Vehicle Overheat Problems of Ford Explorer

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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I was driving slightly uphill in stop and go traffic, off exit 16 on the palisades parkway, due to a controlled stop set up by police to check inspection and registration. I saw smoke around my vehicle, so I looked at my instrument panel to see if my car was overheating. My instrument panel indicated nothing was wrong. When I looked up, an officer was motioning for me to pull over saying my car was on fire. I quickly pulled over, turned off the car, got in the back seat to get my 1 year old daughter out of her car seat, and exited the vehicle. My wife quickly got out of the passenger seat and exited the vehicle. We were told to get far away. Two police officers tried to put out the fire with extinguishers, but were unable to get the hood open. We were out of the car no more than 5 minutes when it was entirely engulfed in flames. Fire trucks arrived approximately 10 minutes later, by then the car was completely destroyed.

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Since purchasing my 2011 Explorer, I have just replace the coolant fan on June 20,2015. This is the second time the fan has quit working entirely and caused the vehicle to overheat and required immediate replacement. Requested Ford to reimburse cost of most recent repair.

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The contact owns a 1997 Ford Explorer. The contact stated that the vehicle overheated. The contact checked all the fluids and everything was fine. The temperature gauge went up and down. The vehicle was not working right now. She went to the dealership on 09/13/2005, and they told her there were no recalls on the vehicle. The vehicle only has 89,000 miles. The dealership flushed all the fluids, done oil change, and kept up with all the maintenance. The vehicle was purchased in March 2005. The heater in the vehicle went up and down, even at the lowest setting the heater got too hot.

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Engine failed while driving, causing vehicle to stall due to overheating. Cause unknown, dealer does not know why vehicle overheated. Complete engine needs to be replaced.

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