This is not a hard thing to measure and determine.
“Ford’s investigation has not found carbon monoxide levels that exceed what people are exposed to every day.”
That is not the comparison that matters. The comparison is to other cars.
That sentence does make it sound like Ford has a problem.
Never liked ZFord Explorers, eithger. I’ve had Jeep Grand Cherokees/ LTDs/ V8s since 1977. Heh.
I too would have a sick feeling if there was ever a Ford in my garage.
He invited Bloomberg News along for a ride. There was very little sign of carbon monoxide during a 120-km test drive near Henriksen’s home in South Lyon, Michigan, in January. One of two detectors in his vehicle registered only tiny amounts of the gas. The other showed zero.
“That’s the problem—it’s so sporadic,” he said. Ford twice sent engineers to examine his Explorer, Henriksen said, and they found no problem.
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This indicates it’s psychosomatic or due to something else, if real.
Ford saying they “fixed it” indicated they found a problem.
None of this is coherent.
Bottom line, Fords are garbage even without any CO problem.
Another UAW triumph. /s
Check and see if he has a trunk full of rabbits.
A company I worked for, in which the general manager was a clueless idiot, opted for a fork lift operated by a gas engine, not on batteries, That would have been fine if its use had not been for an indoor warehouse, and a small one at that. The warehouse employees were too dumb to see the problem, too. It went on for months.
The Ford Exploder has another serious problem?
Nonsense. I often get a little pink cheeked from carbon monoxide emitted by outbuilding propane heaters. My body has extra hemoglobin for just such an occasion (I say, I say, BOY!).
Much more likely is these people chronically irritating their vestibular systems by texting and driving.
Every Police Agency in CA including The Highway Patrol drive Ford Explorers.
Why haven’t I heard about this before?
Maybe Ford should start using Magnaflow Exhaust Systems.
Could be the plastics. One summer in the 70’s I worked as a go-fer and car washer at a Dodge dealership. Those early Dodge Colts (Mitsubishi’s) actually smelled like the inside of a beach ball, especially on a 90+ degree day.
My son has a Ford Explorer that he has put about 120k miles on with no complaints.
About the time of Mister Obama's admin, I realized that some of any money that I spent on American cars went to the UAW, and then, of course, to the Dems. As of then, I resolved to NOT buy a UAW-built car. And, that was absolutely that.
I realized that I could buy an American-made car, non-union, and I now own a very nice Honda.
I've had this wonderful car for a whole lotta years (more than my Fords), and now I would not consider another brand.
Two (2) folks who just happened to drive my Honda, now own Hondas.
Not an advertisement, if you are looking for a new car, do your own DD.
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You can lower the vehicles’ total carbon monoxide emissions if you make the driver and passengers breathe them in.
Just gonna throw this out there. Were these people sitting in traffic? Is there a way other cars co2 gas may be drawn into the cockpit?
Put a CO2 detector in the car. Case closed. Is that just too easy. Some even have digital readout.
Easy to measure. OSHA says 50ppm 8 hours a day 5 days a week is permissible. NIOSH says it’s 35ppm.
A smokers house will often read 2-3ppm and a house downwind of a large road will go 4-5ppm.
Check the EGR valve.