Ford Explorer Complaints (1998)

2,085 consumer complaints on file.

#843759July 29, 1999
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER
THE GAS INDICATOR MALFUNCTIONED WHILE APPLYING THE BRAKES. DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#547563July 28, 1999
STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE
LEFT AND RIGHT REAR WINDOWS HINGES THREADS WORE OUT, SCREW AND WINDOW FELL OFF ON THE DRIVER HAND AND DAMAGED LEFT SIDE OF THE CAR. YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#709349July 28, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
VEHICLE SHUTS ITSELF OFF WHILE TRAVELING. ONCE IT BEGINS TO SHUT ITSELF OFF, IT HAPPENS SEVERAL TIMES IN A ROW. IT HAPPENED THE FIRST TIME THEN TRAVELED AN ADDITIONAL 200 MILES BEFORE IT DID IT AGAIN. IT THEN DID IT ABOUT SIX TIMES. TOOK TO DEALER, UNABLE TO FIND. BROUGHT VEHICLE TO LOCAL DEALER, THEN TO SELLING DEALER. SHUT DOWN ON BUSY FREEWAY, WAS TOWED TO A FOURTH DEALER WHO SAYS IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A LOOSE FUEL WIRE. SAYS THE CARS MOVEMENT MAY HAVE MADE IT INTERMINTENT. PICKED UP VEHICLE FROM LAST DEALER AND HE ADVISED MAY HAVE FIXED PROBLEM, BUT NOT SURE. UNABLE TO USE VEHICLE AS THERE IS NO TRUST.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#843494July 27, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
AFTER DRIVING FOR 3HOURS AND PULLING OVER TO REST, VEHICLE SHUT OFF FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, VEHICLE WOULD NOT START BACK UP EVEN AFTER WATING 2HRS. VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#843506July 27, 1999
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH
RECEIVED RECALL LETTER 99V164000, CONCERNING HOOD LATCH. CONTACTED DEALER NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK.ET.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#709274July 27, 1999
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
AT VERY LOW SPEEDS, OR AFTER RELEASING THE FOOT BRAKE, AND THEN ACCELERATING BRISKLY, THE ENTIRE DRIVE TRAIN GOES INTO NEUTRAL. THE ENGINE SPEEDS UP, BUT NO VEHICLE MOVEMENT. YOU MUST STOP, OR COAST UNTIL THE DRIVE LINE VIOLENTLY "CLUNKS" BACK INTO GEAR. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES, TWICE NEARLY CAUSING ACCIDENTS. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS, AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF OTHER SIMILAR VEHICLES HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. IT HAS JUST BEEN REPORTED TO THE MANUFACTURER, SO THEY HAVE NOT HAD TIME TO RESPOND.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#547538July 26, 1999
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
HOOD LATCH RECALL REPAIR DENIED DUE TO DEALERSHIP (99V164000). *YC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#843211July 23, 1999
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
WHEN STOPPING VEHICLE AND PULLING OFF, THE GAS PEDAL HESITATES AND STICKS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#842923July 22, 1999
VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC SYSTEM
ONGOING PROBLEM WITH DEFOGGER FOGGING UP WINDOW FOR A SHORT PEROID OF TIME BEFORE IT CLEARS UP. MFR. NOTIFIED DEALER, AND WAS INFORMED TO CONTACT NHTSA ON THIS MATTER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#709026July 22, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK
THREE TIMES I NEEDED TO STOP QUICKLY AND WHEN THE ABS SYSTEM ENGAUGED THE BRAKING SLOWED CONSIDERABLY . THE CAR FOUR CAR LENGTHS IN FRONT OF ME BRAKED MUCH MUCH FASTER THAN I COULD EVEN THOUGH I WAS READY TO BRAKE AT THAT MOMENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#842766July 21, 1999
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
FUEL PUMP WIRING BECAME DISLODGED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#842670July 20, 1999
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES
CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER IN REFERENCE TO RECALLS 99V164000 , HOOD LATCH; AND 99V06200, SPEED CONTROL CABLE. DEALER STATED PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE, REFUSED TO CORRECT RECALL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#842548July 19, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING NO BRAKING ABILITY, WHICH MAY RESULTIN A CRASH. BEEN TO DEALER SEVERAL TIMES, DELAER CANNOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#708800July 19, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM
VEHICLE STALLS, LOSES POWER WHEN ACCELERATING FROM FULL STOP, ESPECIALLY WHEN HOT. 5 TIMES AT DEALER W/ NO SOLUTION. DEALER COMPUTER INDICATES NOTHING WRONG. LOSS OF POWER COULD RESULT IN COLLISION IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#547345July 14, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
VEHICLE EXPERIENCING HESITAION AND STALLING PROBLEMS WHEN ACCELERATING RAPIDLY FROM A STOP OR SLOW SPEED. *YC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#708632July 14, 1999
SUSPENSION
VEHICLE VIBRATES FROM 0 TO 60 MPH. IT CAN BE FELT IN THE STEERING WHEEL , SEATS AND CENTER CONSOLE. IT IS VERY NOTICEABLE WHEN STARTING ON AN INCLINE. IN SOME CASES IT FEELS LIKE SOMETHING IS BANGING. THE DEALER AND MFG. BOTH TELL ME THIS IN A NORMAL CONDITION AND THAT THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DUE TO CORRENT THIS SITUATION. I AM AFRAID THAT AS THIS VIBRATION CONTINUES, SOMETHING (DRIVE SHAFT, BREAK HOSE, TRANS OR REAR SEALS) WILL EVENTUALLY START TO BREAK DOWN OR LEAK. IF A BREAK LINE OR HOSE VIBRATES AND BEGINS TO LEAK NO TELLING WHAT CAN HAPPEN !!!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#708544July 12, 1999
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS, VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR, EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER, POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT:SEAL, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
WHEN I TRIED TO USE THE AC IN MARCH IT BLEW OUT ONLY HOT AIR. A NEW COMPRESSOR HAD TO BE PUT IN IT. IT STILL LEAKS UNDER THE DASH WHEN IT RAINS HARD OR GOING THROUGH CAR WASH. REAR WIPER MOTOR BURNT OUT. WIPER WOULD NOT WORK, HAD TO BE REPLACED. REAR SEAL, PINON SEALS, AND REAR DRIVE SHAFT WERE REPLACED TWICE. THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR PANEL AND WINDOW RATTLED REALLY BAD. HAD REPAIRED. NOW FRONT DRIVER DOOR PANEL AND WINDOW RATTLES. HAD A "VIBRATING" NOISE REPAIRED. WHEN VEHICLE IDLED A PIECE OF METAL VIBRATED. SEVERAL TIMES I HAVE GONE TO TURN ON THE HEADLIGHTS AND THEY WON'T COME ON. I HAVE TO TURN THE BUTTON SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE THEY WILL COME ON. AFTER MY AUTO HAS SET OVERNIGHT AND I START IT, IT IDLES VERY ROUGH FOR A FEW MINUTES. THE GAS PEDAL HAS BEEN STICKING FOR QUITE A FEW MONTHS. ONLY WHEN YOU INITIALLY PUSH ON THE GAS TO GO. YOU HAVE TO TAP ON IT TO GET IT TO UNSTICK; THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL ON THIS, THE PA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#841954July 8, 1999
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL 99V062001 CONCERNING SPEED CONTROL CABLE . CONTACTED DEALER, AND NO PARTS WERE AVAILABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#841959July 8, 1999
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
CONSUMER HAD SPEED CONTROL DISCONNECTED.NO PARTS AVAILABLE.CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER AND MANUFACTURER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#841706July 6, 1999
AIR BAGS
ONGOING/RECURRING/INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WITH AIR BAG SENSOR LIGHT COMING ON. VEHICLE HAS BEEN INSPECTED/ REPAIRED ON EIGHT OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. CONSUMER IS CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY CONDITION WHEN AIR BAG LIGHT COMES ON. CAN NHTSA PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR HELP IN THIS MATTER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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