2017 Ford Explorer complaints

FUMES ENTER CAR WILE DRIVING!

EXHAUST FUMES IN CABIN OF CAR. THEY SAY THEY FIXED IT BUT I STILL SMELL EXHAUST FUMES. CARBON MONOXIDE

2017 FORD EXPLORER SPORT. 3.5 ECOBOOST. WHEN ACCELERATING 3/4 OR MORE ON THE PEDAL. DOES NOT SMELL SO MUCH AS EXHAUST AS IT DOES SULFUR AND BAD EGG SMELL. ONLY WAY TO GET THE SMELL OUT OF VEHICLE IS TO TURN AIR OFF AND ROLL WINDOWS DOWN. SEEMS WORSE WHEN AIR CONDITIONING IS ON THAN THE HEAT. PASSENGERS USUALLY GET IT WORSE THAN DRIVER.. AT LEAST THAT'S MY EXPERIENCE, OR THAT IS THE SIDE WITH THE PROBLEM. I WAS READING ON WEBSITES BEFORE ALL THESE CLAIMS WERE BROUGHT UP AND I KEPT COMING TO THE CONCLUSION FROM READING UP WHAT COMPLAINTS I FOUND, IT WAS THAT THE TWIN TURBOS HAD A LOT OF BLOW BACK AND IT WAS ONLY THE ECOBOOST MOTORS. NOW I NOW DIFFER AND THERE IS A CURIOUS PROBLEM AND I OWE A SMALL FORTUNE ON A VEHICLE THAT'S NOT SAFE TO DRIVE AND ALSO WITH A FAMILY OF 5. DOES NOT HAVE PROBLEM AT IDLE OR IF DRIVING GENTLY. CAN DO IT AT LOW SPEEDS OR HIGH SPEEDS. JUST GIVE IT HALF OR MORE PEDDLE AND YOU WILL SMELL IT. WHAT DO I DO. THANKS. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).?*JB

WHEN ACCELERATING PAST 2,500 RPMS, EXHAUST COMES INTO THE CAR. IT SMELLS AND HAS SINCE I BOUGHT IT. THE DEALERSHIP SAID IT WOULD BURN OFF, I'M NOW AT OVER 5,000 MILES AND IT STILL DOES IT. I KEEP TELLING THE DEALERSHIP. IT IS DANGEROUS TO MYSELF AND MY DAUGHTER. MAKES ME LIGHT HEADED.

EXHAUST LEAK INTO CABIN OF VEHICLE, NOTICED ESPECIALLY ON ACCELERATION ON HIGHWAY AT SPEEDS OF 55MPH AND WHEN DRIVING UP AND DOWN HILLS. HAD TO ROLL DOWN WINDOW TO GET SMELL OUT OF VEHICLE. CAUSING DRIVER TO GET HEADACHES, NAUSEA AND GET VERY DROWSY. TOOK VACATION FOR 1300 MILES TO VIRGINIA BEACH FROM ILLINOIS AND TRAVELLED THROUGH MOUNTAINS AND THIS DRIVER COULD ONLY DRIVE 2 HOURS BEFORE BECOMING VERY DROWSY. THIS DRIVER HAS BEEN DRIVING FOR 28 YEARS AND HAS NEVER EVER HAD THESE SYMPTOMS BEFORE WHILE DRIVING. THIS DRIVER IS NOT ON ANY MEDICATIONS THAT WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO BEING DROWSY, NOR DOES NOT HAVE ANY MEDICAL CONDITIONS THAT WOULD CAUSE THIS DRIVER TO BECOME DROWSY BEHIND THE WHEEL. THIS DRIVER BELIEVES THIS CAR 2017 FORD EXPLORER IS LEAKING EXHAUST INTO THE CABIN OF THE VEHICLE THROUGH THE AIR VENTS EVEN THOUGH THIS DRIVER DOES NOT CIRCULATE THE INSIDE AIR ON THE A/C SYSTEM. THIS DRIVER ALWAYS HAS THE A/C SYSTEM ON BRINGING IN OUTSIDE AIR INTO THE CAR AND DOES NOT CLICK ON THE BUTTON THAT CIRCULATES THE AIR INSIDE THE CAR. THIS DRIVER NOW HAS TO HAVE THE WINDOW ROLLED DOWN IN THIS VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING THE CAR ANYTIME THIS DRIVER GETS INTO THE VEHICLE TO DRIVE. THIS VEHICLE WAS FIRST NOTICED TO BE CAUSING DRIVER TO BECOME DROWSY ON 7/29/17 & 7/30/17 WHILE ON VACATION DRIVING TO VIRGINIA BEACH WITH DAUGHTER, FRIEND OF FAMILY AND HER SON. 8/2/17 & 8/3/17 DROVE BACK TO ILLINOIS AND DROWSY AGAIN AND HAD TO ROLL WINDOW DOWN. 8/30/17 TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY TESTE

ON 9/11/2017 DRIVING ON HIGHWAY - WINDOWS UP NO AC ON - GOT THIS OVERWHELMING FEELING THAT WAS GOING TO PASS OUT - PULLED TO RIGHT AND OPEN ALL WINDOWS - HEAD CLEARED - THIS WAS IN THE MORNING ONLY PERSON IN THE CAR - NO HISTORY OF MEDICAL ISSUES

EXHAUST FUMES ENTERING VEHICLE WHEN STATIONARY AND IN MOTION.

I NOTICED WHEN AM DRIVING MY VEHICLE I GET SLEEP AND I HAVE NEVER FELT THIS WAY UNTIL I STARTED DRIVING THIS VEHICLE I HAVEBEEN FILLING LIGHT HEADED AND HEADACHES WHEN AM DRIVING THIS VEHICLE. I HAVE. NOT BEEN FILLING WELL AT ALL

OCCASIONAL EXHAUST GASES INSIDE VEHICLE WHILE IDLING.

EXHAUST FUMES FILL THE CABIN OF VEHICLE DURING HEAVY ACCELERATION. USUALLY CAUSES HEADACHE. DEALER CONFIRMED ISSUE. DEALER ADVISES FORD HAS ISSUED A TSB BUT THE PARTS HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR MONTHS SO NO REPAIR IS ABLE TO BE COMPLETED AT THIS TIME.

THERE IS A BURNING SMELL/ STRONG ODOR OF EXHAUST FUMES ENTERING THE VEHICLE WHEN DRIVING . IT SEEMS TO OCCUR MORE OFTEN OR BECOME STRONGER WHEN ACCELERATING UP HILLS OR WHEN ACCELERATING ONTO THE HIGHWAY, BUT CAN OCCUR WHEN DRIVING AT ANY TIME. MY WIFE, MYSELF, FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS WHO HAVE RIDDEN IN OR DRIVEN THE VEHICLE HAVE SMELLED IT. THE SMELL CAN BE STRONGER TO PASSENGERS IN THE REAR SEATING AREAS. THIS HAS OCCURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS SINCE MY WIFE HAS LEASED THE VEHICLE ON 01/20/17 AND HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER TWICE TO BE CHECKED ,BUT THEY CANNOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. THE VEHICLE WILL BE RETURNING TO THE DEALER THIS WEEK (09/06/17) AGAIN TO BE CHECKED .

EXHAUST SMELL COMING INTO CABIN FROM THE FRONT VENTS ON HIGHWAY ACCELERATION.

AFTER A SCARY LONG DRIVE FROM INDIANA TO NORTH CAROLINA I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT LETTING THEM KNOW THAT I COULD SMELL EXHAUST WHILE DRIVING AND I FELT OVERLY TIRED, WAY MORE TIRED THEN NEED BE. AFTER TESTING IT WAS DETERMINED THAT CO WAS COMING INTO THE CABIN OF MY VEHICLE. THEY STILL HAVE MY VEHICLE NOW AFTER 2 WEEKS AND THE PARTS THAT WERE ORDERED WERE BODY FILLER AND ELECTRICAL TAPE. THIS DOES NOT SEEM TO BE THE APPROPRIATE FIX FOR THIS SITUATION THAT COULD CAUSE CATASTROPHIC INJURY OR DEATH AND NOW I AM SCARED TO PUT MY AND MY FAMILIES LIVES IN DANGER DUE TO MY VEHICLE TRYING TO KILL US. THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN ON THE INTERSTATE AS SPEEDS OF 50-75 MPH. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND IF I WOULD NOT HAVE STOPPED SO MANY TIMES I WOULD HAVE PASSED OUT AND CAUSED AN ACCIDENT WHICH COULD HAVE KILLED ME OR SOMEONE ELSE. I WAS ADVISED THAT IF I WAS GOING TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE I SHOULD DO SO WITH THE WINDOWS DOWN, WHICH IS NOT ACCEPTABLE AND WHY I HAVE HAD A LOANER CAR FOR WEEKS.

GAS ODOR LEAK INSIDE THE CAR WHILE DRIVING THAT CAUSED ME TO HAVE SXS OF DIZZINESS, NAUSEA AND VOMITING. IT HAPPENED IN MULTIPLE OCCASIONS.

EXHAUST SMELL COMES INTO THE CABIN WHEN CAR IS ACCELERATING. SEEMS WORST WHEN THE AC IS IN RE-CIRCULATION MODE. YOU CAN SMELL THE EXHAUST FUMES RIGHT AFTER THE ENGINE/TRANSMISSION HAS DOWNSHIFTED TO ACCELERATE.

I RENTED THE REFERENCED VEHICLE FROM ENTERPRISE RENTAL CAR FOR 1 WEEK. DROVE APPROXIMATELY 2000 MILES. THIS 2017 VEHICLE HAD APPROXIMATELY 20,000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER WHEN I RENTED IT. I BELIEVE THAT THE ENGINE WAS THE 3.5 LITER VERSION. EVERY TIME I ACCELERATED HARD, SUCH AS ENTERING ON THE INTERSTATE, I COULD SUBSEQUENTLY SMELL A VERY STRONG EXHAUST SMELL IN THE INTERIOR OF THE SUV. I ALSO NOTICED WHEN I RENTED THE VEHICLE THAT ALL THE WINDOWS AND SURFACES HAD A FILM ON THEM - PERHAPS RESIDUE FROM EXHAUST GASES. I AM A 54 YEAR OLD RETIRED ENGINEER AND HAVE OWNED AND RENTED OVER 25 VEHICLES IN MY LIFETIME AND FIND WHAT I EXPERIENCED WITH THE EXPLORER TO BE VERY UNUSUAL. I ALSO FOUND THAT I WAS SLEEPIER THAN NORMAL WHEN DRIVING PERHAPS DUE TO CO2 EXPOSURE. ALL OF MY PASSENGERS ALSO EXPERIENCED UNUSUAL SLEEPINESS. THE EXHAUST SMELL IN THE INTERIOR WAS UNDENIABLE. I FIND IT VERY DISTURBING THAT FORD IS TRYING TO EXPLAIN THIS AS A PROBLEM WITH ONLY THE POLICE INTERCEPTOR EXPLORERS DUE TO AFTER MARKET MODIFICATIONS. MY EXPERIENCE INDICATES THAT THIS IS A COMPLETELY FALSE AND MISLEADING EXPLANATION. I AM VERY PLEASED TO SEE THAT THE NHTSA IS DOING AN EA ON THE PROBLEM. FORD HAS IGNORED THIS PROBLEM FOR YEARS AND THE PROBLEM IS VERY REAL. I WAS CONSIDERING BUYING THE EXPLORER WHICH WAS ONE REASON I RENTED THE VEHICLE AND FROM MY EXPERIENCE I WILL NOT TOUCH THIS VEHICLE AND WILL NOT BE PURCHASING ONE. PLEASE DO YOUR DUE DILIGENCE REGARDING THIS PROBLEM AND I HOPE TO SEE THAT THIS E

CARBON MONOXIDE INSIDE PASSENGER CABIN, WHEN DRIVING AT NORMAL SPEEDS IN HIGHWAY. HAD TO PULL OVER TO VOMIT AND WAIT A WHILE TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE. HAS HAPPENED IN VARIOUS OCCASION BUT WIRES THE LAST TIME.

WE HAVE TAKEN OUR EXPLORER INTO A FORD DEALERSHIP TWICE NOW. WHEN YOU ACCELERATE ON THE HIGHWAY THERE IS A REALLY BAD EXHAUST SMELL IN THE CABIN FROM TIME TO TIME. THEY CLAIM TO FIX IT EVERY TIME AND THEN THE PROBLEM OCCURS AGAIN. I AM VERY WORRIED BECAUSE I AM 22 WEEKS PREGNANT NOW AND I HAD BEEN PLACED ON BED REST DUE TO SPOTTING I WAS HAVING. I AM NOT SURE IF THE TWO ARE LINKED. I AM NOT ON BED REST ANYMORE. THE CAR CONTINUES TO HAVE THE SAME ISSUE. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE. I WILL CHOOSE A DATE BELOW, BUT IT IS ONGOING.

C0 DETECTOR WENT OFF ON A 3HR DRIVE ON 08-18-17 WITH AC AND AIR RECIRCULATION ON. AFTER OPENING THE WINDOWS THE DETECTOR STOPPED BEEPING. THE DETECTOR IS A GLUI CIGARETTE-LIGHTER POWERED DEVICE W/ TWO USB PORTS (HTTPS://WWW.AMAZON.COM/GP/PRODUCT/B01G2YJ3ZU) AND HAS BEEN INSTALLED IN THE CENTER CONSOLE CIGARETTE LIGHTER (FACING THE SECOND ROW SEATS) SINCE MID MAY. NO OTHER TIME HAS THIS ALARM WENT OFF. AT THE TIME OF THE ALARM THE DETECTOR WAS PARTIALLY COVERED WITH SOME FABRIC FROM A BAG AND THE DETECTOR WAS WARM TO THE TOUCH. WE WERE CAMPING IN A PLACE WITH NO CELL SERVICE SO WE DID NOT GET A CHANCE TO CONTACT FORD/NHTSA. WE DROVE HOME W/ THE WINDOWS OPEN. AFTER COMING BACK HOME I TRIED INTENTIONALLY SETTING OFF THE CO ALARM WITH A CAN OF CO. AFTER WARMING UP THE DETECTOR BY LETTING THE CAR RUN I SPRAYED CO INTO THE DETECTOR BUT I WAS UNABLE TO GET THE ALARM TO GO OFF AGAIN. IT IS UNCLEAR TO ME WHETHER THIS WAS A FALSE ALARM FROM THE DETECTOR OR A LEGITIMATE ISSUE WITH C0 EMISSIONS IN THE VEHICLE. THERE ARE NOT MANY ACTIVE CO ALARMS ON AMAZON FOR CARS, THE GLUI ONE IS THE MOST REASONABLE ONE I'VE FOUND. ANY ADVICE WOULD BE APPRECIATED; I'LL BE CONTACTING FORD TODAY AS WELL.

WHEN I ACCELERATE WITH THE AIR CONDITIONING UNIT ON, THE SMELL OF EXHAUST IS ENTERING MY CABIN. I HAVE TO ROLL DOWN THE WINDOWS TO LET THE SMELL OUT. ACCORDING TO THE DEALERSHIP, THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH OUR VEHICLE. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT MY SAFETY AND THAT OF MY CHILDREN WHEN INHALING THIS SMELL.

CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTED IN PASSENGER CABIN - AFTER READING STORIES ABOUT POSSIBLE PROBLEMS WITH CARBON MONOXIDE (CO) IN 2016 FORD EXPLORERS IN MID JULY 2017 I PURCHASED A KIDDE BATTERY POWERED CO DETECTOR AND INSTALLED IT IN THE REAR AREA OF THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. IT HAD NOT ALARMED UNTIL WE WERE TRAVELING FROM SENECA, SC TO INDIANAPOLIS, IN. WE WERE TOWING AN 8X5 ENCLOSED U-HAUL TRAILER AT NORMAL FREEWAY SPEEDS. TOW/HAUL WAS ENGAGED BECAUSE WE WERE TOWING AND THE ENGINE WAS GENERALLY RUNNING AT HIGHER RPM'S, ESPECIALLY GOING UP THE MOUNTAIN INCLINES. THE CO DETECTOR FIRST ALARMED WEST OF ASHVIILLE, NC. SUDDENLY THE HEADACHES AND DROWSINESS BOTH MY WIFE AND I WERE EXPERIENCING MADE SENSE. WE OPENED THE WINDOWS AND THE ALARM STOPPED AFTER A COUPLE MINUTES. AFTER THIS HAPPENED 3-4 TIMES I MOVED THE DETECTOR TO THE FRONT OF THE PASSENGER CABIN SO THAT I COULD MONITOR THE PART PER MILLION DISPLAY. WE FOUND THAT IT ONLY TOOK 15-20 MINUTES OF HIGHWAY DRIVING FOR THE DETECTOR TO DISPLAY 31PPM, THE DETECTORS MINIMUM CONCENTRATION DETECTION THRESHOLD. THE LEVEL WOULD THEN BUILD OVER TIME. DUE TO THE DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS OF CO ON THE HUMAN BODY I NEVER LET THE CONCENTRATION EXCEED 62PPM. I FOUND, HOWEVER, THAT THE PEAK CO CONCENTRATION DETECTED WAS 103PPM. I ASSUME THIS WAS REACHED WHILE THE DETECTOR WAS IN THE REAR OF THE CABIN, WHERE THE DISPLAY WAS NOT VISIBLE TO ME. THE SERVICE MANAGER AT LAKE KEOWEE FORD SUGGESTED THAT I RUN THE HVAC IN RECIRCULATE MODE. I TRIED MANY DIFFERENT

HEAVY SMELL IN CABIN WHEN THE AC IS TURNED ON. THE SMELL IS FOUL AND WORSE WHEN AC IS TURNED ON. DRIVER HAS HAD SEVERAL EPISODES OF NAUSEA, DIZZINESS AND OVERALL UNWELL FEELING SINCE PURCHASING IN NOVEMBER 2016. NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED AS OF YET, BUT THERE IS A DEFINITE PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE AND AM CONCERNED FOR MY THREE CHILDREN UNDER 6.

WHILE DRIVING MY 2017 EXPLORER I GET SICK WHILE DRIVING. I GET A HEADACHE AND VERY NAUSEOUS AND SOMETIMES I GET DIZZY. I WILL DRIVE OTHER VEHICLES AND I DON'T GET SICK WITH THEM. I HAVE HAD MY EXPLORER FOR A YEAR AND I HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM FOR THE LAST 7 OR 8 MONTHS. WHILE DRIVING I GET SICK AND I FEEL LIKE IM GOING TO PASS OUT . I DON'T THINK IT'S VERY SAFE TO DRIVE LIKE THIS. ITS A DANGER TO MYSELF AND ALSO OTHER PEOPLE ON THE HIGHWAY.

MY 2017 FORD EXPLORER XLT HAS EXHAUST SMELL COMING THROUGH THE VENTS THROUGHOUT THE VEHICLE. THIS IS NOT A NEW CAR SMELL BUT RATHER EXHAUST ODOR AND ONLY IS APPARENT WHEN THE AC SYSTEM OR FAN SYSTEM IS IN THE ON POSITION. I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE ON JUNE 13, 2017 AND WAS HOSPITALIZED ON JULY 1, 2017 FOR THREE DAYS. THE DOCTORS WERE UNABLE TO PROVIDE A DIAGNOSIS ALTHOUGH I WAS EXPERIENCING HEADACHES, DIZZINESS AND TROUBLE WITH MY VISION. EVERY TIME I DRIVE MY EXPLORER AND TURN THE AC OR FANS ON I NOTICE A EXHAUST ODOR. I DEVELOP A HEADACHE, DIZZINESS FEEL SICK. I CALLED FORD AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE IS NO RECALL ON MY VEHICLE AND TO TAKE IT TO A DEALER FOR A POSSIBLE CARBON MONOXIDE LEAK OR OTHER ISSUE THAT MAYBE CAUSING THE PROBLEM. FORD ALSO STATED THAT THE PROBLEMS WERE ONLY ON THE POLICE INTERCEPTOR VEHICLES EVEN THOUGH ALL EXPLORERES COME OFF SAME PRODUCTION LINE. NOTE: I HAVE HAD THIS VEHICLE FOR ALMOST TWO MONTHS. THE NEW CAR SMELL IS GONE AND THERE IS NO ODOR WITH THE VEHICLE'S ENGINE IS NOT IN THE ON POSITION. THE TOXIC ODOR IS ONLY NOTICEABLE WHEN THE VENTS/AC/FANS ARE RUNNING.

THE EXPLORER IS EXPERIENCING CARBON MONOXIDE LEAKS. THE FURTHER BACK YOU SIT IN THE SUV THE MORE YOU ARE EXPOSED TO THE CARBON MONOXIDE. WE PURCHASED A DETECTOR AND AFTER ONLY 10 MINUTES ON THE INTERSTATE THE LEVEL WAS 15PPM. AT 10PPM IT STARTS AFFECTING INFANTS AND WE HAVE A 11MONTH OLD

EXHAUST SMELL COMING INTO THE VEHICLE WHEN DRIVING OR SITTING WITH THE AIR CONDITIONING ON.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 FORD EXPLORER. WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE, THE ODOR OF EXHAUST FUMES WAS PRESENT INSIDE THE CABIN COMING FROM THE VENTS. THE FAILURE MAINLY OCCURRED WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER (JORDAN FORD IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS) BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED THAT CARBON MONOXIDE WAS PRESENT WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 17,000.

SMELL OF EXHAUST FUMES INSIDE VEHICLE WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE UPON REACHING SPEEDS APPROXIMATEY 45 MPH AND ABOVE OFF AND ON SINCE PURCHASING NEW VEHICLE

OCCASIONALLY WHEN I DROVE THE CAR I FELT LIGHT HEADEDNESS AND DIZINIESS. ON 8/3/2017 I FELT THE DIZZINESS AGAIN AND ENDED UP IN A CAR ACCIDENT. I FELT AS THOUGH I WAS GOING TO PASS OUT AND IN A FLASH I CRASHED INTO THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 FORD EXPLORER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CARBON MONOXIDE BOX ALERTED THAT THERE WAS CARBON MONOXIDE INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND ADVISED THE CONTACT TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL DEALER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 18,000. UPDATED 09/06/17 *BF *CN

WE HEARD ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF CARBON MONOXIDE ISSUES WITH THE VEHICLE. CONCERNED IF IT COULD BE THE CAUSE OF OUR 9 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER'S COMPLAINTS OF HEADACHES WHEN IN THE VEHICLE.

EXHAUST ODOR APPEARS WITHIN CABIN AFTER EXCESSIVE ACCELERATION ONTO HIGHWAY

I AM CONCERNED ABOUT MY 2017 FORD EXPLORER AND A CARBON MONOXIDE LEAK. I HAVE OVERALL FEELING BAD SINCE WE GOT OUR NEW 2017 FORD EXPLORER, WHICH IS VERY OUT OF CHARACTER FOR ME. I AM A PRIOR SPECIAL OPERATION VETERAN, OVERALL IN GOOD HEALTH, AND ONLY 30Y/O. LIKE MANY, WHO HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS VEHICLE I AM GETTING NAUSEA, WEAKNESS, AND TENSION HEADACHES FROM DRIVING THIS VEHICLE. I HAVE BEEN VERY WEAK AND HAVING HEADACHES, AS OF LATE. THIS HAS HAD A MAJOR IMPACT ON MY DAY-TO-DAY LIFE. I COULDN'T EXPLAIN WHY OR WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH ME IT SEEMED AS IF IT CAME OUT OF NOWHERE. I AM STARTING TO THINK MAYBE I HAVE LONG TERM EXPOSURE TO CARBON MONOXIDE OVER THE LAST 3 WEEKS. I GOT THE FORD EXPLORE 3 WEEKS AGO AND THIS SUDDEN SICKNESS HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE THEN. I GOT SO WORRIED WITH MY HEALTH"I WENT TO THE DOCTOR. I EXPLAINED TO THE DOCTOR "I HAVE NO CLUE WHAT'S GOING ON WITH ME BUT I FEEL ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE. I FEEL LIKE I HAVE HAD A FLU FOR ALMOST A MONTH". I WAS DESPERATE AND I KNOW I SOUNDED CRAZY BUT I HAVE BEEN HAVING SOME SERIOUS BOUTS WITH WEAKNESS, FATIGUE, AND HEADACHES. I WENT TO THE DOCTOR ON JULY 31ST 2017 AND I REALLY HAVE BEEN BAFFLED BY THE SUDDEN ONSET OF SYMPTOMS. THIS WAS BEFORE I KNEW ABOUT THE NHTSA INVESTIGATION INTO THE 2017 FORD EXPLORER. I SAW THE STORY RUN TODAY (8-3-17) ON GOOD MORNING AMERICA AND I STARTED TO PUT TWO AND TWO TOGETHER. AT THE DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT ON (7-31-17) THEY PULLED BLOOD, AND ARE CONDUCTING A BUNCH OF TEST BUT NOTHING HAS C

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 FORD EXPLORER. THE CONTACTED OBSERVED A HOLE IN THE "Y" PORTION OF THE EXHAUST TAIL PIPE WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER (BOB DAVIDSON FORD LINCOLN, 1845 JOPPA RD, BALTIMORE, MD, 21234) WHERE THEY OBSERVED THE HOLE AND WELDED IT CLOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT NO INVOICE OR PAPERWORK WAS PROVIDED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NEITHER CONTACTED NOR MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 8,000.

HEADACHES POSSIBLE BEING CAUSED FROM FLUMES ENTERING THE DRIVING CABIN. POSSIBLE CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING.

BOUGHT THIS FORD EXPLORER APRIL 2017 , IT WAS A PROGRAM CAR WITH 12,000 MILES . I NOTICED A SMELL INSIDE THE CABIN WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONER IS ON . DEALING WITH HEADACHES FOR THREE MONTHS , TOOK AT TRIP OUT OF STATE AND MY WHOLE FAMILY COMPLAINED WITH HEADACHES THE ENTIRE TRIP . FINALLY REALIZED IT WAS MY CAR. NEEDLESS TO SAY IM NOT VERY HAPPY WITH FORD . IT IS CURRENTLY AT FORD , WAITING FOR PARTS TO FIX THIS ISSUE . BEEN THERE FOR TWO WEEKS :(

STRONG EXHAUST SMELL IN CABIN UNDER HARD ACCELERATION. REQUIRES OPENING THE WINDOWS TO DISSIPATE THE SMELL. CONCERNED ABOUT PROLONGED EXPOSURE FOR CHILD AND FAMILY. HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING THE PROBLEM FOR OVER A YEAR (SINCE NEW).

SMELLED GASOLINE IN CABIN AFTER DRIVING CAR FOR 2 MILES IN MORNING. AIR CONDITIONER WAS ON, TEMP WAS APPROX 75 DEGREES. CONTACTED DEALER AND THEY SAID THAT SOMETIMES WITH NEW CARS IT IS THE RESULT OF THE COATING ON THE NEW PARTS. CAR WAS PURCHASED BRAND NEW YESTERDAY, BUT HAD 187 MIES ON IT. (PER DEALER, IT MAY HAVE BEEN A SWAP FROM ANOTHER DEALER AND THE MILES CAME FROM TRANSPORT). MADE A SERVICE APPOINTMENT FOR 8/16 (NEXT AVAILABLE), BUT SERVICE REP HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF ANY ISSUES OF THIS SORT.

I HAVE HAD AN ISSUE WITH THE EXHAUST SMELL IN THE VEHICLE FROM THE INITIAL TRIP I TOOK WITH THE VEHICLE. I HAVE DISCUSSED WITH THE DEALER AND THEY HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER COMPLAINTS BUT FORD HAS NOT RECALLED OR COME UP WITH A FIX FOR THE PROBLEM. I AM AWARE OF OTHER CUSTOMERS USING THE LEMON LAW IN FLORIDA TO REPLACE THEIR VEHICLE. NOW THAT THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN EXPOSED BY THE MEDIA I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM. I CAN ALWAYS TAKE THE FLORIDA LEMON LAW APPROACH IF THERE IS NO SOLUTION. THE PROBLEM IS NOT JUST WITH INTERCEPTOR VEHICLES THAT FORD IS NOW ADDRESSING?? MOST IF NOT ALL EXPLORERS FROM 2011 HAVE THE ISSUE. THE PROBLEM IS VERY PREVALENT WHEN THE CAR IS ACCELERATED QUICKLY. I WOULD BE HAPPY TO DISCUSS WITH SOMEONE AND ACTUALLY SHOW THEM THE EFFECT BY ACCELERATION.

UPON PARKING OUR BRAND NEW EXPLORER IN OUR DRIVEWAY (IT HAS A 10 DEGREE SLANT), WE TURNED OFF THE KEYLESS/PUSH BUTTON IGNITION, BUT MY HUSBAND ACCIDENTALLY HAD IT IN DRIVE. OUR SMALL CHILDREN WERE UNCLIPPING THEIR SEATBELTS AND STARTING TO GET OUT OF THE VEHICLE WHEN MY HUSBAND TOOK HIS FOOT OFF THE BRAKE. WITH THE CAR IN DRIVE AND IGNITION OFF, IT ROLLED BACK VERY QUICKLY DOWN OUR DRIVEWAY. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN DEADLY TO OUR SMALL CHILDREN HAD THEY OPENED THEIR DOORS. I CALLED FORD.COM WHO TOLD ME TO CALL THE DEALER. I CALLED DEALER. THEY TOOK ONE OF THEIR 2017 EXPLORERS FROM THE LOT AND TRIED TO GET IT TO ROLL IN GEAR AFTER TURNING OFF THE ENGINE AND THEIR VEHICLE ALSO DID IT. IN REVERSE AND IN DRIVE. THEIR SOLUTION WAS TO "MAKE SURE YOU HAVE IT IN PARK BEFORE YOU TURN IT OFF." SOME ONE IS GOING TO DIE!!! EVEN IF I WOULD MAKE IT OUT BEFORE GETTING RUN OVER, MY BABY IN A CAR SEAT IN THE BACK OF THE CAR WOULD BE ROLLED INTO THE BUSY STREET WITHIN A MATTER OF SECONDS!! KILLING HER AND ANY ONCOMING CAR OR TRUCK!!! ALSO, THIS SAME EXPLORER- WITH ONLY 800 MILES ON IT, HAD ITS TRANSMISSION FALL OFF THE MOUNT AND LAND ON THE AXLE AND BROKE THE AXLED WHILE I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET. HEARD BANGING SOUNDS, THEN THEY GOT LOUDER, THEN THE STEERING GOT HARD, THEN IT FELT LIKE IT WAS FALLING APART-ALL IN THE MATTER OF 1 MILE ON A CITY STREET GOING 25MPH. NOT SURE IF WE JUST GOT A LEMON HERE? PUT THE GEAR/ROLLING AFTER ENGINE OFF IF NOT IN PARK IS VERY, VERY SERIOUS AND NEEDS TO ME LOO

EXHAUST ODOR SMELL, AS SOON AS CAR SPEEDS UP ABOVE THE 40 MPH, IT STARTS SMELLING EXHAUST IN THE CAR. SMELL IS SO STRONG THAT CAUSE HEADACHE. THIS IS POISON CARBON MONOXIDE.

MY EXPLORER HAS THE STRONG SMELL OF EXHAUST FUMES THAT COME INTO THE CABIN WHILE YOU ARE DRIVING. IT IS MAKING THE PASSENGERS FEEL SICK AND GETTING HEADACHES. IT IS PRESENTLY AT EARNHARDT FORD BEING LOOKED AT.

ODOR WHICH MAKES ME NAUSEA AND HAVE A HEADACHE

THE VEHICLE WAS TESTED AND FOUND TO HAVE 18 PPM OF CO IN THE INTERIOR WHILE IN OPERATION.

ODORS IN THE OCCUPANT COMPARTMENT UNDER HEAVY THROTTLE SITUATIONS-CLIMBING STEEP GRADES OR ACCELERATING ONTO THE FREEWAY-OR WHEN THE HVAC SYSTEM IS IN RECIRCULATION MODE.

EVERY TIME GAS IS PUSHED AT FULL THROTTLE THERE IS A SMELL OF EEXHAUST IN THE CABIN OF THE CAR , THIS IS A NEW CAR JUST PURCHASED , MY TWO KIDS VOMITED AND DON'T WANNA RIDE IN IT THIS IS NOT A JOKE AT ALL .

FORD EXPLORER SPORT 2017 SMELLS OF EXHAUST GAS IN THE DRIVER CABIN. I BOUGHT THE CAR IN MARCH 5, 2017 AND TOOK IT TO DEALER 3/9/17 TO COMPLAIN ABOUT EXHAUST FUMES SMELL WHEN I DROVE ON THE FREEWAY. THEY TOLD ME THEY TESTED IT AND COULD NOT SMELL ANYTHING. THE PROBLEM HAS CONTINUED AND IT HAPPENS ESPECIALLY WHEN I DRIVE ON THE FREEWAY. IN JUNE A WAS GOING TO DRIVE MY CAR FROM LA TO NEW JERSEY. AFTER THREE DAYS OF DRIVING I HAD TO TURN BACK TO LA BECAUSE I GOT DIZZY AND FELT NAUSEOUS EVERY DAY AFTER DRIVING 6 TO 8 HOURS. I SAW LAST NIGHT ON THE NEWS THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH EXHAUST FUMES AND CARBON MONOXIDE AND THAT MADE ME REALIZE THAT I AM AFFECTED BY THAT. I CALLED FORDS HOTLINE EARLIER TODAY. THEY SAID THAT THERE IS A FIX BUT WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY TOLD ME THAT APPARENTLY THERE IS NO FIX FOR THE 2017 YET AND I GOT THE ADVISE TO BE CAREFULL AND DRIVE WITH MY WINDOW DOWN. THAT IS NOT THE SOLOUTING YOU WANT AFTER PAYING 55G AND HAVING ONLY 3500MILLES ON THE ODOMETER!

EXHAUST FUMES, AND CARBON MONOXIDE FILLING UP THE INTERIOR OF VEHICLE, SYMPTOMS OF COUGHING VIOLENTLY, EXASPERATION OF ASTHMA SYMPTOMS, LIGHTHEADED,NAUSEA, WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY, WAITING AT A RED LIGHT CAR FILLS UP WITH EXHAUST FUMES. THESE CONDITION HAPPEN EVERYDAY

POSSIBLE CARBON DIOXIDE LEAK. ON A RECENT LONG TRIP I HAD TROUBLE WITH HEADACHES AND LIGHTHEADED. IT BECAME WORSE WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONER WAS ON. I GOT HOME AND WAS VERY SICK, I HAD MY NEIGHBOR DRIVE ME TO THE HOSPITAL. MY BLOOD PRESSURE WAS LOW, RED BLOOD CELLS LOW AND WAS SEVERELY LIGHTHEADED. THAT WAS JULY 19, BUT I DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THE EXHAUST FUME PROBLEMS UNTIL THE NEWS REPORTED IT ON JULY 28; SO A BLOOD TEST FOR CARBON DIOXIDE POISONING WAS NOT PERFORMED. I THINK THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING OFF AND ON WITH ME DRIVING THIS CAR, BUT IN A MUCH MILDER FORM OF SYMPTOMS. I LOOKED UP THE SYMPTOMS FOR CARBON DIOXIDE POISONING AND I HAD MOST OF THEM. I DO SOMETIMES SMELL ODORS WHEN I TURN ON THE AIR OR VENT. PLEASE CHECK INTO THE PROBLEMS WITH THE EXPLORERS I NEED THIS REPAIRED.

WE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE MARCH 2017. WE HAVE NOTICED THAT EACH TIME THE VEHICLE REQUIRES RAPID ACCELERATION, FOR EXAMPLE PASSING ANOTHER CAR ON A TWO-LANE ROAD, YOU WILL SMELL EXHAUST FUMES IN THE CABIN OF THE VEHICLE. THESE FUMES ENTER THE CABIN VIA THE AIR CONDITIONING VENTS AND WILL BE SO STRONG THAT ALL OCCUPANTS WILL DEVELOP DIFFICULTY BREATHING. DURING ROUTINE ACCELERATION, WE HAVE NOT DETECTED ANY FUMES, HOWEVER SOME OCCUPANTS HAVE DEVELOPED HEADACHES SIMULTANEOUSLY INTERMITTENTLY.