2005 Ford Explorer Steering Problems

“Car stalled while driving at highway speeds. Brakes and steering became impaired. Lucky, I was in the rightmost lane and was able to narrowly avoid collision. Incident occurred after a ~3hr drive as I was exiting the highway (I.e. Slowing down). Upon restart, engine turned over, but was undriveable due to iterative surge/stall cycles.”

“Because of the recent GM recall ignition issue, I thought I should let someone know about the serious similar issue I had 3 times before I traded my car in. The car would just shut off while driving. And all 3 times, I pulled to the side of the road and restarted the car and continued on my way. I was lucky to have a place to pull over safely. I took it to my mechanic twice, found nothing wrong. Took it to Ford and they found nothing wrong. I traded the 2005 for a 2011. …”

“I own a 2005 Ford Explorer. This incident happened in november of 2009. The Ford Explorer had approximately 80,000 miles on it. I pulled into my sister's driveway which is a flat, gravel driveway. The Ford Explorer is an automatic transmission. I shifted the car into park and then exited the Ford Explorer. After exiting the Ford Explorer, it started moving backwards. The open door knocked me down and then the tire on the driver's side ran over my leg. My sister ran and stopped the car. The gear shift moved from park into reverse.”

“Hello while driving down the highway, the upper ball joint in the drivers side front broke and caused damage to the axle, tire, and wheel. This caused issues with control of vehicle and could have cause a much greater accident than what occurred. I was able to avoid a major accident, partially due to the low speed at the time, however had this occurred while I was on the interstate or on a crowded highway, this could have had exponentially worse outcomes. I have been told by numerous mechanics that the ball joints are an issue for Ford explorers and this isn't my first issue with them myself. …”

“I own a 2005 Ford Explorer that I purchased in june, 2005. On saturday, february 21, 2009, I attempted to shift my 2005 Ford Explorer, which had roughly 49,000 miles driven at the time, into reverse in order to back out of my driveway. In doing so, the gearshift almost completely broke away from the steering column. I was able to turn the ignition off, but was unable to remove the key from the ignition. After having the vehicle towed to the dealer, I was informed that the gearshift is not a serviceable part and that the entire steering column would need to be replaced. …”