2006 Ford Explorer

SUNSHINE KIDS RADIAN 80SL CONVERTIBLE CAR SEAT. WHEN INSTALLED REAR-FACING WITH LATCH, THE ADJUSTER MECHANISM ENDS UP ON THE EDGE OF THE BELT PATH, PREVENTING THE BELT FROM STAYING TIGHT, EVEN WITHOUT ANY INTERFERENCE. IT CAN CAUSE A PERSON TO THINK THAT THE SEAT IS TIGHTLY INSTALLED WHEN IT IS NOT. THE ONLY SOLUTION IS TO INSTALL WITH THE SEAT BELT. (RELATED VEHICLE INFORMATION: MODEL YEAR=2006, MAKE=FORD, MODEL=EXPLORER). *TR

FORD EXPLORER 2006 ENGINE OVERHEATING. OUTSIDE AIR TEMPERATURE 118 F', WAS STRANDED WITH INFANT IN THE CAR. HAD CAR TOWED, AND DISCOVERED THIS IS A RECURRING PROBLEM IN THE RADIATOR, COOLANT AND HOSE PARTS ON THIS MODEL, AS SHOWN ON HTTP://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/FORD/EXPLORER/2006/COOLING_SYSTEM/RADIATOR_FAILURE.SHTML APART FROM HEAT EXHAUSTION, NO INJURIES TO REPORT. *TR

WE PURCHASED A 2006 FORD EXPLORER A FEW YEARS AGO AND EVER SINCE WE GO IT, WE HAVE BEEN HAVING ISSUES WITH THE WRENCH LIGHT COMING ON. WHEN THIS LIGHT TURNS ON THE CAR STARTS JERKING AND WE CANT STEP ON THE GAS ANY MORE BECAUSE THE CAR HESITATES TO GO. WE HAVE TO PULL OVER TURN THE CAR OFF, WAIT A WHILE THEN TURN IT BACK ON AND THE CAR IS OK AGAIN, BUT THE ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON SOMETIMES FOR A FEW HOURS AND SOMETIMES FOR A FEW DAYS. WHEN WE 1ST HAD THE PROBLEM WE TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG. WE TOOK IT BACK A FEW MORE TIMES AND THEY KEPT TELLING US THE SAME THING. WELL THAT DEALER CLOSED, WE TOOK IT TO OTHER FORD DEALERS AND THEY WOULD TELL US THE SAME THING, THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR. WELL AT 1ST IT WOULD HAPPEN LIKE ONCE EVER 2 TO THREE WEEKS, THEN IT WOULD DO IT LIKE ONCE A DAY, WELL NOW IT DOES IT EVERYDAY MORE THAN ONCE A DAY. TWO DAYS AGO I WAS ON THE FREEWAY GOING 70 MILES AN HOUR IT HAPPENED TO ME. I ALWAYS HAVE MY 8 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WITH ME SO IM USUALLY ON CARPOOL. WELL WHEN THIS HAPPENED I HAD TO GET OUT OF CAR POOL CROSSING THE YELLOW LINES JUST SO THAT I CAN GET TO THE OTHER SIDE TO PULL OVER, AND I CANT STEP ON THE GAS. SO I TURNED THE CAR OFF, WAITED A WHILE AND THEN TURNED IT BACK ON AND CONTINUED. THEN IT HAPPENED AGAIN NOT 2 TIMES, 6 TIMES TOTAL THAT DAY WHILE TRAFFIC IS MOVING AT 70 MILES AN HOUR, WE ALMOST CRASHED. I AM TIRED OF TAKING IT TO THE DEALER JUST FOR THEM TO SAY NOTHING IS WRONG. I EMAILED FORD CORPORATE AND ALL THEY CAN SAY IS TAKE IT AND HAVE IT DIAGNOSED. I TOLD THEM WE HAVE DONE THAT MANY TIMES AND THEY TELL US THE SAME THING. I GOT MAD SO I CALLED TO SPEAK TO A MANAGER, WHICH WAS NO HELP. SHE SAID FOR ME TO HAVE IT DIAGNOSED AGAIN. I ASKED HER IF THEY FOUND SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE CAR, IS FORD GOING TO HAVE IT FIXED AND SHE SAID NO. I LOOKED IN TO THIS AND THERE SEEMS TO BE LOTS OF PEOPLE WITH THIS SAME DANGEROUS PROBLEM WITH THEIR 2006 FORD EXPLORER. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD EXPLORER. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 40 MPH AND DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR TO INCREASE SPEED. THERE WAS A SLIGHT HESITATION BEFORE THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED. IN ADDITION, WHEN DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE VEHICLE WOULD ABNORMALLY JERK. THE CONTACT STATED BOTH FAILURES WOULD OCCUR INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES YET THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. ON A LATER DATE WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESPOND. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER THE TECHNICIAN ADVISED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED TO CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 29,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 63,000.

ABS LIGHT APPEARED , FOLLOWED BY ANTI SKID LIGHT , NOW WITH WRENCH FLASHING , ON A 2006 FORD EXPLORER , CAUSES IT TO DRIVE TERRIBLE ON GRAVEL , ALL THIS AFTER THE TRANSMISSION AND THROTTLE BODY HAD TO BE REPLACED IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS, MY CAR HAS 80,000 MILES AND DRIVES LIKE ITS 20 YEARS OLD AND ABOUT THAT RELIABLE. LIGHT HAS BEEN ON OVER A WEEK. *TR

NOVEMBER 2009 AT 50,000 MILES HAD RADIATOR AND WATER PUMP REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY BY DEALER. MARCH 2010 A RECALL ON THE TRANSMISSION PCM CARD WAS INSTALLED. HAD TO NOTIFY DEALER THREE TIMES THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT FUNCTIONING WELL, DEALER REBUILT TRANSMISSION. JULY 2010, 67000 MILES THE THERMOSTAT HOUSING SEPARATED AND ALLOWED COOLANT TO LEAK OUT WITH NO TEMPERATURE WARNING RESULTING IN A BLOWN ENGINE. REPLACED ENGINE AND WE ARE NOW GETTING INTERMITTENT THROTTLE FAULT LIGHTS ALONG WITH ENGINE SPEED INPUT CIRCUIT MALFUNCTION CODE P0320. *TR

2006 FORD EXPLORER - PROBLEM WITH RADIATOR. I BOUGHT MY FORD EXPLORER BRAND NEW AND AFTER APPROXIMATELY 1 YEAR, THE RADIATOR STARTED GOING BAD AND AS OF NOW, I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE 7 RADIATORS. MY PARENTS BOUGHT THE SAME YEAR EXPLORER AND HAVE HAD TO REPLACE 5 RADIATORS. I CONTACTED FORD DIRECTLY, AND OF COURSE, THEY TOLD ME THEY HAVE HAD NO REPORTS OF THE DEFECT. I FIND THAT HARD TO BELIEVE. A FRIEND WHO WORKS FOR FORD TOLD US THAT THEY HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THOSE RADIATORS BUT THAT THERE IS NO SOLUTION SO THEY ARE UNABLE TO ISSUE A RECALL. THE MOST TERRIFYING CASE WAS 2 YEARS AGO. I WAS DRIVING THROUGH NASHVILLE TENNESSEE AT 7 MONTHS PREGNANT AND MY CAR OVERHEATED ON THE INTERSTATE. I HAD ONLY HAD MY MOST RECENT RADIATOR FOR 3 MONTHS. IT APPARENTLY CRACKED. THE RADIATORS LEAK FLUID SO YOU MUST CHECK FLUIDS REGULARLY TO PREVENT A BREAKDOWN AS THERE HAS BEEN NO WARNING. *TR