Egr valve failed on my vehicle 3 times. According to an online repair forum, this could lead to stalling and hesitation in acceleration. My egr valve has failed all 3 times during periods of acceleration while on the freeway. This could pose a safety hazard should it fail and stall while accelerating to enter the freeway or while passing another vehicle on a 2 lane road.
2001 Ford Explorer Sport engine complaints
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Starting problems with temperatures below 40 degrees fahrenheit on a cold start. Vehicle attempts to start but will not turn over without pressure being applied to accelerator. Only duplicates in cold weather. Very widespread problem many other owners report same issues.
Vehicle's motor stalled out when the accelerator was depressed.*mr the consumer wants to put ford motor company on notice that his vehicle is in fact defective and has not been repaired and respectfully request that ford motor company will extend the warranty on this vehicle and remedy a future failure, at no cost, should a similar problem reccur after the warranty expires. *cb
Vehicle rattles over 80 MPH. The whole car just shakes unnecessarily. Bad smell existing coming from the engine. Erp(vacuum part $600) is bad at 45000 miles only on a 2001 ford explorer sport. What is this.
Exhaust fumes seeped into the vehicle's interior cabin. Dealer was unable to determine cause or source of leak. Manufacturer stated exhaust fume smell was normal. *jb the smell would worsen when going up hills and or the mountains. Scc
After removing foot from gas pedal at 20 to 25 MPH, when touching the pedal to increase speed, truck spun as though at full throttle. Happened once while turning bend on a wet surface. Then happened again on a straight snow covered road. Dealer could not find a problem, but replaced the idle air control valve since it's the most common component to cause this problem. Dt
While braking the vehicle continued to accelerate. This condition almost caused the vehicle to hit a parked car and a person. The vehicle was taken to the dealer on three occasion but they were unable to locate the problem. Please provide further information. *ph
While in idle vehicle will stall out or at times just start shaking, idles roughly constantly. Contacted dealer, and the dealer was not willing to do anything.
Vehicle is driven very slugish. Also, consumer is having trouble accelerating. Contacted dealer, and the dealer stated that it could be the converter.
When driving on slight uphill roads and making turns left or right, like on ramps to freeway at very slow speeds, 5-10 MPH, vehicle is hard to control. Goes all over road, braking makes it worse. Dealer replaced steering gear and tires. Did not remedy. To dealer 9 days one time, another 14 days.*ak consumer also states engine makes a grinding noise right after start-up.
The vehicle smells like rotten eggs on the inside and outside, there is also a burning smell, possibly an exhaust system failure, however dealership was not able to identify source. Nlm
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