What 1,191 owners told NHTSA about the 2011 Ford Explorer Police Intercept

POWER STEERING HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN RECALLED, SOFTWARE WAS UPDATED BUT THEN ULTIMATELY POWER STEERING FAILED, FORD SENT OUT SUPPLEMENTAL RECALL AND EXTENDED WARRANTY TO REPAIR STEERING ISSUES YET THAT IS DISREGARDED AFTER 10YRS OR 150,000 MILES WHICHEVER COMES FIRST FOR THE VEHICLE. I, LIKE MANY, EXPERIENCED FAILURE AFTER 150,000 MILES, 156K TO BE EXACT. IT'S PATHETIC THAT FORD WILL NOT BACK THEIR OWN VEHICLES PAST 150,000 MILES. ASIDE FROM THE STEERING FAILURE OUR CURRENT 2011 EXPLORER LOOKS BRAND NEW, IT'S A SHAME THAT FORD TURNS THEIR BACKS TO YOU AND LAYS THE REPAIR COST ON THE CONSUMER KNOWING THAT IT HAS BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE FOR SOME TIME. I SPOKE WITH FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE TO NO AVAIL, THEY WILL NOT DO ANYTHING FOR YOU PAST 150,000. SADLY THIS IS MY WIFE'S VEHICLE THAT TRANSPORTS OUR KIDS. FORD KNOWINGLY PUTS CONSUMERS IN DANGER BY NOT HONORING THEIR RECALLS OR EXTENDING THEM FOR THE LIFETIME THAT THE VEHICLE IS IN USE. EVEN AFTER THE FIRST SOFTWARE UPDATE THEY PERFORMED ON THE CAR THE POWER STEERING WOULD NOT TURN ON HERE AND THERE, EVENTUALLY IT STOPPED TURNING ON ENTIRELY. FORD IS NOT BUILT TOUGH LIKE THEY PREACH, THEY ARE BUILT POORLY AND THEIR BACKS ARE TURN TOWARDS THE CONSUMERS WHEN ISSUES ARISE. SUCH A FRUSTRATING EXPERIENCE.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD EXPLORER. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND 'REPAIR POWER STEERING NOW' ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. CHASTANG FORD (6200 N LOOP E FWY, HOUSTON, TX 77026, (832) 460-5343) WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THE WARRANTY WAS EXPIRED DUE TO MILEAGE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 159,754.

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WE HAD JUST GOT TO CHURCH'S AND AFTER WE WERE DONE AND WALKED TO THE PARKING LOT WHERE OUR VEHICLE WAS PARKED THE STEERING POWER ASSISTANCE FAULT (IN SPANISH) WARNING POP UP AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME SUPER STIFF/HARD TO MOVED MY HUSBAND TRIED TO TURN THE VEHICLE ON AND OFF SEVERAL TIMES BUT NOTHING WE HAD TO TOW OUR VEHICLE HOME AND NOW IT'S USELESS. THIS WARNING MESSAGE POPS UP EVERY NOW AND THEN AND BY JUST TURNING THE CAR OFF/ON A COUPLE OF TIMES IT GOES AWAY BUT THIS TIME IT DIDN'T. PLEASE FIX THIS

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DRIVING 25 TO 30 MPH WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN,.CALL DEALER FORD AL PIEMONTE AND MAKE AND APPOINTMENT BUT THEY SAY IS NOT A RECALL ,THEY DIDN'T REPAIRED AS YET.( WHAT CAN I DO?) IN MELROSE PARK ILLINOIS. I TOOK THIS TRUCK FOR A RECALL IN 2017 FOR THE SAME PROBLEM AND AT THAT TIME THEY FIX IT NOT THIS TME.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD EXPLORER. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO TURN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING ASSIST FAULT AND SERVICE ADVANCETRAC WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND ON MULTIPLE TIMES, BUT THE STEERING FAILURE CONTINUED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE CONTACT CALLED BLUEBONNET FORD LINCOLN (LOCATED AT 351 N INTERSTATE 35 FRONTAGE RD, NEW BRAUNFELS, TX 78130, (830) 606-8011) AND INFORMED THEM OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 191,000. *DT CONSUMER STATED NO RECALL UNDER HER VIN#. ADVISED TO MAKE A REPORT TO GET FORD TO PAY DUE TO MALFUNCTION OF A POWER STEERING. VEHICLE IS SITTING IN DRIVEWAY.*JB

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I NOTICED THAT MY WHEEL WELL WHERE THE SPARE TIRE IS STORED, HAD WATER IN IT ABOUT 2 INCHES DEEP. I REMOVED THE 3-4 DRAIN PLUGS AND ALLOWED WATER TO DRAIN OUT AND TIME TO DRY. I THINK IT HAS BEEN LEAKING A WHILE BECAUSE THE TIRE JACK AND WHEEL WELL HAD OBVIOUS RUST. THEN I NOTICED A SMELL OF MILDEW IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE AND SEVERAL ITEMS IN THE REAR CARGO AREA WERE DAMP. SINCE THEN, IT IS APPARENT THERE IS A WATER LEAK IN THE REAR. IT ONLY HAPPENS WHEN IT RAINS.

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ABOUT A YEAR AGO, WE NOTICED A SQUEAKY NOISE IN THE FRONT OF VEHICLE EACH TIME WE WOULD ACCELERATE, HIT A BUMP, OR MAKE A TURN. TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC WHO REPLACED PARTS IN THE FRONT SUSPENSION OF THE VEHICLE. TOOK CARE OF MOST OF THE ISSUE BUT STILL OCCASIONALLY SQUEAKS AS WE BRAKE. I BELIEVE THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE FRONT SUSPENSION OF THIS VEHICLE.

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ALMOST WRECKED VEHICLE THE OTHER DAY. OUT OF NO WHERE, NO CONTROL OF STEERING/BACK END OF CAR. BACK END FEELS LIKE DRIVING ON ICE. FISHTAILING AND THEN WHOLE CAR FEELS OUT OF CONTROL. WHEELS SQUEAL WHEN TURNING, CHANGING LANES. STEERING WHEEL COCKED AT 2 O'CLOCK POSITION. DRIVE OVER RAILROAD TRACKS, BUMPS, CRACKS AND BACK END SWAYS OUT. TRACTION CONTROL ON BUT ISN'T RESPONDING. CAR WITH SWERVING LINES BEHIND SHOWS ON DASHBOARD. I SAW RECALL NOTICE 19S17 FOR SUSPENSION ISSUE. THIS SEEMS TO BE WHAT I AM EXPERIENCING BUT MY VIN# ISN'T LISTED. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS, AFRAID TO DRIVE VEHICLE.

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STRONG EXHAUST SMELL WHEN YOU START THE CAR AND THEN AGAIN WHEN YOU ACCELERATE TO GET ON TO THE HIGHWAY. INTERMITTENT SMELL AS YOU ARE DRIVING. IT DOESNT MATTER IF YOU ARE SITTING STILL OR ON THE HIGHWAY, YOU WILL INEVITABLY SMELL THE EXHAUST. I HAVE BEEN HAVING HEALTH ISSUES WITH MY HEART THAT WE NOW BELIEVE ARE RELATED TO THE CARBON MONOXIDE FROM THESE FUMES.

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WHILE DRIVING AND WHILE JUST STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE POWER STEERING AND TERRAIN MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS DING LOUDLY ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE DISPLAY WHILE TELLING ME I HAVE AN ERROR. WHILE DRIVING, THE POWER STEERING DID GO OUT BRIEFLY BUT CAME BACK.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD EXPLORER. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REVERSE FROM THE DRIVEWAY, THE "POWER STEERING ASSIST FAILURE" MESSAGE APPEARED ON THE MESSAGE CENTER. THE CONTACT TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE AND IT RESTARTED NORMALLY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE BEGAN APPROXIMATELY TWO MONTHS AGO AND WAS BECOMING MORE FREQUENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER OR AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 83,000.

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STRUT MOUNT BEARING FAILING AFFECTING THE STEERING OF THE CAR.

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I LOSE POWER STEERING WHEN I TURN THE CAR ON AND HAVE TO TURN IT OFF AND BACK ON TO REGAIN POWER STEERING. THIS HAS OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES THROUGHOUT THE LAST FEW YEARS.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD EXPLORER. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 19V435000 (SUSPENSION). WHILE THE CONTACT'S HUSBAND WAS DRIVING 35 MPH, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL VIBRATION AND THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME STIFF AND INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. IN ADDITION, THE "SERVICE POWER STEERING" AND "SERVICE POWER STEERING ASSIST" MESSAGES WERE DISPLAYED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BARNES-BAKER AUTOMOTIVE (1406 OKLAHOMA AVE, TRENTON, MO, (660) 359-4461) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE RACK AND PINION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND THE STEERING UNIT NEEDED TO BE REPROGRAMMED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 124,000.

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I STARTED MY CAR AND TRIED TO BACK UP BUT IT WAS LIKE THE POWER STEERING WAS OUT.I COULDN'T MOVE THE STEERING WHEEL AND A WARNING CAME UP, POWER STEERING ASSIST UNAVAILABLE. I TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND IT WORKED. IT HAPPENED TO ME 3 TIMES YESTERDAY AND ON THE 3RD TIME IT TOOK SEVERAL TIMES OF TURNING THE VEHICLE ON AND OFF.

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RIGHT FRONT AXLE/CONTROL ARM FAILING (SNAPPED CLEANLY IN 2) 3 TIMES WITHIN 2 YEARS. FIRST TIME MAY HAVE BEEN SUBSEQUENT TO LOW SPEED FRONT END COLLISION. SECOND & THIRD TIMES DRIVING LESS THAN 25 MPH WITH NO COLLISION UNTIL AFTER HEARING THE SNAP & SUBSEQUENT LOSS OF STEERING. SECOND TIME FAILURE OCCURRED WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A FULL STOP & TURNING LEFT ON A CITY STREET.THIRD TIME I'D BEEN DRIVING STRAIGHT APPROXIMATELY HALF A MILE ON A CITY STREET WITH SPEED NO GREATER THAN 25 MPH. LAST TWO REPLACEMENT/REPAIR DONE BY PROGRESSIVE INSURANCE CERTIFIED REPAIR FACILITY.

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MY 2011 FORD EXPLORER WAS IN MOTION ON A CITY STREET WHEN THE WATER PUMP IMMEDIATELY FAILED. THIS HAPPENED WITHOUT WARNING. THERE WERE NO CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS OR WARNING SIGNS. MY TEMPERATURE GAUGE SHOT UP AND MY ENGINE SEIZED. THE ENGINE IS UNABLE TO BE TURNED ON AT THIS TIME.

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NUMEROUS REPAIRS TO AIRBAG SYSTEM. AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON AND PREVIOUS REPAIRS INCLUDE, SEATBELT TENSIONER, SEVRERAL JUMPERS AROUND THE CONNECTION UNDERNEATH DRIVERS SEAT, AS WELL AS SOME KIND OF PROGRAMMING IN THE COMPUTER SYSTEM. IVE OWNED THE VEHICLE SINCE IT WAS BRAND NEW AND IT HAS BEEN IN DEALER AT LEAST 6 TIMES FOR AIIRBAG ISSUES. PLEASE DO A FULL INSPECTION OF THE AIRBAG SYTEM INCLUDING FAULTY WIRING HARNESS!!!

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"2011 FORD EXPLORER CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING CONCERNS RECALL" ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON MAY 14, 2019 AT HOUSTON, TEXAS I SLEPT OFF WHILE DRIVING AND RAN INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE WHO STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT WAITING FOR THE GREEN LIGHT TO TURN ON. I WAS NOT ABLE TO STOP AT THE STOP LIGHT BECAUSE I SLEPT OFF BECAUSE OF CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. I HAD NO REASON TO EXPERIENCE SUCH. I WAS ALSO, CONSTANTLY SMELLING FUEL COMING INTO MY 2011 FORD EXPLORER. THE CAR I RAN INTO AND MINE WERE SERIOUSLY DAMAGED. THE POLICE CAME AND WROTE A REPORT ON THE ACCIDENT. ON TWO DIFFERENT MORE OCCASIONS, SAME THINGS HAPPENED TO ME, BUT LUCKILY I DID NOT RUN INTO ANY OTHER CAR OR DAMAGE MY CAR. IT WAS AT THIS JUNCTURE THAT I STARTED TALKING WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS ABOUT MY REPEATED SAD EXPERIENCE DRIVING MY 2011 FORD EXPLORER AND WAS INFORMED BY ONE OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS THAT THERE WAS A NATIONWIDE RECALL ON FORD EXPLORER BECAUSE OF CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING CONCERNS. I DIRECTLY VERIFIED AND DISCOVERED IT WAS TRUE. I THEN WASTED NOT TIME TO CALL, MAC HAIK FORD MOTOR COMPANY, HOUSTON, TEXAS AND COMPLAINED ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE DRIVING MY 2011 FORD EXPLORER AND QUESTION WHY I WAS NOT ON TIME, OFFICIALLY INFORMED ABOUT THE 2011 FORD EXPLORER CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING CONCERNS RECALL. THEY APOLOGIZED AND ASKED ME TO BRING IN MY VEHICLE TO BE FIXED FREE OF CHARGES. I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO MAC HAIK, WHERE THE FIXED ONLY THE RECALLS AND NOT THE OVER FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS BODY AND INTERNAL DAMAGES MY VEHICLE SUSTAINED. MY QUESTION NOW IS HOW CAN I GET FORD MOTOR COMPANY TO FIX MY DAMAGED VEHICLE AND THE OTHER VEHICLE I RAN INTO BECAUSE OF THE EFFECTS OF CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING WHICH I SUFFERED WHILE DRIVING MY 2011 FORD EXPLORER, FREE OF CHARGES? *TT *TR CONSUMER STATED CAR WAS REPAIRED, FREE OF CHARGE. 'PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).'*JB

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I RECENTLY GOT THE 2011 FORD EXPLORER.I KEEP GETTING THIS ODOR SMELL WHEN I FIRST START THE CAR AND ACCELERATE.IT LASTS FOR 5 MINUTES,THEN IT GOES AWAY. ALSO, I RECENTLY STARTED GETTING THIS VIBRATION THROUGH THE GAS PEDAL ON HIGHWAY SPEEDS.THE CAR WILL SHAKE SOMETIMES.WHEN I BRAKE FROM HIGHWAY SPEEDS,MY CAR SHAKES.I HAVE BROUGHT IT TO FORD TWICE AND THEY CHARGE ME $2000 TO REPLACE PARTS,BUT THE PROBLEM STILL PERSISTED.OTHER GARAGE CANT SEEM TO FIGURE OUT WHATS CAUSING IT.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD EXPLORER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL FUEL ODOR COMING FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE. THE CONTACT BECAME NAUSEAS FROM BREATHING IN THE FUMES AND THEIR NOSE BURNED FROM THE INSIDE, WHICH WAS A DISTRACTION TO THE CONTACT'S HEALTH AND CONCENTRATION DURING DRIVING. MEDICAL ATTENTION WAS NOT RECEIVED. THE CONTACT CALLED BOWDITCH FORD OF HAMPTON (11291 JEFFERSON AVE, NEWPORT NEWS, VA 23601, (800) 735-2211) WHERE AN APPOINTMENT WAS SCHEDULED FOR JULY 19, 2019. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 67,480.

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MY 2011 FORD EXPLORER POWER STEERING STOPPED WORKING AND WHEN I LOOKED UP THE RECALLS I SAW THERE ARE 6 RECALLS ON THE 2011 FORD EXPLORER. ONE OF THEM IS THE POWER STEERING (14E001000) BUT WHEN I CALLED MY EXPLORER IS NOT PART OF THAT RECALL.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD EXPLORER. WHILE DRIVING IN THE RAIN WITH THE SUN ROOF IN THE CLOSED POSITION, WATER LEAKED FROM THE SUN ROOF INTO THE CABIN OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. COURT ST. FORD (558 WILLIAM LATHAM DR, BOURBONNAIS, IL) WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000. *TR*JB

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD EXPLORER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE POWER STEERING SEIZED OCCASIONALLY AND THE POWER STEERING ASSIST WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO TURN THE VEHICLE OFF AND BACK ON FOR IT TO RESUME NORMAL OPERATION. LAKE KEOWEE FORD (859 BY PASS, #123, SENECA, SC 29678, (864) 888-3600) WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN A RECALL FOR THE POWER STEERING ASSIST. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 108,000.

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD EXPLORER. EVERY TIME THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, FUMES ENTERED THE CABIN OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO SUMMERVILLE FORD (9700 DORCHESTER RD, SUMMERVILLE, NC 29485) FOR AN EVALUATION AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT IT WAS PERFORMING ACCORDING TO SPECIFICATIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 135,000. *BF *AS

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