Ford Explorer Complaints (1995)

843 consumer complaints on file.

#732157September 21, 2000
SUSPENSION:FRONT:STABILIZER BAR
STABILIZER BAR COMPONENT BROKE AND LITERALLY DISINTEGRATED/DISAPPEARED COMPLETELY. NOTHING WAS LEFT BUT THE GAPING HOLE WHERE IT USED TO BE. SHOCK FAILED EITHER BEFORE OR AFTER COMPONENT FAILURE - NOT SURE WHICH OCCURRED FIRST.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#732168September 21, 2000
STEERING:LINKAGES
NO SUMMARY
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#732179September 21, 2000
SUSPENSION:FRONT:STABILIZER BAR
WHILE DRIVING ON 93 SOUTH, A MAJOR MASSACHUSETTS HIGHWAY, AT 55 MILES AN HOUR ON 11-1998, I SWERVED TO AVOID HITTING A CAR THAT WAS GOING TO COME INTO MY LANE.MY SUV FELT LIKE IT WAS GOING TO TIP OVER ON ITS SIDE.IT FELT LIKE I WAS RIDING ON TWO WHEELS.HAD I NOT BEEN CALM AND STEERED CORRECTLY, THE SUV WOULD HAVE TIPPED OVER ON ITS SIDE.THE SECOND TIME, 8-2000 WAS ON 95 SOUTH, IN MASSACHUSETTS.UPON GETTING OFF THE EXIT RAMP, MY SUV AGAIN FELT LIKE IT WOULD TIP OVER. I WAS GOING ABOUT 25 MILES AN HOUR.BOTH TIMES THE SWAY BAR LINKS HAD TO BE REPLACED.I WAS CHARGED FOR THE FIRST REPAIR.I HAVE REPLACED THE FIVE ORIGINAL TIRES WHICH WERE PART OF THE RECENT RECALL, WITH THE SAME TYPE OF TIRE ABOUT A YEAR AGO.THE CID SENSOR IS A PART THAT SHOULD LAST THE LIFE OF THE SUV, ACCORDING TO THE MECHANIC THAT WORKED ON IT.IT HAD TO BE REPLACED ON MY SUV.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75/15 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#732183September 21, 2000
TIRES
WE PURCHASED NEW FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES (P235/75R15) FROM OUR LOCAL COSTCO TIRE CENTER ON 06-27-99. OUR TIRES DO NOT HAVE THE RECALLED DOT SERIAL NUMBER, BUT WE HAD THEM INSPECTED AT THE COSTCO TIRE CENTER JUST TO BE SAFE. THE TIRE INSTALLER AT COSTCO POINTED OUT THAT BOTH FRONT TIRES HAD STARTED TO CRACK AND SEPARATE WHERE THE TREAD MEETS THE SIDEWALL. WE WERE TOLD TO REPLACE THE TIRES IMMEDIATELY. COSTCO WILL REPLACE THE TIRES, BUT HAS TO PUT ON ANOTHER PAIR OF FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRES. I REPEAT, OUR TIRES ARE NOT CURRENTLY SUBJECT TO RECALL, EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE ALSO DEFECTIVE. AT THE TIME OF THIS E-MAIL, THE TIRES ONLY HAVE 22,329 MILES ON THEM AND THE TREAD IS IN DANGER OF SEPARATING. IT IS MY BELIEF THAT ALL FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRES SHOULD BE RECALLED IMMEDIATELY! IF FIRESTONE KNEW BEFOREHAND ABOUT PROBLEMS WITH THEIR TIRES, THEY SHOULD BE HELD CRIMINALLY LIABLE FOR ANY DEATHS AND INJURIES ASSOCIATED WITH THEIR TIRES. PLEASE ADD MY NAME TO THE LIST OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES.( DOT NUMBER: 8XHLIPY TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#731923September 19, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
TREAD SEPARATED( DOT NUMBER: VNUU80A TIRE SIZE: P225/70R15 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#555060September 18, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
CONSUMER HAD AN ACCIDENT WHEN THE FIRESTONE AT TIRE SEPARATED CAUSING SLIGHT DAMAGE TO THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE DOOR, CONSUMER REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#870766September 18, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
TIRE: BELT SEPARATED ON FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS/AT TIRES, P255/70R16 ON FORD, EXPLORER, 1995. FORD/FIRESTONE HAVE BEEN CONTACTED.*AK DOT # VNCU1PL015, THE TREAD SEPARATION CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#870788September 18, 2000
TIRES:SIDEWALL
PE00020; ORIGINAL TIRES ON A FORD, EXPLORER, 1995, 25570/R16, DOTVNCU1PX029. SIDEWALL HAD CRACKS ABOUT INCH LONG, AND DRIVER COULD SEE THE STEEL BELTS. EVERY OTHER INCH HAD A CRACK. ALSO, ALL 4 TIRES HAD CRACKS, CONSUMER REPLACED TIRES WITH WILDERNESS AT, AND AT 18, 000 MILES CONSUMER WAS NOTICING MORE CRACKING. *AK *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#731693September 17, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK
WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROX 40MPH I BEGAN TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL TO SLOW DOWN. AT THIS TIME I HAD HIT A POTHOLE IN THE ROAD. AS I DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL IT LOCKED UP AND I COULD FEEL THE ANTI LOCKS ATTEMPTING TO ACTIVE. I COULD NOT CONTROL THE FOWARD MOTION OF THE VEHICLE FOR APPROX 5 SECONDS ALMOST HITTING THE VEHICLES IN FRONT OF ME. THI
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#731533September 15, 2000
TIRES
PRIOR TO ACCIDENT I COULD NOT KEEP THE TIRES BALANCED. I ALSO HAD THE 16 INCH TIRES FAIL ON MY 1998 EXPLORER. I COULD NOT KEEP THEM BALANCED AND THEY WOULD BOUNCE ALL OVER. I REPLACED THEM WITH MICHELIN TIRES. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 16 INCH )
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#731560September 15, 2000
TIRES
HATE FIRESTONE, THEY REPLACED RECALL TIRES WITH AT'S. HAD ATX. WE ALSO PAID $200+ TO HAVE THEM PUT ON 4 NEW SHOCKS. SAID IF WE NOT HAPPY THEY WILL REPLACE WITH ANYTHING WE WANTED. WOULD NOT HAVE ACCEPTED THE AT'S IF HE HADN'T SAID WE COULD GET REPLACED IF NOT HAPPY. CONTACTED THEM AND ASKED FOR GOODYEAR OR MICHELLIN'S. THEY HAVE BRUSHED US OFF. HEARD SOME GOT $500 TO REPLACE TIRES ANYWHERE THEY WANTED BUT SINCE OURS HAVE BEEN REPLACED ONCE, AFRAID WE WILL NOT BE REIMBURSED. CURRENT TIRES ARE VERY HARD RIDE AND CAUSE CAR TO DASH LIGHTS TO GO OUT, AND CAR ISN'T AS STEADY ON THE AT'S. THESE 4X4 AT'S SEEM TO WANT TO HUNT AND NOT GOOD IN MUD. LIVE IN COUNTRY AND USE 4 WHEEL DRIVE OFTEN. HATE THESE TIRES. WILL NEVER BUY FIRESTONE TIRES AGAIN! *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P23575R15 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#870669September 15, 2000
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
WHEN DRIVING AT 40 MPH AND TAKING FOOT OFF ACCELERATOR PEDAL TO SLOWDOWN VEHICLE WILL STALL. CONSUMER MUST SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL TO RESTART VEHICLE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#554666September 14, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES EXPERIENCED CRACKING ALONG THE TREAD EDGE, CONSUMER WANTS REIMBURSEMENT. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#731405September 14, 2000
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
THE DRIVERSIDE SAFETY BELT REPEATEDLY DISENGAGED/BECAME UNFASTENED FOR NO APPEARANT REASON. WE HAD IT REPLACED AT TOM WOOD FORD, AFTER WAITING AT LEAST 1 WEEK!!!! MY HUSBAND IS AN EMERGENCY ROOM DOCTOR; WE NEVER GO ANYWHERE WITHOUT A SAFETY BELT!!! THIS DEFECT IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE AND THE REPLACEMENT TIME WAS OUTRAGEOUS!!!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#554594September 13, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
CONSUMER REPLACED FIRESTONE TIRES PRIOR TO RECALL 00T005 AND IS HAVING TROUBLE SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#731222September 13, 2000
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
LAST YEAR MY CAR WOULD SHUT DOWN. GO FROM REGULAR RPM TO ZERO AND DIE. THIS WOULD LOCK MY STEERING COLUMN. I OBSERVED THAT THIS HAPPENED WHEN THE OUTDOOR TEMPERATURE EXCEEDED ABOUT 90 DEGREES F AND THE CAR WAS EXPOSED TO SUN (MORE LIKELY TO SHUT DOWN THAT IF I WAS COMING OUT OF A COVERED GARAGE WHERE THE TEMP WAS LOWER, UNTIL EXPOSED TO THE HIGHER OUTSIDE TEMP READ. THE STEERING COLUMN WOULD LOCK AS THE IGNITION SHUT OFF WHETHER I WAS IDLING IN A DRIVE THRU LANE OR EXISTING A FREEWAY RAMP WHERE I WOULD EXPECT TO GO FROM 55 TO 35 TO ZERO AT THE STOP, I WOULD GO TO ZERO AND BYPASS 34-1 MPH. JUST COMPLETE SYSTEM SHUT DOWN AND COLUMN LOCK. I TOOK THE CARE IN AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE FUEL INJECTORS AND PAID $500 FOR WHO KNOWS WHAT BECAUSE THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. IT'S HOT. THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. IT'S DANGEROUS. AM I PLACING MY FAMILY AT RISK? I ALREADY HAD THE AEROSTAR CATCH FIRE IN THE STEERING COLUMN WHILE I WAS AT FULL FREEWAY SPEED . I AM AFRAID THAT A SIMILAR DEFECT IS AT WORK HERE. THE AERO WAS A MANUAL SO I COULD ALWAYS REV TO KEEP THE RPM UP, THE EXPLORE IS AUTO TRANS AND GOES FROM DRIVE TO LOCK. PLEASE HELP ME. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#731243September 13, 2000
TIRES
ONE OF ORIGINALLY INSTALLED 16 " FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES IN FORD EXPLORE BLEW OUT PREMATUARLY WHEN WE WERE DRIVING ON THE SOUTH-BOUND OF I-95 AT CONNETICUT ON MAY 10, 1999. FORTUNATELY, NO ACCIDENT WAS INVOLVED AND NO ONE WAS INJURED. WE JUST REPLACED BROCKEN TIRE TO A NEW ONE AT NEARBY TIRE SHOP. I HAVE NOT REPORTED TO ANYONE THEN. THIS TIRE FAILURE WAS OBVIOUSLY PREMATURE TIRE FAILURE, WHICH IS THE SAME TO THE ONE CURRENTLY RECALLED ON FIRESTONE TIRES. I BROUGHT THE CAR FOR INSPECTION AT A FORD DEALER IN VIRGINIA IN LATE AUGUST, BUT THEY REJECTED TO REPLACE IT SINCE THIS IS 16 INCH TIRE AND ONLY 15 INCH TIRES WERE RECALLED THEN. I AM REPORTING THAT 16 INCH TIRES OF THIS TIYE ARE ALSO IN DANGER AS WE EXPERIENCED AND THOSE SHALL BE RECALLED IMMEDIATELY TO AVOID FUTURE ACCIDENTS. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P255/70R16 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#6901071September 12, 2000
TIRES
THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE HAS A LARGE GASH IN IT, FIRESTONE ATX P235/75R15 105 S M/S, CLAIM #24-5122-557. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#6900107September 12, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRES ON VEHICLE, INQUIRE ABOUT POSSIBLE RECALL AS TIRES WERE CAUSE OF INSD LOSING CONTROL, TIRES ONLY 2-3MONTHS OLD. (CLAIM# 42-1277-959) *MW
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#6900013September 12, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
WHAT ARE THE CHANCES OF SUB RECOVERY ON A FIRESTONE ATX TIRE FAILURE WITH ONLY A PHOTO OF THE TIRE? IT APPEARS THE BELT SEPARATED. THANKS...SHANE (CLAIM 43-R340-135) *MW
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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