I started driving and engine started revving up, took foot out of gas pedal an vehicle continued revving up to 3,000 RPM in slow speed. Change transmission to "n" and vehicle continued at 3,000 RPM. Changed back to "d" and did not changed, once again change to "n" and back to drive and RPM came down.
2013 Ford Explorer engine complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford explorer. The contact stated that when driving at various speeds, contact in the vehicle would become dizzy and nauseous for unknown reasons. One passenger became violently ill and was transported to the emergency room for treatment. The vehicle was taken to a dealer for diagnosis and the contact was informed that the seals would need to be replaced because the exhaust fumes were leaking into the air conditioning unit. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 7,500.
Taking a trip in my 2013 ford explorer sport (texas to florida) with the 3.5 turbocharged engine in raining conditions and vehicle began to shake violently, shudder and stall when I attempted to accelerate. Would not drive properly, check engine light came on and vehicle had to coast off highway and stay in hotel until dealership opened next day. Loss of time and very dangerous.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford explorer. The contact stated that while driving 20 MPH, the vehicle failed to accelerate. The vehicle was taken to a dealer for diagnosis and the contact was informed that the intake hose from the turbo charger had become disconnected. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure and current mileage was 399.
A foul exhaust like smell enters the cabin upon acceleration. The dealer attempted to identify and correct the problem, however, the condition continues.
I am reporting an emission issue with this vehicle and the previous one I had with same issue. Something needs to be done to make this not happen to anyone else. I am breathing exhaust fumes in the cabin at hard acceleration through the AC system all the time even after they so called fixed this vehicle. Even with moderate acceleration passing someone. I am going through the lemon law at this time. The smell is so bad it is giving me headaches all day and night and effecting my health. If it is in two vehicles then it is in all of them ford needs to fix this problem period not part fix it. I was told by florida attorney generals attorney to report this to you.
I drove my recently acquired and new ford explorer sport for first time on the highway on march 4, 2013. When accelerating to pass a truck, I lost control of front end to point of swirling and near collision with the truck. I don't consider this a fluke as same happened a while later during same highway trip. I'm very familiar with high horsepower passenger vehicles and sports cars for that matter. I am also very familiar with higher and allowable speeds having driven and handled sport cars and passenger vehicles on german autobahns while living in europe. It is my experience and belief that the combination of characteristics (weight balancing in combination with significant horsepower, possibly large tire size, traction and four wheel/front wheel drive aspects, thrust etc.) make this vehicle, the ford explorer sport, extremely dangerous on highway while accelerating at allowable speeds. A local dealerships' expert (read: dealer is an independent contractor) in indiana confirmed my observations and beliefs and used term "squirlyness" to describe vehicles' handling when accelerating at highway speeds. Ford indicates that vehicle operates as designed, I content the design is bad, causing this ford explorer sport version to be very dangerous. In my mind it is entirely foreseeable that accidents will happen to unsuspecting drivers of this vehicle based on the vehicle characteristics. Obviously this is something that will not be admitted to by ford due to pre-emptive liability assumption in case of accidents. I offered ford to take this new vehicle back. Once again I understand that they would not as this would imply admittance of safety concerns regarding the ford explorer sport version.
This 2013 explorer xlt 4wd with 345 miles on it and less than two weeks old experienced complete engine failure while being driven in a residential area at mid-day.
I just bought a 2013 ford explorer last week and I am having an issue with burnt oil smell getting inside the cabin even with A/C in recirculation mode. It is such a disappointment to pay over 40k for a brand new SUV and been dealing with such an issue. I have a newborn and I am afraid to take it with me in the explorer because I guess it is harmful for anybody. First time I bought a ford and I am not happy about my decision to switch brands. I took to the dealership and need to go back on monday to do a system update but I don't think updating the software it's going to solve the problem. I hope someone from ford can read this and pay attention to us because it's not healthy to be driving inhaling harmful fumes.
At any speed exhaust fumes get into passenger compartment. With vehicle idling and climate control to off position, I let it idle 5 min. Then turned climate control to on position and nothing but fumes come out thru air vents. I bought this explorer 10/23/12 and it has been in the shop since 12/12/12. Ford sent a fix for this explorer and it didn't work. Fmc needs to call me asap. This is looking more and more like a buy back.
When accelerating the vehicle quickly with the air conditioner on (does not matter if it's on fresh air intake or recirculating), there is a definite odor of gasoline exhaust in the cabin of the vehicle. The problem can be duplicated at any speed, from a dead stop or accelerating during a passing maneuver. The vehicle was taken to the local dealership and two technical bulletins were addressed (one for a vibration sound coming from under the hood which was repaired and the other for the exhaust odor in the cabin). Upon completion of the factory warrantied technical bulletins, the odor remained. Upon further review of the documentation, the wrong odor was addressed (radiator fluid, not gasoline exhaust). The odor is present regardless of burning 87 octane or e-85 fuel.
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