I was approaching a very busy intersection and when i applied my brakes the car actually accelerated. i was able to stop before hitting the vehicle in front of me. i proceeded about a mile down the road and as i was turning into a strip mall the vehicle suddenly accelerated again. this time out of control. i when through the turn and hit a large curb and then ran into the guard rail. i ripped the guard rail off and still proceeded for an additional 150 feet on the grass before the vehicle finally came to a complete stop. it scared the hell out of me.
I don't even know where to begin. every problem you could imagine with this car only ay 69k miles after fords pathetic powertrian warranty expires. i bought this car at 66k miles spent 20 grand after tax and only made one payment besides the down payment. first off the ptu failed on this vehicle failed after 2k miles witch is a really common problem on this vehicle witch was a $900 part though ford. had this replaced and not only 7 days later and barely 1k miles the transmission failed causing the motor to overheat damaging the motor.. now i have a $400+ payment on a vehicle that needs over $9000 in repairs between the motor and transmission and the dealer wont fix it because i didnt buy and extended warranty and its out of the factory 60k warranty. note this is a 2016 (performance sedan) (sho) and this has been the most unreliable car i have ever bought. i would like to note i always buy ford and have had issues here and there but nothing like this between break downs i didn't even get to drive the car 30 days and now own 6 years worth of payments... thks car has literally broke me and ford won't do anything to make it right there was clearly some sort of manufacture defect with this car and it should be recalled i would never recommend buy this car without a serious warranty because i know some people that have had better luck with this car in earlier models with the same drivetrain but mine can't be the only 16 sho that have had these problems and im sure other people have been left in hardship on now not having a car and have 20k in auto loan debt. all this happened under normal driving conditions. this car was built to be able to use on the track and completely failed under normal driving conditions. very very disappointed and hope ford will recall this major issue in there "performance vehicles"
During scheduled maintenance technician found cracked coolant tank. consistent problem on 2016 taurus and explorer. cracked coolant tank presents risk of fire, skin burns, electrical equipment shorts and premature engine failure.
Problems occurred 2x - 07/16th and 07/18/2016 - while travel at highway speed, 70mph, acceleration ceased - check engine, airbag and service lights came on, have to pull over, shut-off the engine, restart, drive for 1 more problems reoccur again. drove the vehicle to ford dealer with check engine light remains. vehicles was purchased 04/15/2016 had 216 miles on the title...currently has 9,650 miles.
Upon hard acceleration, cabin is filled with strong rotten egg smell / exhaust. ac is in the auto mode and recirculation is not engaged. must roll all windows down in order to clear the cabin of fumes. very similar to same issue described with ford explorer. incidence first occurred may 13, 2016 (date of delivery) and has happened consistently upon hard acceleration. currently, vehicle has approximately 10000 miles and continuing to have issue. vehicle is at dealership currently.