Ford Explorer Complaints (1996)

1,450 consumer complaints on file.

#866849August 4, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH REAR RIGHT TIRE LOST ALL OF THE TREAD, CAUSING A LOSS OF CONTROL AND HITTING O A BRIDGE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK BOTH DRIVER SIDE TIRES WERE ALSO RUINED WHEN THE VEHICLE WENT OUT OF CONTROL AND HIT THE CONCRETE BRIDGE WALKWAY. *YH
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#866876August 4, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
PE0 020; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 70MPH ON HIGHWAY AND SHE HEARD VIBRATION, AND THEN VEHICLE WENT OUT OF CONTROL. DRIVER RIGHT REAR TREAD SEPARATED FROM TIRE, BUT TIRE WAS STILL INFLATED. *AK FIRESTONE ATX P235/75/R15 *MW
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#866836August 4, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
WHILE DRIVING, FIRESTONE RADIAL ATX LEFT REAR TIRE P235/75R15 EXPERIENCED A TREAD SEPARATION, CAUSING A THUMPING NOISE, TIRE FAILURE ALSO CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE LEFT REAR QUARTER PANEL, TIRE WAS STILL INFLATED. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#726509August 3, 2000
TIRES
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 23575R15 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#726548August 3, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
TREADS SEPARATED FROM TIRE ON ONE AT 18,000 MILES AND AT 23,000 MILESA BLOW OUT. WE WERE NOT DRIVING FAST. ONE WAS IN YELLOWSTONE AND THE OTHER WAS ON A FREEWAY GOING ABOUT 65MPH. *AK( DOT NUMBER: )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#726559August 3, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
TREAD SEPARATION CAUSED ROLLOVER ON THE FREEWAY. *AK( DOT NUMBER: )
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#726568August 3, 2000
TIRES
RIGHT REAR TIRE PEELED COMPLETELY AROUND CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL SLAMMING INTO THE GUARDRAIL ON THE FREEWAY MULTIPLE HITS TO LEFT SIDE OF THE CAR. PINBALL EFFECT.*AK( DOT NUMBER: VDHL1PM016 TIRE SIZE: 235/75R15 )
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#726589August 3, 2000
TIRES
THE ACCIDENT OCCURED OUTSIDE OF AUSTIN TEXAS AND RESULTED IN THE DEATH OF MY BROTHER JOHN CHRISTOPHER HOUSTON AND HIS FIANCE, DANA WILLENBERG. 3 OTHER PASSENGERS WERE INJURED. A POLICE REPORT IS ON FILE WITH THE GEORGETOWN POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE 3 OTHER PASSENGERS, WHO RESIDE IN AUSTIN, ARE WILLING TO PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *AK( DOT NUMBER: )
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
5
Deaths:
2
#726488August 3, 2000
TIRES
TREAD FAILED AT HIGHWAY SPEADS RESULTED IN MULTIPLE ROLL OVER ACCIDENT AND SERIOUS INJURIES( DOT NUMBER: )
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
4
Deaths:
0
#726494August 3, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
TIRE BLEW OUT ON HIGHWAY. TREAD SEPARATED FROM REST OF TIRE. THIS WAS VERY SIMILAR TO PUBLISHED REPORTS OF FIRESTONE/EXPLORER FAILURES. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO REMAIN IN CONTROL AND PULL OVER. *AK( DOT NUMBER: )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#866673August 3, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED CONSUMER THOUGHT THAT RIGHT REAR TIRE WAS FLAT ,BUT IT DID NOT GO FLAT. TREAD BEGAN TO SEPARATE. TIRE WAS REPLACED WITH SPARE, AND AFTER 5 MINUTES OF DRIVING AT 70 MPH , LEFT REAR TIRE TREAD HAD SEPARATED, AND DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE ,SPUN AROUND, AND ROLLED OVER,CAUSING 1 FATALITY AND 4 SERIOUSLY INJURED. TIRE AND TREAD WERE SENT TO HR BAUMGARDNER TIRE CONSULTANTS ,JAY HALPERN, TO 3330 LAKEWIND WAY ,ALPHARETTA, GA 30005 TELE#18008827006 BY ATTORNEY. ( FIRESTONE ATX RADIAL TIRE DOT VDHL1PM196). *AK *MJS
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
4
Deaths:
1
#866712August 3, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
ON JULY 2, 2000 THIS VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH ONE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRE AND THREE FIRESTONE ATX TIRES WAS ON THE INTERSTATE TRAVELING AT 75 MPH, AND SUFFERED A REAR PASSENGER'S SIDE BLOWOUT, TAKING THE LIVES OF TWO OF THE OCCUPANTS, AND INJURING 3 OCCUPANTS. *AK *SLC
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
3
Deaths:
2
#866774August 3, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
WHILE DRIVING DOWN ON ROUTE 15 SOUTH BOUND SUDDENLY HEARD A BANGING. THIS LATER TURNED OUT TO BE TREAD SEPARATION FROM DRIVER SIDE REAR TIRES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#866723August 3, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE VIBRATION SO CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO FIRESTONE CENTER WHERE TIRES WERE ROTATED, 2 MONTHS LATER THERE WAS STILL VIBRATION AND WHEN INSPECTING TIRES, FOUND 1 WAS EXPERIENCING TREAD SEPARATION, DEALER ALIGNED, ROTATED AND REPLACED TIRE, ABOUT 2 WEEKS LATER CONSUMER PURCHASED NEW TIRES AND SERVICE MANAGER STATED THAT ANOTHER TIRE HAD BEGAN TO SEPARATE, CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#726418August 2, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
BOTH TIRE DEFECTS APPEAR AS LARGE BUBBLES IN THE TREAD OF THE TIRE. THE FIRST TIRE DEFECT BECAME APPARENT THE FIRST TIME THAT TIRE WAS MOUNTED AFTER HAVING BEEN USED AS THE SPARE TIRE ALL OF IT'S LIFE, NEVER HAVING BEEN MOUNTED UNTILL THEN. THE BUBBLE BECAME APPARENT TO ME AS A VIBRATION AND ROAD SLAP NOISE. THE MOST RECENT DEFECT (DIFFERENT TIRE) APPEARS AS A BUBBLE APPROXIMATELY 12" IN LENGTH, APPROXIMATELY 3" WIDE ALONG THE INSIDE TREAD SURFACE. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#866569August 2, 2000
TIRES:BEAD
VEHICLE WAS EQUIPTED WITH FIRESTONE ATX TIRES ( P235/75R15). TIRES WERE CAUSING VEHICLE TO VIBRATE, FOUND OUT THAT CORDS WERE BAD IN THE TIRE. THEY EVENTUALY BLEW OUT.DEALER WAS CONTACTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#866568August 2, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
WHILE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY TIRE TREAD CAME UNDONE, CAUSING VEHICLE TO FLIP OUT OF CONTROL, ONE INJURY . *AK *MJS
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#726391August 1, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
I LOST CONTROL AND FLIPPED MY FORD EXPLORER WHEN MY FIRESTONE ATX TIRE LOST ITS TREAD WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY IN SOUTHERN CA. MY EXPLORER WAS A TOTAL LOSS AND I FORTUNATELY WALKED AWAY WITH ONLY MINOR BACK AND NECK PROBLEMS AND A CONCUSSION. IT WAS RECENTLY BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT THIS WAS NOT A FREAK ACCIDENT BUT SOMETHING THAT HAS OCCURRED MORE FREQUENTLY AND I WANTED TO LOG MY COMPLAINT.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 32 PSI )
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#866505August 1, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY AND HEARD A POPPING NOISE. THEN, FIRESTONE ATX TIRE WENT FLAT. CONSUMER SAID THERE WAS A GOODYEAR TIRE PLACE NEARBY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#866514August 1, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
PE00020: DRIVING VEHICLE 77MPH WHEN TREAD SEPARATED FROM RIGHT REAR FIRESTONE ATX TIRE WITH 12,000 MILES & WRAPPED AROUND & HIT THE BACK OF TRUCK. HAD MADE A LOT OF NOISE WHEN IT HIT. TRUCK LIFTED UP OF PAVEMENT. CHANGED TIRE P235/75R15 & TOOK TRUCK TO FIRESTONE SHOP TO HAVE TIRE REPLACED. SENT OTHER TIRE & INFORMATION TO FIRESTONE MANUFACTURER FOR REIMBURSEMENT. NOT SURE IF TIRES WERE ORIGINAL OR NOT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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