12 problems related to tank assembly 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.
After filling up my tank, the fuel gauge dropped to empty, and the check engine soon light came on. Also the system that tells me how many miles to empty only shows dashed instead of an actual number. I have looked online and this seems to be a common and pricey problem. The day after I filled up, it jumped to half a tank and then back to empty. This is very unsafe and I don't know if this will cause other problems. I have only had the truck 3 months.
The fuel gauge quits working when I fill the tank. It starts working sometimes after a few days. The info center thinks I'm out of gas and sends a warning. Very annoying.
Was driving down the road about 200 miles from home and car was doing fine. All of the sudden I lost my gas gauge and the miles to emply reading "---". I have never had this problem. Then about 8 miles from my 314 mile destination it worked again, in which it read half a tank. Then after refueling, the gas gauge did the same thing. It has been that way for a day now and I try to go about 200 miles and then top it off again.
I purchased a 2005 Ford Explorer XLT 4x4. The day after I purchased it, I filled up the gas tank and 20 miles later my gas gauge all of a sudden read e and my service engine soon light came on, the repair shop states the fuel sending unit is bad and the repair is going to be expensive to fix. I went online and found out this is a very common problem with Ford. Why has there not been a recall for this? I sure hope I am not left stranded on the side of the road.
2005 Ford Explorer suddenly stopped accepting fuel at all CA gas stations . . . . Must hold pump nozzle at very low volume for extremely long periods of time to fill tank completely and then backwash spills out without warning. Still ongoing problem . . . Thank you.
Refueling problems. Vehicle will accept only a very small quantity of fuel at a time, causing automatic shut off on fuel nozzle to activate. It takes 15-20 minutes to fill the tank.
Fuel gauge suddenly drops to empty and service engine soon light comes on. Happened in July '08 and came right back on. Thought it was a "fluke" thing with my fuel float in tank. Happened again last week and this week. Decided to do some "researching" and came to the conclusion that this is common with this year/make/model. Not happy! purchased new and only has 42,000 miles!.
The contact owns a 2005 Ford Explorer. Whenever the contact fills the fuel tank, gasoline sprays out of the tank. The fuel nozzle stops even though the tank is not full. The failure occurs without warning. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer for inspection and they stated that the failure was common, and possibly related to the fuel system filler neck. The vehicle has not been repaired. The VIN was unknown. The failure mileage was 76,000 and current mileage was 76,500.
The contact owns a 2005 Ford Explorer. The contact stated that after refueling, fuel began to spill out from the fuel filler neck. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where the contact was informed that the a cannister within the fuel tank needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 100,000 and the current milage was 142,202.
2005 Ford Explorer fuel gauge malfunction: started about a year ago. Was intermittent at first, but is now constant. Fuel gauge registers empty until tank is about half full, after which the gauge works properly. Service engine light stays on. A scan of the internet indicates this is a very common problem and Ford has no program in place to fix it. Since the gauge is causing the service engine light to stay on, that light cannot alert me to other potential failures. Cost to repair is approximately $500.
2005 Ford Explorer gas gauge failure. 2nd time it has happened in two years. The first time it happened I took it back to the dealer and they had it fixed. Now it has occurred again. The gas gauge all of a sudden drops to empty and the 'service engine' light comes on. I am driving with my kids in the car and don't know how much gas I have left in the tank.
Gas guage failure. On the way home from buying the SUV,the gas hand would not work. Returned car to dealer. The dealer furnished me a new car until the car was fixed. Two weeks later the same thing happened. Went to a different dealer and the mechanic had a bulletion that Ford had issued saying there was a problem with the gas guage because sulfur in the gas was causing the problem. Ford recommends using chevron additive in the gas to solve the problem. The mechanic said the vehicle had 13000 miles on it the frist time the gas hand quit working. The car had 17000 miles when the hand quit working for the second time. The mechanic installed a new guage inside the fuel tank. This will only help for a period of time. If this happened on the freeway and you were out of gas it could be serious.