Ford Explorer Complaints (1993)

944 consumer complaints on file.

#868596August 24, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
PEOO 020; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 65MPH HIGHWAY AND HEARD A POPPYING NOISE. LEFT TIRE TREAD SEPARATED. THERE WAS DAMAGES TO VEHICLE. TIRES WERE FIRESTONE 440. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. CONSUMER BOUGHT FOUR NEW TIRES PRIOR TO FIRST INCIDENT. AT SECOND INCIDENT SIX DAYS LATER, LEFT REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED. CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE TIRES.*AK WHILE TRAVELING AT 65 MPH, THE TREAD SEPARATED ON TWO TIRES WITHIN SIX DAYS CAUSING DAMAGES TO THE VEHICLE. THESE TIRES WERE FIRESTONT 440. *YH
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#868619August 24, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
PE00 020; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 60MPH ON TURNPIKE. THEN, VEHICLE STARTED VIBRATING, AND IT WAS HARD TO CONTROL. RIGHT TIRE EXPLODED, AND THE TREAD SEPARATED. ALSO, TIRE DAMAGED RIGHT REAR MOLDING/ MUDD FLAPPS AND THE TRIMMING ON THE SIDE OF VEHICLE. TIRE WAS FIRESTONE #ATX, P23575 R15, AND #DOT VD. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#868632August 24, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 65 MPH RIGHT REAT TIRE BLEWOUT AND WENT FLAT. CONSUMER LOST CONTROL, CAUSING IT TO FLIP OVER 3 TIMES. CONSUMER WAS INJURED, AND AUTOMOBILE WAS TOTALLED.*AK *MJS
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#728534August 21, 2000
TIRES
WHILE DRIVING SOUTHBOUND ON TEXAS HIGHWAY 288 BETWEEN MANVEL AND LAKE JACKSON, THE TREAD ON THE RIGHT REAR TIRE SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE AND CAME OFF. THE TREAD DAMAGED THE WHEEL WELL, THE CORNER OF THE REAR BUMBER, AND THE TRIM BELOW THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR. THE TIRE DID NOT LOSE AIR AND I WAS ABLE TO PULL THE VEHICLE ONTO THE SHOULDER AND SAFELY STOP. THIS HAPPENED AT APPROXIMATELY 6:00 PM AND THE TEMPERATURE WAS ABOUT 90 DEGREES. THERE WERE FOUR ADULTS AND TWO CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 2 RIDING IN THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#728553August 21, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
WHILE TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE 10, THE TREADS ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR TIRE SEPARATED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO GO INTO A 360 DEGREE SPIN. IT HIT A TURNAROUND DIVIDER, CONTINUED AROUND AND HIT ONE SIDE RAIL OF THE INTERSTATE, CONTINUED TO SPIN AND CAME TO REST WITH THE PASSENGER REAR TIRE ATOP THE CURB WITH THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE AGAINST THE GUARD RAIL.( DOT NUMBER: UNKNOWN TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#728569August 21, 2000
TIRES
NO SUMMARY( DOT NUMBER: VDHLITM056 TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#728572August 21, 2000
TIRES
NO SUMMARY( DOT NUMBER: VDHLITM056 TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#728477August 20, 2000
TIRES
HAD BEEN DOING SOME LOCAL RESIDENTIAL DRIVING FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES, STOPPED FOR SHOPPING ABOUT 30 MINUTES THEN ENTERED I 75. AFTER ABOUT 5/10 MINUTES I NOTICED THE STEERING WAS'NT ACTING AS NORMAL, I MENTION THIS TO MY WIFE, THIS ALL LASTED 3/5 SECONDS, THEN STARTED TO LOSE CONTROL, REDUCED SPEED GOT OVER TO THE SHOULDER OF THE INTERSTATE AND CHANGED TO MY SPARE. TOOK THE DAMAGED TIRE BACK TO DISCOUNT TIRE WHERE I PURCHASED AND ASK WHAT CAUSE THIS BLOWOUT SINCE I COULD'NT FIND ANYTHING IN THE TIRE. HE SAID PROBABLY SOMETHING IN THE ROAD( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#728486August 20, 2000
TIRES
ON TWO OCCASIONS (AUG/1998 & MAY/2000) I EXPERIENCED A TIRE FAILURE - TOTAL TREAD SEPARATION. EACH INCIDENT OCCURRED AT HIGH SPEED IN EXTREME HEAT. MY EXPLORER WAS FULLY LOADED WITH PASSENGERS AND LUGGAGE (DRIVING FROM PHX ARIZONA TO MEXICO). FORTUNATELY, THERE WERE NO INJURIES AS THE TIRES HELD AIR PRESSURE EACH TIME. THERE IS BODY DAMAGE FROM THE TREAD SLAMMING THE BODY OF THE CAR.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 235/75-15 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#553886August 20, 2000
TIRES
VEHICLE EXPERIENCED BLOW OUT OF THE (FIRESTONE ATX P235-75R15) TIRE, WHICH RESULTED IN SEVERE ACCIDENT, VEHICLE OVERTURNED AND OCCUPANTS WERE EJECTED WITH SEVERE INJURIES. *MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
4
Deaths:
0
#728323August 18, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
TIRE DEVELOPED A "BULGE" IN SIDE NEAR TREAD. TIRE MADE THUMPING NOISE WHILE DRIVING.( DOT NUMBER: VNHL 1MO TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#728346August 18, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
ENGINE OIL LEAK SINCE I BOUGHT THE TRUCK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#728411August 18, 2000
TIRES
TREAD PEELED ON HIGHWAY, MOST LIKELY WRAPPING AXEL. CAUSED SUDDEN PULL TO LEFT. VEHICLE ROLLED 1 1/2 TIMES. INJURIES LIMITED TO SOFT TISSUE. PASSENGER SEAT FORTUNATELY EMPTY - RIDER THERE WOULD NOT HAVE SURVIVED.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: ?15 )
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#728208August 17, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
TREAD OF TIRE TORE LOOSE FIRST, THEN BLOWOUT OCCURED. BLOWOUT DAMAGED MUFFLER, TAILPIPE AND SIDE MOLDING.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/R15 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#728265August 17, 2000
TIRES
TRAVELING FROM WESTERN WASHINGTON TO HELENA MONTANA I EXPERIENCED A STRONG SHAKE IN MY FRONT END. I PROCEEDED TO DRIVE HOME ANYWAY AS I HAD BEEN GONE FOR OVER A WEEK AND NEEDED TO GET BACK TO WORK. WHEN I ARRIVED HOME IN HELENA I WENT TO A ALIGNMENT SHOP A FEW DAYS AFTER MY ARRIVAL. I WAS TOLD BY THE ALIGNMENT PERSON THAT MY LEFT FRONT TIRE WOULD NOT BALANCE PROPERLY. AFTER THIS I INSPECTED THE TIRE MYSELF ONLY TO FIND THAT I COULD VISUALLY OBSERVE SEVERAL BUMPS ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE TIRE. I CONTACTED THE DEALER WHERE I HAD GOT THE TIRES (I HAD ONLY 5,000 MILES ON THESE TIRES), AND THEY CONTACTED FIRESTONE. FIRESTONE SENT A REPLACEMENT TIRE AND THE DEALER PUT IT ON FOR ME. THE NEXT DAY I HEARD ABOUT THE RECALL AND BECAUSE OF THE PROBLEM I EXPERIENCED WITH THE ONE TIRE THEY SENT ME FOUR NEW TIRES. I AM SATISFIED THAT MY TIRES WERE REPLACED, BUT I FEEL VERY LUCKY THAT I DID NOT EXPERIENCE A BLOW OUT AS I WAS TRAVELING AT HIGH SPEEDS AND THE TIRES WAS OBVIOUSLY BAD. ACCORDING TO THE DEALER THE CORDS INSIDE THE TIRE HAD RIPPED CAUSING THE OBVIOUS WARPING ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE TIRE.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#868045August 17, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, THE RIGHT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT. CONSUMER SLOWLY STEERED THE TRUCK TO THE EMERGENCY LANE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE TREAD HAD SEPARATED. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#868003August 17, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
PE00020 ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON FORD EXPLORER 1993. P23575R15. WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH TIRES WERE PROPERLY INFLATTED, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD NOISE, TREAD HAD CAME OFF AND HIT CAR. ONLY THING THAT WAS LEFT WAS THE PART OF TIRE THAT HELD AIR. ENTIRE TREAD HAD COME OFF. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#728152August 16, 2000
TIRES
IN JULY OF 1999, I EXPERIENCED HEAVY VIBRATION (NOT FELT IN THE STEERING WHEEL) AND LOUD POUNDING NOISES ON THE VEHICLE UNDERCARRIAGE. I WAS AT FREEWAY SPEED PULLING A SMALL MOTORCYCLE TRAILER (APPROXIMATELY 1000 LB.) NORTH OF LOS ANGELES ON I-14 AND HAD A PASSENGER ABOARD WHO CAN CONFIRM THE EVENTS. WE WERE ABLE TO STOP WITHOUT ACCIDENT AND COULD NOT IMMEDIATELY SEE ANY TREAD MISSING. I HAD THE TIRES INSPECTED AT A WINSTON TIRE STORE AND THEY REPORTED MASSIVE TREAD SEPARATION. I SUBSEQUENTLY REPLACED THE TIRES BUT RETAINED THE DEFECTIVE FIRESTONES. THESE TIRES ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FOR NHTSA INSPECTION.( DOT NUMBER: H4BNDFA016 TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#728201August 16, 2000
TIRES
THIS HAPPENED ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO I WAS OUT OF TOWN AND AT THE TIME I WAS'NT ABLE TO KEEP THE TIRE SO I WAS'NT ABLE TO FILE A CLAIM WITH FIRESTONE SINCE THEY SAID I MUST HAVE THE TIRE IN MY POSSESSION. THE TIRE TREAD SEPERATED FROM THE LEFT FRONT TIRE TEARING THE MOLDING FROM THE SIDE OF MY VECHIAL. I NOW OWN A 1999 EXPLORER SPORT WITH WILDERNESS AT TIRES AND I DON'T FEEL THEIR SAFE DECATUR OR NOT.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#867944August 16, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
PE00 020; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 60MPH ON HIGHWAY AND HEARD A NOISE, THEN LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE. SHE WAS BOUNCING ACROSS HIGHWAY. REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED. SHE PULLED OVER AND CHANGED TIRE. FIRESTONE WILDERNESS #AT,SIZE P22570 RX5 THERE WERE NO INJURIES. *AK FIRESTONE WILDERNESS P225/70/R15 *MW
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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