NHTSA Complaint #11102985 — 2016 FORD EXPLORER POLICE INTERCEPT

TWO POLICE OFFICERS WERE PATROLLING IN A CITY ENVIRONMENT TOGETHER IN A 2016 FORD INTERCEPTOR UTILITY AND HAD SYMPTOMS OF CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. THIS VEHICLE PREVIOUSLY HAD ALL CARBON MONOXIDE RELATED FORD RECALL WORK COMPLETED. THE OFFICERS' SYMPTOMS INCLUDED HEADACHE, DIZZINESS, SHORTNESS OF BREATH, AND CHEST SPASMS. LATER IN THE DAY AN ODOR BEGAN TO EMANATE FROM THE VEHICLE, WHICH IS WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE. THE OFFICERS WENT TO THE HOSPITAL AND WERE TREATED FOR CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO FORD AND THE PTU WAS FOUND TO BE LEAKING AND HAD METAL SHAVINGS IN THE UNIT'S OIL. THE PTU WAS REPLACED. AN INSPECTION OF THE EXHAUST SYSTEM WAS DONE AND NOTHING UNUSUAL WAS LOCATED OR REPAIRED. FORD WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINED THE CAUSE OF CARBON MONOXIDE IN THE VEHICLE COMPARTMENT. THE ABOVE NOTED PROBLEM HAS AFFECTED ALMOST A THIRD OF THE CITY'S FORD INTERCEPTOR UTILITY FLEET.