Ford Motor Company: Structure › Body › Bumpers
Ford Motor Company reported this defect to federal regulators on Feb 12, 1991 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 220,000. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
REAR BUMPER REINFORCEMENT MAY BE SUBJECT TO FATIGUE CRACKING UNDER EXTENDED TRAILER TOW SERVICE WHEN USING A BUMPER-MOUNTED TRAILER HITCH BALL.
The risk
UNDER EXTREME CONDITIONS, BUMPER COULD SEPARATE FROM THEVEHICLE WHEN USING A BUMPER MOUNTED TRAILER HITCH BALL.
The remedy
INSTALL TWO BRACKETS TO REINFORCE THE BUMPER.
1 model year covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 Ford Explorer | 609 | 11 | 63 | 57 |
What this page is, and what to do next
A recall is not an opinion. It is a Part 573 report a manufacturer is required by federal law to file once it decides a defect poses an unreasonable risk to safety, and it commits them to repairing the vehicle at no cost to the owner. The three passages above are the manufacturer’s own wording as published by NHTSA.
This page describes the campaign. It cannot tell you whether one particular car has already been through the shop — that is tracked by VIN, and only the manufacturer knows it. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls or with a franchised dealer, quoting campaign number 91V026000.
Full record for the 1991 Ford Explorer → · Recalls carrying a do-not-drive advisory → · Where this data comes from →