2006 Ford Explorer

WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK ABS,TRACTION AND WRENCH LIGHT CAME ON. A GRINDING NOISE STARTED AND FELT LIKE THE BRAKES WERE BEING USED EVEN THOUGH I WAS TOUCHING THE GAS PEDAL. COULD HAVE CAUSED A ACCIDENT IF I WASN'T DRIVING IN A NEIGHBORHOOD. WE NOW HAVE A CAR SITTING IN OUR DRIVE BROKEN DOWN THAT WE STILL OWE OVER 15,000 FOR. CALLING FORD MONDAY TO HAVE IT TOWED OVER. WHAT I HAVE READ ONLINE, IT LOOKS LIKE I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE A 5 YR OLD AND A 2 YR OLD AND WANT A CAR THAT IS SAFE. THE BRAKES FAILED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND FORD TOLD US THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 EXPLORER V-6 EDDIE BAUER. MY VEHICLE HAS 35,302 MILES. I WAS OUT RUNNING ERRANDS ON A SATURDAY MORNING WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS. THEN WITHOUT WARNING THE VEHICLE JUST STARTED JERKING AS THE CAR CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. THEN AS I BEGAN TO DRIVE (AFTER THE RED LIGHT) I NOTICED THE RPM'S JUST SEEMING TO GO UP AND DOWN AS I WAS DRIVING. I HAD ABOUT 5 MORE TIMES THAT I NEEDED TO STOP (STOP SIGNS) MY VEHICLE BEFORE I GOT HOME AND IT CONTINUED TO JERK AS I CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. I DID NOT FEEL SAFE AT ALL DRIVING WITH MY KIDS IN THE CAR. AFTER THE CAR FIRST JERKED WHEN I WENT TO STOP THE WRENCH ILLUMINATED STATING POWERTRAIN PROBLEM. I STARTED DOING RESEARCH ON THIS PROBLEM AND I HAVE FOUND HUNDRED OF THE SAME OR VERY SIMILAR PROBLEMS. WHY HAS FORD NOT LOOKED INTO THIS PROBLEM, COME UP WITH A SOLUTION AND ISSUE A RECALL. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD EXPLORER. FOR SEVERAL MONTHS, THE CONTACT NOTICED COOLANT LEAKING FROM THE VEHICLE. HE ADDED MORE COOLANT, BUT NOTICED THAT IT CONTINUED TO LEAK. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE RADIATOR FAILED. THE DEALER REPLACED THE RADIATOR AT THE COST OF $1,100. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE CONTACT TO CALL NHTSA. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 37,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 42,000.

I HAVE A RADIATOR FAILURE ON MY 2006 FORD EXPLORER, 4.0 L V6. THIS IS NOW THE SECOND RADIATOR I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE IN LESS THAN A YEAR. I HAVE DONE ALOT OF RESEARCH ONLINE AND HAVE COME ACROSS HUNDREDS OF BLOGS AND FORUMS WITH PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. FORD WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THERE IS A PROBLEM. IF SO MANY OF US ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL. PEOPLE ARE HAVING TO PAY ALOT OF MONEY OVER AND OVER FOR SOMETHING THAT IS A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. *TR

DAUGHTER DRIVING MOTHER'S 2006 FORD EXPLORER ON NYS RT 87, ABS LIGHT, TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT AND WRENCH LIGHT COME ON, NEAREST EXIT A FEW MILES. ABS WOULD OPERATE RANDOMLY, FORTUNATELY NO ACCIDENT. GRINGING SOUNDS FROM TRANSFER CASE. I FOUND THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR TOOTHED RING KNOWN AS THE "EXCITER RING" WAS CRACKED AND LOOSE ON THE AXLE WHICH CAUSES THE SENSOR TO GET BAD READINGS. I AM GOING TO FORD DEALER FOR REPAIR, BUT A VEHICLE WITH 55K SHOULD NOT HAVE THIS PROBLEM. I HOPE IT HASN'T CAUSED ANY OTHER PROBLEMS. THIS COULD EASILY CAUSE A CRASH BECAUSE YOU WOULD NOT EXPECT ABS TO FUNCTION WHEN YOUR FOOT IS NOT ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. *TR

HAD A RADIATOR FAILURE THE FIRST YEAR. HAD A SECOND RADIATOR FAILURE 36,000 MILES LATER IN THE SAME SPOT ON THE SAME STYLE RADIATOR. LOOKING AT THE COMPLAINTS ON ONE OF THE FORD CHAT BOARDS IT LOOKS LIKE THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF US WITH THE SAME PROBLEM FROM 2006. DEALER ADMITTED THEY KNEW OF THE PROBLEM BUT THAT REPLACEMENT WAS NOT YET COVERED BY FORD AND THE RADIATORS WERE CURRENTLY ON BACK ORDER DUE TO HEAVY DEMAND. *TR