Ford Explorer Complaints (1996)

1,450 consumer complaints on file.

#866531August 1, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
ODI# 6141; WHILE DRIVING DOWN FREEWAY GOING APPROX. 60 MPH LEFT REAR FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRE TREAD SEPARATED. TIRE SIZE WAS 255/70R16. TIRES HAVE BEEN REPLACED. *AK CONSUMER STATES OTHER TIRES WERE REPLACED DUE TO CRACKS ALONG THE EDGES. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#866326July 31, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 75MPH FELT REAR END WOBBLING BADLY. PULLED OVER & NOTICED A BUBBLE IN THE TREAD OF ORIGINAL FIRESTONE ATX. EXCHANGED LEFT REAR WITH THE SPARE. TOOK VEHICLE TO FIRESTONE STORE & BROUGHT TWO FIRESTONE ATX & PLACED ON VEHICLE. DO NOT HAVE TIRES OR DOT NUMBER. P225/70R15. TIRES HAD 54,000 MILES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#866382July 31, 2000
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS, TIRES:TREAD/BELT
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 65MPH ON HIGHWAY AND HEARD A LOUD NOISE TREAD SEPARATED FROM LEFT REAR TIRE, AND DAMAGED THE LEFT REAR QUARTER PANEL, KNOCKING OFF THE CHROME COVER OFF, AND BOLTS BROKEN AND BENT THE REAR QUARTER PANEL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#866384July 31, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
FIRESTONE RADIAL ATX P23575R15 TIRES ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 96 EXPLORER. WHILE DRIVING 55-60MPH TREAD SEPARATED ON THE LEFT REAR TIRE, RESULTING IN BODY DAMAGE. *AK *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#726160July 28, 2000
TIRES
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#866138July 27, 2000
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES
WHILE IN REVERSE VEHICLE ACCELERATED SUDDENLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY, RESULTING IN A COLLISION, AND MINOR INJURIES. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED. *AK PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT, THE VEHICLE HAD ACCELERATED FORWARD AT FULL THROTTLE AFTER STARTING DISPITE FRANTIC BREAKING BY DRIVER. *YH
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#866142July 27, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
PE00020 TIRE TREAD SEPARATION: WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH DRIVER HEARD A LOUD NOISE, LOST CONTROL OF THE EXPLORER AND CRASHED. DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE EXPLORER BECAUSE THE TREAD ON THE REAR RIGHT TIRE CAME OFF. DRIVER WAS THE ONLY PERSON IN VEHICLE AND NOT SERIOUSLY INJURIED. TIRE WAS A FIRESTONE ATX, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, 23575R15. THE INSURANCE HAS BEEN CONTACTED. OWNER WAS TOLD TO CONTACT FIRESTONE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURHTER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#866145July 27, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
TREAD CAME OFF PARTIALLY OFF THE TIRES WHILE DRIVING, AND WAS BANGING AGAINST THE VEHICLE. THESE WERE FIRESTONE ATX TIRES. TIRES HAVE BEEN REPLACED WITH ANOTHER SET OF ATX. *AK FIRESTONE ATX P235/75/R15 *MW
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#726093July 26, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM:SHOES/LININGS
LINING ON LEFT REAR EMERGENCY BRAKE SHOE SEPARATED FROM SHOE, CAUSING LEFT REAR WHEEL TO LOCK UP. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#866006July 26, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
PE00-020, FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRE TREAD SEPARATION; WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 70-75 MPH TREAD ON THE REAR TIRE ON DRIVER'S SIDE CAME OFF, WHICH CAUSED A CRASH. EXPLORER WAS TOTALLED IN THE CRASH. DRIVER WAS THE ONLY PERSON WHO SUSTAINED A SHOULDER INJURY. FIRESTONE ATX TIRES WERE ON THE TRUCK. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#866072July 26, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
TIRE TREAD SEPERATED ON THE DRIVER'S REAR SIDE. TIRE WAS A STOCK REPLACEMENT FROM FORD DEALER. TIRES WERE FIRESTONE ATX P235/75R15. VEHICLE WAS GOING ABOUT 65 MPH. VEHICLE RECEIVED ABOUT $2000 WORTH OF DAMAGES. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#725960July 25, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS, THREE (3) TIRES HAVE SEPARATED FROM THE BELTS. ONE LEFT-REAR TIRE SEPARATED ON THE HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH. THE CAR STARTED SHIMMING, THEN A THUMP, AND YOU COULD HEAR FLAPPING. THE TREAD HAD COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM THE BELTS. *AK( DOT NUMBER: )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#865940July 25, 2000
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
WHILE DRIVING AND SEAT BELT IS FASTENED, WHEN MOVING AROUND,SEAT BELT WILL COME UNDONE. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#725909July 24, 2000
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE POSITIONING MY SUV WITH INTENTION TO BACK UP, AS SOON AS I SHIFT LEVER IN GOT THE THE REVERSE MODE, THE SUV ACCELLERATED WILDLY, AND PLUNGED AHEAD UNTROLLABLE UNTIL IT SMASHED INTO A BACK OF THE CLOCK STORE BACK LOADING AREA, AND PULLED DOWN A WALL, AND CEILING AND SMASHED ITS SELF UNTIL IT WAS STOPPED BY THE ENORMOUS IMPACT.. IT DESTROVED MUCH OF THE BUILDING, AND ANTIQUE GRANDFATHER CLOCKS, AS WELL AS DAMAGE TO ANOTHER OLD PRISTINE LASALLE AUTOMOBILE.... SEATS WERE FLATTENED IN THE SUV, AND GLASS WAS BROKEN EVERY WHERE. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
1
#725812July 22, 2000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL
OXYGEN SENSOR FAILURE NO.1 AT 10300 MILES ON 12 NOV 1996, COVERED UNDER VEHICLE WARRANTY. OXYGEN SENSOR FAILURE NO. 2 AT 46200 MILES ON 4 MAY 1999. OXYGEN SENSOR FAILURE NO. 3 AT 64600 MILES ON 18 JUL 2000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#865855July 21, 2000
SUSPENSION:FRONT, STRUCTURE:BODY:BUMPERS, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TAIL LIGHTS, TIRES:TREAD/BELT
CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY ABOUT 70MPH AND THEN SHE FELT VIBRATION, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN TREAD CAME OFF OF THE TIRES AND DAMAGED VEHICLE. ALSO, TAIL LIGHT WAS BROKEN, AS WELL AS FENDER WELL AND THE BUMPER. THE ORIGINAL ATW TIRES WERE ON THIS VEHICLE. CONSUMER HAD THEM REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#865856July 21, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
TREAD ON FIRESTONE ATX TIRES WAS SEPARATING FROM INSIDE. TIRE SIZE P235/75R15. TIRES WERE THE ORIGINAL ONES BOUGHT WITH VEHICLE. VEHICLE WAS GOING ABOUT 40 MPH. IT WAS THE RIGHT REAR TIRE. DEALER HAS ADVISED CONSUMER THAT ALL FOUR TIRES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#865857July 21, 2000
TIRES:SIDEWALL
LEFT REAR TIRE SIDEWALLS CAME TO RIBBONS. TREAD HAD SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE. THE TIRE WAS A FIRESTONE WILDERNESS, UNSURE IF IT WAS THE ORIGINAL TIRES. VEHICLE WAS DRIVING APPROX 60 MPH. TIRE SIZE P255/70R16. THE TIRE WAS GIVEN TO DEALER.*AK CUSTOMER WAS WAITING FOR RECALL TO REPLACE THE TIRES BUT WOULD NOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE ON INTERSTATE UNTIL TIRE SAFETY IS ASSURED. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#724899July 4, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH. VEHICLE DRIVES ONLY IN REVERSE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#724885July 3, 2000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I WILL NEVER BUY A FORD AGAIN. NOSAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN SUMMARY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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