CarComplaints.com Notes: The NHTSA's complaint data shows potentially scary power steering problems with the 2011 Ford Explorer.
The steering complaints are pretty serious - owners report the power steering cuts out while driving. The NHTSA opened an investigation into the power steering problems in June 2012, which lead to a recall in 2014. However years later, many 2011 Explorer owners report this defect is still occurring.
It's too bad because the 2009 & 2010 Ford Explorer are solid, trouble-free model years.
When the brakes are pressed and released lightly (this mostly occurs when parking the vehicle) the brake pedal fails to go all the way back up. It is not far down enough to be actually applying the brakes, but the brake lights will stay illuminated, even while accelerating or when turning off the car, locking it, and walking away. We are worried it will kill the battery if left unnoticed for too long, because the brake lights will never go back off on their own when this occurs unless someone pulls on the pedal or presses the brakes hard.
This is very dangerous because if we get on high speed roads and do not realize our brake lights are on the whole time. When we actually brake people behind us might not notice because our brake lights will have already been on.
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When the brakes are pressed and released lightly (this mostly occurs when parking the vehicle) the brake pedal fails to go all the way back up. It is not far down enough to be actually applying the brakes, but the brake lights will stay illuminated, even while accelerating or when turning off the car, locking it, and walking away. We are worried it will kill the battery if left unnoticed for too long, because the brake lights will never go back off on their own when this occurs unless someone pulls on the pedal or presses the brakes hard.
This is very dangerous because if we get on high speed roads and do not realize our brake lights are on the whole time. When we actually brake people behind us might not notice because our brake lights will have already been on.
- Matthew B., Kennesaw, US