Poll: How many have experienced a "rear axle bolt fracture" (POLL CLOSED 6-4-22)

CareerFiremanGuy · Apr 22, 2022

This forum has 4,695 members. Let's say 80% actually own ST's (3,756).

I want to see how many have had the bolt failure related to Safety Recall 22S27.

Please, no flaming, arguing, personal opinions, or debates about Bigfoot, UFO's or the Loch Ness Monster.

I just want cold hard facts as to how many people have been effected so far.

Thanks.

Dale5403 · Apr 22, 2022

My answer is no. But I have a 2020 ST.

FORZDA3 · Apr 22, 2022

I selected “No”, but I removed the E50 tune and have the new “correct” subframe on hand.

Cruising68 · Apr 22, 2022

I voted no but I also have a cross member sitting in my garage. I tend to get the most out of my vehicles and I just don't want to chance a failure.

CareerFiremanGuy · Apr 22, 2022

Dale5403 said:

No problem. Thank you.

FORZDA3 said:

Thanks for paticipating.

Cruising68 said:

Thank you for voting.

I Bleed Ford Blue · Apr 22, 2022

I have a 21 with the single bolt, and so far no failure.

CareerFiremanGuy · Apr 22, 2022

I Bleed Ford Blue said:

Our hero! Thanks for the info.

ZRX61 · Apr 23, 2022

No, '20 two bolter here.

CareerFiremanGuy · Apr 23, 2022

ZRX61 said:

Thanks for the input.

Dale5403 · Apr 23, 2022

A bit surprised that no broken one reported so far.

CareerFiremanGuy · Apr 23, 2022

Dale5403 said:

I know that Chrispw24 posted about the problem in his thread "Rear end damage", but I didn't see any others.

That's why I started the poll, I wanted to get an idea of how prevalent the issue was.

carrollce · Apr 23, 2022

I don't have an ST but an ST-Line (ST-junior) if that counts. But it is a 22 with 500 miles and no issue but I only have ONE bolt.

C4talyst · Apr 23, 2022

I've seen at least 7-8 in the FB groups; dealer says they've fixed a few.

Blown F-150 · Apr 23, 2022

‘21 single bolt on the back. No failures yet.

I’ve seen a total of three on the Facebook groups, but they posted about it multiple times across the groups.

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CareerFiremanGuy · Apr 23, 2022

carrollce said:

Thanks for the reply. My ST was built in Jan 22 and also has 1 bolt.

C4talyst said:

I'm not on FB, how many members are listed for that group? I'm trying to get a rough percentage of how many people have had rear axle bolt fractures.

CareerFiremanGuy · Apr 23, 2022

Blown F-150 said:

While not even one person's rear axle bolt should break, three seems like a pretty low number. Right?

I Bleed Ford Blue · Apr 23, 2022

Keep in mind that since early summer of 19 when the 6th gen explorers started showing up on the lots up until now ford has sold maybe half a million explorers, and there are only a handful (less than 10) that have actually had the bolt break.

Also, even tho ford claims this recall encompasses all 3 years and all models, in reality it only affects the 21-22 ST's, platinum's, and king ranches. We all know the real cause of the bolt fracture is because ford decided to use the 1 bolt rear subframe from the XLT on all trims of the explorer starting around Dec of 20. But ford will say they under calculated how strong that bolt needs to be and they are now going to install a stronger bolt(s) to basically cover their ass, because installing a 5 dollar bolt or 2 in every explorer is cheaper than 4K per vehicle to replace the subframe on every explorer that got the wrong one.

So maybe the OP should revise this poll to only include 21-22 explorers with the 3.0 engine as they are the ones that get the failure.

I've also heard that the few that did break was because of heavy towing or on heavily modified explorers during a hard launch.

CareerFiremanGuy · Apr 23, 2022

I Bleed Ford Blue said:

I concur with the infinitesimally small (albeit avoidable) percentage of breaks.

Regarding omitting the 20 model year, I'll keep it on for right now if by some chance some do occur.
Additionally, Ford has specifically earmarked 2020 model year Explorers as well.

Thanks for your timely insights.
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Blown F-150 · Apr 24, 2022

CareerFiremanGuy said:

I agree

, none should break period.

My hypothesis is that Ford was simply dealing with a supply issue and some engineering team approved the 2.3 subframe to be used. They saw the savings and kept going with it. It’s still a struggle to get some parts and areas of China are back in lockdown again.

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northof60expST · Apr 24, 2022

"Have You Driven A Ford ... Lately!"....NO. Because of a crappy bolt!

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Poll: How many have experienced a "rear axle bolt fracture" (POLL CLOSED 6-4-22)

Have you experienced a rear axle bolt fracture with your ST?

Yes - 2020 Model Year

Yes - 2021 Model Year

Yes - 2022 Model Year

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