Glad I found this site- at least I know it's the stupid truck and NOT ME. Many, many issues with the '05 Explorer. For this post, I just want to report strange noises in the front brakes. I was traveling Rt. 495 at highway speeds for about an hour (55-65 mph). I exited the highway on a ramp that inclined (rather than declined) with a slight turn to the right. All of the sudden it sounded like I had a bunch of small driveway rocks in my brakes (noise happened as I was turning wheel slightly to the right). It really scared me. I removed foot from brakes and just kinda slowed down until I had to re-accelerate to merge with traffic on new route. It has happened a few times since then. And it's just one more thing that's wrong with my truck...almost immediately after purchasing (new in '05) there have been problems and they haven't stopped since.
Glad I found this site- at least I know it's the stupid truck and NOT ME. Many, many issues with the '05 Explorer. For this post, I just want to report strange noises in the front brakes. I was traveling Rt. 495 at highway speeds for about an hour (55-65 mph). I exited the highway on a ramp that inclined (rather than declined) with a slight turn to the right. All of the sudden it sounded like I had a bunch of small driveway rocks in my brakes (noise happened as I was turning wheel slightly to the right). It really scared me. I removed foot from brakes and just kinda slowed down until I had to re-accelerate to merge with traffic on new route. It has happened a few times since then. And it's just one more thing that's wrong with my truck...almost immediately after purchasing (new in '05) there have been problems and they haven't stopped since.
- Stephanie C., South Kingstown, RI, US