoid a major accident, partially due to the low speed at the time, however had this occurred while I was on the interstate or on a crowded highway, this could have had exponentially worse outcomes. I have been told by numerous mechanics that the ball joints are an issue for Ford Explorers and this isn't my first issue with them myself. I also had issues with my 2004 Explorer. This was not an original part to the vehicle and was checked less than a week before it broke and passed inspection. Please look into ball joint issues for Ford Explorers and keep something like this from happening again. A picture of the vehicle is below. Please contact me for more information if needed. . Read more...

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.

I own a 2005 Ford Explorer. This incident happened in November of 2009. The Ford Explorer had approximately 80,000 miles on it. I pulled into my sister's driveway which is a flat, gravel driveway. The Ford Explorer is an automatic transmission. I shifted the car into park and then exited the Ford Explorer. After exiting the Ford Explorer, it started moving backwards. The open door knocked me down and then the tire on the driver's side ran over my leg. My sister ran and stopped the car. The gear shift moved from park into reverse.