Forward Collision Avoidance Problems of Ford Explorer

Ford Explorer owners have reported 179 forward collision avoidance related problems since 1996. Table 1 shows the 9 most common forward collision avoidance problems. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's automatic emergency braking (57 problems). The second most common problem is related to the vehicle's adaptive cruise control (55 problems). For details of each of the problem category, use the links in the table.


Recently reported Forward Collision Avoidance problems of Ford Explorer

The Automatic Emergency Braking problem

I was making a left hand turn with incoming traffic. I had pleanty of time to make the turn. Next thing I know my forward pre collision alarm goes off, locks up breaks, alarms started going off. It only lasted a couple seconds, but that’s all it takes to killed.   Read details...

The Adaptive Cruise Control problem

Benoit Nissan in deridder, la, was contracted to perform a critical safety repair/recall on my vehicle's airbag system. The dealership charged for the completed repair, but explicitly aborted the physical installation, leaving the vehicle's supplemental restraint system (srs) incomplete,   Read details...

The Warnings problem

While driving, vehicle made a grinding sound, and all systems related to cruise, 4wd, decent control all illuminated on dash. Vehicle was taken to dealer, metro Ford. Metro Ford stated the transfer case has failed internally, and being replaced under powertrain.   Read details...

The Forward Collision Avoidance problem

The contact owns a 2013 Ford Explorer. The contact stated that on several occasions while in reverse(r), the back over prevention camera went black and remained black. The contact stated that occasionally while driving the message “camera unavailable - please contact dealer" message was   Read details...

The Sensing System Camera problem

The contact owns a 2019 Ford Explorer. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the forward collision avoidance camera failed to function as intended. The contact stated that the forward collision avoidance camera displayed a very blurry image.   Read details...




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