NHTSA Complaint #10905739 — 2012 FORD EXPLORER

ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) issue reported to NHTSA

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Complaint Details

ODI Number	10905739
Vehicle	2012 FORD EXPLORER
Component	ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
Date of Incident	September 10, 2016
Date Filed	September 12, 2016
Mileage	66,000 miles
Crash	No
Fire	No
Injuries	0
Deaths	0
Vehicle Towed	No
State	IA

Consumer Description

VEHICLE HAS 66,000 MILES. THE SERVICE POWER STEERING NOW AND ADVANCETRAC WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON SATURDAY EVENING (9/10/16). VEHICLE DROVE WITH NO ISSUES THAT EVENING. SUNDAY MORNING (9/11/16) THE SAME INDICATOR LIGHTS CAME ON AND THE POWER STEERING DID NOT WORK. CHECKED FOR LEAKS, FUSES, ETC. AND NO APPARENT ISSUES. AS DEALERSHIPS WERE CLOSED ON SUNDAY, AUTOZONE RAN DIAGNOSTICS AND SHOWED ZERO ERROR CODES, EVEN WITH WARNING LIGHTS ON. THIS VEHICLE IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE EXISTING 2012 FORD EXPLORER RECALL REGARDING THE SAME ISSUE THAT SEEMS TO BE OCCURRING IN THE SAME YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL OF CAR.

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