Ford Explorer Complaints (1995)

843 consumer complaints on file.

#528962January 15, 1998
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION HAS VERY HARD DOWNSHIFTS WHICH SOUND AS IF PARTS HAVE BEEN LEFT BEHIND.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#528294January 13, 1998
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FAILURE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#528031January 12, 1998
SUSPENSION:FRONT:STABILIZER BAR
LINKAGE TO THE STABILIZER BAR BROKE WHILE DRIVING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#528263January 10, 1998
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
ACCELERATOR STICKS TO THE FLOOR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#524160December 12, 1997
SUSPENSION:REAR
LOW SPED IMPACT TO LEFT REAR CAUSED ROLLOVER. NE-AND ONE-HALF ROTATIONS, COMING TO REST ON ITS ROOF. PASSENGER'S SIDE WINDOW SHATTERED, CAUSING PARTIAL EJECTION OF 11-YEAR -OLD PASSENGER, CRUSHING HIS SKULL AND KILLING CHILD. TWO OTHER PASSENGERS WERE INJURED. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
1
#820239November 28, 1997
SUSPENSION:FRONT:STABILIZER BAR
WHILE DRIVING ON THE EXPRESSWAY AT ABOUT 65MPH, THE LEFT HAND STABILIZER BAR LINKAGE BROKE. THIS THREW THE VEHICLE INTO THE LEFT LANE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER TO CHECK OUT PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#525463November 26, 1997
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
#3 PISTON HAD A HOLE BURNT THROUGH IT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#820036November 25, 1997
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
GOING ABOUT 40MPH WHEN DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE & HIT TELEPHONE POLE. DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY UPON IMPACT BUT PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DID DEPLOY. AIR BAG DEPLOYED AFTER DRIVER LEFT VEHICLE. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#523455November 20, 1997
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
INTERMITTENT STALLING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#819077November 17, 1997
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
THE DOOR HANDLE ON BOTH REAR SIDES IS INOPERATIVE. FEELS AS THOUGH SOMETHING IS BENT IN THE MECHANISM SYSTEM OF THE INSIDE DOOR. ONLY WAY TO OPEN THE DOORS ARE BY OUTSIDE. DEALER REPLACED NEW HANDLE ONE YEAR AGO, DEFECT IS STILL REOCCURRING. THIS DEFECT CAN RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT OR INJURIES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#604089November 4, 1997
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS
BRAKE PADS SHIFTING CAUSING NOISE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#524407November 4, 1997
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
RELEASE BUTTON ON THE TWO REAR SEAT BELT BUCKLES JAM BETWEEN THE FOLD DOWN SEAT BACK, AND THE OCCUPIE SEAT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#523428October 27, 1997
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES
WHILE DRIVING APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL TO ACCELERATE SLIGHTLY IN ORDER TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE. IN BOTH INSTANCES, THE ACCELRATOR PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOORBOARD WITHOUT MOVING THE FEET WHATSOEVER, AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED. PLACED VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL TO STOP IT. DEALER REPLACED THROTTLE CABLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#817723October 27, 1997
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
SERVICE BULLETIN: VEHICLES PRODUCED PRIOR TO 6/20/95. PREMATURE FAILURE; FLASHING OF TRANSMISSION OVERDRIVE OFF LAND. RESULT: STALLING. CONSEQUENCE: NEEDING REPLACEMENT. *AK *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#525513October 24, 1997
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
SUDDEN ACCELERATION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#817575October 24, 1997
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
BRAKES: DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65MPH , ATTEMPTED TO SLOW DOWN THE BRAKE PEDAL WOULD NOT DEPRESS. USING BOTH FEET, PUT VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL AND COASTED TO A STOP. TOWED TO DEALER AND THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG. THE NEXT DAY DRIVING ON SAME HIGHWAY THE SAME THING OCCURRED, AND THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#524897October 16, 1997
INTERIOR LIGHTING
SPEEDOMETER LIGHT DOES NOT WORK ON THE 30 TO 40 MPH RANGE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#523711October 9, 1997
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE, POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT:SEAL, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
OVERDRIVE UNIT IN TRANSMISSION FAILED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#524315October 9, 1997
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH
COMPUTER MALFUNCTION CAUSES VEHICLE TO SHIFT INTO LOWER GEAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#523905September 29, 1997
SUSPENSION:REAR
ANTI-SWAY BAR DETACHED FROM SUSPENSION AT LOW SPEED WHILE PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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