general problems of the 2016 Ford Explorer

The current b-pillar trim issue that Ford hasn't remedied. In October 2025 my b-pillar broke off my car while driving, shatteringagainst the car behindme. When it did that the wiring immediately caused my liftgate to think it was open and I have not been able to access that back of my SUV since then. In order to do so a piece in the door had to be removed and I have to crawl thru the vehicle to manually find a switch to release it. This has gone on for 5 months with me being unable to use the entire back half of the vehicle. If I open it manually it risks not getting shut fully and popping open. It's ridiculous it has taken this long for a fix.

Issues with headlight housing unit getting moisture in it causing lights to malfunction. Driver headlight won't work and passenger headlight will turn off while driving then back on and off again. It does this continously at random making it dangerous for myself and other drivers at night. I've spoke with Ford explaining there is a recall for some 2016 models but not one under my VIN so they won't fix it since it's not. I'm hoping the recall can be extended to cover my VIN.

Tl- the contact owns a 2016 Ford Explorer. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, all the warning lights of the instrument panel intermittently illuminated. In addition, the contact stated that the instrument panel would lights intermittently dim. The vehicle was taken to chuck colvin service center dealer, located at 1925 n hwy 99w, mcminnville, or 97128, (503) 472-6124, where the technician test drive the vehicle but could not duplicate the failure. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 38,000. Aw.