Gasoline Fuel System Problems of Ford Explorer - part 2

Tl the contact owns a 2013 Ford Explorer. While the vehicle was idling or being driven, the contact noticed an abnormal sulfur odor inside and outside of the vehicle. Also, the check engine indicator illuminated. The contact called tamiami Ford (1471 airport pulling rd n, naples, FL 34104, (239) 643-3673) and scheduled a service appointment. The contact stated that the vehicle was repaired in December of 2017 per NHTSA campaign number: 15v812000 (fuel system, gasoline). The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 138,636. The VIN was not available.

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Driving on interstate and smelled a strong odor and fumes. No cars or trucks were in front of me and I could not figure out where the odor was coming from. Later in the 3 hour drive, got very sleepy and dizzy. Stopped at rest area for fresh air. This has never happened to me before. Now afraid to drive this expensive vehicle on these trips to take care of grandchildren. Called dealership and was told no recalls and nothing they could do. Purchased this vehicle for driving long distances and now afraid to drive it and my son will not let our grandchildren ride in it. Cannot sale it because I would loose so much money. A recall should be issued since numerous complaints have been made from others with the same issues.

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The contact owns a 2014 Ford Explorer. While driving various speeds, an abnormal fuel odor was present inside the vehicle. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. Due to the odor, the contact's child began to cough severely when in the vehicle. The failure mileage was approximately 74,000.

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The contact owns a 1999 Ford Explorer. The contact stated that the fuel warning indicator illuminated. The contact also observed a fuel leak under the vehicle. The failure occurred frequently as she refueled the vehicle daily. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer or independent mechanic for diagnostic testing. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was unknown.

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Dear sir first of all , I would like to state that I am not a us citizen , but , I'm a family man & I feel for others , I own a Ford Explorer 06 , and recently I've been noticing that the trans has a mind of it's own , shifting wrongly , jolting into gear is not enjoyable or safe, the other day I was about to have an accident because the trans refused to shift when I tried to accelerate in order to escape a situation of hitting a car next to me , I've looked it up on the internet & found that everybody is complaining of the same issues , you can go for the below site & check. . Read more...

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Within 24 hrs. Of purchase, driving on even road dry conditions approx. 40 mph engine shut off while in motion no hesitation no bucking just shut off. Pulled off side of road restarted ok took to dealer (jack byrne Ford) no code no idea what caused it, could not get to repeat . This vehicle is primarily driven on the highway we are deathly afraid that this will happen again at a higher speed and will result in a rear end collision. Spoke to the sr. Regional customer service manager for NY/NJ. She states that the dealer looked vehicle over and could not find problem nor could they repeat it no code she could not state the vehicle is safe to drive just that the dealer couldn't find anything and its ready to be picked up at dealership.

The contact owns a 2005 Ford Explorer. The contact stated that while driving at 35 mph, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was able to restart. The failure occurred on several occasions. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the fuel filter needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired but the failure persisted. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 65,000.

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While I was pumping gas the gas was leaking from under the car.

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While driving the vehicle, the smell of antifreez started coming into the car. My fiance' checked the radiator and overflow bottle and found out it was gas mixed with the antifreeze. My car's milage is 80100. I do not believe the car should have this issue at only 5 years. This problem/complaint should be investigated and damages should be covered by the dealership or manufacturer.

While driving, when I applied the brakes, the car lurched and made a noise. About 1 minute after that, a warning light that stated "engine fail safe mode" and a little wrench showed up on the left of the instrument panel. I was driving home, and the car started to speed up without my increasing the speed using the gas pedal. The car continued to lurch off and on until I got home. I researched this problem on the internet and it seemed to be the throttle body assembly that had failed. Upon taking it to the mechanic, that is exactly what is was. The car was dangerous to drive, I could have been killed had the car's speed kept increasing. The repair was $1026. 00.

1-"miles to e" have always registered as dashes after a fill up since 2004. Dealer says nothing is wrong and to add gas additive (which doesn't work) or I can have it fixed at my expense. Dealer has been sold and new dealer now has "no record" of my previous complaints-- whenever I had the car in for service I asked them to check it. I see plenty of other complaints for this same problem but Ford refuses to fix this as well. 2-back hatch below window has cracked recently. Husband had same vehicle different year and his cracked as well. Dealer acknowledges many vehicles with same problem but says there is no recall and Ford will not fix it. I see there is now a class action suit for this defect. Just wanted to go "on record" as another unhappy Ford owner (of over 40 yrs).

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"check fuel cap" light elluminates in '00-'05 Ford Explorers. There have been hundreds of reports of this issue occuring, and it is the result of emission failure parts in these vehicles. Each inspection and replacement of these parts is costing owners thousands of dollars in repairs, and is clearly a default of the company. Almost every report has shown trouble codes of p0455 or p0457, or both simultaneously. . Read more...

Vehicle will not accept fuel when filling up at pump. I took the car to the dealership and they said it was because of a dirty emission canister. The canister was replaced 03/18/2011 and the problem has returned 03/19/2011. I believe this to be a Ford problem and not mine. I was also told that it got dirty because of the heavy snow we received this past winter. I'm curious, don't they sell these cars up north where it snows heavy every year? hopefully this issue will be looked into soon.

Fuel backs out when filling,can only get 2or 3 gallons before fuel sprays out all over. Check engine lights.

I have a 2002 Ford Explorer, original plugs in it from dealer. Today I had a plug ejected from the engine resting on top of the head. Luckily I kow about cars and had vehicle towed to repair shop. Incident is common in Fords and could lead to possible injury, since ejected plug could lead up to excessive gasoline vapors which could be ignited by loose plug causing fire.

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Accelerator pedal was hard to press, rpm remained high 3000 - 4000. Eventually the car would not stop, accelerator was stuck - go was going 70 mph. Had to strut of engine mechanic replace accelerator cable - noted cable was kinked and frayed - very dangerous and that I should report it.

Gas hand does not function properly, sometimes you may fill the vehicle up and the gas hand will show empty. Since the gas hand stopped working properly the service engine soon light stays on. No way of knowing if I'm almost out of gas. . So I have to keep filling it up so I won't be stranded on the side of the road.

I noticed one day that my gas gauge showed empty when I knew I had gas, the next time I started the engine my gas gauge worked. From that day it works sometimes and sometimes it doesn't. I am afraid that it will give out completely one day and can't afford to fix it. I have read many complaints about this problem and wonder why there is not a recall as I feel Ford should take responsibility here as it is clearly a defect.

Have owned 2005 Ford Explorer since new. After 35,000 miles the gas gauge started to bottom out on empty followed by a service engine soon light staying on. The gauge will start working again off and on but it's not reliable. Tried running a fuel cleaner through it a couple of times and did nothing for it. Also the tire pressure monitor says it's reading a bad sensor in one of the wheels. This vehicle is well taken care of and babied by my wife. There seems to be alot of consumers having the exact same troubles with the same vehicles. Why is Ford not held liable for these defects? this was not a budget low cost car. We paid over $36,000. 00 for this SUV. Please help us in any way you can.

Came home to find stoing gasoline fumes and a stream of gas leaking on the driveway from under the Explorer. Climbed underneath it to find a hose leaking.

1. Fuel gauge just stop working after refilling the vehicle. 2. The failure just happened and now it does not detect gas in the engine. 3. The failure happened shortly after getting a non-related item fixed on February 27, 2010.

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Stuck accelerator on 1997 Ford Explorer with 58,000 miles. While driving on interstate 287/78 in NJ I tried to turn off the cruise control but instead the car accelerated uncontrollably to over 85 mph. I gained control by turning the engine on and off until reaching a safe place to stop. An njdot truck helped me and later that day I emailed what happened to Ford's customer assistance. I wanted them to have a dealer examine my Explorer to see if this was caused by a material defect of normal wear and tear, in which case I would repair it. They refused to help so I wrote a letter to dearborn and received a response saying the matter was closed (case # 1510510480). My wife said (and I believe her) that if she were driving it would have resulted in a crash. I noted that there was a recall on the 2002 escape that sounds like the same problem. I just want to prevent potential loss of life due to this, in my opinion, faulty design or manufacturer glitch. Njdot documented the case since I sent them a "thank you" and they responded. The vehicle put me and others on the highway in a life-threatening situation (viz a viz Toyota) but Ford is unwilling to consider the case. They want to treat this as an "out of warranty" condition but I believe it is potentially a product liability that if not corrected will cost lives and damage.

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Bought 2006 Explorer new. Around 14,000 miles engine problems started, have taken car in to Ford dealer where car was purchased about 7 times for basically same problem ~ engine light / car engine lunging . Mechanics did different things; replaced one defected part while under warranty, reset computer, but problem always came back. Sometimes happening before I made it home. Some times months later. Now they think maybe it could be the throttle body.

Check engine light comes on and O2 sensors have to be replace every thirty to forty thousand miles. Now o/d off light is flashing and car drives like it is in first gear, shifts hard.

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Tl-the contact owns a 2005 Ford Explorer. The contact stated that his check engine light had been illuminated for a while. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and they advised him that the fuel sensor board had failed and needed to be upgraded. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and they offered no assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 68,000 and the current mileage was approximately 91,400. Tb.

The contact owns a 2005 Ford Explorer. The contact stated that the check fuel cap light was continuously illuminated. The contact replaced the fuel cap but the failure persisted. The contact also had the dealer reprogram the computer but to no avail. The failure mileage was 60,000 and the current mileage was 72,000.

2005 Ford Explorer has intermittent problem of engine cutting off and lack of throttle response while driving. Vehicle then has problem starting. Computer is showing numerous fuel related codes. Dealer has repaired numerous parts and problem still exits.

My 2004 Ford Explorer has been killing when coming to a stop, slowing down and when I am driving at speeds up to 40mph. My power steering then goes. There are no warnings when this is going to happen. It is occurring daily and I then have to put the truck in park, remove the key and then restart. When I do that, it runs like it never happened. No check engine light ect. . . I have been calling the dealership about this from day one. At first I was told that if it does not fail when I bring it in it will be hard to say what it is. Then I called back because it was happening more frequently. I brought my truck in thurs. The dealership had it all day and said it was ready to go. I drove 1/2 mile down the road and the truck killed. I immediately called them back to let them know. I will be bringing it back next week. I am very worried about this failure and I feel that this is definitely a defect in the Ford.

The filling of gas in the vehicle is almost impossible- the gas shuts off every 2-3 gallons then spits gas back out all over the person trying to fill it. Resulting in gas being spilled out everywhere on the vehicle, the driver, the ground. This began happening every few times getting gas and now it is everytime. I looked this up online to find a TSB 07-25-3 problem accompanied by dtc p0451 saying this happens alot on Ford Explorers built before 11/27/07. I called the Ford dealer service department they said this happens all the time. That the evap canister and vapor line will have to be replaced. Why is this not a recall? it's not safe to have gas sprayed on you and the car and ground everytime you try to get gas. Thank you for your concern.

I have a 2005 Ford Explorer that when you put gas in it at a gas pump it keeps shutting off and spitting fuel back out of the fuel neck all over the place. I have been seeing others complaining about this very same thing. This is most definitely a safety hazard to be having gasoline spray all over the ground in a crowded gas station. Not to mention have to take 15 - 20 minutes to fill your vehicle up. Thanks, jamie a. Jones.

2005 Ford Explorer XLT 4. 0l v6 28,000 miles purchased new on July 7, 2005 we started having problems with the fuel system in the end of June 2008 (intermittent loss of fuel gauge and service engine soon dash light) called the Ford dealer on or about July 1, 2008. We were driving and the truck engine died, no warning no steering no brakes, (the wrench light and engine failed test mode light came on) she managed to get it to the side of the road where it started up as if everything was ok, moments later it happened again, this time she put it in neutral and it started again while moving. She drove it to my house and took my car home.

The fuel system on my Ford Explorer went out completely at 40,000 miles. Also, the black panels between the windows are faded and peeling.

My 2007 Ford Explorer caught fire after repeated complaints to my local dealer of a fuel smell on 9 -10-07 with only 12,000 miles on it ,it burnt to the ground the fire investigator said it was a fuel problem that started on top of the motor now what do I do? I am lucky not to be hurt or worse.

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The contact owns a 2005 Ford Explorer. When attempting to start the vehicle, the engine began to sputter. She restarted the vehicle to resume normal vehicle operation. On another occasion while driving, the power steering and brakes failed without warning, which caused her to crash into a fence. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic for inspection on two separate occasions. The failure was contributed to the fuel sensor and throttle position sensor. The throttle position sensor was replaced. The repair did not remedy the failure. The failure mileage was 45,000. The current mileage was 80,000. The vehicle identification number was unavailable.

2004 Ford Explorer limited with faulty gas gauge. Car said 70 miles to empty yet my wife and two kids (ages 3&5) ran out of gas on the highway. They had to hike 1 mile down the expressway to get assistance. This is obviously a serious safety concern. The only thing worse than no gas gauge is one that does not read accurately. Thankfully they eventually arrived home safely with the assistance of strangers.