xAnarChisTx
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- '11 Explorer Limited 4WD
Hi everyone. I am now the owner of a 2011 Ford Explorer Limited, and coming from a family that is only about GM this was no small feat for me! I went from a 2001 GMC Jimmy with over 200,000 miles on it, had it for 10 years, and had to give it up because it was either a rebuild of the engine, or swap it out. I figured since I had it for 10 years, it was time for me to look for something new.
I test drove quite a few SUV's, and TBH the Ford Explorer was the best one out of them all and felt right to buy. The one I purchased has a 12 month/12,000 bumper-to-bumper warranty, and the remainder of the 7 year/100,000 warranty, something I wanted to have for this purchase.
Anyway, I picked it up this past Friday, and drove it all over the place to get more familiar with it during the weekend. On Sunday afternoon, I was in the car with my wife and mother-in-law, and we were driving through a town over where the roads are a bit bumpy, and all off a sudden I started hearing a clanking sound from the driver-side front wheel. The wife said that when she was driving it the day before she heard the same sound as well, though not as bad.
We get over a bridge, then all of a sudden parts start flying out of the wheel well, and I lost my brakes, almost hitting the vehicle stopped at the light. Luckily nobody was parked to the right of the car, and was able to steer to the right and brake with the emergency brake. I get out to see what the hell happened, and looking underneath the car the caliper was dangling from the bottom. The damn thing jumped off the rotor, and was leaking brake fluid, plus the pieces that flew out damaged the rim. Needless to say I had AAA tow it back to the dealership, and the next day I went in and gave the dealership a piece of my mind, and told them to check EVERYTHING on that car before I drive it back off the lot because I do not want to run into this again.
It is still at the dealership, and all I can think about is "I hope someone is not telling me that I shouldn't have bought a Ford", and wondering what other issues I am going to be running into. Luckily I have the warranty and will be putting the vehicle through some tests to make sure the kinks are worked out and any issues will be taken care of.
Now when it comes to the caliper, I noticed that other people have had issues with bolts coming loose, mainly on F150's. Is this a common occurrence for Explorer's as well?
I test drove quite a few SUV's, and TBH the Ford Explorer was the best one out of them all and felt right to buy. The one I purchased has a 12 month/12,000 bumper-to-bumper warranty, and the remainder of the 7 year/100,000 warranty, something I wanted to have for this purchase.
Anyway, I picked it up this past Friday, and drove it all over the place to get more familiar with it during the weekend. On Sunday afternoon, I was in the car with my wife and mother-in-law, and we were driving through a town over where the roads are a bit bumpy, and all off a sudden I started hearing a clanking sound from the driver-side front wheel. The wife said that when she was driving it the day before she heard the same sound as well, though not as bad.
We get over a bridge, then all of a sudden parts start flying out of the wheel well, and I lost my brakes, almost hitting the vehicle stopped at the light. Luckily nobody was parked to the right of the car, and was able to steer to the right and brake with the emergency brake. I get out to see what the hell happened, and looking underneath the car the caliper was dangling from the bottom. The damn thing jumped off the rotor, and was leaking brake fluid, plus the pieces that flew out damaged the rim. Needless to say I had AAA tow it back to the dealership, and the next day I went in and gave the dealership a piece of my mind, and told them to check EVERYTHING on that car before I drive it back off the lot because I do not want to run into this again.
It is still at the dealership, and all I can think about is "I hope someone is not telling me that I shouldn't have bought a Ford", and wondering what other issues I am going to be running into. Luckily I have the warranty and will be putting the vehicle through some tests to make sure the kinks are worked out and any issues will be taken care of.
Now when it comes to the caliper, I noticed that other people have had issues with bolts coming loose, mainly on F150's. Is this a common occurrence for Explorer's as well?