Top 5 Problems Ford Explorer SUV 5th Generation 2011-2019

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Here are the top 5 problems with the 5th generation Ford Explorer! This generation includes model years 2011 to 2019. If you or someone you know owns or wants to own a 5th generation Explorer, check out or share this video! Len shows you the top 5 issues owners of a 5th generation Ford Explorer may face, according to us and mechanics across the country, and Ford recall data. Don’t forget to subscribe to find out when more 1A Auto videos come your way!

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0:00 Top Problems Ford Explorer 5th Gen 2011-19
0:27 Throttle Body P2111/P2112
2:36 EVAP Purge Solenoid
4:07 Door Ajar
7:27 Carbon Monoxide
11:05 Rear Toe Arms (2011-2017 models)
11:50 Aluminum Hood

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2.84 -> hey friends it's Len here from 1a auto

5.37 -> today we've got a Gen 5 Ford Explorer in

8.189 -> here and I want to go over some of the

9.719 -> top problems that we found with this

11.429 -> vehicle let's get started

16.82 -> [Music]

19.4 -> hey friends well it got your attention

21.27 -> make sure you leave a comment like

23.1 -> subscribe ring that Bell let's get back

25.38 -> to what you came here to see alright

27.57 -> friends so you know me one of the first

29.039 -> things that I like to start with on

30.09 -> these videos is a safety issue for me

31.98 -> safety is a top priority as it should be

34.26 -> with you so that leads us into throttle

37.62 -> response sometimes on these vehicles

39.809 -> they have an issue with the throttle

41.34 -> body and you'll go to step on that gas

43.23 -> pedal and it just doesn't want to go

44.94 -> when that happens generally speaking

47.07 -> you're gonna see something pop up on the

48.39 -> dash it looks like a little wrench and

49.89 -> more than likely a check engine light

51.21 -> pretty close to it what that's going to

53.699 -> tell you is that you have a couple codes

55.26 -> and those two codes are P to 111 and P

58.26 -> to 112 the symptoms of this is gonna

60.6 -> come down to basically like I said

62.129 -> before you go to step on that

63.629 -> accelerator pedal and for some reason

65.58 -> the vehicle just doesn't want to go

66.99 -> this can happen either whether from a

68.61 -> stop maybe you stopped at a stop sign

70.47 -> and it's time to go you step on the gas

73.14 -> the vehicle doesn't want to go maybe

75.299 -> you're on the highway you're going 60

76.65 -> miles per hour and all of a sudden

78.21 -> you're trying to accelerate to keep that

79.799 -> speed and the vehicle speed is just

81.24 -> diminishing to the point where you just

82.77 -> kind of feel like you're super unsafe

84.24 -> and all you can do is just beer off the

86.1 -> road what's happening at this point is

87.99 -> your vehicles going into limp mode let's

90.119 -> talk a little bit about that and limp

91.53 -> mode generally happens when your vehicle

93.15 -> realizes that there's a discrepancy in

94.71 -> the information that it's receiving on

96.42 -> this vehicle it's very common for it to

98.43 -> be an issue with the throttle body width

100.079 -> which is this located right here when

102.03 -> your vehicle goes into limp mode it's

103.439 -> basically going to diminish the power of

105.18 -> your engine to a minimal state just to

107.25 -> the point where you have enough power to

108.479 -> hopefully limp into the side of the road

110.46 -> and hopefully get a tow truck to the

112.2 -> local mechanic so the causes for this

114 -> issue they found to be inside of the

116.07 -> electronic throttle body it's basically

118.38 -> a connectivity issue is what they

119.85 -> decided something as simple as maybe you

123.119 -> take this off of here you take a peak

124.74 -> and maybe it's damaged or here but

126.99 -> generally speaking it's actually inside

130.05 -> of this electronic unit here that has a

132.18 -> connectivity

132.96 -> okay so some of the fixes for this for

135.39 -> actually extended their warranty to ten

137.4 -> years 150,000 miles on this so as long

140.28 -> as you're within that you should be good

141.69 -> to go otherwise what I would do if I was

144.36 -> over it and more than likely you will be

145.92 -> because 150,000 miles on an engine like

147.84 -> this

148.23 -> generally speaking isn't very much

150 -> you're gonna go over that no problem

151.65 -> warranty might be expired what I would

153.96 -> do is go to one a TOCOM and buy myself a

156.21 -> new one the second thing that I want to

157.98 -> talk about is a starting issue with

159.45 -> these vehicles sometimes you just barely

161.37 -> fueled up your vehicle you go to start

163.08 -> it up and it just doesn't want to start

164.64 -> let's talk about it now when this

166.68 -> happens more than likely you're gonna

167.91 -> probably see a check engine light come

169.32 -> on on your dash and it's gonna have a

170.58 -> code that comes up saying probably one

172.17 -> for 500 sensually what it's going to

174.33 -> tell you is you have a problem with this

176.31 -> right here this is called your evap

178.08 -> purge solenoid and if this goes bad

180.09 -> you're gonna have run ability issues so

182.52 -> the fixes for this of course you

184.02 -> wouldn't want to just replace it right

185.1 -> off the bat you'd want to test it you

187.23 -> just go ahead and take this off take a

189.63 -> peek make sure you don't see any funny

190.98 -> colors at this point you would want to

192.96 -> take this off as well the next thing I

194.91 -> would want to do would be to take a hose

197.19 -> and bring it up to a vacuum gauge

199.26 -> because we're gonna test for vacuum put

203.43 -> this right on here the next thing we're

206.04 -> gonna want to do would be to actually

207.45 -> start up the vehicle and run it if

209.37 -> there's any vacuum present at any point

211.29 -> this proves the purge valve is either

213.09 -> stuck open or is getting sucked open by

215.7 -> the force of the vacuum present on

217.2 -> either side of it if you didn't have a

219.06 -> vacuum gauge at hand which is

220.38 -> understandable I would just take a hose

222.69 -> something that fits right on to this

224.55 -> nice and snug and then of course try to

228.3 -> give it a little blow if you can't force

231.63 -> any air through this and that means

233.49 -> obviously it's not stuck in the open

235.44 -> position now assuming that we know that

237.57 -> this is good it held the air it didn't

239.52 -> open up or anything like that the next

240.99 -> thing I want to do is check my

242.43 -> electrical connectors and wires for

244.68 -> connectivity and make sure there's no

246.15 -> breaks or kinks anywhere so the next

249.33 -> thing that I want to talk to you about

250.41 -> on these vehicles is it's very common

252.18 -> for the dome light in the door or jar

253.95 -> light to stay on let's get into it

256.26 -> something that's super annoying about

257.91 -> this issue is the fact that you just

259.29 -> never know if the door is open or closed

260.76 -> you're driving down the road you've had

262.38 -> the issue for a while is my door closed

264.33 -> I don't know because the dome lights

266.63 -> and the door ajar light is on as well

268.51 -> let's start talking about why it might

270.74 -> happen inside the door you have your

273.23 -> latch assembly and it's actually a

275.09 -> pretty big unit inside there and there's

276.62 -> more to see than what you can see right

277.97 -> now but there's actually a switch inside

279.89 -> there that essentially knows when this

282.41 -> is clicked like that that means that the

283.94 -> door shut well the switch inside there

286.78 -> doesn't communicate level with the way

288.77 -> it should so the vehicle doesn't

290.48 -> necessarily know that it's shut it's

292.04 -> very common in these vehicles for the

293.75 -> latches to go bad so some of the

295.67 -> symptoms that you might notice for this

297.11 -> is you're driving down the road and your

298.97 -> dome light stays on and your door ajar

300.53 -> lights on on your dash of course that's

302.63 -> annoying it's very apparent as well that

304.97 -> there's an issue maybe you're trying to

306.41 -> hit your key fob and you're trying to

307.64 -> lock those doors and the doors just

309.65 -> don't want to respond more likely it's

311.66 -> because it's not getting communication

313.13 -> from one of these door latches so it's

315.32 -> not gonna do anything it's not gonna

316.52 -> lock all the doors and not the other one

318.08 -> right another thing that you may or may

320.45 -> not notice is you have an alarm on this

322.22 -> you go to click that button it's not

324.47 -> gonna go off or it's not gonna turn on I

326.72 -> guess is what I would rather say because

328.82 -> it can't lock the doors it doesn't have

330.8 -> any communication with the latch and it

332.78 -> knows there's an issue so let's talk

334.28 -> about a cause for this issue you open up

335.99 -> the door and you look right here

338.02 -> generally speaking this is the culprit

340.37 -> and yeah it looks like it's a very small

342.11 -> area but in all honesty it's not inside

344.84 -> of this is the latching system it's

346.58 -> probably about this big

347.75 -> maybe built that wide and it's probably

349.82 -> covers about this much the latching

352.25 -> system in there also has a sensor that's

354.32 -> going to have like a little wire and

356.09 -> going to it that's going to basically

357.05 -> tell the car if this latch is open or

360.02 -> closed it's in a jar switch okay if the

362.3 -> door is ajar and it's like this it knows

365.06 -> that this door is not shut if the latch

368.12 -> is like this it should know that the

371.18 -> door is shut but for some reason on some

374.27 -> of these vehicles inside here the door

375.83 -> ajar switch goes bad and it just doesn't

377.9 -> communicate like I said you're gonna

379.43 -> have issues with of course your alarm

380.78 -> you're not going to be able to lock

382.07 -> those doors so the alarms not going to

383.69 -> want to work of course you're also gonna

385.37 -> have issues with like I said before the

387.29 -> door ajar and of course the dome light

390.85 -> come on usually when I slam the door it

396.38 -> ends up working right generally speaking

398.9 -> this issue can be considered

400.28 -> intermittent maybe you slam the door a

402.38 -> couple times and it seems like it's

403.52 -> working fine for you a couple more times

404.99 -> and then of course it doesn't work again

406.73 -> nobody wants to deal with that issue

408.71 -> day after day so the possible fixes for

410.96 -> this of course would be you could try to

412.79 -> clean it out

413.48 -> take off this door panel get inside

415.85 -> there remove these bolts take off your

418.7 -> door latch of course there's gonna be

419.93 -> some other things in there once you have

421.73 -> it out you can try to clean it up there

423.59 -> might be a little bit of gunk or

424.58 -> something in there and that could of

425.84 -> course cause an issue with that door

427.25 -> ajar switch you might also want to check

429.53 -> the wiring make sure you have

431.03 -> connectivity if there's any corrosion

432.83 -> you know that there's more than likely

434.33 -> an issue

434.99 -> check that wiring make sure there's no

437.21 -> crimps finds anything like that maybe

439.49 -> broken wires a mouse might a chewed

441.47 -> through it if all that's good

442.76 -> unfortunately the next thing that I

444.47 -> would do would be to replace the latch

446.03 -> assembly yeah start to feel a little

450.71 -> nauseous in here a little bit of a

452.93 -> headache - can we pull over something's

458.36 -> going on the next thing I want to talk

460.19 -> to you about is super unsafe and it

461.84 -> needs to be on this list some consumers

463.82 -> report they've had feeling of nausea and

466.43 -> headaches when they're driving in these

467.9 -> vehicles a lot of times passengers

469.94 -> especially will experience it when

471.8 -> they're sitting in the back like this

472.94 -> generally speaking it's gonna happen

474.62 -> when the vehicle is moving at higher

475.82 -> speeds or at least the vehicle has

477.74 -> higher rpms that all comes down to

479.63 -> carbon monoxide poisoning generally

481.73 -> speaking if you've got exhaust fumes

483.26 -> that are somehow making its way inside

485.21 -> of the passenger compartment it's gonna

487.88 -> fill this up and you're gonna start

489.29 -> getting headaches you're gonna notice

490.4 -> that right away more than likely you're

492.2 -> gonna start feeling nauseous

493.34 -> your stomach's starting to lift up and

494.99 -> maybe you need to pull over so you can

496.31 -> get out of the car real quick these are

498.02 -> all signs that you have exhaust entering

500.33 -> your passenger compartment it's been

501.8 -> notated that exhaust fumes could fill

503.75 -> the passenger compartment through these

505.25 -> right here which are the auxilary rear

507.2 -> air conditioning vents so when you get

508.94 -> to the back of this vehicle I've got a

510.35 -> couple spots that we want to take a look

511.67 -> at if you come right back here you can

514.31 -> see up in the corner you have these

515.81 -> little rubber grommets if you were to

517.7 -> pull this out I can stick my finger

519.68 -> right inside there and now - could of

521.75 -> course lead inside the cabin inside all

524.06 -> the time

524.69 -> headliner inside these so if this is

528.14 -> missing or if it's cracked or leaking

530.24 -> then of course exhaust can make its way

532.28 -> up through here and then get pulled into

535.7 -> there okay there's one on the other side

538.19 -> it looks like somebody already tried

539.72 -> doing something with this one I don't

541.16 -> really want to touch it too much because

542.18 -> it's well I didn't do it so I don't want

544.76 -> to touch it there's also the seal that

547.31 -> runs along here if this is ripped or

549.62 -> torn in any way of course that's gonna

551.54 -> be an issue as well if you were to lift

554.21 -> this up you can see underneath here

557.47 -> there's gonna be several areas that you

559.76 -> might see like this one right here

561.56 -> another one of those rubber plugs and of

564.83 -> course there'll be one over on the other

565.94 -> side of the vehicle as well hiding and

567.65 -> there's other miscellaneous ones that

569.57 -> you might see that look a lot like that

570.8 -> there's gonna be some other areas let's

573.35 -> see we get in here and see this if any

578.9 -> of these are either crumpled up to the

581.93 -> point that they're you know I'm not

583.58 -> making a good seal or anything these are

585.35 -> all potential areas there's even one

587.3 -> over on the other side that could leak a

590.03 -> little bit of exhaust fumes in here and

591.41 -> it could potentially cause a major issue

593.33 -> like I said with exhaust poisoning and

595.88 -> all that last thing you want to do is

597.74 -> get sick and potentially worse now those

601.04 -> are just a few of the issues that we

602.27 -> have in the back of course there's a

603.47 -> couple other spots you want to check but

605.06 -> let's get under the hood for a couple

606.32 -> more so if you come up to the front

607.88 -> under the hood and you look at your

609.83 -> firewall which is the wall between your

612.71 -> passenger compartment in your engine of

614.12 -> course you find any of these like hoses

616.91 -> or cables or anything that go through it

619.07 -> more than likely they have a rubber

620.69 -> grommet around them just like in the

622.34 -> rear there if they do and that grommet

624.83 -> is out of place ripped torn missing more

627.74 -> than likely you're gonna have an exhaust

629.15 -> issue where fumes are going to be

630.89 -> getting into your vehicle especially if

633.11 -> you have an exhaust manifold leak or you

635.81 -> know a resonator leak up front here

637.19 -> somewhere

637.7 -> alright so after approximately 1.4

639.92 -> million people complained about this to

641.36 -> four they finally got around to wanting

643.13 -> to fix it what they do is you bring it

644.99 -> on down to them they're gonna do a

646.19 -> complimentary service for you so part of

648.35 -> this complimentary service that they're

649.64 -> gonna do for you is they're gonna go

650.75 -> ahead and replace those rear tailgate

652.13 -> vents that they have in the back they're

653.9 -> gonna reprogram the AC system on this so

656.72 -> it operates at different times

658.22 -> and they're also going to go through the

659.66 -> vehicle and replace all those little

661.009 -> rubber grommets that I told you about

662.269 -> just to make sure that everything's

664.009 -> sealed the way that it should be the

665.509 -> next thing I want to talk to you about

666.5 -> is Ford sent out a recall on these

668.209 -> vehicles the Explorers made between 2011

671.149 -> and 2017 they realized that they had an

673.91 -> issue with the rear suspension let's get

676.04 -> into that so some of the symptoms for

677.779 -> this could be squirrelly feeling

678.86 -> suspension maybe you're driving down the

680.24 -> road and the vehicle just kind of seemed

681.829 -> like it sways all over the place maybe

683.839 -> the truck seems like it's drifting in

685.339 -> directions other than how you turned

686.54 -> some of the serious cases involved

688.639 -> obvious wheel misalignment and movement

691.279 -> due to the broken arm in the rear so

692.839 -> some of the causes for this well Ford

694.759 -> stated that if the car is subject to the

696.47 -> frequent rides over rough terrain that

698.089 -> the tow link and the rear suspension

699.11 -> could fracture which of course would

700.97 -> affect the steering and lead to greater

702.259 -> risk of traffic accidents the fixes for

704.389 -> this of course would be to go ahead and

705.649 -> replace the left and the right rear

707.36 -> suspension tow links and then of course

708.98 -> do a wheel alignment and for a bonus

710.99 -> let's talk about these aluminum hoods we

713.269 -> have our magnet try to put on the hood

716.17 -> nothing they're aluminum hoods and

718.55 -> they're gonna cause you an issue let's

720.11 -> get into it so some of the symptoms that

721.85 -> you're gonna notice on these vehicles is

723.439 -> along the front of the hood you're gonna

725.36 -> find these areas where the paint is just

727.13 -> literally flaking off and you can see

729.649 -> some usually have like a white dust

731.66 -> under there and it looks as though

733.069 -> something's getting corroded

734.209 -> that's the aluminum of the hood that's

736.37 -> starting to come through Moisture makes

738.41 -> its way inside of a little crack it

741.019 -> starts building up corrosion it lifts up

743 -> the paint that flakes off exposes a

745.279 -> bigger area more moisture comes in does

748.189 -> the same thing and it's gonna keep going

749.87 -> until it runs across your whole hood and

751.579 -> then who knows maybe even further so

754.009 -> fixes for this there's a couple if

755.63 -> you're good at bodywork you could try to

757.579 -> prep this maybe tape it off the area

759.709 -> that you want to do you would sand this

761.72 -> down so it's beautiful no more corrosion

764.3 -> you would prime it and then of course

766.25 -> paint it to match the color of the rest

768.079 -> of the vehicle if the damage was too bad

769.97 -> and or you just didn't want to go

771.62 -> through all that hassle or pay for it

773.029 -> you would replace the whole hood as and

775.1 -> assembly and paint it to match the

776.629 -> vehicle again alright friends so we had

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