Vehicle Overheat problems of the 2016 Ford Explorer

One problem related to vehicle overheat has 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.

1 Vehicle Overheat problem

Failure Date: 10/28/2019

Purchased Explorer 2 old, used. Vehicle has ran great. Check engine light car on. Diagnosed of 3 cylinder misfire. Purchased new plugs and coils as car now has 80k on it. Car ran better for a week as it was starting really rough. Check engine light never went away. Took vehicle to the local garage and they diagnosed there is a blown head gasket. Garaged stated they do not do that kind of work, but garage told me this is the 3rd Explorer-ecoboost he has seen in the past 8 months with this issue. He said has to be a know issue to Ford. Called Ford dealership. They said there is no recall and the book price on this job is $4600. I lost a head gasket once, on a 15 year old car that overheated several times. This car is my wifes; and never overheated. Ford told me if I completed job now that I would not be reimbursed by a recall, which I highly doubt but that is what I was told. I just want to go on record that we baby our car, keep up with oil changes and want to make sure Ford is not getting away with passing engineering issues off to their customers. Adam.




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