Pulling into traffic traction control engages in dry conditions, taking all acceleration power away. Traction indicator on dash lights up, unable to disengage with traction button. Vehicle does not stall, however there is little to no power to accelerate to appropriate driving speed. Brakes also engage anti-lock. There is no warning, except when you commit to accelerating, both instances occurred from a stop sign, about 4 minutes after starting to drive the vehicle.. Vehicle drives fine for roughly 4 minutes, then at a stop light it starts this problem and continues for several seconds, or minutes before going away. In both instances traction control was not needed, both times I would call the traction on the road excellent, meaning I couldn't spin the tires if I tried to.. I was not accelerating heavily, light to moderate acceleration from a stop sign. While it was acting up I would try both, light, heavy and even tap the brakes to try and get the car out of thinking that there is no traction. Very close to having a side impact accident because the vehicle did not give me the power to cross traffic from a stop. Imagine driving on ice, except there is no ice, and are half way in an intersection trying to limp out of the way. Bad feeling. I've lost all confidence crossing traffic at stop signs. Second time incident has happened. After 2-4 minutes car drives normal.
2007 Ford Explorer Sport Trac electrical complaints
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Computer shifting and mileage issue.
Initial complaint was gas mileage. 12 mpg in town and 12 mpg on the highway. Dealer found no problem. Mileage continued to deteriorate, down to 7 in town and 12 on highway. This is a v6 2 wheel drive auto. Then the transmission would not shift out of park, this happened several times and I took the car in again and complained about the gas mileage and transmission problems. Dealer called and said I had 2 bad sensors on the car and could get it the next day. Customer service called 2 days later and told my wife that they had " fried" the cpu in the car. It's been almost 10 days in the shop and no repairs. Dealer says they have to have a new computer made for the car and that all cpu are " special" , not something they can get everyday. This unit controls everything on this car, if it was "fried" what did it do to the sensors on the car?
Tl*the contact owns a 2007 ford explorer sport trac. On march 7, 2007, the contact discovered the vehicle engulfed in flames. He noticed the flames originating from the hood of the vehicle. The fire department diagnosed the cause of failure to be electrical. The dealer declined to retrieve the vehicle and stated that the contact was responsible for having it towed. National grange mutual insurance company retrieved the vehicle and is currently conducting an investigation. The contact was given case # 1591851007 and possesses pictures and slides of the vehicle. The current mileage is unknown and failure mileage was 7,800.
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