Ford Explorer Complaints (1998)

2,085 consumer complaints on file.

#607964February 1, 1999
VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:INTERIOR
REAR VIEW CENTER MIRROR CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. *YC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#607871February 1, 1999
VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES:INTERIOR
DESIGN OF REAR VIEW MIRROR, CAUSES POOR VISIBILITY. *YC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#607884February 1, 1999
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:CARBURETOR SYSTEM
EXPERIENCING NOISE FROM AIR INTAKE MANIFOLD. *YC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#607753February 1, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC CONVERTOR
CATALITIC CONVERTER MALFUNCTIONED. *YC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#607630February 1, 1999
VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR
REAR WINDOW HINGE FAILED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#607695February 1, 1999
SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING
WHEEL BEARING FAILURE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#834307February 1, 1999
SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING
WHILE DRIVING THE FRONT WHEELS MAKE AN HIGH PITCH NOISE THAT GETS LOUDER THE FASTER CONSUMER DRIVES THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#701272January 25, 1999
STEERING:LINKAGES
RUBBING NOISE WHEN MAKING NORMAL TURNS/DEALER REPLACED TWO SEPARATE POWER STEERING PARTS/PROBLEM PERSISTS/DEALER NOW SAYING NOISE IS CHARACTARISTIC OF 1998 EXPLORERS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#702573January 25, 1999
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
THE THROTTLE ASSEMBLY STICKS. WHEN I PRESS ON THE ACCELERATOR IT APPEARS STUCK. I MUST PRESS HARDER THAN NECESSARY TO RELEASE THE THROTTLE SO VEHICLE WILL RESPOND. THIS IS MY THIRD COMPLAINT AND SECOND THROTTLE. TED RUSSELL FORD IN KNOXVILLE AND DON SMITH FORD IN GREENEVILLE HAVE BEEN VERY COOPERATIVE AND RESPONDED TO MY COMPLAINTS. MY CONCERN IS THAT THIS APPEARS TO BE A REOCCURRING PROBLEM WITH THE DESIGN OF THE PART. IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS THIS CONDITION COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ASSURANCE THAT THE MOST RECENT REPAIR HAS CORRECTED THE STICKING THROTTLE, AND I WILL NOT EXPERIENCE IT AGAIN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#833928January 22, 1999
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
EA99001; INTERMITTENTLY WHEN ABOUT TO MAKE A STOP, THE VEHICLE IDLES UP TO 6000 RPM, AND BECOMES IMPOSSIBLE TO STOP. CONSUMER TURNS OFF THE VEHICLE SO THAT SHE WON'T HAVE AN ACCIDENT. BEEN TO THE DEALER, THEY CANNOT DETERMINE PROBLEM. CRUISE CONTROL HAS BEEN DISCONNECTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#702474January 22, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
THIS IS THE SECOND TIME , THAT L HAVE TOLD THIS DEPARTMENT ABOUT THIS BRAKE PROBLEM WITH MY 98 FORD EXPLORER . MY FIRST COMPLAINT WAS SOME TIME IN JULY OF THIS YEAR . THE DEALER HAS CUT THE FRONT ROTORS ONCE AT 9000MILES ALL HIGHWAY DRIVING AND RPLACED THE ROTORS AT 18000 . THE ABS SYSTEM IS NOT WORKING THE WAY IT SHOULD , L JUST EXPERIENCED THIS ON THE 20TH OF THIS MONTH ,IN PORTLAND ME . AFTER YOU HAVE APPLIED THE BRAKES AND ARE STITTING FOR AWHILE WITH THE BRAKES APPLIED AND THEN YOU RELEASE THE BRAKES AND THEN IF YOU HAVE TO STOP REAL QUICKLY THE ABS SYSTEM WILL NOT FUNCTION THE WAY IT SHOULD . WHAT YOU END UP WITH IS THAT YOU DO'NT HAVE ANY BRAKES AT ALL AND YOU CRASH .
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#833896January 21, 1999
AIR BAGS
AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON WITHOUT A REASON, BUT DEALER HAD TOLD CONSUMER THA TTHE AIR BAG SOMETIMES IS OPENING, AND CAUSING THE AIR BAG LIGHT TO COME ON. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#700990January 21, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL, VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS, SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
THROTTLE PEDAL CONTINUALLY STICKS WHEN INITIALLY ENGAGED IN EITHER DRIVE OR REVERSE. CAUSES LUNGE IN DIRECTION OF TRAVEL IF DRIVER UNAWARE OF DEFECT. SUBMITTED TO DEALER TWICE, STILL NOT REPAIRED. POOR SEATBELT DESIGN HAS DRIVER'S SEATBELT CONTINUALLY STUCK IN DRIVERS DOOR UPON EXIT FROM VEHICLE. REAR PASSENGER WINDOW SCRAPES AND MAKES NOISE DURING OPERATION. DEALER DID NOT FIX WHEN INITIALLY BROUGHT UP AFTER INITIAL PURCHASE. ABS LIGHT INTERMITTENTLY APPEARS DURING DRIVING. DEALER NOTED CODE OF 1924 BUT HAD NO RESPONSE FOR PROBLEM. NOT RESOLVED. DISSAPOINTED WITH QUALITY OF VEHICLE FOR $$ PAID.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#833702January 19, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
AUTOMOBILE SHUT OFF IN TRAFFIC, NEAR CRASH BECAUSE OF VEHICLE SHUTTING OFF. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#702355January 18, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
THIS IS AN EXPLORER WITH THE SOHC 4L ENGINE. I HAVE EXPERIENCED AT LEAST A DOZEN EPISODES OF THE ENGINE STALLING, OR NEARLY STALLING, WHEN ACCELLERATING FROM A STOP, AND USUALLY WHEN TURNING LEFT. IT SEEMS TO HAPPEN MOST OFTEN WHEN THE WEATHER AND ENGINE ARE HOT, AND AFTER IDLING FOR A FEW MOMENTS, SUCH AS WHEN STOPPED AT AN INTERSECTION WAITING FOR A LIGHT OR A BREAK IN TRAFFIC. THE STALL, OR HESISTATION, HAPPENS AFTER THE VEHICLE HAS MOVED PERHAPS ONE CAR LENGTH. THE DEALERSHIP HAS MADE THREE ATTEMPTS AT REPAIR. THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH EXPLORERS WITH THE SOHC MOTOR, AND IS VERY DANGEROUS, LEAVING THE OCCUPANTS IN THE DIRECT LINE OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC IN A DISABLED VEHICLE. FORD HAS NOT ADMITTED A FAULT, OR FIXED THE VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#702300January 17, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
AFTER TRAVELING EAST ON I-90 FOR APPROXIMATELY 50 MILES WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ON, I EXITED THE FREEWAY AND CAME TO A STOP. UPON MAKING A LEFT TURN AND ACCELLERATING, THE ENGINE DIED MOMENTARILY AND THEN CAME BACK TO SPEED. THIS SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM THAT MANY OTHER OWNERS HAVE EXPERIENCED. ALTHOUGH I WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE ON MY TRIP, IT WAS AN ANXIOUS MOMENT AS I WAS ATTEMPTING TO MERGE WITH TRAFFIC.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#702272January 16, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
READ REPORT OF OTHERS HAVING THIS STALL ENGINE FAILURE, VEHICLE ENGINE DOESN'T GO DEAD WILL WILL LITTERALLY ALMOST QUIT BUT THEN REGAINS WITHOUT WARNIING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#833636January 15, 1999
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES PEDAL GETS STUCK,CAUSING THE BRAKES TO HESITATE. WHEN PUTTING THE GEAR IN PARK THE VEHICLE HESITATES. CONSUMER DOESN'T KNOW WHENEVER THE VEHICLE IS GOING TO MOVE, AND THE DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#702219January 14, 1999
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE
WHEN VEHICLE IS IN MOTION, A LOUD SQUEALING NOISE EMITS FROM THE FRONT HUBS. FORD HAS REPLACED THE SEALS TWICE AND SAYS THERE IS NOTHING ELSE THEY CAN DO. THE FORD DEALERSHIP SAYS THE RECEIVE SEVERAL COMPLAINTS A DAY ON THIS PROBLEM. EACH TIME I SEE A 98 EXPLORER COMING DOWN THE STREET, I LISTEN AND IT SEEMS ALL OF THEM HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#702178January 13, 1999
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
ENGINE STALLS OR SPUTTERS FROM A STOP OR ACCELERATING FROM ~40MPH. THIS SEEMS TO HAPPEN AT A GREATER RATE WHEN TURNING A SHARP LEFT AND GOING OVER AN INCLINE SUCH AS A RAILROAD CROSSING. THIS HAS CAUSED 3 NEAR COLLISIONS AND WOULD HAVE CAUSED A FATAL INCIDENT HAD A TRAIN BEEN BEARING DOWN ON THE TRAIN CROSSING. I HAVE STALLED ON A RAISED TRAIN CROSSING 3 TIMES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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