2006 Ford Explorer

AS VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN, ENGINE DIED. NO LIGHTS ON DASH TO INDICATE PROBLEM. NO SMOKE FROM ENGINE AT THAT TIME. VEHICLE PULLED OVER, HOOD OPENED, LOTS OF SMOKE POURED OUT. HAD TOWED TO CLOSEST DEALERSHIP. BOTH HEAD GASKETS BLOWN, HEADS WARPED, ONE PISTON BROKE. NEEDS ENTIRELY NEW ENGINE - ESTIMATED COST $6000. BOUGHT VEHICLE USED WITH LIMITED POWERTRAIN WARRANTY. PER FORD A CLAMP ON A HOSE TO THE THERMOSTAT MISSING CAUSED BREAKDOWN AND NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY. DID RESEARCH, THERE WAS A TSB ABOUT CLAMPS TO RADIATOR HOSES (SHOULD INCLUDE THERMOSTAT) FOR REPLACEMENT DUE TO FAULTY COATING WHICH COULD CAUSE ENGINE FAILURE. HAD MY VEHICLE HISTORY RESEARCHED AND DOES NOT APPEAR THAT MINE WERE EVER REPLACED. NEITHER FORD NOR THE DEALERSHIP WHERE PURCHASED ARE DOING ANYTHING TO FIX PROBLEM. ALSO DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW POWERTRAIN WARRANTY CAN COVER THE THERMOSTAT BUT NOT THE HOSES AND CLAMPS THAT ARE PART OF IT. ALSO BELIEVE THAT SINCE NO LIGHTS ON DASH TO INDICATE PROBLEM THAT COULD ALSO HAVE PREVENTED THIS FROM HAPPENING IF THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN INSPECTED PROPERLY PRIOR TO SALE TO ME BY DEALERSHIP. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD EXPLORER. SINCE OCTOBER OF 2008, THE VEHICLE STALLS AT ANY SPEED AND THE ACCELERATOR BECOMES DIFFICULT TO DEPRESS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE AUTOMATICALLY STALLS WHEN ATTEMPTING TO BRAKE. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE AFTER THE FAILURE, THE VEHICLE JUST SHUTS OFF. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE REPAIR SHOP FOUR TIMES REGARDING THE BRAKE FAILURE AND STALLING, BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND SHE WOULD LIKE THE FAILURE INVESTIGATED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 74,000. UPDATED 10/21/09 *BF UPDATED 10/21/09*JB

I HAVE A 2006 FORD EDDIE BAUER EXPLORER WITH 47K MILES ON IT. I JUST HAD TO HAVE MY SECOND RADIATOR PUT IN. MY FIRST WENT AROUND 20K MILES AND LUCKILY WAS UNDER WARRANTY. TODAY, I HAD TO SPEND OVER $600 TO REPLACE THIS. BASED ON THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS I SEE AND WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN MY SITUATION, THERE IS CLEARLY A PROBLEM WITH THESE RADIATORS. EVEN MY MECHANIC WAS AWARE OF THE ISSUE PRIOR TO LOOKING AT MY CAR. FORD NEEDS TO ADDRESS THIS ASAP! *TR

MY WIFE NOTICED A LARGE AMOUNT OF LIQUID UNDER THE FRONT OF OUR 2006 FORD EXPLORER. WE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO TOWN AND COUNTRY FORD. THEY DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A LEAKING RADIATOR. THE RADIATOR WAS REPLACED AT A COST OF $611.69. I QUESTIONED SURVIVE ADVISOR AS TO WHY A RADIATOR WOULD FAIL WITH APPROXIMATELY 46K MILES. I ASKED IF THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE ON THIS VEHICLE. HE SAID NO. BY THE WAY, MY COMPREHENSIVE EXTENDED FORD WARRANTY EXPIRED TWO MONTHS AGO. IRONIC ISN'T IT? I CONTACTED FORD MOTOR COMPANY CUSTOMER RELATIONS ON 2/27/09. I ASKED TO BE REIMBURSED THE $611.69 I SPENT TO REPAIR MY VEHICLE. BASED ON THAT CONVERSATION WITH KEVIN I DIDN'T GET THE IMPRESSION THAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO ANYTHING TO STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT. I WAS INFORMED THAT THE DEALERSHIP WILL BE CONTACTED AND I SHOULD HEAR FROM SOMEONE WITHIN FOUR BUSINESS DAYS. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 FORD EXPLORER THAT WAS LEAKING FLUID ON THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE. WE TOOK THE VEHICLE IN AND WERE TOLD THERE WAS A PIN HOLE CRACK IN THE SEAM OF THE RADIATOR. WE HAD TO REPLACE THE RADIATOR. COST $600.00 THERE IS 61,000 ON THE VEHICLE. I NOTICED MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND BROUGHT IT UP TO THE REPAIR DEPARTMENT. THEY WERE NOT AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *TR

THE RADIATOR IN MY 2006 FORD EXPLORER - EDDIE BAUER EDITION FAILED ON 01/17/09 AND THE VEHICLE ONLY HAD 21,800 MILES ON IT. IT'S QUITE OBVIOUS THAT FORD SHOULD BE RECALLING THE RADIATORS IN THE 2006 EXPLORERS SINCE IT APPEARS THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. I HAD MY NEW RADIATOR INSTALLED UNDER THE MANUFACTURER WARRANTY, BUT I KNOW OTHERS HAVE HAD TO PAY OUT OF POCKET TO HAVE THE RADIATORS REPLACED. *TR

2006 FORD EXPLORER, EDDIE BAUER 4WD V6. RADIATOR FAILED AT 45000 MILES. LEAKING FROM CRACKS ALONG INSIDE TOP SEAM. IT IS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT CAUSED BY POOR DESIGN. BOUGHT THE NEW UNIT FROM A LOCAL FORD DEALER AND INSTALLED IT MYSELF. $303.00 FOR THE NEW RADIATOR. THIS SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE YEAR AND MODEL REFERENCED. FORD NEEDS TO STEP UP AND ADMIT THERE IS A PROBLEM AND ASSIST THE OWNERS OF THESE FORDS. *TR