Ford Explorer Complaints (1996)

1,450 consumer complaints on file.

#849770October 4, 1999
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
WHILE DRIVING AT ABOUT 65 MPH AND USING CRUISE CONTROL, CONSUMER TRIED TO SLOW DOWN, BUT CRUISE CONTROL LOCKED UP. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO STOP BY HITTING THE BRAKES NOTHING HAPPENED. SO CONSUMER TAPPED ON THE GAS PEDAL, AND CAR ACCELERATED ALL TO 90MPH. CONSUMER THEN PUT CAR IN NEUTRAL AND SHUT CAR OFF. TURNED CAR BACK ON, AND RPMS WENT UP TO 5, AND SOUNDED AS THOUGH CAR WAS ABOUT TO TAKE OFF AT FULL SPEED IF FOOT HAD BEEN TAKEN OFF THE BRAKES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#849106September 29, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND APPLYING THE BRAKES, THE BRAKES WORKED INTERMITTENTLY, AND PEDAL WAS HARD. VEHICLE COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD/ SLOWED DOWN, AND CAME TO A STOP. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#849253September 29, 1999
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:TAILGATE:LATCH
REAR LIFTGATE BROKE. OCCUPANT CANNNOT OPEN DOOR FROM THE INSIDE OR FROM OUTSIDE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#846274September 28, 1999
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
CONSUMER WAS SENT A RECALL 97V074000, CONCERNING THROTTLE LINKAGES AND CONTROL. CONTACTED DEALER IN REFERENCE TO RECALL.DEALER REFUSED TO CORRECT RECALL'S APPLICATION TO COLD CLIMATE AREAS ONLY. *AK THE CAR MAY NOT SLOW DOWN OR STOP AS PROMPTLY AS EXPECTED, AND THE THROTTLE PLATE MAY STAY IN THE HIGHWAY CRUISING POSITION. THIS COULD MEAN A POTENTIAL ACCIDENT. 'JN
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#848881September 28, 1999
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
INTERMITTENTLY THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECOME INOPERABLE, CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#848926September 28, 1999
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
CONSUMER RECIEVED RECALL LETTER 97V074000 CONCERNING THROTTLE LINKAGE AND CONTROL. CONTACTED DEALER, AND WAS INFORMED THAT NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#711999September 24, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK
FALSE ABS ACTIVATION WHILE LIGHT BRAKING AT LOW SPEEDS. THAT IS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#848093September 20, 1999
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
DRIVER'S SIDE REAR PASSENGER SEAT BELT RETRACTED OR GAVE OUT & IT RELEASED THE REARFACING CSS. CHILD & SEAT TOPPLED OVER TO LEFT. DRIVER TRIED TO RESECURE SEAT BELT, BUT RETRACTOR FAILED. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER & WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC RETRACTOR WAS BROKEN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#711674September 20, 1999
SUSPENSION:FRONT, SUSPENSION:REAR
I NOTICED BOUNCING OF THE VEHICLE WHEN TRAVELING OVER DIPS IN THE ROAD. I WOULD IMAGINE THIS PROBLEM IS VERY WIDE SPREAD BUT IS NOT NOTICEABLE TO MANY PEOPLE BECAUSE THE OF THE "FIRMNESS" OF THE OTHER PARTS OF THE SUSPENSION. SUCH AS THE TORSION BARS. I HAD FRONT SHOCKS REPLACED AFTER PRESSURING THE DITSCHMAN FORD(FLEMINGTON, NJ) DEALERSHIP PRETTY HARD. I NOTICED THE DIFFERENCE IMMEDIATELY. THE PROBLEM SEEMED TO REAPPEAR AGAIN AFTER ONLY 4,000 ADDITIONAL MILES.THE SAME PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE TRUE OF THE REAR SHOCKS ALSO. THIS PROBLEM RESULTS IN BOUNCING AND DIVING OF THE NOSE OF THE VEHICLE DURING HARD BRAKING. I WOULD IMAGINE IN EMERGENCY(SEVERE)HANDLING THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT PERFORM AS EXPECTED. I AM NOW CONSIDERING AN AFTERMARKET SET OF SHOCKS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#847630September 14, 1999
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
THE ENTIRE TREAD ON THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRES SEPARATED COMPLETELY FROM THE TIRE, DAMAGING THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WHILE IN MOTION. ALSO THE TIRE DID NOT GO FLAT. DEALER SAYS IT WAS A TIRE DEFECT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#711353September 14, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
3RD TRANSMISSION IN 35K MILES, FORD WON'T WARRANTY. TRANSMISSIONS FAIL AT HIGHWAY SPEED AND HAS NEARLY CAUSED 3 ACCIDENTS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#847541September 13, 1999
SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS
WHEN BRAKE PADS WERE BEING REPLACE, MECHANIC NOTICED THAT THE BUSHING ON THE FRONT LEFT DRIVER'S SIDE WAS MISSING. THE BUSHING HAS NOT BEEN REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#847553September 13, 1999
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
THE GAS PEDAL IS TOO CLOSE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL, CAUSING THE DRIVER TO APPLY BOTH BY MISTAKE. DEALER REPLACED GAS PEDAL ASSEMBLY, AND PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#548424September 8, 1999
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION. MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#847187September 8, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH APPLY THE BRAKES AND THEY WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOORBOAR VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN, BUT DIDN'T COME TO A STOP, CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO REAR END ANOTHER VEHICLE. CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE FENDER. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#847062September 7, 1999
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 65 MPH CONSUMER TRIED TO REDUCE SPEED OF CRUISE CONTROL BY APPLYING BRAKES PEDAL, BUT ABS LOCKED UP, MAKING THE VEHICLE TURN/ROLL OVER. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NO TDEPLOY, AND VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#846726September 3, 1999
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED IN COLD WEATHER THE THROTTLE PEDAL STICKS. WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKE'S OR SHIFTING THE TRANSMISSION TO NEUTRAL, WILL INCRESAED THE BRAKE PEDALS EFFORTS OR SOME INCREASE IN STOPPING DISTANCE CAN RESULTIN A PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#846822September 3, 1999
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
A BOLT THAT HOLDS THE DRIVER'S SEAT UPRIGHT SNAPPED, SEATBACK COLLAPSED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#841744September 2, 1999
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
THE BACK SUPPORT PART OF THE SEAT COLLAPSED WHILE DRIVING DUE TO A CRACK IN THE ADJUSTMENT LEVER. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *ML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#846222August 31, 1999
CHILD SEAT:HARNESS RETAINER/CHEST CLIP
INTEGRATED CHILD SEAT 5-POINT HARNESS CLIP WHICH GOES ACROSS THE CHILD'S CHEST DOESN'T FASTEN SECURELY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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