Ford Explorer Problems

[rsc6288]

Lucky you, Dee!!!! The Car Gods must have been frowning at me when I got my Explorer. In any case, this experience is enough to turn me off buying another Ford vehicle. As soon as I get everything fixed, I'll try to dispose of the car....No more Ford for me....

[rsc6288]

Thanks for the tip, Niky..........I've noticed the air recirculation problem while I was driving the explorer on Roxas Blvd during the recent pyrotechnics exhibition at Mall of Asia. I was stuck in traffic behind this bus which if you live in Manila, buses are notorious for being big-time smoke belchers. The fumes that went in to the car was enough to make me and my friend, who was inside the car with me that time, stop to get a breath of fresher air as fresh air is rarer than diamond here in Metro Manila. As with the noise from the brakes, it seems like it is coming from either the spring mechanism or the rubber stopper to which the brake pedal is attached to. It is not coming from outside the car. I just hope I'd have better luck having my car fixed this time.

[cardo]

By default the Explorer(when set to auto) the aircon is set to not to recirculate. Clicking on the recirculate, the climate control will set it to manual. or is it vice versa? hehehe

Well, the explorer EB at home is trouble free. Minor gripes are squeaky brakes, beige interior easily gets dirty... it consumes alot of car shampoo too and its SO difficult to wax malaki

sorry you have issues with your unit.

[rsc6288]

Carlo...For your sake and sanity, I hope your car stays that way......What I am going through right now is every car buyer's nightmare........Am getting that piece of junk fixed and selling it........I'll pass on the headache to someone else.........Btw, the default for the Explorer is not to recirculate...have to press the recirculate button every time you turn on the aircon on the car..........

[rsc6288]

Sorry bro......spelled ur username as Carlo instead of Cardo.........

[IMm29]

Btw, the default for the Explorer is not to recirculate...have to press the recirculate button every time you turn on the aircon on the car..........

Isn't this also the case of the '99 model Cefiro's climate control?

[redorange]

I have the same thing with my Nissan Xterra, unless the A/C is at max a/c setting it isn't on recirculate. But I do have a button I can press to make it recirculate, unlike the Ford LTD II my dad had which had no buttons.

[OTEP]

Isn't this also the case of the '99 model Cefiro's climate control?

Yes. But the Cefiro has a recirculate button you can simply push.

On the Expedition, you have to freeze your a$$ off if you don't want outside air to rush in.

Maybe the threadstarter should've just bought a Land Rover. Because when Land Rovers have reliability issues, LR owner's just call it 'character'.

[Horsepower]

Are you sure it's closed? AFAIK, you don't get full recirc unless you have the AC thermostat set to full. A stupid decision on the part of Ford.

Curious cat here, what's the logic behind this???

[niky]

Curious cat here, what's the logic behind this???

Who knows? Maybe it's because outside air in the US is cold enough, so it saves you some gas from lower compressor usage? (I actually open the outside vents when I'm driving alone at night and just turn the compressor off)

Or maybe they have cleaner air and don't mind having it open? Who knows?

[Horsepower]

I've been thinking about that too. hehe

If i happen to own one, i'd probably mod it myself.

[smooth]

the last time i went to the US, i drove an explorer from LA to vegas. okay naman. i'm guessing its the streets here in manila that's causing undue and excessive wear and tear on the vehicle. that being said, for a 2.2M vehicle, that really sucks.

if you ask me, your explorer looks like its okay. no major mechanical problems so far. what i'd do if i was in your position: forget the casa (they aren't doing a good job anyway) and bring your explorer to your trusted shops instead. for the aircon, i once had this problem with my honda civic. i brought it to an aircon place and they traced the problem to an incomplete closing of the outside vent. they fixed it and haven't had any problems from the aircon since.

for the rattling interior trims, bring it to an interior/upholstery place. let them dismantle the interior and apply foam insulation. that should do the trick.

while its bad that you got shortchanged with this purchase, i think you can make the most of it by having the problems fixed. i know that sucks pero i cannot fathom losing P1M in just two years (if you sell the car now). personally, i'd salvage the car by fixing the problem and sell the car after about 5 years. by then, the resale value shouldn't have depreciated much from today (it seems to me that the resale value has already depreciated to its lowest value and shouldn't go down much anymore). sayang kasi and besides, the explorer does look nice.

[onat_1]

yun truck ko pag max ang air mas magandang naka recirculated para hindi masyado nasasagap ang hangin na nangagaling sa labas

[beebs]

rsc6288, sorry to hear about your predicament. baka busy na kasi ford kasi nga may bago silang mga units for 2007 but still that's no excuse.

anong variant kinuha na fort?