Ford Explorer Complaints (1994)

1,207 consumer complaints on file.

#866728August 3, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
PE00020; TIRE TREAD SEPARATION: WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH, TREAD ON THE REAR DRIVER'S TIRES CAME OFF. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO CONTROL VEHICLE. TIRE WAS A FIRESTONE ATX, NOT ORGINAL EQUIPMENT. TIRE HAD ABOUT 3,000 MILES ON IT. THE TIRE WAS SENT TO FIRESTONE FOR POSSIBLE REPLACEMENT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AKFIRESTONE ATX 235/75/R15 *MW
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#866749August 3, 2000
STEERING:GEAR BOX (OTHER THAN RACK AND PINION)
BOLTS ON THE STEERING GEAR BROKE. CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD POPPING SOUND WHEN BOLTS BROKE. ALSO, NOTICED LOOSENESS IN THE STEERING. HAD OVER COMPENSATED WHILE STEERING. WAS ABLE TO CONTROL VEHICLE. DEALER INFORMED OF PROBLEMS. MECHANIC INDICATED NOTHING COULD BE DONE. HAD THE PARTS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#866772August 3, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
PE00020; CONSUMER TRAVELING 70 MPH ON HIGHWAY AND HEARD A THUMPING NOISE. THEN, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO VIBRATE AND VEERED LEFT AND CROSSED THE MEDIAN AND CRASHED. CAR THEN ROLLED SEVERAL TIMES. HE LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THIS WAS CAUSED BY TREAD SEPARATING FROM THE TIRES. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#866520August 1, 2000
PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL
WHEN APPLYING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE, IT WILL NOT HOLD AS IT SHOULD. INSTEAD THE VEHICLE MOVES JUST LIKE STATED IN RECALL 94 V169001. *AK THE PARKING BRAKE CONTROL SELF ADJUSTING PAWL DOES NOT LINE UP PROPERLY WITH SELF ADJUST RACHET CAUSING THE PAWL TO SLIP OVER ONE OR MORE TEETH IN THE RACHET. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#866236July 28, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
WAS DRIVING 70MPH ON CLEAR SUNNY DAY WHEN TIRE BLEWOUT FOR NO REASON. WAS ABLE TO CONTROL & GUIDE VEHICLE TO SIDE OF ROAD. AAA CAME & CHANGED FIRESTONE TIRE. NOTICED TREAD IN MIDDLE OF TIRE HAD SEPARATED & HANGING OFF,BUT STILL ON TIRE. TOOK VEHICLE TO TIRE SHOP & HAD FIRESTONE TIRE REPLACED. SHOP KEPT TIRE & HAVE NO REPORT. WAS ORIGINAL FIRESTONE ATX P235/75R15 ON A 1994 FORD EXPLORER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#866148July 27, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55MPH WHEN VEHICLE STARTED TO SHIMMY. FELT LIKE THE WHEELS WERE OUT OF BALANCE. DROVE A FEW MORE DAYS & WAS STILL SHIMMYING. TOOK TO TIRE DEALER & MECHANIC INDICATED THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE WAS DELAMINATED. TREAD WAS SEPARATING, BUT NOT COMPLETELY. HAD THE ORIGINIAL TIRE WITH 63,000 MILES ON IT & WAS REPLACED WITH ANOTHER. FIRESTONE ATX - P235/75R15 DOT W2HL1MO. HAVE NO REPORTS OR PHOTOGRAPHS. WILL BE SENDING TIRE. *AK *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#866192July 27, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
WHILE DRIVING ON FREEWAY ABOUT 55MPH HEARD A LOUD NOISE, SOMETHING HIT THE CAR. PULLED OVER ON THE SHOULDER, AND NOTICED THAT DRIVER'S SIDE REAR LEFT TIRE TREAD HAD SEPARATED FROM TIRE, TIRE FLEW OFF AND DAMAGED VEHICLE.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#866202July 27, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY ABOUT 50MPH AND DRIVING UP A HILL CONSUMER HEARD A FLAPPING NOISE. SO HE PULLED OVER, AND HE SAW A PIECE OF THE TIRE HANGING OFF OF THE TIRES. REAR LEFT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE CAME APART. IN DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR, REAR LEFT PASSENGER TIRE SEPARATED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#726091July 26, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
I WAS TRAVELLING AT 65MPH ON THE FREEWAY WHEN THE TREAD OF THE LEFT REAR TIRE SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE. I LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR. THE CAR SWERVED ACROSS THREE LANES AND ROLLED OVER 1 AND 1/4 TIMES, LANDING ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. THE TIRES HAD BEEN INSPECTED AND ROTATED 4 MONTHS (1500 MILES) BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. AT THAT TIME WE WERE ADVISED BY FIRESTONE THAT THE TIRES HAD 10,000-20,000 MILES OF USAGE LEFT. *AK( DOT NUMBER: W2HL1MO482 TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#865907July 24, 2000
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
WHILE TRAVELING 35 MPH AND AS A RESULT OF AN ACCIDENT REAR SEAT BELT THAT HAD CHILD SEAT LOCKED IN BECAME UNLOCKED. CHILD SEAT WAS LAYING FACE DOWN ON FLOOR. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#725790July 21, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
WE WERE GOING ON VACATION AND 2 TIRES HAD THE TREAD PEELED OFF AND THE 3RD HAD A BUBBLE READY TO BLOW. FAMILY OF 4, TWO ADULTS AND 2 CHILDREN. LUCKLY WE HAD NO ACCIDENTS SO WE DID NOT REPORT THIS TO THE POLICE. CURRENTLY SPEAKING WITH FIRESTONE FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF DAMAGES/EXPENSES DUE TO DEFECTIVE TIRES.WE ARE THE DRIVERS OF THE TRUCK , IT IS REGISTERED TO MY PARENTS. PLEASE CORRESPOND WITH US JOSE AND DAGMAR CIFUENTES 305-386-6883 E-MAIL LISTED ABOVE.WE STILL HAVE THE TIRES AND TREAD THAT HAD PEELED OFF IN OUR POSSESION. BUT FOR FIRESTONE TO PROCESS THE CLAIM THEY ARE REQUESTING THEM. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#865854July 21, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 60MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND HEARD A LOUD POPPING NOISE. HE HAD PULLED OVER ONTO THE SIDE. LOOKED DOWN AND NOTICED RIGHT REAR FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRE HAD LOST ALL THE TREAD, TOTALLY RECAPPED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#553014July 17, 2000
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:ABS WARNING LIGHT
CRUISE CONTROL FAILED. *MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#865530July 17, 2000
STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:SUPPORT DEVICE/STRUT
CONSUMER WAS INSIDE OF A SCHOOL PARKING LOT AND SHE WENT TO LIFT THE LIFTGATE WINDOW/DOOR AND SHE HEARD A POPPING NOISE. HYDRAULIC LIFT CYLINDERS CAME LOOSE, AND THE BRACKET THAT ATTACHED THE HYDRAULIC LIFT, THE WHOLE ASSEMBLY PART DETACHED. *AK PRIOR TO RECALL THE LIFTGATE FAILED ( 95I-007). VEHICLE TOOK TO DEALER AND IT WOULD TAKE 2 WEEKS TO FIX AND NO LOONER CAR WOULD PROVIDE. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#725468July 15, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
CALIPERS STICK AND GRIND UP ROTORS,SPEED CONTROL WILL NOT RELEASE, BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH GOES BAD, ACCELERATOR PEDDAL STICKS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#562553July 14, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
THE POLICE INVESTIGATION OF THE ACCIDENT INDICATED THAT THE LEFT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT DUE TO TREAD SEPARATION CAUSING THE DRIVER TO TRAVEL THE RIGHT AND OFF THE PAVED PORTION OF THE ROADWAY AND THE VEHICLE SLIDING IN A COUNTER CLOCK WISE MANNER OVER TURNED AND ROLLED OVER FIVE TIMES. THE DRIVER WAS EJECTED THROUGH THE RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER DOOR WINDOW AND THE PASSENGER WAS EJECTED THROUGH THE REAR DOOR WINDOW AS WELL. THE DRIVER DIED AT THE SCENE. AN 8 MONTH OLD FETUS WAS REMOVED BY CESAREAN SURGERY FROM THE MOTHER WHO WAS THE EJECTED PASSENGER. THE FETUS DIED LATER ON.(THE TIRE WAS FIRESTONE RADIAL ATX) *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
2
#552909July 6, 2000
STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:SUPPORT DEVICE/STRUT
VEHICLE EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF THE RECALL COMPONENT PRIOR TO RECALL NOTIFICATION, OWNER COMPLETED REPAIR DUE TO DEALERSHIP ESTIMATION OF THE COMPLETE REPAIR BEING EXCESSIVE, CONSUMER IS BEING DENIED REIMBURSEMENT DUE TO REPAIR CIRCUMSTANCES (99V-310). *MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#864801July 5, 2000
PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL:AIR
PERIODICALLY THAT WHEN THE BRAKE PARKING VALVE IS PRESSED PEDAL WILL GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO FLOOR.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#864654July 3, 2000
STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE:SUPPORT DEVICE/STRUT
NHTSA RECALL 99V310001 AND MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 99S34. THERE WAS A MISSING BRACKET. WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT THE BRACKET WAS PART OF THE LIFTGATE, AND THAT THEY NEEDED IT IN ORDER TO REPAIR VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#864301June 27, 2000
TIRES
REAR PASSENGER FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRES CAME APART, CAUSING VEHICLE TO ROLL OVER A COUPLE TIMES. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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