2006 Ford Explorer

WE BOUGHT THE USED VEHICLE IN MARCH 2012 WITH A 30 DAY WARRANTY. DURING THE FIRST MONTH, NOTICED ENGINE SLIPPING (USUALLY AROUND 45 MPH). CHECKED FLUIDS, ADDED COOLANT AND NAIVELY THOUGHT THE PROBLEM WOULD GO AWAY, AND IT SEEMED TO FOR ABOUT A MONTH. HOWEVER, THE ENGINE/TRANSMISSION SLIPPAGE HAS GOTTEN MUCH WORSE SINCE THEN. WE ARE CONSTANTLY ADDING COOLANT AND DRIVING VERY CAREFULLY TO AVOID A HARD JERK IN THE TRANSMISSION AROUND 45 MPH. WHEN WE TOOK IT TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP, THEY SAID THAT THE "TRANSMISSION WAS PROBABLY SHOT" BUT THAT THEY COULD CHANGE THE SPARK PLUGS "FOR ABOUT $250 EACH EVEN THOUGH THAT PROBABLY WOULDN'T HELP." HOW IN THE WORLD CAN A SPARK PLUG BE THIS EXPENSIVE TO CHANGE? THE DEALERSHIP CHARGED US NEARLY $200 TO RUN DIAGNOSTICS FOR A PROBLEM THAT WE NOW KNOW IS RELATED TO THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE. THIS SHOULD HAVE LONG AGO BEEN A RECALL, AND FORD SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF ITSELF FOR NOT FIXING THE PROBLEM SOONER. *TR

MY SON WAS DRIVING HOME AND THE TRUCK STARTED JERKING UNCONTROLLABLY AND HE COULDN'T BACK UP SO HAD TO CALL A TOW TRUCK. ALL OF THE TRANSMISSION FLUID HAD LEAKED OUT DUE TO RADIATOR FAILURE. THE TRUCK WAS OFF WARRANTY SO HAD TO BUY A NEW RADIATOR. IN ORDER FOR THE RADIATOR TO HAVE A WARRANTY HAD TO BUY ANOTHER PART FROM THE FORD PLACE FOR 200.00. GOT THE PART AND RADIATOR. WITHIN SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR, SAME THING HAPPENED, HAD TO HAVE ANOTHER RADIATOR. HAVE HAD THREE RADIATORS AND NOW THIS YEAR 2013 LEAKING AGAIN AND THE RADIATOR THAT I PAID $600.00 FOR THE RADIATOR PLACE HAS WENT OUT OF BUSINESS SO I HAVE TO BUY ANOTHER RADIATOR. THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH THIS 2006 FORD EXPLORER XLT AND FORD KNOWS ABOUT IT. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE IT HALF THE TIME, NEVER KNOW WHEN I WON'T BE ABLE TO MOVE IT IF ALL OF THE FLUID LEAKS OUT OR MAY STOP IN TRAFFIC SUDDENLY. PLEASE HELP US TO GET FORD TO RECALL THESE TRUCKS. *TR

I HAVE HAD THE DOOR BLENDER PLASTIC PIECE CHANGED ON MY CAR THREE TIMES! EACH TIME THE SEASON CHANGES. I NOW HAVE TO REPLACE IT AGAIN. I CURRENTLY HAVE A RADIATOR LEAK AND WILL HAVE TO REPLACE THE RADIATOR AND PLASTIC HOLDER AS WELL. I ALSO CURRENTLY HAVE A TRANSMISSION SLIPPAGE PROBLEM AND I WILL HAVE TO GET THAT FIXED AS WELL. THIS IS HORRIBLE. I PURCHASED THE FORD EXPLORER BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS DEPENDABLE. THIS IS DEPRESSING AND I CAN NOT AFFORD IT! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD EXPLORER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE PEDAL FAILED TO ENGAGE AND SUNK INTO THE FLOORBOARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER HOWEVER, THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE TECHNICIAN THEN RECOMMENDED HAVING THE BRAKE LINES BLED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 57,500.

2006 EDDIE BAUER FORD EXPLORER, I WAS PULLING OUT ONTO A MAIN HIGHWAY AND MY TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING AND CAUSING SPUTTER/NON ENGAGEMENT AND MY CHILDREN AND WERE SO SCARED CAUSE WE ALMOST GOT HIT BY A SEMI FROM THE TRANSMISSION NOT ENGAGING WHILE CROSSING TRAFFIC. I WAS 7 MOS PREGNANT AS WELL. WHAT WOULD I HAVE DONE IF THEIR FATHER LOST ALL OF US FOR THIS HIGHLY REPORTED AND IGNORED ISSUE!? THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL BEFORE SOMETHING DEVASTATING COMES OF THIS. THANK YOU. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 FORD EXPLORER. THE CONTACT STATED AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME DIFFICULT TO MANEUVER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT DUE TO SEVERE CORROSION OF THE LOWER INTERMEDIATE SHAFT, THE COMPONENT WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 35,000. UPDATED 11/30/13*CN

BOTH OF THESE THINGS HAVE BEEN HAPPENING OVER THE LAST 2-3 YEARS BUT I CAN NOT REMEMBER EXACT DATES. FIRST MY CAR HAS BEEN RUNNING HOT CONTINUOUSLY OVER THIS PERIOD OF TIME WHICH CAUSES ME TO HAVE TO PUT COOLANT IN AT LEAST ONCE EVERY MONTH. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME THIS WAS COMMON WITH THE EXPLORERS BUT THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL SO I WOULD HAVE TO PAY OUT OF POCKET. THEY FIRST TOLD ME IT WAS THE LINE TO THE RADIATOR THAT WAS LEAKING SO I HAD IT REPLACED, THEN NEXT TIME IT WAS THE THERMOSTAT AND HOUSING THAT THEY SAID WAS THE PROBLEM. SO I HAD THIS REPLACED. NOW TODAY 9/19/2013 I HAD TO REPLACE THE RADIATOR. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT I SEEM TO FIX THIS PROBLEM CONTINUES TO OCCUR. SECONDLY MY CAR JERKS INTO GEAR WHEN I TRY TO PUT IN GEAR. THEY ARE TELLING ME NOW I NEED A TRANSMISSION BUT I SEE THIS IS A RECURRING PROBLEMS WITH MANY EXPLORERS OWNERS AND IT DOESN'T FIX THE PROBLEM EITHER. I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO BECAUSE MY CAR IS JERKING WHICH CAUSES ME TO ALMOST HIT PEOPLE OR DOESN'T GO INTO GEAR FAST ENOUGH WHICH CAUSES THEM TO ALMOST HIT ME. PLEASE HELP!!! THESE PROBLEMS FIRST STARTED TO OCCUR AROUND 40000 MILES. MY PROBLEM IS RADIATOR AND TRANSMISSION. *JB

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR IN TOWN TRAFFIC, BEGAN TO NOTICE A STUTTERING OR SHUDDERING IN THE ENGINE EVERY TIME I GOT TO AROUND 40-45MPH. ONCE ACCELERATED THROUGH THAT IT WOULD GO AWAY. THIS BECAME NOTICEABLE ABOUT 6 WEEKS AGO, AND I WATCHED TO SEE IF IT WENT AWAY OR GOT WORSE. AFTER ABOUT THREE WEEKS IT ALSO STARTED TO SHUDDER AROUND 30 MPH, ESPECIALLY WHEN GOING UPHILL. IT ALSO BEGAN TO JERK SUBSTANTIALLY WHEN I STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT, ALMOST LIKE I HAD BEEN REAR ENDED. I TOOK IT IN TO MY REGULAR MECHANIC AND WE ASSUMED MAYBE WE HAD ENGINE MISFIRE AND A FOULED SPARK PLUG, AS IT HAD DONE SOME SHUDDERING PREVIOUSLY LAST FALL. WE HAD REPLACED ALL THE PLUGS AND COILS AT THAT TIME(74000K) AND THE PROBLEM WENT AWAY UNTIL AUGUST. THERE WERE NEVER ANY ENGINE LIGHTS OR ERROR CODES. THE MECHANIC TOOK ONE TEST DRIVE AND SAID NO WAY, TAKE IT TO A TRANSMISSION PLACE. TOOK IT WHERE IT HAS BEEN THE PAST TWO WEEKS. I WAS QUOTED 2400-2800.00 TO REBUILD, STATED THAT THE TORQUE CONVERTER HAD INTERNAL PRESSURE ISSUES AND WOULD HAVE TO BE COMPLETELY TORN DOWN TO SEE WHAT IT NEEDED. CALLED FOUR DAYS LATER TO UP THE ESTIMATE, STATING THIS PARTICULAR MODEL HAD A MERCEDES TRANSMISSION SO NOW WE AT A MINIMUM OF 4000.00. WE HAD AN OLD FORD EXPLORER, 1998 V8 AWD THAT HAD OVER 165000K ON IT THAT NEVER HAD TRANNY ISSUES. I AM SHOCKED AND DISAPPOINTED THAT A 2006 WITH LESS THAN 85K THAT HAD NEVER PULLED OR HAULED ANYTHING OTHER THAN PEOPLE WOULD HAVE THE TRANSMISSION GO OUT, JUST OUTSIDE OF WARRANTY. AND WHEN IT WAS TAKEN IN INITIALLY THE PROBLEM WAS 'SPARK PLUGS', WHICH WERE ALSO AN ISSUE BECAUSE THEY WERE SO RUSTED IN THAT THEY REQUIRED A SPECIAL TOOL TO EXTRACT AND STILL CRACKED ONE. FORD HAS A SERIOUS QUALITY CONTROL PROBLEM. *JS