2014 Ford Explorer Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors) Problems

“I was driving on the highway and heard a scraping sound similar to the sound of ice scraping across the windshield before it flies off. The next morning I noticed that the trim around the windshield was gone. I thought it was just my car but I am now seeing more explorers with the same problem. I called a Ford dealer and was told that there is no recall and that I would have to pay for the repair.”

“My panoramic sunroof/moon roof shattered for absolutely not reason randomly tonight while sitting stationary in the driveway (not parked under anything!). Thank goodness I had my visor closed or it would have shattered all over my 2 children”

“The first time I took my new vehicle out at night I struggled seeing the road even with the fog lights on. When you look out over the hood there is a black line at hood height and the light appears above the black line. So there is not much light hitting the road. When making a turn the headlights do not follow the road on the turn as they appear off in the distance and not down on the road. You virtually cannot see in rural areas when making a turn. Even high beams do not illuminate the road very well. …”

“My husband and I were driving onto the highway, going less than 50 MPH, when we heard a very loud explosion that rattled our heads and made our ears ring. There wasn't anything that hit us or that had fell on sunroof at all so we were both in shock as to what had happened. We both looked up to see that our front sun roof had exploded and in a quick panic we tried to shut the sunroof to keep the glass from falling on us but were not able to close it in enough time and glass fell all over us and flew into the back hitting our kids. …”

“My used 2014 Explorer sport that was bought in october of 2014 with less than 8000 miles keeps telling me the transmission is not in park when it clearly is. This use to happen on occasion but now it is constant. I have also had problems with the instrument panel on dashboard just going black when driving. It really doesn't have to be any speed. This has happened several times and it can be kind of scary especially when driving on freeway in heavy traffic. My windshield wiper blades (less than a year old) act like the are going to fly off the car when turned on. …”