Ford Explorer Complaints (1995)

843 consumer complaints on file.

#559471February 6, 2001
SUSPENSION
CONSUMER HAD RECALL 00V402 COMPLETED ON VEHICLE AND IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#559469February 6, 2001
SUSPENSION:REAR
CONSUMER HAD THE RIGHT FRONT SWAY LINK REPLACED BECAUSE IT SNAPPED, THE LEFT SWAY BAR LINK WAS RUSTED TO A POINT WHERE IT WAS CLOSE TO BREAKING AND WAS ALSO REPLACED, CONSUMER HAD REPAIRS PRIOR TO RECALL 00S47, FORD DID NOT GIVE CONSUMER FULL REFUND FOR REPAIRS EVEN THOUGH IT SAYS IN THE REFUND LETTER THAT FULL REFUNDS WOULD BE GIVEN FOR THOSE CONSUMER'S WHO REPLACED SWAY BAR LINKS PRIOR TO THE DATE OF THE RECALL LETTER. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#879868February 6, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION, SUSPENSION:REAR
WHILE TRAVELING SWAY BAR LINKS BROKE. RECALL 00V402000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 00S47 FOR STABILIZER BAR DIDN'T COVER LOWER BALL JOINT THAT BROKE. DEALER WOULDN'T COVER WHAT WAS CAUSED BY RECALL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#879645February 2, 2001
TIRES:SIDEWALL
ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, TREAD IS IN GOOD CONDITION, BUT ALL FOUR TIRES HAVE DEVELOPED CRACKS AROUND SIDEWALL. TIRE SIZE P25570R16, WILDERNESS AT. *AK DOTVNCU, CONSUMER HAS HAD 2 FLAT TIRES. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#879593February 1, 2001
SUSPENSION
CONSUMER RECEIVED MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 00S47 FOR SWAY BAR LINK. CONTACTED DEALER, MATHIEW FORD IN WINCHENDON, MA TELE#9782970001, DEALER REFUSED TO DO RECALL REPAIRS BECAUSE VEHICLE HAD A SALVAGE TITLE. CONSUMER WAS STILL DRIVING VEHICLE. DEALER CLAIMED HE WAS BEING TOLD BY FORD MANUFACTURER NOT TO PERFORM RECALL. *AK CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPAIRS. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#879328January 30, 2001
SUSPENSION:REAR, STEERING
CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT 55 MPH IN LEFT LANE,AND THERE WAS A RATTLING NOISE. CONSUMER WAS FORCED INTO GUARDRAIL. HAD NO STEERING. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THEY SAID IT WAS SWAY BAR. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#879244January 29, 2001
TIRES, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE, SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY, EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.
SINCE PURCHASE OF VEHICLE IN 1998 FOLLOWING COMPONENTS HAD TO BE REPLACED: TRANSMISSION/FUEL PUMP/ ALL 4 TIRES BLEW AND NOT ON RECALL/ CRUISE CONTROL/ RADIO QUIT, AND NO LONGER ABLE TO BUCKLE DRIVERS SEAT BELT.*AK *ET
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#879259January 29, 2001
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
CONSUMER NOTICED THAT ALL 4 TIRES WERE EXPERIENCING TREAD SEPARATION. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#559222January 26, 2001
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPLACEMENT OF FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRES P23575R15 UNDER RECALL (OOT-005). CJ
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#739972January 26, 2001
TIRES
I WAS GOING DOWN THE ROAD AT 12:30 AT NIGHT AND IT SOUNDED LIKE SOMEONE BLEW UP THE BACK OF MY CAR AND WHEN I GOT OUT OF THE CAR THE BACK LEFT TIRE WAS FLAT. *AK (TIRESIZE: P235/75R15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#739973January 26, 2001
TIRES
I WAS GOING DOWN THE ROAD AT 12:30 AT NIGHT AND IT SOUNDED LIKE SOMEONE BLEW UP THE BACK OF MY CAR AND WHEN I GOT OUT OF THE CAR THE BACK LEFT TIRE WAS FLAT. *AK (TIRESIZE: P235/75R15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#879097January 26, 2001
SUSPENSION
RECALL 00V402000/ STABILIZER BAR LINK STUD; HAD MADE AN APPOINTMENT FOR 25 JANUARY, 2001 ON 2 JANUARY 2001, AT 6 PM. CONSUMER WAS INFORMED RECALL WAS NOT DONE DUE TO NO PARTS. LEFT VEHICLE UNTIL JANUARY 26, 2001, STILL NO PARTS. DEALER THEN TOLD CONSUMER SHE COULD LEAVE VEHICLE FOR A WEEK IN CASE PARTS CAME IN. SHE THEN CALLED FORD COMPANY WHERE SHE WAS TOLD THAT SHE WOULD JUST HAVE TO WAIT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#559201January 25, 2001
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES AFFECTED BY RECALL (OOT-005), TIRES REPLACED, OWNER SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#878935January 24, 2001
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM
POWER STEERING UNIT IS LEAKING. CONSUMER MUST HAVE COMPLETE STEERING RACK UNION REPLACED INSTEAD OF JUST STEERING UNIT WHICH IS MORE EXPENSIVE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#878936January 24, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
VEHICLE STALLS INTERMITTENTLY, MOSTLY IN HOT WEATHER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#878937January 24, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE TRAVELING WITH CRUISE CONTROL ON AND TRYING TO EXIT, TRIED TO RELEASE CRUISE CONTROL, BUT VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN, RESULTING IN A MULTI VEHICLE COLLISION/WRECK SIMILAR TO RECALL 95V052000. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#878844January 23, 2001
TIRES
ORIGINAL TIRES, DOT VNCU1PL494, 22570R16. TWO DRIVER'S SIDE TIRES HAD BUBBLES IN THEM, SHOWING PREMATURE TIRE FAILURES. *AK FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#878359January 17, 2001
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
SEAT BELT RETRACTORS DO NOT WORK PROPERLY. THEY DO LOCK ON SUDDEN STOPPING SITUATIONS. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WILL INSPECT VEHICLE TO CHECK WHATS WRONG. *AK THE DEALER DECIDED TO REPLACE THE BACK SEAT BELTS TO SOLVE THE PROBLE. *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#558805January 11, 2001
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
FIRESTONE RADIAL ATX TIRES (P235/75R15) EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT AND VIBRATION, CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE 00T005 AND REPLACED ALL TIRES AND IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#878025January 11, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHILE DRIVING AT 55MPH A POP WAS HEARD, LIKE A GUN. HEARD SOMETHING HITTING UNDERNEATH VEHICLE. WAS MAKING A DING, DING NOISE. WAS IN MODERATE SPEED LANE, STEERING, WHEN LEFT FRONT CORNER NOSE DIVED. WAS NOT HANDLING RIGHT. MANAGED TO DRIVE TO FRIEND'S PARKING LOT & CHECKED VEHICLE. NOTICED CONNECTOR BOLT HAD SNAPPED, BUT NOT SEPARATED. 2ND TIME WHILE VEHICLE WAS JACKED UP AFTER THE 1ST REPAIR CONNECTOR SNAPPED AGAIN. WAS IN A PLASTIC CASING. TOOK TO FORD & BOTH BOLTS WERE REPLACED. HAVE THE ORIGINIAL PARTS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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