general problems of the 2015 Ford Explorer - part 2

The reverse camera randomly cuts out while I am reversing. I have almost hit cars and can't rely on it to back up safely.

Driver side air bag light on.

Front rack and pinion while driving experiencing loss of steering control could be fatal if not strong enough to control vehicle inspected and confirmed that it is the rack and pinion.

Rear backup screen failed to appear on screen. (rapid flashing on and off).

Vehicle has parking lights illuminated and not daytime running lights (headlamps). Illegal in most states and ans very dangerous at low light conditions! Ford engineers claim they cannot reconfigure after 6 months of attempting to do so. Major safety issue and legal issue if there is ever an accident involving death.

The highway while on the highway. I was driving. And the car suddenly had no was on everythi pull over but I had to pull over. Because. The car didn't shut off, but I stepped on the pedal and there was no power. So I pul the road to the side of the road. And turned the car off. I started it back up and did fine and went home. But this was dangerous. It happened again. When I was at a red light, it turned green. I stepped on the pedal and the car did not move. I think it's something in electrical or throttlel not sure.

My steering failed as I was traveling with my grandkids on a local suburban road. It took all my effort to steer the truck back to my home. This was very dangerous as the steering would also freeze and lock in one position. I had it repaired at my Ford dealer. Total cost: $2,107. 00! this is a serious safety issue that the manufacturer should cover! I have 85,000 miles on my Explorer.

While driving on a local suburban street, my power steering went out. It felt like it was in a manual mode and it was extremely difficult to get back home. . My two grandchildren were in the car, and this situation put us all in a dangerous situation. I managed to get the car to my Ford dealership and after assessing the situation, they determined that the power steering rack failed. This resulted in, not only my losing the use of the vehicle over the weekend, but an extreme bill, of $2107. 00!.

~tl- the contact owns a 2015 Chevrolet silverado 1500. The contact stated that while driving at 40 mph, a grayish smoke began to enter the vehicle cab from the rear window defroster without warning. The contact immediately shut off the defroster and moments later, the rear passenger window shattered without warning. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and gave the contact a case number. The manufacturer then contacted him about ten days later and informed him that his vehicle was no longer under warranty; therefore they could not offer any assistance with the repair. The vehicle had yet to taken to a dealer or independent mechanic to be repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 63,840. Jo.

Defroster broke at 92000 miles mid driving leaving me to drive with foggy windows. Blend door actuator broke for passenger side leaving hit air blowing in one side cold air on the other turbo blew at 87k miles back up camera does not work engine misfires air bag light on steering wheel shakes.

The contact owns a 2015 Ford Explorer. The contact stated that while parked or while driving during inclement weather, water would enter the cabin of the vehicle. The contact stated that the rain caused an electrical failure in the vehicle that has caused the radio, windows, and other electrical equipment to not function properly. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that the roof rack needed to be replaced. The contact stated that she was concerned about the electrical failure that was caused by the soft roof rack. The vehicle was not repaired. The dealer and manufacturer were notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 92,000.

Apim failure in 2015 Ford Explorer sport. Attempted to use update from Ford website which was unsuccessful. Contacted Ford for second attempt. Second attempt was unsuccessful. Took vehicle to ultimate Ford in mountainhome arkansas. Was told that the update will cost $109. Ultimate Ford attempted to do update which was unsuccessful times two and was told that the a apim was bad by jay in the service department and would have to be replaced. And after contacting Ford multiple times I was unable to get any resolution in this situation. Took the vehicle into Ford and had the apim replaced at a cost of $915. 46. I talk to chris in the service department and I was informed that they do 2 to 3 apim replacements a week. If this is the case in a town the size of mountain home arkansas I believe that this should probably be a recall for this vehicle. Vehicle was stationary .

When the 3rd row seats are moved by the power button, the air bag light on the dash comes on. There is an electrical short.

Driving on a two lane highway and the power steering completely failed. We were told by the dealership where we purchased the car to bring it in but it sounded like "steering assist fault" since that was the error message, duh. It was cost $500 for an alignment? replaced faulty rack and pinion gear and checked alignment(should be ok since they aligned it the same day) total bill $2291. 00 this is a 2015 Explorer limited that has been in the shop several times for car a carbon monoxide leak in the cabin of SUV for repairs, power seat repairs and interior door panel coming apart.

While driving on street or hi way the dash light turn off and on. This is very dangerous at night.

The first incident was about 9months ago I was driving with my 3 year old on highway at about 65mph the car locked up steering the wheel. The car was moving all directions on three lanes and it was very hard for me to atempt to steer as the wheel was very tight. It finally went down to 0 mph and I pulled over thanking god I did not crash. The lights were flickering all over. Attempted to trade at a dealership regor dykes in texas bc I was scarred to drive it. They fixed it as a trade then got sued and returned it back to me and took my new car back. Then yesterday I left home to take all my kids to school 3. And got to 40 mph and it did it again luckily we were not on a highway. This time when it hit 0 mph it was still driveable but would not accelerate above 40. I'm scarred for my life in this car and there is nothing I can do about it. It is now parked and I dont know what to do.

The fuel gauge on the instrument panel is reading that the fuel tank is almost full, however while driving the low fuel warning sensor came on and we nearly ran out of fuel. The gauge was still reading almost full. We barely made it to a gas station. After putting in a full tank of gas, the fuel gauge was showing a completely full tank. Since then, the gauge is always showing almost completely full and will go down only to almost full, not quite as low as 3/4 full tank, even if you have driven over 300 miles. Now we have to re-set the trip odometer every time we get gas, so we can calculate approximately how many miles we have driven since the fuel gauge only goes down slightly below full. This occurred around 50,000 miles.

There is a leak on the drivers side of the car in the front and now there is standing water on the floor that leaks through when there is a rainstorm. There is also a significant leak where the lights are by the moon roof . The water is saturating the ceiling and drips on the radio and other parts of the car. The sunroof no longer works. This happens every time it rains and when it is stationary. The ceiling lights will fill up with water and drip as well. Since there is no heat on the passenger side of the car I am unable to clear the windshield of any fog which is very dangerous. There are forums on this all over the internet and I know 2 other people who have the same problems with their Fords.

My back up camera and sensor will not work all the time. Sometimes the picture will show up on my screen, sometimes it will not with the notification to contact the dealership, and other times nothing the touch screen with not show anything and the sensor will not beep. There is no reason for these items to not be working.

In December 2018 I told my local Ford service manager of my vehicle giving me a warning that my transmission was not in park occasionally, this even when it was. At times I would have to re-start the vehicle, or play with the gear shift itself to get it to stop the warning and return my steering wheel and seat to original positions. Over the past several months this has become more of an issue as it was happening on a daily basis. When I took it in recently for a recall on another issue the service manager did inform me there is a TSB #17-2219 for this particular issue. After further review I found that the TSB covers five particular Ford models and three Lincoln models spanning the years 2011-2017. Because this was now a problem I was dealing with on a daily basis I had them replace the shifter as suggested at 68,033 miles. What is upsetting is that this is not being covered under any type of recall. This is not a part that should fail at 62,000 miles when I first reported the issue, and it is not something that should cover as many models as it does for a six year period of time. How could vehicles start to have these issues in 2011, but the manufacturer still continue to use these relays or shifters for an additional six years? if they are negligent in not correcting the problem, why should the consumer be on the hook for Ford using defective components?.

Car was in motion in new york city, van wyck expressway service road. The car just shut off on 3/17/2019, 4:30 pm the dash board signaled powertrain, dealer states timing chain issue. Vehicle purchase used with 59,000 miles on February 2018. Check engine light was on since March 2018. Currently 82,600 miles. Been to the dealer several times for additional problems. I had to replace the battery headlights , heartng motor, there are leaks into the car that have not been repairs. The car is low falling apart :( . And had to pay out of pocket since extended warranty did not cover everything. . Not getting straight answers from Ford or the dealer. Thank god I was on the service road and going 25 mph stopped at a light. The car never started and had to be towed to the dealer.

Water pump started leaking at 54000 miles right out of warranty. Was told needed replacement or else engine would seize. Paid over $2,100 to get it replaced. Stupid design and hard labor to get to it. Car has vibration now ever since we had it repaired but thought it was normal leaving dealer. I don't know why this hasn't been recalled. Now, the parking aid went out. These cars are horrendous.

There are often issues with the radio and heating system. Radio turns on and off by itself and so does the heat and air conditioning. In addition, I have complained about something making me dizzy and nauseous in the vehicle. In informed the finance company regarding my inability to breath, for which I was hospitalized. I have been hospitalized on numerous occasions since the purchase of the vehicle and have informed the finance. Furthermore, they have been additional hospitalizations in 2018, for which I will have to upload the documents at a later time.

�takata recal� when my car has been sitting in the driveway for a full day without being driven or started. The following day you go to start the car. It starts no problem, once your in reverse the battery light will come on and as soon as you put it in drive I lose all power and function to steer. If I hit the gas petal it will regain power. The light will disappear only if I hit ok. This happens every time without fail. I also smell carbon dioxide or gas fumes from time to time.

My vehicle is only three years old and the driver door power window does not operate correctly, only when it is cold outside. It should go up and down with the soft touch of the button however, it appears that the motor is going out because when I push for the button to roll the window up, the window will go down. I will hold the button in the up position and about half way up the window will automatically go down. On the same door panel I already had a recall that was repaired and now this started. I am now wondering if the two are linked somehow. I called Ford customer service and they could not tell me if this repair would be under warranty, even though mileage is within warranty. I asked and explained that my car is only 3 years old, has 42,500 miles (at the time) and she couldn't tell me anything regarding the warranty. I don't quite understand that. Said I would have to actually go to the dealership of my choice, again, and leave my car, again, and let them diagnose the problem and see if it would be covered. I told her I didn't want to go through all of those steps because it wasn't convenient. I wanted to know if it would be covered or not and I could make a decision to fix. Ford customer service was not helpful at all. I was very disappointed in there lack of service.

Traveling on highway at 60 mph vehicle suddenly decelerated to 5 mph within 3 seconds. Engine began running rough and stopped. Pulled to shoulder of road. Months before this incident warning light on instrument cluster would intermittently state transmission not in park when parking vehicle. Service technicians could not reproduce error. Vehicle taken in for service on 9/21/2018. Report on vehicle on 9/28/2018 stated that power transfer unit damaged beyond repair, steering column switch needed repair which meant steering unit needed replacing and interlock switch on shifter needed replacing. Total cost $5150. 00. Traded vehicle in and purchased different vehicle. Vehicle not purchased from dealership which analyzed repair work.

Currently own a 2015 Ford Explorer sport which has 56000 , while driving east bound on the i84 doing the speed limit at 65mph suddenly no steering! completely locked�-whoa�- talk about scary� almost crash into an 18 wheels beside me , I quickly hit my hazards and came to a crawl at the side of the road into a bank� I truly thought I was good as dead. . I had to tow the car to my home because Ford dealership was closed at the time �-this has been a common problem with Ford across their fleet for years�. As of right now I have a 50k car with 57k miles just sitting�. Will be bringing in to my dealer ASAP and a cal to corporate. . They will have to handle this ASAP ��. They will kill somebody if they haven't already.

The electric system went on the fritz when it was significantly hot outside. This caused the power steering to falter and the car to be essentially inoperable. This happened 4 times throughout the summer, and it seemed to happen on extremely hot days. It would always occur while driving and caused significant danger to not only myself, but other motorists as well. At high speeds when the steering went out the car was hard to control, and got even worse as momentum was lost.

Car loses power. This happened on my 2011 Ford mustang v6 that had the throttle body replaced. Car loses power several times a day now.

The door locks in the car are failing on all 4 doors. I have replaced the door look on the rear drivers side door. Now all three doors have failed. Also when I go to the car wash the drivers power seat starts moving without pushing any buttons. Also the drivers side panel glue I had failed and allows the vinyl from the side of the door to come off.

Vehicle has less that 65,000 miles and the electrical power steering assist shuts down making the vehicle unable to turn. This happened to me while on the freeway going 50 mph making it extremely dangerous to control. The vehicle now has no power assist to help with steering at all.

While driving in the car with my two children on route 193 in maryland (not a highway but a busy road), the car suddenly stopped accelerating, an error appeared on the screen that said "terrain management system error", a wrench indicator light came on and the light on the tms knob went out (car had full tank of gas). I pulled over on the side of the road, turned the car off, restarted it and the error indicators were gone. It then drove with no problems. We took it to the dealer the following day for an oil change and asked them to look into the problem. After charging us $175 for a diagnostic, they told us that they couldn't replicate the problem and no codes were stored in the computer so there was nothing they could do. We picked up the car and brought it home. Sunday morning, once again it abruptly stopped accelerating, and the same error messages appeared. The terrain management system error only appeared for a couple of seconds and was then replaced with a wrench error on the screen. This time I took pictures in the hopes that it might help the dealer pinpoint the problem. I then cut the car off and restarted again. It drove with no problems again but we took it back to the car at the dealer on Tuesday because clearly there is a problem. I showed the pictures and was told, in order for anything to be fixed, they have to be able to replicate the problem and because when I restart the car the error codes are deleted from the history, there's nothing for the dealer to do. I received a call today (2/14/18) and again was told that the problem couldn't be replicated so no fix is authorized. I understand wanting to diagnose the correct problem, however this is a serious safety issue. Both times this has happened I have been with my kids and thankfully in places where I could safely pull over but what if it happens while I am on a highway or in an intersection?.

Moonroof leak followed by monroof being stuck open. After a car wash at our purchasing dealer, we noticed water dripping from the lights above the center console in proximity to the monroof switches. Upon testing the switches, the moonroof opened but would not close again. The powershade operates fine, but the moonroof is stuck open (in the middle of winter in michigan). The lights operate fine. Luckily for us, we are under the initial factory warranty. This is a 2015 Explorer with 29900 miles. We bought it used on Saturday and this happened Saturday afternoon on the way home from the Ford dealer.

Car smells like exhaust, the smell is like egg or something dead the key won't come out of the ignitiononce I got the key out the car electrical was still on, the key was out but everything was on and beeping (electrical problems that ongoing) was having problems with the breaks, have taken vehicle in a few times regarding this issue the driver side window won't go down and keeps shaking while going down. One in a while I still hear a tapping sound under driver seat the air conditioner in the car takes 5 to 10 minutes to get cool in the vehicle I have all service reports and can provide more information in a report I have and can send video that have been taken of these issues. Thank you.

The contact owns a 2015 Ford Explorer. The contact stated that the battery terminal caused the battery to corrode. In addition, the battery fractured. A local dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the terminal needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and did not assist. The failure mileage was unknown.