Ford Explorer Complaints (1999)

1,441 consumer complaints on file.

#847525September 13, 1999
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
INTERMITTENTLY WINDSHIELD WIPERS AUTOMATICALLY OPERATE. WHEN THE BLINKERS ARE APPLIED THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS OPERATE. WILL NOT OPERATE ON HIGH UNLESS THE BLINKERS ARE ON. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#847588September 13, 1999
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILS TO WORK PROPERLY WHEN IN USE. WOULD COME ON/OFF BY THEMSELVES. THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT. THIS CAUSES POOR VISIBILITY TO THE DRIVER. WILL BE TAKING VEHICLE TO DEALER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#847442September 10, 1999
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
THE AIR BAG SENSORS FOR SIDE AIR BAG WAS MISSING. THIS CAUSED FRONTAL AIRBAGS NOT WORK LIKE THEY SHOULD. THE AIR BAG LIGHT INDICATOR ON INSTRUMENT PANEL CAME ON. HAD TAKEN TO DEALER & INFORMED BY MECHANIC THE CAUSE OF PROBLEM COULD NOT BE LOCATED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#548430September 9, 1999
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
WINDSHIELD WIPER SELF ACTIVATE CONTINUALLY, THE GEM MODULE REPLACEMENT IS NOT AVAILABLE TO RECTIFY PROBLEMS AT THIS TIME. MJS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#847300September 9, 1999
SUSPENSION:FRONT, VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:EXTERIOR
WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE AT 70 MPH IT BEGAN TO SHAKE VIGOROUSLY, IT SHOOK SO BADLY THAT WHEN TRYING TO LOOK OUT THE REAR VIEW MIRRIOR, DRIVER COULD NOT SEE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#846906September 7, 1999
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
WHILE DRIVING IN A RAIN STORM, WITHOUT WARNING, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WENT COMPLETELY OUT. OWNER HAD TO WAIT ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD UNTIL THE WIPERS STARTED BACK UP. DLR HAS SEEN VEHICLE, AND IS WAITING FOR PART. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#548330September 2, 1999
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
SEVERAL MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE THE VEHICLE'S WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD COMMERCE TO OPERATE WITHOUT THE SWITCH BEING ACTIVATED. HOWEVER, ON JULY 20, 1999 THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MODULE WAS REPLACED, ON AUGUST 16, 1999 THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILURE ALMOST RESULTING IN COLLISION. PROBLEM WAS NEVER CORRECTED, PROBLEM STILL EXIST. *YC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#846417September 2, 1999
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
WINDHSHIELD WIPERS ARE TOTALLY INOPERATIVE, CAUSING LOSS OF VISIBLITY.DEALER HAS REPLACED COMPUTER MODULE .PLEASE PRIVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#846533September 2, 1999
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH A FIRE STARTED IN THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR PANEL. DRIVER WAS ABLE TO PULL TO THE SHOULDER SAFELY AND PUT OUT THE FIRE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#846565September 2, 1999
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM
CAR WILL NOT START . ALSO, CONSUMER SMELLED GAS FUMES. TOOK CAR TO THE DEALER, AND THEY TOLD HUIM THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#710850September 2, 1999
STRUCTURE:BODY:BUMPERS
REAR BUMPERS ON THIS SERIES IS SO HIGH ABOVE GRADE THAT THEY ARE INEFFECTIVE. A SIMPLE BUMPER TAP FROM A NORMAL SEDAN AS IN PARALLEL PARKING, IS SUFFICIENT TO DO THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS DAMAGE SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE RAISED BUMPER. MY COMMENT: REQUIRING BUMPER STANDARDS LIKE "5 MPH" IS IRRELEVANT IF BUMPERS DO NOT MATCH. THE FORD EX... SERIES BUMPER HEIGHT IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF NON-STANDARD, UNNECESARILY BURDENSOME, DESIGN CHANGE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#846263September 1, 1999
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:SWITCH
WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE INOPERABLE. WHEN THE TURN SIGNAL IS ACTIVATED THE WIPERS WILL ACTIVATE. THE DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#846352September 1, 1999
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
WINDSHIELD WIPERS COMES ON/OFF ON ITS OWN. WHEN TURNED ON WILL NOT GO FAST. WOULD SLOW DOWN OR SPEED UP ON ITS OWN. TOOK TO DEALER & WAS INFORMED A MODULE IS NEEDED. MANUFACTURER HAS PARTS ON BACK ORDER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#710807September 1, 1999
VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR
REAR WINDOW EXPLODED IN MY GARAGE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#548268August 31, 1999
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
POOR DESIGN OF THE PASSENGER SEAT (BENCH) WILL NOT LOCK IN PLACE. HOWEVER, WHEN A PASSENGER IS GETTING OUT OF THE VEHICLE THE BENCH TILT UP IN THE REAR PART OF SEAT CAUSING FAILURE WHICH COULD RESULT IN POSSIBLE INJURY. *YC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#846225August 31, 1999
SEATS
ARM REST IN THE BACK OF THE TRUCK IS IN THE WAY OF WHERE THE CHILD SEAT IS THE BEST PLACE TO GO.DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THEY MAKE NO OTHER SEATS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#710632August 28, 1999
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
THE WIPERS GO ON AT WILL; STOP AT WILL; RAINING OR NOT RAINING. INTERMITTENT. HAVE NO FAST WIPER SPEED OR WINDSHIELD WASHER. DEALER ORDERED PART (STICK FOR WIPERS/TURN SIGNAL). IT JUST CAME IN. I'LL SEE IF THAT FIXES THE PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#845873August 26, 1999
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
INTERMITTENTLY WINDSHIELD WIPERS BECAME INOPERABLE. DEALER HAS INSPECTED THE VEHICLE . *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#845905August 26, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC
WHEN APPLYING BRAKES BETWEEN 45 TO 50MPH VEHICLE PULLS TO THE LEFT. DEALER HAS SEEN VEHICLE 4 TIMES, AND REPLACED PADS/ROTORS,AND CALIPERS. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#845943August 26, 1999
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
WINDSHIELD WIPERS INTERMITTENTLY COME ON AND OFF. CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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