Explorers making folks sick? News article:

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I eliminated the Explorer before I bought the Expedition for that reason. I believe it is not only extra body drilling that lets the fumes into the vehicle, it is the engine compartment with the 3.5 Turbo front wheel drive used by police and others has an overstuffed engine compartment with inadequate space/air inside. The Expedition with the same engine and RWD is the grand canyon of open area!!! and NO fumes.
By going with RWD as a standard on the 2020 Explorer Ford is figuring on solving the problem IMO.

No matter what the size of the engine and the engine compartment, the only way exhaust fumes could be drawn from the engine compartment, is if there was an exhaust leak.

RWD is not “solving” an exhaust leak problem.
 

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He's right. If your exaust is sealed 100 percent from header to the clamp on the rear exaust stinger, you shouldn't smell a whiff. I'm betting, if you took an exaust or AC sniffer gun, and run it from engine to trunk, you'd find the leaks. Just like everyone here saying I can't find any intake leaks with Carburetor spray, but all kinds of smoke comes out when you use a smoker. It's probably one donut gasket, or maybe the one from manifold. To smell a new vehicle with a lean running engine, it's got to be pretty bad. I've stood next to a 2019 vehicle running, and couldn't smell a thing.

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the only time i get exhaust smell in the cabin is when we are behind a poor running vehicle, and the a/c is not on recirc.

skunks, for some reason blow that out of the water as they come through no matter what
 

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Are you driving the new Explorer?

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