You Need to Watch This BEFORE You Buy a 2011 and up Ford Explorer Police Interceptor Utility (FPIU) 

Also be advised, most used police vehicles have upwards of 10,000 cop farts in the drivers seat..

1800 for a water pump replacement is a hard pill to swallow. I ❤ my 2001 Town Car.

3:43 Yeah. It’s called buying a Crown Victoria where the $40 water pump only takes 10 minutes to change and will only leak coolant outside the engine like how a normal car would.

Just traded in my crown vic for this 2016 utility interceptor and loving it. Thank you soooooo much for the heads up on the water pump!!! I had no idea

Change the PTU fluid AND Coolant every 30k. Change the oil every 5k and use synthetic oil. You can also check the PH of the coolant with a ohm meter. Greater than 0.03, change coolant, but 30k is good. Keep the acidic oil and coolant away from the water pump rubber seal and it can go 200k+

My buddy just got a 2016 FPIU with 144k miles last November for $9,000 with the 3.7L non turbo. It is nice and looks real good in the slate grey paint. I have a 2010 and 2011 CVPI in all black. Keep up all the great videos bro.

I’ve had my 2014 for 4 years and put about 70k miles and have had absolutely no problems.

I have 205k on my 2016 FPIU and its incredible still.

Now they are being Replaced with the 3.3L V6/AC Motor Explorer Hybrid Police Responders. Quicker, and better MPG.

Apparently around the 2012 year Ford did some kind of dual sprocket system on the water pump and did some changes underneath the timing cover I don’t know how much it impacted the longevity of the vehicle But apparently the water pump is something you don’t really have to worry about till after 125,000 miles they used to fail well before that still it is something I would keep an eye on Like every time you fill your gas tank maybe check your oil and your coolant level

It's got a cop motor, a 440 cubic inch plant, it's got cop tires, cop suspension, cop shocks. It's a model made before catalytic converters so it'll run good on regular gas.

I hate all the soccer moms who make me brake check them 5 miles up the road 😂

Ford stopped making the 3.7 V-6 after 2017. The 2.3 4 cylinder Ecoboost replaced it. Another nice feature on the 3.7 is that it is port injected. No unused oil is getting dumped back into the intake like on turbos and direct injected motors. I had a 2017 Mustang with the 3.7. If I drove like a grandpa, I would get about 24 mpg around town and 34 mpg on the highway.

On a very cool note, the vehicle package comes with bulletproof, YES, bulletproof front doors. The tint job is really nice too. Just have to watch for the rebuilt ones....

I wouldn’t even consider getting one of these unless I want someone brake checking me 24/7😂😂😂

The 3.5 and 3.7 duratech have a major flaw which is a chain driven internal water pump that if fails can make your explorer a huge expensive paper weight. They also have a included ptu that fails for those with awd

I have a PIS or Taurus. My water pump was change on 91k and yes was not cheap, It was $1900 luckily i had warranty on the car for 2 years so was only $569. It was leaking anti freezy.

Well, after seeing this video 5-6 times, I made the decision and got a 2016 FPIU! It’s white with black steelies. No crash bar though -_- it needs tons of TLC with some of the hardware still installed and broken. Plus all the holes from the lights on top. But other than that, at 107K it’s a good catch. Starts and drives like a dream. Thanks for the input and the heads up! Keep up the great work!

I bought a 15 FPIU. 110000 commander vehicle.. clean almost mint condition in August. Took to my mechanic that works on these vehicles daily for a SD. He said looks good except the motor mounts are broken . He said its a common issue. I had him flush the cooling system because Ford changed the type for usage. New plugs changed all the fluids. The ballastic panels were removed and the mechanics left the parts in the door panels. Runs great . Never had a SUV before.. its a keeper. Owned 12 crown Victoria s before. Still have one left.

Just purchased a 2016 PIU from the Wisconsin Highway Patrol. Got full maintenance records on it and it's in beautiful shape. Looking forward to waking this thing up!

I just bought a 2016 ford Taurus sedan police interceptor, and man oh man, the only problem i hope i dont have to deal with is that water pump/ timing chain THAT IS THE BIGGEST ISSUE i face today but overall i love this car, its durable and very stable ...go ford for this model along with the utility truck version

STAY AWAY FROM ANY FORD POLICE INTERCEPTOR FROM 2013-19. DO NOT BUY! They’re junk. I don’t care if it’s a Taurus or Explorer. When the internal water pump fails, you are going to spend at least $1500 parts and labor if you decide to take it to a independent mechanic or shop and that’s guaranteed and it will happen over and over again and steering racks are also known to fail. If you take it to a Ford dealership, it will cost even more. Transmission problems also occur in the Taurus and Explorer. There’s a reason why the CHP switched to V6 Dodge Chargers and that is the transmission problems on the Explorers, price, and fuel economy. All Police Interceptor SUVs and most sedans are AWD which means that if you need new tires, you must replace all 4 at once and you don’t really need AWD unless you live in an area that snows a lot. AWD is a very complex system and if you don’t replace all 4 tires at once, you can destroy the transfer case which is not cheap at all. If you have an AWD model like most are, the PTU is known to fail. If you have to get a 3.5 or 3.7 in a Ford, get an F-150, Transit, or a Mustang. Those do not have the internal water pumps because they are RWD. Those Explorers are known for carbon monoxide leaking into the cabin even when the Ford dealership fixed them. www.cbsnews.com/news/ford-explorer-safety-advocates-renew-recall-demand-carbon-monoxide-complaints/. I used to live inside of the city limits of Austin, TX and I remember when the Austin Police Department had to take all their Explorers out of service and patrol around the city in Crown Vics and Tauruses marked and unmarked (ghost units) with two cops per patrol car and it really affected their jobs because of their temporary shortage of police cars. If a PD had to take an entire fleet of Explorers out of service for a serious safety concern that can kill you I would not buy one especially if it’s from Austin PD. The engineering on those are poorly designed and poorly built.

“Join them or move the hell out of the way”. Love that.

Bruh the end of your video has me sold.. I’m buying a police intercepter!!

Bro... you made me buy one... it's an awesome vehicle.

PIU owner from the Hunteville meet. The water pump was a bitch but our Ford dealer relaced mine for $900 out the door. Luckily I caught it before the coolant leaked into the engine.

I have a 2013 police charger, hemi... LOVE it!!

FIRST!!! And THATS MY TRUCK!!!

Why the 3.7 V6 2013 Ford Mustang have the whater pump external, and the explorer internal??? 😂

I bought a 2105 FPIU - former Michigan State Police vehicle - with the 3.5L twin turbo, near the end of January. Currently has about 117K on it (it had just over 114K on it when I bought it - I drive 86 miles or more 5 days a week). So far I've has to replace the downstream O2 sensor, upper rear control arms, and tires. The lower front control arms are starting to clunk a bit and will be replaced by fall, if not sooner. The mechanic who did the rear end told me that cops tend to drive 'em like they stole 'em. But it still RUNS decently and "takes off like a raped ape", as a friend of mine likes to say! I bought it mainly because it was CHEAP, and I desperately needed a vehicle to replace one I had wrecked a couple weeks before (got run off the road by an impatient idiot on a snowy road on my way to work). Hoping it lasts me a while...

I like the advice. I doubt the water pump dies at 110k miles or so, if it's been under civilian use the whole time. You'd have to segregate the the cop use idling forever models from regular use, I would think.

Most accurate intro I’ve ever heard 😂😂😂

I can see myself getting one. Reminds me of my first car I drove. A Ford Escape, the first gen ones with the Column Shifter.

So Wich is better FPIU or Tahoe Ppv?

Thank you Chief...I am about to buy a 2015 model and I will make sure to check the water pump right away!!!

Definately keeping my Vic but now I have to get one of these

The most annyoing thing about owning one, is that people think your e a cop and drive slow as hell in front of you.

Hopefully these will also be reliable like the crown vics

Just bought a 2017 with 150k miles on the dash this week. So far so good

Informative video! If I ever look into one of these in the future, I'm going to ask about the water pump first!

I had just purchased a 2018 unit. Thanks for your info! I'm actually thinking about having it professionally dyno tuned. 80K miles. It's snappy!

These are cool, but I cannot wait until the Ecoboost V6 versions with 400bhp to become available to the public. Damn thing just says "Run. I dare you.'

Bought a 2014 police interceptor 2 months ago, and it drives pretty good the only annoying thing was to find 2nd n 3rd row seats for it, also i was thinking of leaving roof white and repaint it black

So I've gotta ask can they change the lights on the setina push bumper to red as I'm a firefighter and going to be buying one of these to replace my daily driver

I recognize where you recorded. Big Tunjunga wash area. People used to run off road baja bugs up that hill behind your Explorer. Was common thing to do when I was a kid growing up there until someone rolled and was killed. We used to swim in the river under that bridge.

It’s not the same though, the Vic is known as a cop car, regular civilians hardly touched them at their time. The issue is soccer moms and old ladies are riding explorers side by side with the police. As a 2011 Vic owner myself I love vics and explorers - but It’s just not the same.

Fun fact: My 2014 PPV is at my local Ford dealership right now having the waterpump replaced as I type this.. And yes, since the making of this video, the price has gone way up.. I'm looking at a bill of over 2 plus grand in parts and labor.. I work for an auto shop and none of our 5 shops have a mechanic willing to get into doing the work.. Therefore, that's the reason why it's at the Ford dealership..🙄 Oiii..

Never been this early before lmao

this video provides perspective, ive never seen an officer in a crown vic before irl

There is a deep hole on these cars where coolant will leak external also and you can see the leak. I have a 2014 police utility.

I own 2016 fpiu in all black. I hate that people drive slow when i drive behind them 😳😧

I just bought one and carfax showed that the water pump was replaced/// most fail around 90,000 miles... there was one that was less mileage etc... but ... no proof of the water pump exchange... vehicle was serviced by a ford dealer... which in most cases is the best option and why they let them go... the warranty runs out. I am literally in love with this car and would sleep in it but my GF would get mad lol

About to buy one at 160k miles, year 2013 love it

Took my 2016 explorer sport blacked out from Texas to Mississippi and them Louisiana county mounties are wild lol. I passed a tractor trailer going 75 in a 70 and they pulled out with a Tahoe. They were goin 95mph passed me when I got in front of the semi and almost wrecked into traffic ahead only to pull over into the median turnaround and chill with their lights on. I think they know they fck'd up 💀

tbf, it's got speed and power for being an SUV. More than enough compared to regular civilian models

I have a 2013 model and can agree about the water pump failure learned the hard way 1500$ down the drain

Oh and also the purge valve can fail without warning and cause your car to stall all of these things are the reason I traded my edge which has the same drive train to a 2010 merc la fleet

How about the exhaust smell in the cabin? How do I get it fixed before I get rid of this truck? Help!

Police dept. by me have had these. After cops have beat them for a couple years they sound like complete shit!! No more listening for crown vic squeaky brakes, you can hear the lifter ticks coming 😂🤣😂

Our PD has a 2013 Explorer Interceptor Utility we bought new. My wife bought a new 2013 Explorer (3.5) about the same time and both have about 130k miles on them. Not sure if our department Explorer is just a POS or it's from the abuse it takes but the two vehicles are completely different from a maintenance perspective. I've replaced the fuel purge valve on the wife's Explorer (aside from common wear items like rotors and pads) but that's about it. The PD Explorer on the other hand... failed water pump, failed motor mount, failed HVAC blower motor, failed alternator, and a failed electronic steering rack...there's probably more but I'd have to pull our maintenance records.

how are they for front seat roominess compared to the Vic and Tahoe?

Dude just seen your crown vic on Facebook for sale

I’m hoping to buy a 2020 FPIU locally and i hope i get it. It has the 3.0L in it, with only 4,000 miles.

The last phrase was epic dude, awesome video!

I have the 2015 Explorer. Had it for two months now. Has a check charging system message. Other than that I love it.

While I’ve never been a huge fan of SUV’s in general, if I had to own one, I would own this one. And it would have to be black, and it would have to have the steelies.

My 2016 is amazing

I comment 2 years ago that I wanted a FPIU or FPIS now I own a FPIS this pop up on RU-vid again

This would be a fun off road vechile, I’m confuse as to why these ford interceptors are cheaper than the explorer, found one for 8k

One thing to look out for is carbon monoxide leaks in these especially in the interceptor ones, they sell cigarette lighter sensors that would be a good idea to buy if you buy the explorer. Legitstreetcars did a video on the issue

Thank you at least know now when I buy I need to replace a water pump

Does anyone know if the second row seats fold down in the 2013 p i? I know they're not like regular civilian seats. Thanks for the help

I want a 3.5 ecoboost utility so bad.

Yeah, get ready to replace the motor too, being they are running 24/7 non stop

I have an opportunity to get one but I don't want any of the police accessories. Is it difficult to remove the spotlights?

the explorer interceptor isn't as durable as the crown vic.

And the cop ones dont care if something breaks they fix it no matter the cost

I’ve been told they have bigger brakes, and is not an Explorer, it is a Ford Interceptor. Nothing says Explorer.

My dad has a 2013 ford explorer police inceptor same color

nice, but i will stick with cv. i havent seen you in awhile, good video. ive been looking at lots of low milage cv for around 15k, dam prices keep going up. up up.

Oh, you forgot to state that these have the worst headlights in the industry and Ford states there may be a recall if they get enough complaints?? Also, the replacement of the water pump will cost about $2,000. If the agency failed to change the oil in the PTU (power transfer unit), every 31,000 miles it will fail by 80,000 miles. Beware of these costly issues. Moreover, the catalytic converters are subject to early failure Oh, the LED tail lights are subject to moisture from a bad seal. Factory tail light assembly will cost about $675.00

I know they've had issues with plugs fouling and the Ecoboost twin turbo looks like it would be a costly nightmare to work on .

I have a chance to buy a police interceptor Explorer I'm not sure what year it's got a 3.5 EcoBoost and it's got the ballistic panels in the door which is sweet LOL but all the EcoBoost problems I'm just not sure so watching these videos.

Can you have the light bar on? I guess it depends on what state you live in. What are your thoughts?

35 grand for a new 2020 police version, I think I'm gonna buy it !👍👌

I just did my preventive maintenance water pump change out for my interceptor sedan and it took me 15 hours to fix it ...

I don’t think it has the cyclone if it has the chain driven water pump. I have mustang with the cyclone and the water pump is outside.

I love these police cars

Ford Police Interceptor Utility’s were not available until the model year 2013 and not 2011, so your title is wrong lol.

hay mr.random glad to see your doing well sir and long live the vic

Wait, so you’re saying my 2010 Legacy 3.6R is faster to 60 than a explorer Police Intercepter?

The outro was on point

I definitely said that I was gone change that water pump once I get 1 to prevent that shit

These engines have a timing chain or belt?

15k for 90,000 miles? what do you all think. looks clean for sale in florida, buy it?

The EcoBoost water pump so much cheaper for water pump. I wonder if the 4 cylinder turbo is better option

I'll stick with Mercury Marauder & P71 CV. The explorer just doesn't have it...

Yeah, they are pretty junky. Water pump sucks, but many other expensive issues. Cat converter, evap vent solenoid (cheap fix), transfer case, steering rack are all weak points. I have one in the garage right now getting an engine with 100k, 1200 idle hours (very low). Weird failure, steel metal in the oil somehow, and got lodged under the cam creating aluminum shavings plugging up the VVT solenoid. Had a valve spring break on another one last year, cams had to come off, 18 hr job. Plus the 3.7l is just plain slow. Sure, I am used to Hemi Chargers, 3.6l Impalas, Ecoboost 3.5l. Plus it reminds me of driving a minivan.

Do all police interceptors if this vehicle run on Ethanol as well?

Title should say 2013+ not 2011.