Power Train › Axle Assembly › Axle Shaft
Filed Feb 3, 1995OR
THE BOLT HOLDING THE CROSS SHAFT CAME OUT AND CAUSED MASS DESTRUCTION OF THE DIFFERENTIAL SENDING THE VEHICLE INTO A SKID. TT
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1991 Ford Explorer complaints
Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 1991 record →
Suspension › Front
Filed Feb 3, 199500
VEHICLE SHAKES, INCLUDING FLOOR BOARD WHILE DRIVING 55 TO 65 MPH; EXACT CAUSE UNKOWN; ACCORDING TO FORD, COULD BE WEAR OF CRITICAL PARTS; HAZARDOUS DRIVING. TT
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Filed Jan 30, 1995CA
CYLINDER HEADS CRACKED BETWEEN VALVES FOUR TIMES, CAUSING ENGINE FAILURES. *SKD
Fuel System, Gasoline › Storage › Tank AssemblyFire1 killed
Filed Jan 24, 1995VA
VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE AND EXPLODED DUE TO PLASTIC FUEL TANK DESIGN, BEING PUNCTURED BY STEEL GRATING AND IGNITING, RESULTING IN FATALITY. *SKD
Equipment › Mechanical › Carrier/Rack
Filed Jan 23, 1995TX
SPARE TIRE HOLDER CABLE BROKE LOOSE AND CAUSED THE SPARE TO BE LOST AT AN UNKNOWN DATE. TT
Structure › BodyFire
Filed Jan 20, 1995CT
COWL DESIGN ALLOWED LEAVES TO ENTER VEHICLE ONTO HEATER COIL, CAUSING HEATER TO CATCH FIRE. *TW
Structure › Body › Door
Filed Jan 17, 1995CO
VEHICLE REAR PASSENGER DOORS ARE EXTREMELY HARD TO OPEN DUE TO DESIGN. DEALER IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. TT
Vehicle Speed Control
Filed Jan 6, 1995OH
SUDDEN ACCELERATION, RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL (ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT). *AK
Vehicle Speed ControlCrash
Filed Jan 4, 1995PA
VEHICLE SURGED WHEN SHIFTING GEAR FROM PARK TO DRIVE, RESULTING IN LOSS OF CONTROL/ACCIDENT. *AK
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NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
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