4.0

definitely annoying
Typical Repair Cost:
No data
Average Mileage:
68,000 miles
Total Complaints:
1 complaints

Most common solutions:

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problem #1

Dec 032020

Explorer Limited

  • Automatic transmission
  • 68,000 miles

When the brakes are pressed and released lightly (this mostly occurs when parking the vehicle) the brake pedal fails to go all the way back up. It is not far down enough to be actually applying the brakes, but the brake lights will stay illuminated, even while accelerating or when turning off the car, locking it, and walking away. We are worried it will kill the battery if left unnoticed for too long, because the brake lights will never go back off on their own when this occurs unless someone pulls on the pedal or presses the brakes hard.

This is very dangerous because if we get on high speed roads and do not realize our brake lights are on the whole time. When we actually brake people behind us might not notice because our brake lights will have already been on.

- Matthew B., Kennesaw, US