2012 Ford Explorer Electronic Stability Control Problems
- 15
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.
Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.
What owners report
- power steering · 14 records
- warning lights · 4 records
- stability control · 4 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 1–30k mi | 4 |
| 60–100k mi | 4 |
| 30–60k mi | 3 |
| 100–150k mi | 1 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Electronic Stability Control
I had a sync black screen the central processing unit and apim was no good so i had no control of anything like the heat defrost or anything that controlled with the touch screen including the rear camera and sensors to the car and from what i read that is a known problem with that car of that year.
ODI 11208145
Electronic Stability Control · Power Train · Steering
Steering wheel locks up when you start truck and have to turn off and restarts to go away
ODI 11195568
Electronic Stability Control · Power Train · Service Brakes
Purchase vehicle 2 21 2019 and the two engine lights warning lights breaking decelerates which is very dangerous driving on the highways. Service light tracking light stays on and the vehicle does all this on it's on. I have contacted by chat the ford corporation about this serious issue with this make and model. I was told their was no service bulletin so they could not help me. They refuse to address the dangerous…
ODI 11231174
Electronic Stability Control · Steering
While driving the stability control lights came on and the wheel got tuff.
ODI 11152055
Electronic Stability Control · Steering
The vehicle at start up has disabled power steering causing the vehicle unable to be steered. The vehicle was in a driveway and was about to place into drive gear when the warning light came on and could no longer turn the steering wheel.
ODI 11103030
Electronic Stability Control · Steering
Vehicle has been driving perfectly fine and out of no where it shows 2 warnings. One indicting to service power steering, and the other indictating to service advance trac system. The steering fluid is full and there are no damaged to the hose or power steering system. This is showing the same signs of the recalled explorers yet this one has not been recalled.
ODI 10915078
Electronic Stability Control · Steering
Vehicle has 66,000 miles. The service power steering now and advancetrac warning lights came on saturday evening (9/10/16). Vehicle drove with no issues that evening. Sunday morning (9/11/16) the same indicator lights came on and the power steering did not work. Checked for leaks, fuses, etc. And no apparent issues. As dealerships were closed on sunday, autozone ran diagnostics and showed zero error codes, even with…
ODI 10905739
Electronic Stability Control
I am reaching out to you on an open issue with my 2012 ford explorer. Case #cas7740243 with ford customer service. Last month my wife was driving the vehicle on a well-traveled road with our 2 children. The vehicle went limp in traffic. Fortunately she was able to forcefully steer the car to the side of the road before it went completely dead. This was an extremely dangerous situation given that the vehicle…
ODI 10776630
Electronic Stability Control
Check charging system light comes on daily. While driving the car on a city street, radio shut off, lights dimmed and car cut off in the middle of traffic, steering also became difficult before shutting off.
ODI 10809845
Electronic Stability Control · Service Brakes · Steering
Safety recall notice 14s06/nhtsa recall 14v-286 we received this recall notice in the mail from fmc. Knowing we had a trip coming up, i immediately took the vehicle in to ken garff ford in utah for servicing and to have the recall corrected. They supposedly fixed the issue so i went on my way. I drove a single gas tanks worth (appx 400 miles) and then everything went to hell. Power steering failed, traction control…
ODI 10633441
Electronic Stability Control · Engine · Fuel System, Gasoline
On friday april 18, 2014 my wife an i prestarted the car to go to dinner, after only 2 minutes the car shut of. Upon review of the issue the low oil pressure light came on, the stability control light came on, as well as he service engine soon light. The mileage at the incident was approx 45,500 but the complaint says 44,000 because this is the second time it has done this, and the first time for the stability…
ODI 10583656
Electronic Stability Control · Steering
Driving on rt 495 when the warning lights activated and a warning came on in the message center saying "service advance track." i started to pull over to the side of the road and discovered my power steering wasn't working. After i pulled over i stopped the car i looked in the message center i saw that the advance track wasn't selected. I tried to select it but wasn't able to. I turned the car off and back on a…
ODI 10475882
Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control · Steering
Power steering fault while returning from short supermarket trip, lost all power steering, dash board lit up, then terrain sensor fault, causing a feeling of reduced gear, turn signals failed as well. Very difficult to drive, and unable to reset by shutting vehicle off. Dealership stated a fault in power steering rack, requiring replacement, they also stated it is a different part number then original part meaning…
ODI 10469261
Electronic Stability Control · Steering
From a stop-zero mph, conducted a right turn from surface street to freeway on-ramp. Mid-turn, power steering assist failed, resulting in near accident/running off-roadway surface. Additionally, elec stability control (ford 'advancetrac') warning light indicators illuminated indicating service required immediately. *tr
ODI 10467829
Electronic Stability Control · Steering
I live in ecuador (south america) and bought a 2012 explorer base model, on october 2011. A few days ago, after a long trip, i got the "advance trac" error message, and 3 days ago, i got the power steering failure, and the steering wheel got locked, traveling at around 20 mph, the two messages were on the screen, advance track and power steering. I turned the car off and then back on, and everything was normal.…
ODI 10467815