Four problems related to front suspension control arm have been reported for the 2015 Ford Explorer. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2015 Ford Explorer based on all problems reported for the 2015 Explorer.
In less than a month time the control arms and back tie rod ends snapped completely while just driving on normal flat roads. Costing $1,000's in damage repairs . The whole back end gave out swerving my whole vehicle while I had children in it.
After leaving my community property with my 2015 Ford Explorer, I turned left at approximately 5-15 miles per hour and suddenly I heard a clank/scrape and lost control of vehicle (image 1). See scrap on cement where vehicle control was lost in the street. Vehicle stopped at end of skid marks (image 2). After turning left (east) , I immediately lost control of vehicle where orange van is located, which is believed due to axle break (image 2). After losing control, vehicle veered left towards curve. I continued to fight for control and vehicle hit the curve while vehicle was headed between two trees towards homes. Fortunately, I was able to momentarily gain control before vehicle went down embankment and return vehicle to main road. See skid marks. My vehicle only had 75,038 miles. The Ford dealership said that my control arm broke which caused the incident. However, they would not take responsibility of the repair.
Stopped in the street to do a u-turn, started my turn and lost steering. Drove into a curb, got out of the car and discovered the lower control arm had snapped in half.
While driving vehicle on highway, lost control and was barley able to stop truck after right lower control arm broke in half. Ball joint was also completely out of socket. I don't see how something this dangerous and unsafe can happen while driving.
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