Ford Explorer owners have reported 5 problems related to trunk wiring (under the electrical system category). The most recently reported issues are listed below. Also please check out the statistics and reliability analysis of Ford Explorer based on all problems reported for the Explorer.
Vehicle engine compartment firewall wiring harness caught fire and partially melted shorting out electrical system while vehicle was was under steady load (3500 rpm) for less than 5 minutes pulling out a stump. Fire was under hood and was extinguished within seconds with water. Engine runs but dash warning lights periodically appear: engine, abs brakes, gas cap, etc.
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The drivers side tail light wiring malfunctioned causing a fire after on 28 days of owmnership, the vehicle was declared totaled by the insurance company, the vehicle was not in motion at the time the fire occurred. Nlm.
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Wiring in back caught fire, most electrical components quit, severe smoke, had to have towed to dealer.
Rear windshield wiper motor keeps shorting out has burn four motors completly up. Now total system out. No door locks, windows, seats or anything electric. Can smell burning wires. Ford will not do replacement or buyback. Their solution is to bring it in once a month for a new motor, sooner or later it will quit burning them up.
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This vehicle has been a lemon since I leased it and the Ford motor company has done nothing to try and stop the problems. They have refused on all accounts to even right up a service complaint so there will be a record of the times I have taken it in for problems. This vehicle is dangerous, it should have been totally taken off the road years ago. The door lock in the rear goes up and down at random and it does it repeatly until I have to shut the car off because I,m afraid it will catch fire. The tires started wearing through when there was only 30,000. Miles on them, and now it will not crank unless I hold the gear shift up past the p mark on the colum and I live on a flat paved road. The Ford company said it was from parking on a hill. I live in south east GA, we have no hills. ( dot number: ).
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