Engine And Engine Cooling Problems of Ford Explorer Sport

Was driving the vehicle when I noticed smoke coming out from under the hood. I pulled over as quick as possible into a strip mall parking lot. Before I got out flames were coming out of the engine compartment. I ran into a store and got a fire extinguisher to try and put out the fire. I failed, as the whole front of the explorer was in flames as well as the interior. The vehicle is a total loss. The fire department put it out. I had the vehicle for 7 weeks. The used dealer will not take any responsibility. Should they? I purchased the vehicle on Mar. 3,2014 at oc auto expo in westminster, CA.

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The contact owns a 2000 Ford Explorer Sport. The contact stated that while starting the ignition, the engine warning indicator remained illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where four 02 oxygen sensors were replaced. After the repair the failure persisted but the vehicle was not further serviced. The manufacturer was not notified of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 169,000.

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The contact owns a 2001 Ford Explorer Sport. The contacted was driving 35 mph when white smoke emitted from the fender of the vehicle. The contact exited the vehicle and discovered flames were coming from under the hood. The vehicle was destroyed. The police and fire departments were contacted and reports were filed. The failure caused no injuries. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer and the manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure and the current mileages were 126,000.

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A fire burning my entire 2002 Ford Explorer Sport in the early mornings when the SUV wasn't even started.

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This is a 7 year old vehicle and it seems as though recalls continue. This vehicle has a chain guide problem that seems to be major. We now either need a new motor or we have to have it replaced for 2,500. 00 everywhere we check. Major problem. Not that old of a vehicle.

Driving along everything is fine, lose power pull off the side of the road and the vehicle I see black smoke and then flames, couldn't get out because of power windows and locks. Went to the back of the vehicle and kicked my way out and the vehicle was engulfed in flames in minutes and burned to the ground.

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Ford Explorer Sport 2 door caught fire while parked in the garage. It was not turned on it just caught fire on it's own.

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Dt: owns 2001 Ford explorer, both driver and passenger are pregnant. Had just entered interstate and was driving about 70 mph and tried to slow down to about 65mph. Tried to tap brake but heard engine rev up and it immediately sped back up. Tapped brake again and knew something was wrong. Engaged hazard lights and tried to pull off road. Down shifted to 2nd gear,then to 1st, and slowed to about 50 mph. Tried to engage emergency brake with no luck. Was using both brakes while traveling in the grass uphill. When it slowed to about 15-20 mph passenger jumped from vehicle. Vehicle continued to rev up, driver let off brake while trying to escape and was slung from vehicle. The explorer went back and crossed 4 lanes of traffic, entered onto service road where it struck a tree. From there the vehicle accelerated up the tree up-rooting it. The tires caught fire and bystander tried to put out the fire with an ice chest and again it caught on fire.

After vehicle was parked for six hours the owner was awakened by some neighbors and informed that vehicle was on fire. Which was coming out of the fender well and consumed the entire vehicle. The fire department was called to the sceneand determined that cruise control was cause of the fire.

The problem I'm having involves a 1997 Ford Explorer Sport (4. 0l-5spd-non-auto climate control)--the temp is not controllable and remains hot all the time except for max a/c--this problem seems to commonly involve but is not neccessarily limited to the blend door, blend door actuator and heater box--to my knowledge there have been no deather or injuries caused by this problem but it is significant non the less .

I bought a 1999 Ford explorer in 02 for 17,292. 44 in 05 we had to put a new motor in for 5,502. 47 now here we are in 06 and the transmission went out to replace will cost us another 2,900. 00 so here we have a Ford that is only 5 years old with 22,794. 91 in it and still not running I can not find the right person to talk to cause the dealership went out of business.

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The crankshaft sheared off directly behind the harmonic balancer, the truck has only 70,000 miles, will require major engine work to fix. It broke under normal acceleration conditions.

The engine has been replaced twice, the steering wheel started to smoke. The dealer stated that there was a mechanical defect in the steering column. The knocking would only occur in the fall and winter month's. On one occasion the while sitting at a red light, smoke started coming from the steering wheel.