2017 Ford Explorer Problems and Recalls: What Owners Report

Roof rail covers have repeatedly blown off the vehicle while driving. They have been replaced by Ford under the 3 year/36k warranty 3 times on my vehicle, and have blown off on both sides. They are about 5 feet long pieces of plastic, and certainly present a hazard to cars on the highway behind me when they blow off. The design appears very poor, as they are snapped into place.

Driver side door entry keypad pillar molding, just fell off. It appears to be glued and after time the glue doesn't hold and the whole molding just falls off and hangs from the keyless wires while driving as it scratches up your paint. Dealer wants over $600 to replace.

The driver's and passenger side windshield pillar moldings are loose and coming off and making a vibration sound while driving at any speed over 30 mph. I have read multiple complaints of them flying off while driving and potentially causing an accident to other motorists. I have had them checked by the dealer and there is no recall for them.

Occasionally when I drove the car I felt light headedness and diziniess. On 8/3/2017 I felt the dizziness again and ended up in a car accident. I felt as though I was going to pass out and in a flash I crashed into the car in front of me.

Roof rail covers have repeatedly blown off the vehicle while driving. They have been replaced by Ford under the 3 year/36k warranty 3 times on my vehicle, and have blown off on both sides. They are about 5 feet long pieces of plastic, and certainly present a hazard to cars on the highway behind me when they blow off. The design appears very poor, as they are snapped into place.

Driver side door entry keypad pillar molding, just fell off. It appears to be glued and after time the glue doesn't hold and the whole molding just falls off and hangs from the keyless wires while driving as it scratches up your paint. Dealer wants over $600 to replace.

The driver's and passenger side windshield pillar moldings are loose and coming off and making a vibration sound while driving at any speed over 30 mph. I have read multiple complaints of them flying off while driving and potentially causing an accident to other motorists. I have had them checked by the dealer and there is no recall for them.

Occasionally when I drove the car I felt light headedness and diziniess. On 8/3/2017 I felt the dizziness again and ended up in a car accident. I felt as though I was going to pass out and in a flash I crashed into the car in front of me.

Smell of egg/sulfur in the cabin of the car after rapid acceleration. I had notified the dealership at my last oil change. They didn't seem concerned about it. The smells has continued. Dealership is now telling me to wait till nov 1st. This has been happening since I bought the car in dec 2016 and has steadily gotten worse. I didn't think it was a big deal since the dealership didn't seem concerned.

I bought a 2017 Ford explorer for my daughter to drive back and forth to college. She has been experiencing dizziness, headaches and nearly passed out after driving the vehicle. When I get in the vehicle and start it up, it smells like exhaust inside the vehicle. There is obviously a problem.

Strong exhaust smell in the entire cabin of the vehicle upon exceleration so much so you have to roll down the windows to evacuate the smell. It's an on going problem and just not a one time event. I have a four old daughter that sits in the 2nd row that I'm concerned about.

There's exhaust fume in the cabin after hard acceleration(rpm was around 5000). And my family suffered a severe headache after 90 minutes driving included my 12 months old baby. My car has already been repaired twice in Ford, but it has not been resolved.

Vehicle loses acceleration, stalls and shakes when at a stop. Jerks when backing up. Vehicle has been to Ford two times. First time replaced throttle, and second time unable to duplicate error. Currently will be picking up vehichle from sheehy Ford ashland in va. This is extremely unsafe

Purchased 2017 Ford explorer new with only 549 miles. 16 months after purchase, at approx. 39,000 miles, torque converter went out and had to be replaced. 16 months later, at approx. 79,000 miles, torque converter went out again and had to be replaced. I believe this to be yet another faulty Ford transmission issue, as I am a daily commuter and keep my vehicles well maintained.

After a stop, the car was at stationary, was not able to start the car by pushing the start button, gave me error on the dashboard "full accessory power active". Tried to turn it off, after multiple times of trying, was able to start the car, it has 606 mi on it.

Ford explorer xlt "in-dash control screen blanks out-leaves no electronic control drive, odometer, speed, climate control, backup camera, steering wheel controls, turn signals etc"