NHTSA Complaint #11089030 — 2016 FORD EXPLORER

FORD EXPLORER RECALL - EXHAUST LEAKING INTO CABIN I TOOK MY VEHICLES INTO CROUSE FORD DUE TO THE RECALL ON MY 2016 EXPLORER. OVER THE NEXT TWO MONTHS I DROVE THE VEHICLE DAILY, BUT AS TIME WENT ON I STARTED TO FEEL DIZZY, NAUSEOUS AND HAD CONSTANT HEADACHES. I DID NOT PUT TWO AND TWO TOGETHER UNTIL WE DROVE A LONG DISTANCE AND MY DAUGHTER WHO SAT IN THE REAR SEAT HAD THE SAME SYMPTOMS. I DECIDED TO TAKE THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE SERVICE CENTER AND THEY FOUND TWO ADDITIONAL LEAKS. AT FIRST FORD TOLD ME THAT THEY WOULD NOT COVER THE COST EVEN THOUGH IT WAS TIED TO THE RECALL SINCE I NOTICED IT AFTER TWO MONTHS OF THE ORIGINAL FIX. WHERE THE EXHAUST WAS LEAKING HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THEIR RECALL FIX. AFTER 5 DAYS THEY DECIDED TO COVER 80% OF THE COST. I AM NOT CONVINCED THAT THEY HAVE RESOLVED THE ISSUE, BUT ACTION NEEDS TO BE TAKEN BEFORE THIS RECALL KILLS SOMEONE OR PERMANENTLY AFFECTS THEM. I JUST HOPE THAT I DO NOT HAVE LONG TERM AFFECTS FROM BEING EXPOSED FOR THAT LENGTH OF TIME.