Tl* the contact owns a 2005 ford explorer. When attempting to start the vehicle, the engine began to sputter. She restarted the vehicle to resume normal vehicle operation. On another occasion while driving, the power steering and brakes failed without warning, which caused her to crash into a fence. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic for inspection on two separate occasions. The failure was contributed to the fuel sensor and throttle position sensor. The throttle position sensor was replaced. The repair did not remedy the failure. The failure mileage was 45,000. The current mileage was 80,000. The vehicle identification number was unavailable.
2005 Ford Explorer brakes complaints
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Vehicle: 2005 ford explorer; mileage 62,300; system malfunction indicating service was needed; diagnostic codes indicate the brake pressure switch for deactivation of speed control needs replaced. Current the federal safety agency/ford recall does not apply to 2005 model year vehicles. Call to ford customer service center indicates lack of interest in problem.
I parked my 2005 ford explorer 'eddie bauer' at the flat top of a driveway at 115 hopkins lane in becket, ma 01223. I put the vehicle into 'p' and easily removed the key which I stashed in the cup holder as always. The drive of the car parked behind me was standing about 20 feet to might right and as I was walking behind my vehicle she yelled 'move! Your car is rolling!'. I was lucky enough to get out of the way as the ford rolled very slowly back about 6 feet and the trailer hitch crushed the rear bumper of her 1999 porsche 'boxster'. Luckily nobody was hurt. There was no damage to my vehicle. The damage to the porsche will be $1,400 + . Had the ford mechanism been working correctly I would not have been able to extricate my key.
Tl - the vehicle owns a 2005 ford explorer. The vehicle hestitates and there is a knocking noise. The contat stated the vehicle will slow down on it's on. There are no warning indicators. The dealer can not find anything wrong with the vehicle. The failure mileage was 2000.
Suv was in park with emergency brake engaged. Driver released hood in error got out to close hood and owner got out of middle row to release brake. When emergency brake was released car rolled and door hit parked vehicle damaging front passenger door. Child was in car strapped in child's car seat. Very scary feeling for car to be rolling backwards with child inside car alone.
I have a 2005 ford explorer eddie bauer which looses power steering control and braking ability at random. I have taken this vehicle into service at the dealership for repair but no satisfactory outcome is there. For the first problem of loosing the braking ability, the vehicle when started has no problems but after driving a short distance (few meters to up to a mile) the advance traction loss message is displayed in the message centre and the vehicle looses the ability to stop in the required stop distance. When applying the brakes, the pulsation is felt in the brake paddle and a screeching heard before the vehicle stops. Then once the engine is turned off, and vehicle re-started, the message is reset and vehicle works fine. The second issue is that the vehicle while driving, at random gives the message in the display with an audio signal indicating oil pressure low, service engine soon and other lights in the display and RPM meter showing zero reading with loss of steering ability. There is no power assist to turn the steering whereas the engine is running and also vehicle accelerates if pedal is pushed. I have been into the dealership thrice but the problem is yet to be fixed from last 15 months. The control on the vehicle can be got back once the engine is switched off and restarted. I have resorted to putting the vehicle in neutral and let it roll and turn the engine off and then restart it and get the steering control back. I had left the vehicle at the dealership in oct 2005 for 10 days to diagnose and rectify but I was advised that problem has been reported to the authorities at ford but I am yet to hear back from the dealer or the oem.
Dt*: the contact stated while driving at no specific speed all the windows went up and down, the driver seat moved forward and backward, the radio came on and went off, and the air conditioner came on and went off. Also, while attempting to apply brake pressure the brakes vibrated and a clunking noise was heard from the rear of the vehicle. The dealership inspected the vehicle and unknown repairs were made; however the repairs did not remedy the problem. The manufacturer has been alerted.
While attempting to brake on 2005 ford explorer, also am hitting the accelerator pedal causing the vehicle to surge toward any object in front
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