general problems of the 2005 Ford Explorer

I was backing up from my driveway and my car accelerated when put into reverse and it peeled out and had to hit the brakes really hard. Sometimes the engine shakes when going forward for a few seconds then it goes away.

My gauges go haywire the needles shake while driving and when car is off no key in ignition. The lights flash as well. Car will stall in traffic at a stop, the rpm won't go above 2 even when hwy going 60 mph. Mechanic said it's electrical, the dealer took out top counsel as a work around for this electrical issue claiming it was not a recall.

The vehicle has a hard time accelerating, when it does, a "cluck" sound can be heard, sometimes acceleration fails all together. O/d light comes on and blinks. Check transmission light comes on.

Driving down the road, suddenly the wrench light came on and the fail safe light came up. Vehicle would barely run. Cleaned throttle body and it seemed fine for a while. Then the same thing happened again, driving normal, then bam. This time it shut down and would barely stay running. . . Just ordered a new throttle body. I will not own another Ford.

The vehicle shuts off while driving causing loss of power steering, power brakes with a complete loss of power. This is an ongoing problem and has happend during highway high speed driving. It happens on cars built 11/24/04 and prior. The codes are p2106 and p2135. It's caused by a faulty throttle position sensor and requires a powertrain control module reset b36. 11, b37. 2 or higher. This has been an ongoing problem thar Ford readily ackowledges. They have ugraded the throttle position sensor twice without solving the problem.

While driving, when I applied the brakes, the car lurched and made a noise. About 1 minute after that, a warning light that stated "engine fail safe mode" and a little wrench showed up on the left of the instrument panel. I was driving home, and the car started to speed up without my increasing the speed using the gas pedal. The car continued to lurch off and on until I got home. I researched this problem on the internet and it seemed to be the throttle body assembly that had failed. Upon taking it to the mechanic, that is exactly what is was. The car was dangerous to drive, I could have been killed had the car's speed kept increasing. The repair was $1026. 00.

When speed control is set, and coast button is pressed for more then a few seconds, engine will stall.

The contact owns a 2005 Ford Explorer XLT. While driving in reverse out of a parking space she lightly placed her feet on the accelerator pedal and suddenly the vehicle accelerated and crashed into a parked vehicle. The parked vehicle was pushed into two other parked vehicles. She stated that her vehicle does not have floor mats. There were no injuries. The insurance company will investigate the failure. The vehicle's body was repaired. The police report number is 09-19790. The current and the failure mileages were 52,287. Updated 11/18/09. Lj updated 11/19/09.

The contact owns a 2005 Ford Explorer. The contact stated that the vehicle automatically accelerates at random and without warning. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and the failure occurred again while driving into the service bay at 5 mph. The dealer was unable to diagnose the cause of failure. The engine size is unavailable. The current and failure mileages were 23,000.

Ford Explorer with a defective accelerator/brake pedal customer states that the brake pedal acts like the gas pedal sometimes* the consumer stated the surge always happens while driving at low speeds. 4/23/07.

The contact owns a 2005 Ford Explorer. The contact stated that on three separate occasions while depressing the brakes, the vehicle abnormally accelerated and the contact was unable to stop the vehicle. On the third instance of the failure, the vehicle accelerated and crashed into a parked vehicle. There were no injuries reported and no police report. The vehicle was not inspected or repaired for the failure. The manufacturer was not notified. The current mileage was approximately 97,000 and the failure mileage was approximately 25,000.

While driving the vehicle at any given speed and no matter how much gas I have the vehicle shuts off and all powerwas lost. I was able to restart vehicle only if I cae to a complete stop and put vehicle in park, then vehicle re-started and acted normally. This happened sometimes 3 to 4 times a day or not for a month. I was told by my Ford dealer that they could not duplicate the problem despite driving the vehicle home and hooking up the computer to it. The last advice I received from Ford was to get the vehicle towed in when stoppage occurs. Thatwas not that easy when you need the vehicle to get you to your destination or you were stuck in a bad area. This occurred 1 year after purchase. Also, I have a noticed that the vehicle surgesd when the brakewa s applied as if the gas had been applied.

2005 Ford Explorer. Consumer writes in regards to vehicle rear axle leaking. The consumer stated the rear axles were replaced at 59,752. A year later after listening to the noise in the rear end for quite some time, the problem returned. Six months later, they were replaced again. Also, the rear panel beneath the window was rusted and the throttle needs to be replaced, as it is causing vehicle hesitation.