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U.S. Escalates Probe of Exhaust Odors Inside Ford Explorer SUVs
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it has upgraded a year-old investigation of exhaust gas leakage into the passenger compartments of 1.3 million of Ford Motor Co.’s 2011-2017 model Ford Explorer SUVs.
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The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it has upgraded a year-old investigation of exhaust gas leakage into the passenger compartments of 1.3 million of Ford Motor Co.’s 2011-2017 model Ford Explorer SUVs.
The probe is now an engineering analysis, the final step before NHTSA can order a recall. The agency has received more than 2,700 complaints about the issue. It also reports 41 injuries and three crashes that may have been caused by carbon monoxide poisoning.
Reuters notes that Ford has issues several technical service bulletins aimed at fixing the problem in Explorers used by civilians and police forces.
It isn’t clear where the reported odors originate. But NHTSA says they may be coming from a cracked exhaust manifold under the hood.
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