Persistent emissions smell in cabin causing headaches for the driver. roesche ford in elmhurst illinois conducted warranty work which consisted of "reprogramming" the car. the fix did not work and roesch filed an appel to ford - who is denying liability and claiming the "reprogramming" is the fix. i have also filed a claim with ford cas24714279. this is the exact same problem the police interceptor explorers is having and is well documented - ford has even set up a hotline for the police - but ignore the individual owner.
Gas smell occur in the cabin. makes me headache and shick
Fume smell coming from vehicle while moving, can smell both inside and outside of car! seems like smell is more in front of car then in back once car is parked and i get out of car. i am feeling very unwell while driving; nausea, dizziness, stingy eyes and blurry vision. it is happening regardless of the heating/air being on/off. i have for days needed to drive with all windows down. my children feel sick as well. my husband can smell it, but this far has not been feeling sick from it. this happens no matter if i am driving city/highway/stationary/in motion, all the time. we have been feeling sick for a while but the smell is within the last week.
While stationary, or sitting in vehicle while idling, carbon monoxide is detected in the cabin and i have been falling asleep and staying tired for rest of the day. this has been going on in the 2 months that i have had the new suv. i suspected after i was told by a friend that this has been reported by sheriffs. i plugged in my home detector to check if that were the case. i am no longer idling without windows open if possible due to weather.
I stopped at traffic light, i heard a strange sound, and the airbag light came on. i press the gas gas to cross intersection and car would only go 3 miles an hour, i managed to turn into side street, and turned car off. when i restarted car and i was able to accelerate and proceeded to drive to my destination, when i stopped at another red light it happened again and then engine light came on. i then turned off car and restated to find all warning lights off. i then drove to auto nation ford dealership. they diagnosed with a throttle problem. when checking the internet i see a lot of people have had this same problem, it could have bee a very dangerous situation since this happened st an intersection.
Moving down a highway when with a sudden shutter and then a loud bang the car immediately lost power with blinding smoke in and around the car. made it to the side of the road and had fire lapping up the drivers side rocker panel from under the car. transfer case exploded with such force it damaged the transmission. occurred at 41,000 miles on a three year old vechicle.
I was driving along at about 55 mph with the cruise control activated. the pedals were not in the right locations so i decided to adjust them to a higher position with the button on the side of the steering column. when i did the adjustment, the engine went into a full throttle mode and would not let up. i pushed down on the brakes hard and vehicle slowed down and the engine returned to normal. when i took my foot off the brake the engine immediately went full throttle again and then back down again when i pushed the brake pedal down hard. this cycle continued even though i shut off the cruise control and tried putting the shifter in neutral. i was final able to pull over to the side of the road and shut the engine off. i restarted the engine after a few minutes and everything seemed to work normally. this was a very dangerous and scary event. i am afraid to drive this vehicle or have my wife drive it. i reported it to ford but have not heard back from them at this time.
One morning, i began to smell a sulfur or gas-like smell inside the car. i thought nothing of it but it persisted from 5:00 a.m. -9:00 a.m. my 7 year old son even smelled it when entering the car. after dropping him off at school i drove to dealership to get it inspected. during that drive, with the windows cracked, i began to feel a dull headache, dizziness and muscle weakness. once i dropped my car off for inspection and was out of the car i didn't feel any better and my headache and weakness got worse. my wife took me to the er out of precaution and after bloodwork was taken, i was confirmed to have had carbon monoxide poisoning. i am a non-smoker and my cohb levels were twice that of a non-smoker : 3.8% it was raining out so i could not unrolli windows as much as i wanted to. i was not driving with the a/c on, was not sitting idle. minimum speed was 5-10 mph and max speed was 70 mph ford identified the smell as a failing ptu but claimed there was no co present after driving the vehicle with a co sensor inside the cab. i have owned the vehicle for 32 months with no issue but i cannot ignore that i did in fact have carbon monoxide exposure immediately following the existence of the strong sulfur smell showing up. i am not convinced carbon monoxide getting inside the vehicle will not happen again.
On 3/21/19 i was driving when a car stopped in front of me and i hit them. my airbag went off and was smoking black smoke. there was also a fire, about 1.5 ft tall that appeared from the passenger side of the hood. i sat in shock until someone told me to get out. i got out and grabbed my 4 year old daughter. she was in a car seat and still secured after the accident. thankfully we were not seriously injured. we sat watching my car quickly engulf in flames. by the time the fire department came the car was pretty much all burned. i lost a lot of valuable and sentimental personal belongings in my car which insurance does not cover the cost of. it was a terrifying experience to go through for my daughter and i. i do not believe that a minor accident should cause a fire like this. i have reached out for ford multiple times and they will not investigate which i find extremely frustrating. i would like to prevent this horrible thing happening to someone else. although we were not injured it could have been a lot worse, and even deadly.
9/29/18: remote start stopped working and car sputtered when starting. 10/14/18: after manually starting with push-button, white smoke filled my garage and car with 3 children. explorer towed to brandon ford dealership that day which happened to be a sunday. as of today, i still don't have my explorer back. i was informed that fluid got into the cylinder and the cylinder needs to be replaced. unfortunately there is a backlog on this particular part. as i approach the 5th week with this loaner vehicle, i am wondering if there is more to the problem or if there is anything that anyone can do to help me get resolution.
I began to notice a strong gas fume smell in the cab while driving. i have since taken the vehicle to a ford dealership for repairs. the 'recall' repair for co concerns did nothing. i currently still have the strong smell inside cab.
When done pumping fuel, fuel leaks out of the filler door and gas collects around the hole and runs down the outside panel of the vehicle
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 ford explorer. after the contact's wife had been driving the vehicle for approximately two weeks, an abnormal odor was detected coming from the vehicle. the contact's wife became ill and medical attention was required. the contact was informed that his wife had carbon monoxide poisoning at four times the normal limit. the contact was informed by the medical doctor that the vehicle should not be driven. the vehicle was towed to the contact's residence. the vehicle was not taken to a dealer to be diagnosed or repaired. the manufacturer was not notified of the failure. the failure mileage was approximately 79,000.
2016 ford explorer. when putting car in reverse there is a loud thud then when putting it in drive another loud thud that actually sounds like i hit something. then when trying to give it gas it will act as if it is in neutral. the gas is pressed but won't go and engine will just rev. then it will start cutting out as if it is going to die. i can only get up to about 30 mph during this time. after driving for a short time it's like it warms up and will quit. this problem is intermittent and i can go a week or two without it happening at all. and when it does happen it will only happen in the morning after the car has been sitting all night. i started pressing on the gas several times before starting (push button) and then before putting in gear will press on the gas several times and rev the engine and the cutting out symptoms will not happen however the thud noise happens intermittently still.
I bought the 2016 ford explorer xlt last week from a ford dealer, i drove it home which is 35-40 minutes away from the ford dealership and both my wife and i had severe headache. there was an odor inside the cabin which was causing the headache/nausea. we couldnt explain why the odor was there and when we researched online, we were shocked to find that the ford explorer had the carbon monoxide leak issue. we are not able to drive our car for more than 15-20 minutes without getting a headache.
Tl-contact owns a 2016 ford explorer ---- contact has been smelling gas on the drivers side on the inside of the car-- vehicle has been in shop twice for gas smell --- contact brought vehicle to ford dealership -- ford stated there is a recall on engine parts --- contact stated she no longer wants vehicle wants to sell vehicle back to dealership to get money back and get a different vehicle ---- 1recallsassociated with this vin nov 29,2017 manufacturer recall number17s40 nhtsa recall number17v767 recall statusrecall incomplete, remedy not yet available summaryaffected vehicles are equipped with suspect power driver and front passenger seats. ford team reviewed supplier process, maintenance and warranty records to determine the population of affected parts. the ford process is capable of tracing front seat adjuster production to the vehicle in which the front seat adjuster is installed. safety riska front seat cushion with a missing upper left-hand pivot bolt may experience increased seat deflection in a crash and not properly restrain occupants, increasing the risk of injury. remedyowners will be notified by mail and instructed to take their vehicle to a ford or lincoln dealer to measure the torque of the power seat track upper pivot link bolt. if the bolt passes the torque inspection, dealers will remove and clean the bolt, apply new threadlock, and reinstall the bolt to the specified torque. this repair will complete the fsa. if the bolt fails the torque inspection, threadlock will be added and the bolt will be reinstalled as an interim repair for sold units until the final repair is available. unsold units will be held until the final repair is complete. the final repair will include replacement of the lift link with new bushings
2016 ford explorer accelerates while driving. my vehicle has been in and out of dealership since 12/26/17. i am currently in a loaner vehicle. receive update first week of feb 2018 that the transmission dept was behind and that they will let me know as soon as possible if i need a new transmission.
Car smells strongly like natural gas inside cabin when driving, and when sitting still - eyes burn, throat sore, headache after driving it for 5 mins or more.
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 ford explorer. that contact stated that while driving, there was an odor of fuel emitting inside of the vehicle. the vehicle was taken to a unknown local ford dealer for a diagnosis where the mechanic advised the contact that the fuel pump needed to be replaced. the vehicle was repaired. the contact again was driving the vehicle a week later, and smelled a fuel odor again inside the vehicle. the contact called the ford motor company located at 1 american road , dearborn, mi 48126 (313)322-3000, and was advised to drop off the vehicle for a diagnosis. the contact was advised the fuel pump was leaking from a crack in the pump. it was unknown if the manufacturer was contacted or not. the failure mileage was 40,000.
Bought a 2016 ford explorer sport in nov.2016 used with 20k miles. as i was driving home i noticed a horrible smell and thought it was just something in the area never dreaming it was the car! i did a little research and found the car had a recall on it. the smell is horrible, so bad we have to ride with the windows down. im not sure why the dealership was even allowed to sell the car to me with disclosing this problem. i have taken the car to my local ford dealership and they are waiting on a response from ford. i would like them to buy the car back from me.i am driving a 2003 car now with 150k miles because i cannot drive my new car.
Rotten egg and fuel smell in cabin.
When accelerating or going up incline car starts to smell like carbon monoxide (like the heater is on). circulation is within car. in order to get out must put on outside circulation and roll down windows.
I purchased this vehicle in february 2017 used with 12,000 miles. about 1 month later i noticed an exhaust fume smell inside the vehicle. i took this vehicle on a 3.5 hour trip in march with 3 friends and they all noticed it as well. at first we thought it was cars ahead of us with bad exhaust systems, but on they way home realized as there were no other cars around, it was coming from my own vehicle. this problem has progressively gotten worse from 17,000 miles to my current 22,000 miles. it seems to happen under harder throttle conditions such as passing another vehicle or merging into traffic. a few seconds after this harder throttle application, there is a very strong odor of "sulfur" smelling exhaust which fills the vehicle. i have not taken the vehicle to the dealership yet as it is not only an inconvenience, but from what i have read, ford does not have resolution for this problem. this problem is now almost continuous and happens usually several times during my 45 minute commute to work. the smell is horrible and has of late started to make me feel nauseous and light headed.
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 ford explorer. the contact stated that the vehicle emitted an abnormal exhaust odor through the a/c vents. the vehicle was taken to apple ford lincoln located at 8800 stanford blvd, columbia. md where it was diagnosed that there was an exhaust fume leak in the vehicle and a tsb needed to be performed in order to correct the failure. the manufacturer was notified of the failure. the failure mileage was approximately 21,000.
I drive my 2016 ford explorer more than 80 miles a day, mostly in interstate traffic. i have noticed a strong odor that resembles mercaptain or burning fuel. i have dismissed this as traffic related and switched the a/c to recirculate but often have to vent by rolling down windows. this is most common when driving with the a/c on during hot weather conditions.
When i fill up the tank the miles varies every time. also, there is a smell in the car when i drive. i have to open the windows to get rid of the smell.
Carbon monoxide leak coming through back vents. i have literally felt fuzziness, nauseous, intermittent severe headaches, difficulty changing lanes from confusion, and loopy while driving. called my freeway ford, and they verified that my car did in fact have exhaust coming through back vent. they fixed under tsb - technical service bulletin, not an official recall. i assumed that i had something severely wrong with my health until the news stories came out about the police officers passing out, and having some of the same symptoms. bingo, it was my car! ford should be ashamed of themselves for not putting out an official recall. there motto is to go further, but they are simply sitting back while they compromise the safety of drivers. i have written to the president and group vp & ceo of general counsel at ford motor company. my letter was sent certified mail on 7/26/17; received 7/31/17; still no response. i am attaching letter.
My stock (unaltered) 2016 ford explorer sport with ecoboost engine emits a rotten egg, sulfur-like odor into the passenger cabin upon full throttle acceleration. this condition does not occur during normal (less than full throttle acceleration) driving. this condition occurs only during full throttle acceleration and is replicable. this condition has occurred since original purchase in 04/2016 and continues today.
tl* the contact owns a 2016 ford explorer. the contact stated that while driving approximately 55 mph, a strong fuel odor became present inside the cabin. the contact pulled over to the side of the road and had to open all the windows. the contact exited the vehicle, checked inside the engine compartment and outside the vehicle but there were no noticeable leaks. the contact waited for approximately ten minutes and got inside the vehicle and started driving but the odor became stronger also noticed that the odor was emerging from the air vents. the contact turned off the air conditioning and drove to the dealer bradley ford of lake havasu, arizona. the dealer kept the vehicle for evaluation and they had not determine the cause of the failure. the manufacturer was notified of the failure and a case number: cas-12708860 was opened. the vehicle was not repaired. the approximate failure mileage was 28,500.
Every time i step on the gas to accelerate quickly, the inside of my car starts to smell like smoke or something is burning. i have to lower my windows for about a minute to clear the air out. it has been going on for months.
I am an owner of a 2016 ford explorer that was purchased brand new at a dealership here in az last year in january. immediately after purchase, i started noticing fuel leakage from the vehicle and vehicle using a lot of gas everyday. i took my truck back to the dealership and was told everything is ok. as time went on, i noticed that every time i accelerated on the gas, the truck slowed down. took truck to dealership and was told once again nothing is wrong. a couple of months ago, the battery died. i have the truck toowed to the dealership and they replaced the battery. two weeks later, the battery dies again. i had it towed to the dealership again. they replaced the battery again and noticed a recall on the truck. a week later i'm driving my kids to school when the dashboard goes black and then lights up again. all of a sudden it happens again, the dashboard goes black and the speed starts decelerating. i hurry up and get to the safety side of the highway. i cut the truck completely off, waited a few minutes and it started right back up. i took the truck to the dealership. once again, i'm told that nothing is wrong with the vehicle. yesterday the truck dashboard starts going on and off. then the truck completely dies. i called roadside assistance and had the truck towed to the dealership. i waited for over 5 hours at the dealership before they told me what "might" be the problem. i was told there might be an electrical shortage between the monitor, radio, odometer, and climate controls that is causing the vehicle to shut down. the dealership doesn't have parts to fix it but can order them and it might take a few weeks to get them. as of now i have no air conditioner and my radio isn't working. i have spoken with several customer service managers about the vehicle and was told there isn't anything that can be done except wait for ford to fix it.
While in motion and accelerating above 2500 rpm, exhaust fumes fill the cabin. we took it into a dealership where they tried to fix the issue using a technical bulletin ford issued. the problem persists.
Although i have not yet recd. any letters from ford on repairing my explorer, my son often complaints of uneasiness and nausea when sitting in the back seat of my car. i don't particularly notice any smell but i am now concerned that this is related to the other news around fumes and co entering the cabin. this happens specially when the car is running and a/c is on with a/c windows closed. i noticed this only during our summer break this time when my son spent a lot of time in the car as opposed to school nights.
Exhaust fumes in cabin- i am experiencing a strong sulfuric smell in the cabin after hard acceleration. this occurs when the car is running and has occurred on both the highway and on city streets.
Noticed a month after purchase of new car, cabin filled up with gas smell entering freeway. spoke to car salesman.(had just filled car with gas & w/capless system i connected the dots, thought that's why it happened & spoke to salesman. then next time i had to rev the engine to accelerate/pass, it happened with 1/4 tank gas. sent a ps to salesman 11/29/16 thru email. he said it takes the car 3k-5k mi. to break in. i just tried not to get on freeway, only drove it around town. we used my hubby's truck for freeway. this weekend, went to nephew's bb game on 2 lane 42 mile rd. had to pass slow car in front of me--car had such a gas smell, i got a sore throat from it and had to roll down windows to breathe. i was shocked it happened again. looked up on internet what i could find and was horrified at the pgs. and pgs. of comments regarding this issue and class action lawsuit as well for 2011-2015's. i have a new 2016 with 4200 mi. my heart aches for all these hundreds of families with sm. kids while co and carcinogenic gases are coming thru the vents and no one is doing anything about it. i saved for a long time to buy this vehicle. my ex and i have bought 10 ford's. i'm devastated that this expensive car (for me) is slowly killing me. look at the classaction.org, tons of comments. look at carproblemszoo.com, tons of comments. they had so many they needed a part 1 and part 2. if you go to 2016 ford owner comments, they are there too. i downloaded approx. 50 pages of owners' comments with the same prob. the vast majority had no resolution. i'm so sad. somebody needs to take care of these problems. i don't understand why there hasn't been a recall. someone is dropping the ball. i guy started to pass out while he was driving but managed to pull over. service mgr. called-- scheduling my car tomorrow-6 pgs. of tsb to go thru. we'll see.
The tailpipe occasionally emits blue-gray smoke, as if it is burning oil. i have witnessed this when the vehicle was stationary. the passenger compartment occasionally smells like smoke. the passengers in the rear of the car tend to notice it first, and then the passengers in the front can smell it. it seems to happen when accelerating at a high rate, such as when entering a highway from an on-ramp.
When accelerating, my cabin fills up with exhaust fumes. it doesn't do it as bad when it is cold outside but when it is hot, it is really bad. it has been to ford several times and they performed the technical bulletins on the car. it didn't help.
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 ford explorer. on several occasions, while the accelerator pedal was depressed, the contact smelled a strong odor of fuel throughout the vehicle. there were no warning indicators illuminated. the contact called don gasgarth's charlotte county ford at (888) 313-9652 where the dealer stated that the failure could not be repaired and that it could only be minimized. the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. the manufacturer was not notified of the failure. the failure mileage was 7,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 ford explorer. the contact stated that there had been extremely strong exhaust fumes emitting on the inside and outside of the vehicle that had progressed. the dealer had replaced the muffler, pressurized the cabin, inspected the seals around the rear of the exhaust but had been unable to determine if the repairs may provide a permanent solution. the manufacturer was notified of the failure and the contact was waiting to determine their solution to repair the vehicle. the failure mileage was not available.
While driving out of the subdivision the car stalled. the wrench light came on. we parked it and took another car we had at the time. we will make mention of it tomorrow when i call the dealer and add it the service ticket regarding the exhaust problem.
Strong emissions smell that is causing dizziness and major headaches when we drive it.
We purchased a certified used 2016 explorer from lithia ford december 2016. upon driving home there was an exhaust smell and we thought it may have been a vehicle in front of us. but that proved false, and it is a serious distraction and i now am getting headaches when i ride in my new car. today i started the car and a very strong exhaust smell filled the cabin. much like a very old car. the exhaust smell lingered in the cabin for a long time. we feel the carbon monoxide infiltration threat is very worrisome and need immediate attention. and since our terrible winter weather i haven't been able put very many miles on it. we are going to try to get in on a class action suit since we are reading many similar complaints with this 2016 model just like the previous model years 2011 - 2015 already noted in a suit. it would appear that ford is not concerned enough yet to think the problem is extending into the newer models. *tr
The fuel line attracted a critter most likely a squirrel which chewed through the rubber hose and cause a severe fuel leak that covered the entire engine compartment. we had to immediately pull over and shut off the vehicle to prevent a fire. according to the ford technician, the hoses now contain soy and they have seen several cases in which critters have chewed through various hoses in the engine compartments of vehicles.
Fume. carbon monoxide leaking. i've been very ill since driving this vehicle. i've been dizzy, with blurred vision and nauseated since the purchased of this vehicle.
I was driving on 675 in dayton ohio at 65-70 miles an hour when my ford explorer xlt lost all acceleration and i was forced to coast to a stop on the left shoulder of the highway. i was able to turn the car off and restart it, and drive it home without incident. i had it towed to a ford dealer and hopefully will have an answer tomorrow. this vehicle is a 2016 xlt with just over 8,000 miles. i no longer trust this vehicle and will be researching more reliable vehicles.
2016 ford explorer [xxx] lost power and would not move in middle of busy highway. vehicle was noted to have a sputtering sound and appeared to be firing on only a few cylinders. turned vehicle engine off and restarted no help vehicle would not move with accelerator pedal in full open (floored) position. after opening hood and disconnecting neg terminal of battery vehicle operated fine for approx 10 miles and then same occurence. again fault cleared and ran fine to nearest ford dealer. initial diagnosis by dealer was codes p2111 and p2112. dealer stated found recall 16b32 followed instructions and reprogrammed pcm and clear codes. customer departed dealership service bay and repeat above mentioned malfunction before off the dealer lot. returned to service bay and dealer stated that throttle body was changed. vehicle appears to be operating normal at this time. this is a safety issue that should be investigated. my wife was driving the vehicle when this first occurred in busy mountain highway here in southern wv and was nearly hit by numerous vehicles before vehicle could be drifted backwards down the mountain where in order to get vehicle off of highway. service adviser indicated that he had seen several similar problems with the 3.5 liter engine in ford explorers. information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6). *tr
The vehicle keeps losing fuel and fuel has to be replaced every other day. took vehicle into ford dealership to be checked out and was told vehicle is safe to drive. gas can be smelt and visibly gushes after fueling in stationary position. when vehicle is in drive motion, gas leaks slowly. also, while driving the vehicle jerks and will slow down acceleration.
Vehicle lost power in the city going about 35mph, had to coast to side of the road, bad throttle body...... 6600 miles on the car service light came on zero throttle response.
Vehicle lost power while driving down a busy highway at 65+ mph. engine was running rough (sounded like a tractor) and could not accelerate. dash lights came on. vehicle was able to coast to an exit ramp where it was towed to the dealership to have the throttle body replaced. mileage was just over 7,000. it is sad that i had to rescue my family (wife, 4 month old baby, 3 year old and 6 year old) off a busy highway exit ramp when the vehicle is less than 6 months old. the tow truck driver said he gets about 3 or 4 of the same issue with new explorers a week. how can this not be a recall? now we will drive in fear of this problem occurring again since, from what the dealer said, the throttle body was replaced with the exact same part. i guess we just won't take any long trips when we are around 7,000 miles on this throttle body...? unbelievable ford. what a piece of junk!
I'm a victim of the wide spread electronic throttle body issue on the 2016 ford explorer, limited, fwd, 3.5v6. it only clocked 7000 miles and it happened when i was at around 40mph in the traffic, and all of sudden, both the check engine and airbag light turned on, steering wheel became heavy, and lost all the power, pressing the gas paddle couldn't accelerate the vehicle. i managed to coast to the road side, called the tow truck, and sent the car in nearby ford service. on the next day, i was informed of the throttle body failure and faulty part was replaced. as echoed by so many other owners, this is a known defect in an important part on this brand new car, it's extremely dangerous to lose all power all of sudden in the middle of the traffic, what if it's on a speedy highway? husband, wife, or children could be seriously hit or even killed. if this is not classified as a recall case, what else is?