Three problems related to engine burning oil have been reported for the 2016 Ford Explorer. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2016 Ford Explorer based on all problems reported for the 2016 Explorer.
As I was driving my 2016 Ford Explorer on the highway on 08/01/2019 I experienced the vehicle start to stutter just before I was going on to the on ramp merging on the highway and after I was on the high way the vehicle started smoking from under the hood and would no longer accelerate and I could smell oil burning and pulled over and shut the car off looked under the car and saw the pile of oil underneath but the vehicle did not have the any check engine light or warnings once we towed the vehicle home I looked under the car and saw that the transmission casing was cracked pretty much in half I could actually see the gears inside the casing of the transmission I also rememberd in the past year or so the vehicle would shift very hard after braking and then getting back on the gas it happened every once in a while .
After accelerating onto the interstate or when I am climbing a steep hill once I decelerate and maintain a level speed the cabin fills with a "burnt oil" smell. It has been getting progressively worse and I am concerned about harmful gases.
The tailpipe occasionally emits blue-gray smoke, as if it is burning oil. I have witnessed this when the vehicle was stationary. The passenger compartment occasionally smells like smoke. The passengers in the rear of the car tend to notice it first, and then the passengers in the front can smell it. It seems to happen when accelerating at a high rate, such as when entering a highway from an on-ramp.