Ford Explorer Complaints (1995)

843 consumer complaints on file.

#868690August 25, 2000
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
WHILE DRIVING DRIVER'S SIDE SEATBACK COLLAPSED. DEALER HAS SEEN VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#868746August 25, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
VEHICLE WAS PARKED. STEEL CORE WAS COMING THROUGH TIRE. TREAD COMPOUND WAS CRACKED ALL AROUND. TOOK TIRE TO SHOP FOR REPLACEMENT OF ALL TIRES, EVENTHOUGH 2 FRONT TIRES HAD PROBLEMS. DO NOT HAVE TIRES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#868676August 25, 2000
TIRES
CONSUMER SAW A 6-7 INCH CRACK IN THE FRONT LEFT FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRE P255/70R16 DOT VNCU1PL IN THE SIDEWALL, THE OTHER TIRES HAD HAIRLINE CRACKS ON THE EDGE OF THE OUTSIDE TREAD, THESE TIRES DOT # IS ST358J, DEALER STATED THE HAIRLINE CRACKS CAME FROM DRYROT, CONSUMER REPLACED TIRES ON HIS OWN DUE TO NO HELP FROM FIRESTONE AND FORD BECAUSE THESE SPECIFIC TIRES WERE NOT ON RECALL. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#868497August 23, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 40MPH & ROAD SLOPED, BRAKES WERE APPLIED & BRAKE PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR. CONSUMER HAD NO CONTROL OF VEHICLE. VEHICLE SLID ABOUT 50 YARDS WHILE GOING ABOUT 30MPH. CONSUMER COULDN'T PREVENT HITTING ANOTHER VEHICLE ON THE SIDE. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#868387August 23, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
PEOOO20; NOT ORIGINAL TIRES ON FORD EXPLORER, 25570R16. AFTER 2000 MILES RIGHT FRONT TIRE HAD A KNOT ON THE SIDE.*AK FORD MOTOR COMPANY FAILED TO INFORM THE CUSTOMER THE CORRECT TIRE PRESSURE TO USE FOR 16" TIRE. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#868371August 23, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
FIRESTONE RADIAL ATX TIRE, TREAD SEPARATED WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#868376August 23, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
FIRESTONE WILDERNESS/AT P25570R16 TIRES ON THIS VEHICLE DEVELOPED A BUBBLE ON THE SIDE OF THE TIRE, INSIDE TREAD WHILE TRAVELING AT 60 MPH, AND A SMALL PIECE OF ANOTHER TIRE FELL OUT OF THE SIDEWALL. DEALER HAS REPLACED THE TIRES.*AK *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#868437August 23, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
PE 00020: WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70MPH WHEN VEHICLE STARTED TO VIBRATE BEFORE A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD. THEN, VEHICLE STARTED SWERVING BACK & FORTH. WAS CONTROLLABLE. PULLED TO SIDE OF ROAD. CHECKED TIRES AND NOTICED THAT RIGHT REAR TIRE HAD LOST ALL ITS TREAD & WAS SHREDDED. WAS ORIGINAL TIRE & WAS INSPECTED.SIZE P235/75R15 WITH 64,000 MILES. FIRESTONE RADIAL ATX.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#9001851August 22, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
FRONT DRIVER SIDE FIRESTONE TIRE ROTTED WHICH WAS ODD BECAUSE THE TIRE STILL HAD A LOT OF TREAD, THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE SHREDDED AND SEPERATED, BOTH BACK TIRE NEED REPLACING ALSO
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#868279August 22, 2000
TIRES
CONSUMER NO LONGER OWNS THIS VEHICLE, BUT VEHICLE WAS EQUIPPED WITH FIRESTONE ATX TIRES. WHILE DRIVING AT 55MPH FRONT RIGHT TIRE BLEWOUT, CAUSING VEHICLE TO ROLLOVER. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#728577August 21, 2000
TIRES
FORD DEALER THAT REPAIRED THE DAMAGE TO THE FORD ADVISED ME THAT THE TREAD HAD SEPERATED AND BLOWN THE TIRE APART. HE POINTED OUT THAT THE THREE REMAING TIRES HAD A CRACK AROUND THE TIES WHERE THE TREAD ATTACHES TO THE BODY, AND SUGESSTED THAT I TAKE THE CAR TO FIRESTONE FOR REPLACEMENT AS THEY WERE DEFECTIVE. THE FIRESTONE MGR EXAMINED MY TIRES AND AGREED THAT ALL FOUR SHOULD B REPLACED. HE STATED THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO ORDER THEM AND WOULD CALL ME WHEN THE CAME IN. THE TIRES CAME IN AND WERE INSTALLED JUNE 28 1999. FIRESTONE DID NOT REPLACE THE BLOWN TIRE AT NO CHARGE BUT GAVE ME AN ADJUSTED PRICE CHARGING ME 59.99 FOR EACH OF 4 TIRES PLUS BALANCE,NEW VALVE STEMS,TIRE DISPOSAL FEE,ROAD HAZARD WARRANTY,PLS SHOP SUPPLYS. TOTAL ADJUSTED PRICE 359.49 I WAS UNAWARE AT THE TIME OF THE PROBLEM FIRESTONE WAS HAVING OR I WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN AGREEABLE TO THAT DEAL. I HAVE COPY OF TIRE INVOICES, WORK PERFORMED BYJOHNSON BROTHERS FORD AND ROAD SERVICE TO PLACE SPARE ON AT TIME OF ACCIDENT. IF YOU NEED MORE INFORMATION PLEASE LET ME KNOW.( DOT NUMBER: NA TIRE SIZE: 25570R16 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#728607August 21, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
TREAD SEPARATED FROM BODY OF TIRE( DOT NUMBER: VNCU IPL 1 TIRE SIZE: P255/70R16 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#728424August 19, 2000
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
SEAT BELT WILL NOT STAY LATCHED. SEAT BELT BUTTON HAS LOST ITS SPRING LOCKING ACTION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#728384August 18, 2000
TIRES
I HAD JUST COME OFF THE FREEWAY, WHEN THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE THREW ITS TREAD OFF, I PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND CHANGED IT TO THE SPARE TIRE. LATER ON I HAD ALL 4 TIRES REPLACED.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75/15 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#728047August 16, 2000
TIRES
THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED TWICE -- ONCE ON THE ORIGINAL FIRESTONE ATX TIRES AND THEN AGAIN ON THE REPLACEMENT ATX TIRES I BOUGHT TO REPLACE THE ORIGINALS. BOTH TIMES A BLOWOUT OF THE ENTIRE SIDEWALL. I NO LONGER OWN THIS AUTOMOBILE. *AK( DOT NUMBER: )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#728050August 16, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
ON 9/18/99, MY FATHER, HUSBAND, SON AND I WERE INVOLVED IN A ROLLOVER ACCIDENT ON I-10 BECAUSE OF THE TREAD SEPARATION ON THE LEFT REAR TIRE. AS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT, MY FATHER WAS TAKEN BY HELICOPTER TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL WHERE HE DIED 2 DAYS LATER AS A RESULT OF HIS INJURIES. MY SON WAS NOT HARMED, MY HUSBAND SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES AND WAS TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE TO THE SAME LOCAL HOSPITAL, AND I HAD VERY MINOR CUTS AND BRUISES.( DOT NUMBER: )
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
1
#728115August 16, 2000
TIRES
I CANNOT READ THE DOT NUMBER, BUT THE TIRES WERE MANUFACTURED IN CANADA. THE FAILURE THAT OCCURED WAS AS FOLLOWS: LEFT FRONT TIRE COMPLETELY DEFLATED AFTER DRIVING ~150 MILES AT 65 MPH ON INTERSTATE 81 IN VA. NO PUNCTURE WAS FOUND, HOWEVER AIR WAS LEAKING FROM LARGE CRACKS THAT APPEARED AT THE TREAD LINE. SIMILAR CRACKS WERE OBSERVED ON THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE, ALTHOUGH IT DID NOT DEFLATE. BOTH FRONT TIRES WERE REPLACED WITH THE SAME FIRESTONE TIRES ON 6/1/2000. THE REAR TIRES ARE NOW DEVELOPING CRACKS IN THE SAME LOCATIONS.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P255 70R16 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#728131August 16, 2000
TIRES
THESE 4 TIRES GAVE ME HORRIBLE HANDLING & VIBRATIONS WHICH I TRIED TO HAVE FIXED BUT COULDN`T AT HIBDON TIRES OF ENID,OK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 2357515 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#728174August 16, 2000
TIRES
TREAD SEPARATED - ALMOST ROLLED VEHICLE( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: LT 235R75 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#867951August 16, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 60 MPH RIGHT REAR TIRE SUFFERED A TREAD SEPARATION. HOWEVER, CONSUMER KEPT CONTROL OF VEHICLE. FIRESTONE ATX, 235/75R15 .*AK THE TREAD SEPARATION DAMAGED THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL AND BODY PANEL OF THE VEHICLE, AND THE MANUFACTURER REIMBURSED THE CUSTOMER FOR THE DAMAGES. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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