1995 Ford Explorer complaints

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 65MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND HE HEARD A NOISE . HE PULLED OVER AND NOTICED A CHUNK OF THE PASSENGER REAR SIDE TIRES CAME OFF. *AK

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 65MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND THEY HEARD A LOUD THUMPING NOISE, AND VEHICLE STARTED TO VIBRATE. PULLED VEHICLE OVER AND CHANGED THE TIRE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, REAR FIRESTONE ATX TIRES THAT WERE PURCHASED AFTER MARKET, HAD A TREAD SEPARATING WHICH CAUSED VEHICLE TO GO INTO A SPIN, RESULTING IN BODY DAMAGE.*AK THE TREAD SEPARATION ALSO CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. *SLC

NO SUMMARY FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

ENGINE STALLS AFTER DRIVING IN WARM WEATHER, CONSUMER BELIEVES IT MIGHT BE A VAPOR LOCK PROBLEM. *ET

OVERDRIVE LIGHT WILL START TO BLINK, AND ALMOST IMMEDIATELY VEHICLE WILL NOT SHIFT PROPERLY, IT WILL KEEP SLIPPING OUT OF GEAR, EVENTUALLY RESULTING IN FAILURE OF TRANSMISSION. TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE WITH THE SAME LIGHT DUTY DESIGN TRANSMISSION, BUT DEFECT KEEPS OCCURRING. *AK *ML

RECALL 99V310001/HYDRAULIC LEFT CYLINDERS: VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED CONCERNING THIS RECALL. CURRENTLY, VEHICLE IS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM EXCEPT AT THE TOP OF THE WELD. DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. *AK BECAUSE OF THE RECALL BOTTOM TWO BRACKETS WERE FIXED AND TWO TOPS WERE NOT FIXED THEREFORE, TOP RIGHT BRACKET WELD BROKE OFF. *YH

THE RIGHT STABILIZER LINK BROKE ON THE VEHICLE, WHEN ORDERING THE REPLACEMENT PART, OWNER DISCOVERED THAT THE PART HAD BEEN MODIFIED DUE TO PROBLEMS THAT WERE BEING EXPERIENCED WITH THIS PARTICULAR PART (STABILIZER LINK BOLT). *MJS

PARKING BRAKE HAS FAILED AGAIN-3HRS AFTER ORIG REPLACEMENT. *AK

TRANSMISSION GETS STUCK BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND GEAR AFTER DRIVING FOR A DISTANCE. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

CONSUMER HAD A REBUILT TRANSMISSION INSTALLED . BUT ENCOUNTERED THE SAME PROBLEM AS EXISTED BEFORE. THERE WAS A HUMMING NOISE, OVERDRIVE LIGHT STAYED ON . *AK

WHILE DRIVING ALL OF A SUDDEN GAS PEDAL STUCK ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND DIDN'T RELEASE.*AK

WHEN DRIVING AT 55 MPH RIGHT REAR TIRE BLEWOUT. CONSUMER UNSURE OF TIRE BRAND. HOWEVER, TIRES WERE ORIGINAL ONES. ALSO, THIS WAS THE SECOND OCCURRENCE. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

TRANSMISSION SLIPPED IN AND OUT OF OVERDRIVE WHILE DRIVING. WOULD HAVE NO WARNING. THIS CAUSED VEHICLE TO JERK. PROBLEM WAS NOT INTERMITTENT. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP & WAS INFORMED BY MECHANIC THAT TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

LEFT SIDE SWAY BAR BROKE CAUSING STEERING PROBLEMS. NLM

A KNOWN TRANSMISSION SOLENOID PROBLEM DUE TO EXHAUST PIPE TEMPERATURE *AK

TRANSMISSION WOULD SLIP IN & OUT OF OVERDRIVE WHILE DRIVING. WOULD JERK WHEN THIS HAPPENED. VEHICLE WAS CONTROLLABLE, SPEED WAS NOT A FACTOR. NOT AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP & WAS INFORMED THAT A NEW TRANSMISSION WAS REQUIRED. *AK

PRIOR TO RECALL THE LIFT GATE FAILED (99V-310). YH

BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS ARE PREMATURELY WEARING OUT, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

STARTED TO APPLY THE BRAKES TO SLOW DOWN WHEN ABS BRAKES LOCKED UP. VEHICLE SPUN AROUND TO THE RIGHT & THEN BACK TO THE LEFT. IT FLIPPED OVER & SLID DOWN THE ROAD. VEHICLE HIT GUARDRAIL. DRIVER HAD SEAT BELT ON AT TIME OF PROBLEM. VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY TRANSMISSION QUIT WORKING. VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD OR REVERSE. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY TRAVELLING ABOUT 35MPH ALL OFA SUDDEN REAR RIGHT WHEEL STARTED TO WOBBLE. NOTICED THAT THE 3 OUT 5 WHEEL STUDS HAD BROKEN OFF. CONTACTED DEALER. REPAIRED VEHICLE AT NO COST. *AK

PART IS BACK-ORDERED COUNTRY WIDE. MUST MEAN THAT THERE IS QUITE A FEW DEFECTIVE FUEL LINES WHICH COULD CAUSE A FIRE ON IMPACT DUE TO LEAKING GAS. *AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

HYDRAULIC CYLINDER FAILURE CAUSED DOORS NOT TO OPEN PROPERLY. ALSO, WHEN APPLYING BRAKES AND COMING TO A STOP, BRAKE PEDAL WOULD PULSATE AND GO TO THE FLOOR, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. CONTACTED DEALER.

DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT WILL NOT RELEASE FROM BUCKLE. SEATBELT WOULD GET STUCK, AND WILL NOT RELEASE AT ALL. *AK

THROTTLE BINDS ON INITIAL TAKE OFF CAUSING ABRUBT ACCELLERATION. DUE TO THROTTLE BODY VALVE STICKING. NEWSGROUP AUTOS.MAKERS.FORD.EXPLORER HAS CONFIRMED NUMEROUS SIMILAR COMPLAINTS.

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ON DIRT ROAD GOING DOWN HILL APPLIED BRAKES HIT BUMP BRAKES LOCKED, LOSS OF CONTROL THEN VEHICLE ROLLED ON SIDE. VEHICLE IS A TOTAL LOSS ACCORDING TO BODY SHOP. *AK

THE VEHICLE WENT OUT OF CONTROL AND CRASHED DUE TO INNER TIE ROD FRACTURE. YH

FRACTURED INNER TIE ROD ON DRIVER'S SIDE CAUSED LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND CRASH INTO DITCH. *MJS

ON 3/10/00 NOTICE A BURNING SMELL, GOT WORSE THROUGH THE WEEK, HAD THE HEATER CORE CHECKED WAS FINE($375). ON 3/18/00 WIFE WAS DRIVING HOME AND THE SMELL WAS SSSOOOOO BAD, CHECKED SMOKE WAS COMING FROM BEHIND GLOVE COMPARTMENT, HEADLIGHTS BLEW OUT BUT ALL FUSES ARE FINE, ALSO THE SMELL WAS ALWAYS WORSE WITH THE HEAT ON, NOW THE SMOKE SEEMS TO HAVE STOPPED, BUT THE TRUCK SMELLS SOOO BAD, CAN NOT GET IT IN TO THE MECHANIC UNTIL MONDAY 3/20/00, I SAW THERE WAS AN FIRE EARLIER FROM UNDER DASH IN COMPLAINTS SECTION AND THOUGHT THIS SHOULD BE REPORTED!! *AK

O/D OFF LIGHT FLASHING. DEALER STATES TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REBUILT. VEHICLE HAS HAD REGULAR TRANSMISSION MAINTENANCE, AND HAS MOSTLY HIGHWAY MILEAGE. VEHICLE NOT USED FOR TOWING OR PLOWING. FAILURE SEEMS UNUSUAL CONSIDERING MAINTENANCE & USE. FAMILY MEMBER ALSO HAD TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON 95 EXPLORER AT EARLY STAGE (62,000). *AK

PRIOR TO RECALL VEHICLE SUDDENLY SPUN BACKWARDS AND CRASHED DUE TO INNER TIE ROD BRAKING (95V-053). YH

IN THE REAR SEAT, THE TWO OUTBOARD SEATBELTS DO NOT RETRACT, WHICH WON'T PROTECT THE OCCUPANT IN EVENT OF A CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

PREMATURE WEAR OF BALL JOINTS, CAUSING VEHICLE TO MAKE A LOUD CLUNKING NOISE WHEN TURNING. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING DOWNHILL ON GRAVEL ROAD 10-20 MPH, BRAKES WERE APPLIED BUT FAILED TO SLOW THE VEHICLE, VEHICLE STARTED TO FISH TAIL BECAME UNBALANCED AND ROLLED. *ET

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT THE SPEED LIMIT TRANSMISSION STARTED TO FALL. CONSUMER COULD ONLY GET UP TO 35 MPH. THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. CONSUMER WAS FORCED TO GET ON THE SIDE OF THE SHOULDER. THEN, VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO INTO DRIVE OR REVERSE, HAD TO BE TOWED. *AK *ML

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

WHEN TRAVELING WITH CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED ,AND UPON DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THERE WAS CONTINUOUS ACCELERATION. ALSO, WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PRESS THE SPEED CONTROL BUTTON OFF, BUTTON WOULD NOT DISENGAGE, CAUSING CONTINUOUS ACCELERATION. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS BOTH REAR DOORS HANDLES BROKE OFF FROM INSIDE. CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO OPEN DOORS FROM INSIDE. DEALER/MANUFACTURER CONTACTED AND REFUSED TO REPAIR ULESS COST GOES TO CONSUMER. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ABOUT 35 MILES ON INTERSTATE SUDDENLY COULD NOT CONTROL THE CAR, IT SPINNED AROUND TO THE RIGHT BACKWARDS, WENT OFF THE ROAD AND INTO A DITCH BACKWARDS. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED OF 50 MPH ACCELERATOR PEDAL BROKE COMPLETELY OFF FROM WELD, AND LEFT VEHICLE WITHOUT POWER. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND REPAIRS WERE MADE AT CONSUMER'S COST. *AK

WHILE MERGING INTO RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC, THE THROTTLE STUCK AT 3000 RPM. WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, IT WAS NOT ENOUGH TO SLOW THE CAR. AFTER 1 MILE, THE ACCELERATOR WAS FINALLY FREED WHICH ALLOWED ME TO FINALLY REGAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. FORD SAYS THIS ITEM IS NOT COVERED UNDER ANY EXISTING RECALLS. *AK

THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE (FIRESTONE RADIAL ATX) SUFFERED TREAD SEPARATION WHILE OPERATING AT HIGHWAY SPEED. THIS RESULTED IN LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AS IT PULLED SEVERLY TO THE RIGHT. ATTEMPTS TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE ULTIMATELY RESULTED IN A ROLL-OVER. THE VEHICLE WAS CONSIDERED A TOTAL LOSS. *AK( DOT NUMBER: )

FIRESTONE APX TIRE BLEW OUT DUE TO TREAD SEPARATION, CAUSING LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. RUBBER ALSO CAUSED DAMAGE TO WHEEL WELL. *AK

TRANSMISSION CAUGHT ON FIRE. CONSUMER STATED THAT WHEN THE CAR IS IN DRIVE IT GOES INTO NEUTRAL AND ENGINE REVS. *AK

FIRESTONE APX TIRES ON REAR DRIVER SIDE BLEW OUT DUE TO TREAD SEPARATION, CAUSING A LOSS O VEHICLE CONTROL. RUBBER FROM TIRE ALSO CAUSED DAMAGE TO WHEEL WELL. *AK

ONGOING PROBLEM WITH VEHICLE VIBRATING WHILE TRAVELING AT 45 MPH ON UP. FIRESTONE REPLACED TIRES, AND THE DEALER REPLACED THREE OF THE WHEELS, AND BALANCED THE TIRES. HOWEVER, PROBLEM IS REOCCURRING. *AK

WHILE PUTTING CAR IN REVERSE, CAR TOOK OFF BACKWARDS WHEN CONSUMER TOOK FOOT OFF THE BRAKES WITHOUT PUSHING ON THE ACCELERATOR. CONSUMER HIT A TREE, THEN PUT CAR IN DRIVE WITH FOOT STILL ON THE BRAKE, AND TIRES STARTED SPINNING. FURTHERMORE, GAS PEDAL WAS STUCK LIKE IT WAS IN CRUISE CONTROL, AND CAR TOOK OFF INTO A 3 FOOT RETAINER WALL AND WENT OVER IT. CONSUMR WAS WEARING A SAFETY BELT. *AK