One problem related to transmission noise has been reported for the 2012 Ford Explorer. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2012 Ford Explorer based on all problems reported for the 2012 Explorer.
While driving the vehicle started to make a grinding noise coming from the front area. Pull over and tow to dealer . The transmission pto had a internal failure. The car onle has 51k miles normal driving. I search on the internet and found that Ford had several issues with this part breaking in low time. This could be a safety hazard.