2016 FORD EXPLORER Power Train Problems

WHEN DRIVING AT 65MPH ON INTERSTATE 287 THE CAR DID A SLIGHT JOLT AND THEN LOST ALL POWER. THE ENGINE REMAINED RUNNING, POWER STEERING AND BRAKES STILL WORKED, BUT THERE WAS NO ACCELERATION. WRENCH LIGHT AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS CAME ON. LUCKILY I WAS NEAR AN EXIT SO I COASTED TO A HALT OFF THE INTERSTATE. I RESTARTED THE CAR, IT DROVE AT NO MORE THAN 5MPH TO A SAFER SPOT. AFTER SOMETIME WAITING FOR A TOW TRUCK I RESTARTED THE CAR, IT WORKED THIS TIME BUT WITH A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. I DROVE SLOWLY AND ON COUNTY ROADS, BACK HOME. NOW IN DEALER TO BE FIXED. I HAVE READ MULTIPLE EXAMPLES OF THIS PROBLEM ON THIS WEBSITE AND GENERALLY. THERE IS A CLEARLY A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE WITH THESE ENGINES AND IT NEEDS ADDRESSING AT A WIDER LEVEL THAN SIMPLY EACH CONSUMER. *TR

2016 FORD EXPLORER WITH APPROXIMATELY 9100 MILES, I WAS PULLING OUT ONTO A HIGHWAY WHEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STOPPED IN 50MPH TRAFFIC. THE WRENCH LIGHT, ENGINE LIGHT, AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON AND I HAD TO COAST TO THE SHOULDER. TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT NOW SITS. SAW ALL OF THE COMPLAINTS ON CARCOMPLAINTS.COM AND HERE AND REALIZED I HAVE TO GET RID OF THIS VEHICLE, NO CONFIDENCE IN IT NOW.

1ST INCIDENT JUNE 2016: DURING A BUSY SCHOOL COMMUTE. ON A VERY BUSY ROAD, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. WOULD NOT ACCELERATE PAST APPROX. 15 MPH. TOWED TO DEALER AND THROTTLE BODY WAS REPLACED. 2ND INCIDENT OCT. 18,2016: SAME EXACT PROBLEM AS ABOVE, ALSO ON A BUSY STREET. POTENTIAL FOR INJURY OR LOSS OF LIFE WAS GREAT IN BOTH OF THESE CIRCUMSTANCES. TOWED TO DEALER. WAS TOLD THAT ONLY THE COMPUTER NEEDED TO BE RESET AND THE CAR IS FINE??!! I HAVE NO CONFIDENCE IN DRIVING THIS VEHICLE AT ALL! AFRAID FOR MY FAMILY'S SAFETY!! *TR

2016 FORD EXPLORER WITH APPROXIMATELY 8400 MILES. WAS TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND ON US HWY 1 AT APPROXIMATELY 50MPH WHEN VEHICLE SUDDENLY STOPS ACCELERATING AND WRENCH LIGHT COMES ON. CAR WILL ONLY COAST AT LESS THAN 5MPH. WAS ABLE TO PULL INTO A PARKING LOT WITHOUT BEING INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. VEHICLE WAS ON AND SHAKING BUT WOULD NOT ALLOW ME TO ACCELERATE. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO FORD DEALERSHIP. FORD MECHANIC STATED IT WAS THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BOTTLE AND THEY HAVE ALREADY HAD A FEW OF THEM COME IN TO BE REPLACED. ETB HAS BEEN REPLACED BUT VEHICLE STILL LAGS WHEN ACCELERATING. WENT ON CARSCOMPLAINTS.COM AND 38 COMPLAINTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN FILED FOR THE SAME ISSUE.

ELECTRONIC THROTTLE RECALL (16B32)---WAS DRIVING ON THE 5 NORTH FREEWAY, AND HAD JUST MERGED ONTO THE 55 NORTH WHEN THE CAR LOST POWER. (I PUSHED THE GAS, BUT THE CAR COULD NO LONGER ACCELERATE)--ALL POWER WAS GONE. I WAS, THANKFULLY, ABLE TO MOVE OVER TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FREEWAY. I CALLED AAA, AND WAS EVENTUALLY TOWED OUT OF THERE (TO FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE I ORIGINALLY PURCHASED THE 2016 FORD EXPLORER.) FORD DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THERE WAS "NEW" RECALL REGARDING MY VEHICLE (ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY REPAIR)---LEFT CAR ON SATURDAY. (SAID I COULD NOT GET A RENTAL SINCE IT WAS 2:58PM.) WENT TO GET A RENTAL CAR AT DEALERSHIP TODAY (MONDAY AFTER 2:30PM), BUT WAS TOLD THE CAR WAS READY TO GO HOME. I WAS INVOICED AT 3:14PM TODAY. PLEASE LOOK AT PAGE 1 --IT SAYS THAT WORK: "BEGAN:10-1-16 DONE:10-1-16", CAUSE: RECALL CORRECTION: REPROGRAM PCM"-----)*********TECHNICIAN TIME SPENT: 15:23 TO 15:43******...

2016 FORD EXPLORER [XXX] LOST POWER AND WOULD NOT MOVE IN MIDDLE OF BUSY HIGHWAY. VEHICLE WAS NOTED TO HAVE A SPUTTERING SOUND AND APPEARED TO BE FIRING ON ONLY A FEW CYLINDERS. TURNED VEHICLE ENGINE OFF AND RESTARTED NO HELP VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE WITH ACCELERATOR PEDAL IN FULL OPEN (FLOORED) POSITION. AFTER OPENING HOOD AND DISCONNECTING NEG TERMINAL OF BATTERY VEHICLE OPERATED FINE FOR APPROX 10 MILES AND THEN SAME OCCURENCE. AGAIN FAULT CLEARED AND RAN FINE TO NEAREST FORD DEALER. INITIAL DIAGNOSIS BY DEALER WAS CODES P2111 AND P2112. DEALER STATED FOUND RECALL 16B32 FOLLOWED INSTRUCTIONS AND REPROGRAMMED PCM AND CLEAR CODES. CUSTOMER DEPARTED DEALERSHIP SERVICE BAY AND REPEAT ABOVE MENTIONED MALFUNCTION BEFORE OFF THE DEALER LOT. RETURNED TO SERVICE BAY AND DEALER STATED THAT THROTTLE BODY WAS CHANGED. VEHICLE APPEARS TO BE OPERATING NORMAL AT THIS TIME. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED....

I WAS DRIVING ON 675 IN DAYTON OHIO AT 65-70 MILES AN HOUR WHEN MY FORD EXPLORER XLT LOST ALL ACCELERATION AND I WAS FORCED TO COAST TO A STOP ON THE LEFT SHOULDER OF THE HIGHWAY. I WAS ABLE TO TURN THE CAR OFF AND RESTART IT, AND DRIVE IT HOME WITHOUT INCIDENT. I HAD IT TOWED TO A FORD DEALER AND HOPEFULLY WILL HAVE AN ANSWER TOMORROW. THIS VEHICLE IS A 2016 XLT WITH JUST OVER 8,000 MILES. I NO LONGER TRUST THIS VEHICLE AND WILL BE RESEARCHING MORE RELIABLE VEHICLES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 FORD EXPLORER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY FAILED TO ACCELERATE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT A TRANSMISSION GEAR HAD FRACTURED. THE CAUSE OF THE GEAR FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12,000.

WHILE DRIVING THROUGH A MAJOR CITY ON THE EXPRESSWAY AT RUSH HOUR, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY LOST POWER. THE DASH ILLUMINATED A WRENCH (POWERTRAIN FAULT) AND CHECK OWNERS MANUAL. WE DECELERATED IN TRAFFIC DOWN TO ABOUT 5 MPH. WE WERE EXTREMELY FORTUNATE THAT NO ONE WAS HURT AS WE TRIED TO MAKE OUR WAY TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER FROM THE LEFT LANE (THERE WAS INADEQUATE SHOULDER ON THE LEFT WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED). NO QUESTION IN OUR MIND THAT THIS IS LIFE THREATENING! WE FEEL FORTUNATE WE WERE NEAR AN EXIT, SO WE LIMPED ALONG AT 5 MPH TO A GAS STATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP AND NEXT DAY VERIFIED THAT THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY WAS DEFECTIVE. THE DEALER CHANGED THIS PART OUT AND WE FORTUNATELY HAVE NOT HAD A RECURRENCE. MILEAGE AT FAILURE WAS 9456. ONE WOULD NOT EXPECT A THROTTLE BODY TO FAIL, ESPECIALLY AT LOW...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 FORD EXPLORER. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED TO A COMPLETE STOP INDEPENDENTLY AND THE WRENCH WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 11,000.

I WAS ON A TRIP AWAY FROM HOME, COMING DOWN A 2 LANE COUNTRY ROAD AND MY 2016 EXPLORER JUST BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN. I HIT THE GAS, BUT NO REPOSNE FROM THE VECHILE. I COULD ONLY THROW ON MY FLASHERS AND CRINGE AS THE CARS PILED UP BEHIND ME, HOPING NO ONE WOULD HIT ME. WE COASTED AT LEAST HALF A MILE BEFORE FINDING A PLACE TO SAFLEY EXIT THE ROAD. I CALLED ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE AND THEY WOUD NOT AUTHORIZE PAYMENT TO TOW MY VECHILE BACK HOME, AND I HAD TO WAIT 45 MINUTES FOR ASSISTANCE TO ARRIVE. I AM SO DISAPPOINTED AND SADDENED TO THINK WHAT MAY HAVE HAPPENED IF I HAD CHOOSE TO TAKE THE HIGHWAY INSTEAD. I COULD ONLY CLUTCH THE STEERING WHEEL AS I WATCHED MY SPEEDOMETER DROP FROM 58 TO 20 SOMETHING IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. I HAD CHILDREN SITTING IN THE 3RD...

WHILE DRIVING BELOW 30 MPH ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE AND FELT A JOLT,ENGINE CUT OFF,"WRENCH" LIGHT AND AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON (LAST ONE PROBABLY WHEN THE ENGINE SHUT OFF).HAD TO COAST TO THE SIDE,RE-STARTED ENGINE AND IT STARTED SHAKING,RPMS KEPT GOING UP AND DOWN BETWEEN 1-2000.TURNED OFF AND WAITED A FEW MINUTES.STARTED ENGINE AGAIN AND IT WAS RUNNING NORMAL EXCEPT CHECK ENGINE WAS ON.WENT TO LOCAL FORD DEALER (WE WERE ON VACATION) WHO COULDN'T TAKE US IN FOR AT LEAST 6 HRS AND WANTED US TO PAY FOR DIAGNOSTIC (NEW CAR,JUST HAD FIRST OIL CHANGE).WENT TO AUTO ZONE AND THEY READ CODE P2112 -THROTTLE BODY FAILURE AND ARMED WITH THAT SCHEDULED SERVICE AT MY LOCAL DEALER.ON THE WAY BACK ISSUE REPEATED ITSELF TWO MORE TIMES.ALL ON LOWER SPEEDS (CITY DRIVING).CURRENT MILES 6200.

2016 FORD EXPLORER XLT WITH 11,600 MILES. EBT ISSUE? DRIVING TO WORK ON A CITY STREET GOING ABOUT 35 MPH JUST BEFORE 8AM ON 08/25/2016 AND VEHICLE LOST POWER. VEHICLE SLOWED WAY DOWN AND I FELT A JERK/LURCH. MAY HAVE BEEN HIT FROM BEHIND BUT THE OTHER VEHICLE DID NOT STOP. ENGINE WAS STILL ON AND THE WRENCH INDICATOR CAME ON AND A MESSAGE APPEARED "SEE MANUAL" OR "SEE DEALER", I CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH.TRIED ACCELERATING AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT INCREASE SPEED. THE VEHICLE MOVED VERY SLOWLY, MAYBE 5MPH? LUCKILY I WAS ON AN OVERPASS, IN THE RIGHT LANE, AND GOING DOWN THE OVERPASS TO GET THE VEHICLE INTO A HOTEL DRIVEWAY THAT WAS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE OVERPASS. HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP. WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM THE DEALER. READING OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME ISSUE AND AGREE THIS IS A SERIOUS DEFECT. LUCKILY...

I WAS DRIVING DOWN I-295 WITH A SPEED OF 65MPH WHEN I SAW A WRENCH ICON ON THE DASH BOARD LIGHT UP AND I LOST CONTROL ON ACCELERATION. NO POWER EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE STEPPING ON THE GAS YOU SLOWLY DECELERATE LIKE YOU PLACED THE CAR IN NEUTRAL.THE NEXT DAY I CALLED UP THE SERVICE DEPT OF MY DEALER. EXPLAINED TO THE TECH WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND WITHOUT HESITATION HE REPLIED "YOU HAVE TO CHANGE THE THROTTLE BODY, IT'S DEFECTIVE ."

BOUGHT VEHICLE 4 MONTHS AGO. TODAY WHEN PULLING INTO MY DRIVEWAY I STOPPED AND PLACED MY CAR IN PARK. MY CAR CONTINUED TO ROLL DESPITE GEARSHIFT BEING IN PARK. IT STRUCK THE STONE ASPECT OF MY HOUSE LEAVING EXTENSIVE SCRATCHES AND SCRAPES OVER THE RIGHT FRONT END.

NEW 2016 FORD EXPLORER XLT, 6000 MILES, WITHOUT WARNING LOOSES POWER, CAR STAYS RUNNING, BUT ACTS LIKE IN NEUTRAL. ENGINE LIGHT AND AIR BAG LIGHT COME ON, SAYS TO CALL DEALER, EMERGENCY. THIS HAPPENED ON HIGHWAY 285, 10 LANES OF VERY FAST MOVING TRAFFIC,WITH MY WIFE AND CHILD IN THE CAR, VERY DANGEROUS WE WERE ALMOST WAS STUCK IN MIDDLE LANE AS THE CAR GLIDED TO A STOP. HAVE SEEN HUNDREDS OF REPORTS ON THE INTERNET ABOUT THIS SAME PROBLEM. FORD DEALER WAS AWARE OF THE ISSUE, REPLACED THROTTLE BODY, THIS PART IS DEFECTIVE AND THE ISSUE IS WELL DOCUMENTED ON THE INTERNET. THEY REPLACED THE PART AT NO COST, BUT I HAVE NO CONFIDENCE THEY ACTUALLY KNOW THE ISSUE OR IF THIS WILL HAPPEN OVER AND OVER. BASED ON THE OTHER REPORTS I HAVE SEEN THIS ALWAYS HAPPENS AROUND 7000 MILES. I HAVE RECENTLY RECEIVED A LETTER FROM FORD...

LOST POWER WHILE CROSSING AN INTERSECTION. WAS ABLE TO GLIDE THE CAR TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. INTERNET SEARCH DISCLOSED THAT IT IS A PROBLEM WITH SEVERAL FORD CARS AND POSSIBLY A FAULTY ETB. HAD IT HAPPENED ON A FREEWAY I WOULD PROBABLY BE DEAD. THE PROBLEM WITH THIS DEFECTIVE COMPONENT HAS BEEN REPORTED BEFORE BUT SO FAR NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED. PLEASE DO SOMETHING!!!

ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS MY 2016 FORD EXPLORER SPORT FOUR-WHEEL-DRIVE, WITH APPROXIMATELY 6100 MILES, THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILED TO STAY IN THE PARK POSITION. ON THE FIRST OCCASION IN JUNE 2016 THE VEHICLE ROLLED AWAY AFTER EXITING THE VEHICLE AT A SHOPPING CENTER PARKING LOT AND HAD TO BE CHASED DOWN! THANKFULLY CAUGHT UP WITH IT AND JUMPED BACK IN BEFORE IT HIT SOMEONE OR ANOTHER VEHICLE! THE SECOND OCCURRENCE WAS ON AUGUST 1, 2016 PARKED IN FRONT OF A COMMERCIAL BUILDING AND AGAIN THE VEHICLE'S AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DID NOT STAY IN THE PARK POSITION AND BEGAN TO ROLL AWAY, THANKFULLY THIS TIME BEFORE EXITING THE VEHICLE. INITIALLY THOUGHT THE FIRST TIME WAS A FLUKE BUT SINCE IT HAS HAPPENED TWICE IT IS A SAFETY CONCERN THAT NEEDED TO BE REPORTED.

ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY ISSUES. WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE (THAT HAS ONLY 8300 MILES) THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY WAS DEFECTIVE AND PUT THE VEHICLE INTO A "LIMP MODE" WHILE DRIVING. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH DOWN A BUSY LOCAL ROAD THE WRENCH SAFETY LIGHT CAME ON ALONG WITH "SEE MANUAL" ON DISPLAY AREA. VEHICLE SUDDENLY WOULD NO LONGER ACCELERATE AND IDLED AT LESS THAN 5 MPH. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND THE VEHICLE JUST STOPS ACCELERATING WHILE IN TRAFFIC. WAS ALMOST IN MULTIPLE ACCIDENTS WHILE TRYING TO COAST THE VEHICLE OUT OF THE ROADWAY. HAD TO BE TOWED TO LOCAL DEALERSHIP. WENT ONLINE AND READ OVER 50 REVIEWS OF THIS HAPPENING TO OTHER PEOPLE!!

2016 FORD EXPLORER SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING. IT'S A KNOWN ISSUE, BUT THE VEHICLES ARE STILL BEING SOLD AND NO RECALL OR SYSTEMATIC WAY OF REPLACING IT. I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE VEHICLE JUST SLOWED DOWN TO A CRAWL TWICE. FORD OFFER NO SOLUTION. I CHECKED ONLINE AND THIS SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM MANY PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING. I ALMOST GOT HIT TWICE TRYING TO GET TO THE SHOULDER LANE.

THROTTLE BODY QUITS WORKING LEAVING YOU WITH NO ABILITY TO ACCELERATE IN TRAFFIC. WHILE DRIVING DOWN HWY CAR SUDDENLY LOST ABILITY TO ACCELERATE, HAD TO COAST UNTIL I COULD FIND A PLACE TO PULL SAFELY OUT OF TRAFFIC, VERY SCARY.

TURNED CAR ON, BACKED OUT OF DRIVEWAY & IT SUDDENLY LOST ALL POWER & "WRENCH" LIGHT CAME ON. COULD BARELY GET IT TO SIDE OF THE ROAD. AFTER TURNING IT OFF & ON THE ENGINE LIGHT ALSO CAME ON. CAR WAS UNDRIVABLE, NEEDED TO BE TOWED. DEALER SAID IT WAS THROTTLE BODY THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. CAR IS ONLY 7 MONTHS OLD AND ONLY HAS 7715 MILES ON IT.

DRIVING DOWN ROAD AND EXPLORER STARTED LOSING POWER, CUTTING OUT AND ENGINE ALMOST DIED. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND TOOL LIGHT CAME ON DISPLAY. I WAS BARELY A FEW HUNDRED FEET FROM MY HOUSE, SO I SLOWLY MANAGED TO GET VEHICLE TO MY DRIVEWAY. MY HUSBAND ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE EXPLORER IN SUBDIVISION AGAIN AND EXPLORER AGAIN STARTED MISFIRING AND ENGINE DIED. TURNED AIR CONDITIONER OFF AND IT RESTARTED AND APPEARED TO SHAKE EXPLORER AS ENGINE MISFIRED AND WE BARELY GOT IT BACK IN OUR DRIVEWAY. IT ONLY HAS 7,740 MILES ON IT!! I CALLED DEALERSHIP AND HAD IT TOWED TO THERE TODAY.

MY PREGNANT WIFE AND I WERE DRIVING DOWN A BUSY, MAIN NASHVILLE ROAD YESTERDAY WHEN OUR 2016 FORD EXPLORER WITH 8500 MILES ON IT CEASED TO ACCELERATE. A WRENCH APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD, RPMS DROPPED TO AN IDLE STATE, AND IN HEAVY TRAFFIC I COULD NOT ACCELERATE IN ORDER TO MOVE MY CAR OFF THE ROAD, NEARLY CAUSING AN WRECK. FORD HAS HAD MY CAR FOR TWO DAYS. THIS ISSUE IS APPARENTLY RELATED TO A FAULTY THROTTLE BODY. A QUICK INTERNET SEARCH SHOWS THAT HUNDREDS, IF NOT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS SAME EXACT ISSUE WITH SIMILAR LOW MILEAGE 2016 EXPLORERS AND THAT FORD HAS DETERMINED IT TO BE A FAULTY THROTTLE BODY. CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT SO MANY VEHICLES HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS VERY DANGEROUS ISSUE, FORD SHOULD BE RECALLING THESE VEHICLES. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE ON PAR WITH THE GM IGNITION SWITCH PROBLEM. A VEHICLE LOSING ALL...

HUSBAND WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE WAS ABOUT TO ACCELERATE TO GET UP A HILL ON A CITY STREET AND ENGINE SOUNDED LIKE TRANSMISSION OR OTHER MAJOR PART JUST "DROPPED". STEERING WHEEL FROZE, CAR IDLED VIOLENTLY, COULD NOT MOVE VEHICLE, STARTED TO ROLL BACKWARDS UNTIL EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS APPLIED.ACCELERATION WENT TO LITERALLY ZERO,SUV WOULD NOT MOVE. ORANGE WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON, STATED TO SEE MANUAL.PLACED CAR IN PARK SHUT OFF ENGINE AND WAITED AND STARTED AT BACK UP AGAIN. SCARRY STUFF, 2 CHILDREN 2 AND YOUNGER IN VEHICLE. WON'T LET ME INPUT ON NEXT PAGE, APPROXIMATELY 25-30 MILES AN HOUR, SUV HAS 5,500 MILES ON IT

DRIVING ON I-10 ABOUT 1 MILE BEFORE DAPHNE, AL, ENGINE SPUTTERED AND VEHICLE BEGAN LOOSING SPEED. PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL DID NOTHING, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, SERVICE MANUAL LIGHT CAME ON, AND AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON. COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE INTERSTATE, STUCK BETWEEN THE WHITE LINE OF THE LANE EDGE AND A GUARDRAIL WITH ONLY INCHES TO SPARE FROM TRAFFIC PASSING AT 70 MPH. ALL THIS WITH MY WIFE IN THE FRONT SEAT AND OUR 2 DAUGHTERS IN THE BACKSEAT WHO ARE 2 YEARS OLD AND 5 MONTHS OLD. ENGINE WAS RUNNING ROUGH AND WOULD NOT INCREASE RPMS EVEN WHEN PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. SHUT ENGINE OFF AND ON 6 TIMES BEFORE IT FINALLY RESPONDED TO ACCELERATOR PEDAL INPUT. WAS FINALLY ABLE TO MERGE BACK ON TO THE INTERSTATE AND GET TO THE DAPHNE EXIT. WE HAD TO STAY THE NIGHT IN A HOTEL IN DAPHNE WHILE...

BRAND NEW 2016 FORD EXPLORER WITH ONLY 6779 MILES. UNABLE TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP THROUGH A BUSY INTERSECTION. NO INDICATION THAT ANYTHING WAS WRONG PRIOR TO THIS. SEVERAL DASH LIGHTS CAME ON. CAR WENT INTO LIMP MODE NOT ALLOWING ME TO ACCELERATE ABOVE 15 MPH. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, POWER TRAIN LIGHT AND AIRBAG LIGHT ALL ILLUMINATED. HAD CAR TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. THROTTLE BODY FAILURE INDICATED AS THE ISSUE. PART WAS BACK ORDERED FOR TWO WEEKS. VERIFIED ONLINE THAT MANY OTHER NEW EXPLORER OWNERS HAVE HAD THIS SAME ISSUE AROUND THE SAME MILEAGE. FORTUNATELY I WAS NOT ON A BUSY HIGHWAY LIKE SOME.

STARTED SMELLING SULFUR/ROTTEN EGGS EXHAUST THROUGH THE VENTS AROUND 3K MILES UNDER HARD ACCELERATION. IT'S A POLICE VERSION WITH THE 3.7L. SMELLED IT IN RE-CIRCULATION MODE AND THE FRESH AIR MODE. NOW HAVE 5900 MILES ON IT AND ONE DAY WHILE I WAS DRIVING UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS 50-60 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, AIRBAG LIGHT, AND WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. THE DASH ALSO SAID "SEE OWNERS MANUAL". CAR ALSO MAKES A SPUTTERING NOISE. ...UPDATED 01/23/17 *BF

AS I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK ON JUNE 28, AS I WAS DRIVING STRAIGHT ON A MAJOR STREET, APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, WHEN MY 2016 FORD EXPLORER BEGAN TO DECELERATE. EVEN AS I PRESSED THE ACCELERATOR, THE TRUCK WOULD NOT SPEED UP. AS I CAME TO A STOP AT A BUSY INTERSECTION, THE TRUCK BEGAN TO JERK WHEN I BEGAN TO ACCELERATE WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN. THE TRUCK WOULD NOT GO ABOVE 30 MPH AT THIS POINT. I DECIDED TO TURN AROUND AND GO BACK HOME, WHICH WAS ABOUT 5 MILES AWAY AND THE TRUCK KEPT DECELERATING THE MORE I HIT THE ACCELERATOR. I MANAGED TO MAKE IT HOME AND GET MY EXPLORER TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED MY VEHICLE. THE DIAGNOSIS WAS A BAD TRANSMISSION, IN A 5 MONTH OLD TRUCK, WITH LESS THAN 3500 MILES ON IT. MY EXPLORER HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP...

I WAS DRIVING CLOSE TO MY HOUSE AND ALMOST CAUSED A BIG ACCIDENT WHILE I HAD MY CHILDREN ON BOARD. THE CAR STOPPED COMPLETELY ( SUDDENLY STOPPED) AND LOST POWER, I WAS LUCKY THAT NOT ACCIDENT OCCURRED ( CAN U IMAGINE IF I WAS IN THE MIAMI EXPRESSWAY AND THAT HAPPENED). I'M ATTACHING A PIC SHOWING THE CHECK ENGINE, WRENCH LIGHT THAT CAME ON WHILE I WAS DRIVING. I DID SOME RESEARCH ONLINE AND FOUND OUT THAT MANY AMERICANS ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUES, IT IS A DEFECTIVE THROTTLE BODY THAT CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO SLOW DOWN AND SHUTDOWN AT ANY TIME. FORD IS ALREADY AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND YOU GUYS MORE LIKELY ARE AWARE TOO. WHAT ARE YOU GUYS WAITING TO ISSUE A RECALL?? WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO DIE?

MY 2016 FORD EXPLORER WILL LOSE POWER UNDER VARIOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY AT 45-55 MPH THE CAR ENGINE DROPPED TO IDLE (~800 RPM) AND WOULD NOT RESPOND TO THE ACCELERATOR. THIS OCCURRED IN TRAFFIC AND CREATED MANY CLOSE CALLS. IT HAS OCCURRED THREE TIMES TO ME, AND RESEARCHING IT ON THE INTERNET HAS HAPPENED TO MANY OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE SAME MAKE/MODEL/YEAR. PLEASE INVESTIGATE. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY ISSUE.

ON MY 2016 EXPLORER LIMITED 3.5 N/A V6 - UNDER HARD (GETTING ON FWY) OR EXTENDED ACCELERATION (UPHILL CLIMB) EXHAUST FUMES CAN BE NOTICED BY THE PASSENGERS IN THE VEHICLE. I KNOW THERE IS AN OPEN INVESTIGATION ON THE 11-15 YEARS BUT THE 16 SHOULD BE INCLUDED AS WELL. THIS HAS BEEN THE CASE FROM NEW TO CURRENT 11K MILES. THIS HAPPENED ON MY PREVIOUS 2013 MODEL AS WELL.

I WAS DRIVING 45MPH ON A BUSY STREET WHEN SUDDENLY THE CAR JUST STALLED. I HAD KIDS IN THE BACK SEAT AND FRANTICALLY PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL WHICH PRESSED DOWN BUT NOTHING HAPPENED. THE WRENCH AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. LUCKILY, I WAS ABLE TO PUT MY HAZARDS ON AND PULL OVER. WE ARE SO FORTUNATE WE DIDN'T REACH THE HIGHWAY YET ON THIS BUSY HOLIDAY WEEKEND. I AM SURE IT WOULD HAVE ENDED DIFFERENTLY. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. WHAT GOOD IS A NEW CAR IF YOU CAN'T TRUST IT? HOPING THE THROTTLE BODY IS A RECONFIGURED PART WHEN THEY FIX IT. NEEDS A RECALL!!

WAS APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION TO ENTER AN ENTRANCEWAY TO AN INTERSTATE WHEN THE CAR LOST SPEED AND WOULD ONLY MOVE AT APPROX. 10 MPH. WRENCH AND SEATBELT WAS DISPLAYED AND MESSAGE TO CHECK OWNERS MANUAL

2016 FORD EXPLORER XLT THROTTLE BODY FAILED AT JUST OVER 8,000 MILES WITHOUT WARNING. MY WIFE WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WITH OUR 6 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER AND PET DOG IN 95 DEGREE WEATHER WHEN THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN TO AN IDLE ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT AND VERY LITTLE SHOULDER ROOM TO PULL OVER ON. LATER I FIND OUT, WITH A SIMPLE GOOGLE SEARCH, THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE WITH FORD THROTTLE BODIES FOR SEVERAL YEARS. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED AND IT IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE FOR THIS TO BE ALLOWED TO HAPPEN, ESPECIALLY IN A BRAND NEW VEHICLE. IT IS EXTREMELY UNSAFE AND UNRELIABLE AND WILL MOST LIKELY CAUSE DEATH OR INJURY. NOW THE VEHICLE PART IS ON BACK ORDER BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF SIMILAR INCIDENCES, WITH NO ESTIMATED TIME FOR REPAIR. NOW, EVEN AFTER THE VEHICLE GETS REPAIRED, I CANNOT TRUST OR RELY ON THIS VEHICLE TO...

WHILE DRIVING ON CITY STREET GOING 35 MPH, VEHICLE SUDDENLY SLOWED TO 5MPH EVEN THOUGH I HAD FOOT ON PEDAL. IT WAS BARELY ROLLING. WRENCH WARNING LIGHT CAME ON (WHICH I FOUND LATER MEANS PROBLEM WITH DRIVE TRAIN, TAKE TO DEALER IMMEDIATELY. )ENGINE SERVICE LIGHT ALSO CAME ON. I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO ROLL TO SIDE OF ROAD AND TURN DOWN STREET AND GO INTO A PARKING LOT. TURNED ENGINE OFF AND RESTARTED IT. WRENCH LIGHT GONE BUT ENGINE LIGHT STILL ON. DROVE AROUND PARKING LOT AND IT RAN NORMALLY.I SINCE HAVE RESEARCHED THIS ONLINE AND SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS. SOME OWNERS HAVE HAD THIS HAPPEN TO THEM ON FREEWAY DOING 60 MPH. TOOK VEHICLE TO FRONTIER FORD WHERE WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE, THEY REALLY DIDN'T WANT TO LISTEN. IT IS CURRENTLY WAITING TO BE LOOKED AT IN SERVICE DEPT. BUT MY...

WAS DRIVING ALONG BUSY ROAD MAKING A LEFT TURN AT RUSH HOUR ACROSS TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC. CAR SIMPLY DIED. NO RESPONSE TO ACCELERATOR. WRENCH LIGHT ON. I COULD HAVE BEEN HURT BADLY. WAS ABLE TO GET CAR OUT OF TRAFFIC. WAS TOLD THIS IS A SEVERE PROBLEM WITH THROTTLE BODY AND FORD IS AWARE OF THIS. CAR HAS LESS THAN 5100 MILES ON IT. THIS NEEDS TO BE A RECALL SITUATION.

WAS DRIVING DOWN A STREET, GOING ABOUT 40MPH, THE CAR IMMEDIATELY SLOWED TO 5PMH AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE EVEN WHEN PUSHING THE GAS ALL THE WAY DOWN. I HAD TO COAST IT HOME, DROP THE FAMILY OFF, AND THEN COAST IT TO THE FORD DEALERSHIP. UPON ARRIVING, THE DEALERSHIP INFORMED ME THAT FORD WAS AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND THAT ALL PARTS ARE CURRENTLY ON BACK ORDER.

2016 FORD EXPLORER V6 TOOLBAR CAME ON CHECKSYSTEM ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON GOING 45 MPH WENT DOWN TO -0 MPH GAS PEDAL USELESS NO POWER COASTED TO PARKING LOT LUCKY I WASNT ON A BUSY HIGHWAY OR STREET I GUESS IT WILL TAKE SOME BODY TO GET KILLED A COUPLE OF TIMES BEFORE ANYTHING IS DONE 4400MILES AND THROTTLE BODY NEEDS REPLACE WHAT A CRACKERJACK JOKE ACOURSE THIS IS CALLED CHEAPO DEPO MANUFACTURING OH THATS RIGHT PARTS ARE MADE IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES NOW YES ABOUT LIKE NO NAME BRAND VASELINE VEHICLE WAS ON STREET CITY BOUGHT CAR IN FEB. 2016 IF I WOULD OG KNOW ABOYT THIS I WOULD NOT BUY A NEW CAR ESPECIAALY MY WIFE AND GRAND KIDS DRIVING FOR THIS TO HAPPEN!!

WHILE DRIVING ON CITY STREET THERE WAS A BURNED RUBBER SMELL OUTSIDE VEHICLE, FOLLOWED BY STRONG SMELL OF NATURAL GAS INSIDE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. WHILE DRIVING THERE WAS A RATTLING OR THUMPING SOUND. THINKING BACK, THERE WAS A NATURAL GAS SMELL OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE DAYS BEFORE BURNED RUBBER SMELL. I LET THE DEALER HEAR A RECORDING OF THE SOUND. THEY DESCRIBED IT LIKE THE SOUND OF DRIVING ON A RAILROAD TRACK. AFTER DEALER INSPECTION, THE DEALER FOUND 'CRACK IN PTO DUE TO INTERNAL FAILURE' THEY HAD TO 'REPLACE PTU AND PTU VENT FOLLOWING WSM PROCEDURE IN SECTION 307-01'

SUV IS 4 MONTHS OLD AND HAS 12200 MILES. WHILE DRIVING ON CITY ROAD AT 40 MPH THE WRENCH SYMBOL APPEARED AND THE CAR LOST ALL POWER IMMEDIATELY AND SLOWED DOWN ON ITS OWN AND WAS MOVING AT 5 MPH. I PUSHED THE GAS PEDAL BUT NOTHING HAPPENED. I PARKED THE SUV AT A GAS STATION AND TURN OFF THE ENGINE FOR 5 MINUTES AND TURNED BACK ON. EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL AND THE WRENCH SYMBOL WAS GONE.

THE POWER TRAIN AND ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE TRUCK STOPPED DRIVING WHILE ON A BUSY ROAD.

AT 70 MPH ON I-4, THE ELECTRONIC THROTTLE BODY FAILED, DROPPING THE ENGINE TO IDLE SPEED. THE ENGINE WOULD NOT COME OUT OF IDLE, AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE PART FAILED AT 6,300 MILES, LESS THAN 2,000 MILES AFTER THE CAR'S FIRST DEALERSHIP SERVICING. HAD I NOT BEEN IN THE SLOW LANE AT THE TIME, I WOULD HAVE BEEN STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF I-4, AND POSSIBLY KILLED.

DRIVING HOME FROM WORK IN MY 2 MONTH OLD 2016 FORD EXPLORER WITH 1900 MILES ON IT AND WAS MERGING INTO FREEWAY TRAFFIC WHEN THERE WAS A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER. WAS PUSHING ON THE GAS PEDAL AND COULD HEAR THE ENGINE BUT THE SPEED OF MY CAR WAS STALLED AT 35 MPH AND A WRENCH LIGHT AND ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. WAS ABLE TO SAFELY GET OFF THE FREEWAY AND INTO A GAS STATION WHERE I CALLED FOR A TOW. WHEN THE TOW TRUCK ARRIVED I TRIED MOVING THE CAR TO MAKE IT EASIER TO GET ON THE TRUCK BUT THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE IN REVERSE OR FORWARD. FORD DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT TELLS ME IT IS THE TRANSMISSION AND SEVERAL PARTS NEED TO BE REPLACED AND A FEW OF THEM ARE ON BACKORDER. THE CAR HAS BEEN UN DRIVABLE AND IN THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT FOR 11 DAYS ALREADY...

VEHICLE LOST ACCELERATION SUDDENLY: FIRST TIME HAPPENED WHEN I STOPPED AT THE INTERSECTION WAITING THE TRAFFIC TO CLEAR AND WHEN I WANT THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE IT DID NOT SO I PULLED OVER AND TURNED ENGINE OFF AND RESTART IT FIVE MINUETS LATER AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATE AND I MANAGE TO REACH MY DESTINATION, NEXT DAY I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO FORD DEALER BECAUSE THE SERVICE POWERTRAIN FAULT ILLUMINATES. FORD DEALER SAID THAT THE PROBLEM IS THE THROTTLE BODY MALFUNCTION AND NEED TO BE REPLACED BUT THE PART IS ON A BACK ORDER AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR FEW WEEKS, THE DEALER ADVICE ME TO USE THE VEHICLE AND IF HAPPENED AGAIN TO CALL HIM BACK ALTHOUGH I WAS CONCERN ABOUT SAFETY OF DRIVING THIS VEHICLE. NEXT DAY THE SAME PROBLEM HAPPENED MORE FREQUENT AND IT HAPPENED WHILE I AM DRIVING AND LUCKILY I MANAGED TO PULL OVER SAFELY, THIS...