2005 Ford Explorer Other or unknown Problems

“Driving on the interstate at about 70 MPH, sunroof was tilted in vent position when my sunroof exploded. Glass reigned down on me. I thought something had smashed through, but I could not find anything. Looks like it actually blew outward in the center. It's possible something hit it, but I did not see anything. It just was a loud explosion and that was it.”

“We were leaving our son's game and we opened the liftgate to put things away and when we shut it the window exploded. Glass went everywhere including on the third row where my daughters are getting into their seats. We tried to fix it and as they were putting the hinges on the new window exploded allover my husbands head.”

“About 7 months ago I started having an issue while driving on a city street, that shifting from 2nd to 3rd gear it would rev and hesitate and when it does it to many times while driving the check transmission message appears on the display and also the o/d light blinks and my truck will act funny until I shut it off. This has been an ongoing issue and when I took it to my mechanic it is giving them several different error codes and they are not willing to try all 6 codes to figure it out. …”

“I parked in my driveway, returning from the supermarket in the 2005 Explorer in a 90 degree day. I opened the top of my lift gate and stuck my head in to grab my bags when the right hinge attached to the rear window dehisced and the lift gate came down on the back of my head. The torque was too much for the left hinge and it bent , shattering the glass of the rear window all over and breaking the bottom door frame in 1/2. The vehicle is not drivable as what is left is hanging by thin hydraulic attachment and could drop at any moment.”

“2005 Ford Explorer transmission issues. Very common on this model, based on customer/car owners complaints. Reverse is affected. Could not reverse quickly, almost hit by oncoming car. Very dangerous. I have children!!!!”