NHTSA Complaint #11193098 — 2016 FORD EXPLORER

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 55MPH. HEARD A LOUD NOISE. THOUGHT I HAD SCRAPED A TREE AS WAS IN AN AREA WITH ALOT TREES. THE NEXT DAY NOTICED THAT THE PILLAR TRIM ON MY PASSENGER DOOR WAS GONE. CHECKED THE REST OF MY CAR AND THE PILLAR TRIM ON THE WINDSHIELD IS LOOSE ALSO. RESEARCHED THIS ON THE WEB AND IT IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THIS TRIM FLYING OFF AT HIGH RATES OF SPEED AND STRIKING EITHER MY OWN WINDSHIELD OR ANOTHER VEHICLE BEHIND ME. CONTACTED FORD AND WAS TOLD THANK YOU FOR CONCERN BUT NO SOLUTION TO THIS ISSUE. I AM PRETTY SURE PIECES FLYING OFF A VEHICLE GOING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED SHOULD BE OF CONCERN. I NOW KNOW WHAT THAT WHISTLING SOUND WAS THAT I WOULD HEAR WHEN DRIVING. IT WAS THE LOOSE TRIM CATCHING THE WIND.