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2012 Ford EXPLORER Engine And Engine Cooling Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1065571
Internal NHTSA #	10588079
Manufacurer	Ford Motor Company
Brand	FORD
Model	EXPLORER
Model Year	2012
File date	10/09/13
Component	ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	In september 2013, i was driving down a neighborhood road at about 15-20 mph when a wrench symbol appeared on the screen and the vehicle began slowing to a stop. The gas would not work during this time and i turned off the engine. It did restart without problems, but did it again a little later. I took it in to my local ford dealership, where i leased the car from. They looked at it and said they couldn't find anything wrong, but could not get codes because the engine had been turned off. I was told to bring it back if it happened again. It happened 2 more times in october. Both times were at night over a weekend when the dealership was closed. Again, they looked at it and said they couldn't find anything wrong, but reset the "system" and i was told to bring it in if it happened again. No problems until the night of may 3, 2013. I was driving outside of mckinney, tx, with my cruise set at 74 when it happened again. This really scared me because i had just come off of i-75 where they are doing construction and there are concrete walls on either side of two lanes with no shoulder! Since you cannot control the speed, and the only way to make the car work is to turn the engine off, wait a few minutes, then restart it, i have no doubt that we (myself and 2 children) would have been in an accident. It is a very busy area with speeds up to 75 mph and lots of semi-trucks. I spoke to the service manager and gm of paris ford who both agreed to a loaner car until mine could be fixed, and took it in for the third time. Apparently, the only loaner car they had was unavailable, so i could take my car back and drive it until they had a loaner. We decided that was enough. I didn't feel safe driving it and did not want to take a chance of anything happening to myself or our children. We turned it in the dealership and after paying $251, it is now back with them. This car is dangerous!
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Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	PARIS, TX
VIN pattern	1FMHK7D83CGXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?	N
Was part original equipment?
No. of injured persons	0
No. of fatalities	0
Date of purchase	29/06/24
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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Vehicle speed	20
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Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
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2012 Ford EXPLORER Engine And Engine Cooling Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2012 Ford EXPLORER Engine And Engine Cooling Problems, Complaints and Defects

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