Is Your Ford Explorer Making You Sick?

[jcummins]

2013 Explorer here 58K miles. I haven't noticed a thing at all.

 

[Btown]

My interceptor has it's moments where it smells like raw fuel. The dealer said not to idle longer than stopped at a light. I usually leave my windows cracked due to several instance where I felt sick.

What year is your SUV. The 2012's had a gas leak issue I think by the gas tank. Mine have never smelled like raw gas

 

[Btown]

2013 Explorer here 58K miles. I haven't noticed a thing at all.

If it's acting up you will notice it most while it is stopped with the heat on, when it's moving there would be almost no odor. I'm at 72K on my 2015 I can't remember when it had the issue but my 2013 had the issue with less than 20K on it. The explorer pulls fresh air in from the engine compartment for the heating and cooling. During the summer you can put the recirculate button on and it does not pull as much fresh air. With the heat on in the winter recirculate will only stay on for about a minute.

 

[npalen]

I thought carbon monoxide was odorless.

 

[Btown]

I thought carbon monoxide was odorless.

Yes it is, but exhaust from a gasoline engine is not. There is CO in gasoline engine exhaust.

 

[Stimw]

CO Detectors are cheap enough that if you have one of these vehicles it would be worth it to put one in it!
CO is very bad news and there are so many situations that resulted in death.
I had a co-worker die in a motorhome back in the low 80's.
It was a rental with only a couple thousand miles on it. Gen exhaust got damaged by a previous rental.