I have experienced a burning smell entering the cabin area when accelerating to pass a vehicle and when climbing a hill. Also have had a "sour" smell like soured clothing from AC when I start my vehicle. I did ask a service manager about the "sour" smell and he said he never heard of it, not a big help.
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Twice while driving (once accelerating to pull into traffic and once going up a mountain) an exhaust smell entered the cabin through the AC system and recirculating mode did not improve it. The vehicle was accelerating over 3500 rpms. I have tested this again and again and it happens every time under these conditions. I am very concerned as we just bought this vehicle a couple of months ago and have two young daughters. I will be taking it to our local dealership but based on these complaints I am not hopefull this will be resolved.
During hard acceleration, a "smell" enters the interior of the car. The "smell" is of sulfur or rotten eggs. The smell is definitely coming from the exhaust. Ford acknowledged the problem and performed a tsb to fix. The tsb did not fix the problem, and the dealership says they have to wait for an engineer. Service manager says there is only 1 ford engineer for all of south texas.
When accelerating to pass a dangerous truck (58 MPH) strong fumes comes inside the cabin, acceleration took 8 seconds, instantly we start coughing and get watery eyes, our year old baby start crying showing symptoms of distress, we tell this to sales person, which quickly told us the story that this happens with new cars.. Supposedly new engines should not be highly accelerated. Naively we believe this and decide to give it a few days? Day become months and problem got worst, after few months we decide to take the car in for service, unfortunately ford from first day treat us like if we were inventing the matter, and make my wife look like if she were crazy, the worst part is that they know that car has the defect as previous generations has the same problem(fordtechnical bulletin confirm this ).we continue to follow the regular procedure and went to the dealership asking them to fix the problem,they only show they were clueless about it and after more than seven times leaving the car there they say there??s nothing they can do about it. We contact ford manufacturer directly,which make us go through a long process of verifying back and forward, and at the end an ??engineer?? Send especially directly from ford to the dealership tell us practically that just don??t accelerate to avoid this !!!!.we took the car to specialist that measured co with a professional tool that show more than 140 part per million!!!!!.this is serious problem that ford should be responsible for it, my family has been sick with flue like symptoms for a long time, my wife experienced a very long lasting cough that only start getting better after forcefully I have to get her another car as I could no longer expose my family to more of this dangers. I request to ford to replace the car and they denied my request I believe the federal safety agency should step up on to this and protect the consumers, thanks
Since I've owned my 2014 ford explorer for the past six months I get sulfur smelling exhaust fumes coming from the A/C vents when quickly accelerating even if the A/C is in recirc mode and even when the fuel tank is not full. It is definitely exhaust odors and not fuel odors.
I get a foul odor in the cabin on hard acceleration. I took it to the dealer and they did a fix but it did not help.they say they don't know what to do, it smells like exhaust is entering the cabin. Help! Make ford fix this .car was purchase new and I notice the problem on the way home from the dealer.
While driving on the freeway I needed to accelerate to pass a vehicle and when I did a exhaust smell entered the cab it took about 5-10 seconds after accelerating over 3500 rpms. I have tested this again and again and it happens every time under these conditions. Sitting still there is no effect at all. Five star ford of plano texas has tried a "tsb" that was issued to install a vent adjustment. They also changed out the cabin filter. Still no luck. Thank you
Exhaust smell in vehicle when accelerating at speeds above 70mph.
Test drove brand new 2014 explorer with 3.5l ecoboost turbo engine. Upon hard acceleration, the vehicle cabin experiences a strong exhaust smell that is irritating to the eyes and lungs. I decided against purchasing the vehicle for this reason.
I rented a nearly new ford explorer limited awd in milwaukee, wi. I had been considering purchasing this model so I was pleased to be able to drive one for a few days. Every time I accelerated hard (wot) the cabin would fill with exhaust fumes. This occurred even with the AC in recirculate mode and without any other vehicles nearby that would have produced the odor. It was strong enough that we opened the windows to get fresh air. After the 2nd time of this occurring, I did not accelerate hard again as to avoid the problem. I also test drove a brand new 2014 ecoboost awd model this weekend and it did the same thing. I will not be purchasing this model but wanted to add my experience to the database as I feel that ford needs to fix this problem for owners of these vehicles. It is a shame, it was a nice vehicle otherwise.
When accelerating or doing freeway speeds the smell of exhaust circulates throughout the car. It is so bad that we have to roll down all the windows. This has caused drowsiness, headaches and our young granddaughter to have an asthma attack. The vehicle has been taken to 2 different dealerships numerous times and they both say that there is nothing wrong with the vehicle and that the smell is not abnormal. They claim that the car is not broken in yet and that the catalytic converter needs to burn off.
Upon heavy acceleration (to enter the freeway, for example) a strong odor of exhaust fumes enters the cabin. It is necessary to open a window in order to breath again! This occurs every time upon entering the freeway, and if/when passing another vehicle on the highway.
After purchasing a new 2014 ford explorer limited. 3.5l 4wd less than 2 hours prior, my wife and 2 children were driving home down the freeway. After a hard acceleration an awful smell filled the cabin. My wife started coughing and I instantly felt nauseous. I pulled over thinking something was burning, my wife thought it was burning wires. I checked of the vehicle but found nothing burning. I did however walk to the rear of the vehicle and was overpowered by the same smell. I narrowed in down to the exhaust pipe. After getting home I did a quick google search and was shocked to find many other people have had this problem and there is even a lawsuit filed against ford over it. The dealer must have known about it... I want to return this vehicle , ford has to have known about this or should have. They put my children at risk and I am not happy. I have owned this vehicle for less than 3 hours at the time of this writing. What can I do?
Exhaust fumes are entering the vehicle when the climate control system is operating. These fumes are coming from the vehicle itself and not from outside sources. The fumes are worse when the recirculate option is operating. Highway speeds and/or medium acceleration produce the strongest fumes. Headaches and nausea inflicted on vehicle occupants. Vehicle was serviced by ford, presented as repaired and stated to have passed a test for exhaust fumes. Vehicle still presents exhaust fumes inside the vehicle. After researching this issue, it became apparent that ford and the federal safety agency have known of this problem: carbon monoxide exposure and health issues should not be regulated to secondary status by ford nor the federal safety agency.
At first the only time we would notice exhaust entering the cabin was after hard acceleration. Now it seems that a lower speeds exhaust is entering regardless of acceleration levels on an intermittent basis.
Strong exhaust odor on acceleration.
When I let off the accelerator, an exhaust smell fills the cabin.
Strong exhaust odor on acceleration.
My family has a 2013 and 2014 ford explorer. Both of them deliver a noxious odor into the cabin on medium to hard acceleration. This seems to be a common complaint when I've searched for the issue on the internet.
Tl* the contact owns a 2014 ford explorer. While driving 70 MPH, exhaust fumes entered the cabin of the vehicle through the air conditioning vents. The exhaust fumes were the strongest at 60 MPH or higher. The contact had to reduce the vehicle's speed and open all of the windows in order to release the fumes. The failure occurred constantly. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 600. Updated 10/03/14*lj updated 3/10/15
Bad odor in vehicle during acceleration. Smells like rotten eggs. This is a brand new auto. Very disappointed. Smelled it during test drive but salesman said that it was catalytic converter and the smell would go away. It has not.
Strong exhaust smell anytime engine accelerates, such as downshifting when going over an overpass on an interstate highway. Not "hard" acceleration really. I have researched, and know this a common problem, and has been since the "5th gen" explorers came out. I know it has been brought to the attention of the federal safety agency, and I am just registering my complaint hoping you can get the problem resolved. Thank you.
Exhaust fumes enter the cabin through the A/C vents intermittently. The A/C controls must be turned on and the vehicle must be accelerating or climbing a hill. It loads the cabin heavily at times with exhaust fumes, but appears to clear quickly when normal operation resumes.
When driving my 2014 ford explorer at any speed and on any terrain, the exhaust fumes enter into the cabin of the vehicle. The odor is extreme, causes headaches, nausea, and tends to burn my eyes as well as my granddaughter, who is with me most of the time. Because there have not been enough people complain of this problem, and because ford has not recognized that there is a problem, my dealer was not going to attempt to fix the problem. Finally they have agreed to spray the under part of the exhaust with a rubberized sealant that was used on the 2013 models for the same problem. If this does not work, which I have read was not successful on the 2013 , I don't know what to do. The exhaust order is horrid and I fear the health implications that may arise.
On a recent vacation to the northwoods of wisconsin, our 2014 explorer xlt (4x4 v6) was releasing a nauseating smell into the cabin under heavy loads, high rpms, or rapid accelerations. The trip was about 6 hours of solid driving, and by the 3rd hour my wife and I had pounding headaches and felt unwell. We immediately turned off the AC and opened the windows as I was able to duplicate the smell on the open highway. We spent the remainder of the vacation with limited AC, open windows, and ?cautious? Driving to ensure the smell would not occur again. We were traveling with our 8 month old son and old english bulldog at the time and wanted to ensure they did not fall ill. I will be contacting my ford dealer to address the issue.
My transmission would not shift gears. This is the fourth time this has happened. As soon as I put in drive the vehicle did run but would not shift...I was stuck on a mountain road unable to pull over and my RPM's were pegging without my transmission shifting into 2nd gear. I almost got rear ended. I was only able to go like 15 miles per hour, my car started smelling like it was burning and the engine was stressed. When I was able to finally pull over I had to put the car in park turn it off, turn it back on and then it worked fine. Again this is the fourth time this has happened. I called the ford dealer, for the fourth time and they said I could bring it in but if it didn't act the same way with them there isn't much they can do. Not the answer I wanted. I have a neighbor who has the same vehicle and it has also happened to her. There is obviously a systemic problem here.
Under hard acceleration, when trying to merge with interstate traffic for example, the cabin is filled with a smell of burning oil and/or exhaust. This has been noticeable since the vehicle was purchased new (picked up with < 50 miles on the odometer) and has not gotten better after 4900 miles.
The car repeatedly fills with exhaust fumes following higher RPM's just returned from colorado mountains. Climbing mountains causes higher RPM's and in the process caused the cabin to fill with exhaust fumes.
Was accelerating on the interstate and a very foul odor, like exhaust entered the cabin of the vehicle. This has happened on many occasions, with the windows up and down, AC off and on, heat off and on, going 10mph and going 60mph, during hard acceleration and during moderate acceleration.
Upon consistent moderate to heavy throttle, the cabin fills with fumes/odor which smells like a mix of exhaust and burning/smoldering plastic or epoxy. It is strong, easily repeatable and happens all the time while traveling up long consistent grades etc. Does not happen in easy city driving, merging onto an express way, it happens nearly 100% of the time.
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