NHTSA Complaint #10882719 — 2014 FORD EXPLORER

I RECENTLY READ AN ARTICLE IN THE SFGATE.COM REGARDING COMPLAINTS TO THE NHTSA ASSOCIATED TO THE FORD EXPLORER AND FUME SMELLS COMING FROM THE ENGINE AND/OR EXHAUST INTO THE CAB OF THE CAR CREATING A HAZARD TYPE SITUATION FOR THE DRIVERS. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO FILE A COMPLAINT TO BE ADDED TO THE OTHER EXISTING COMPLAINTS WITH THE NHSTA REGARDING THIS ISSUE. I PURCHASED A NEW 2014 FORD EXPLORER FROM THE HANSEL FORD DEALERSHIP IN PETALUMA. WITHIN A FEW MONTHS I BECAME AWARE OF A FUME TYPE ODOR WITHIN THE CAB IF THE VEHICLE. I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP AND STARTED TRYING TO IDENTIFY AND RESOLVE THE ISSUE. THE FUMES WERE CAUSING DIZZINESS AND NAUSEA ON LONG DRIVES. PASSENGERS ALSO COMPLAINED OF THE FUME ODOR. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT WITH THE CAR OUT OF SERVICE AND MANY MONTHS THERE WAS NO SOLUTION. UNSATISFIED I DECIDED TO FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU IN 2014 FOR THE FUME SMELL ALONG WITH SOME UNRELATED ISSUES. I WAS FORWARDED TO ARBITRATION WHERE IT WAS JUDGED BY THE ARBITRATOR THAT NO ACTION WAS TO BE TAKEN. I CURRENTLY STILL OWN THE FORD EXPLORER AND EXPERIENCE FUME SMELLS. AS MENTIONED ABOVE I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO FILE A COMPLAINT IN REGARD TO THIS FUME ISSUE. I CAN PROVIDED SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION IF NEEDED. PLEASE CONTACT ME DIRECTLY. THANK YOU.