1995 Ford Explorer Complaint Log

AFTER STARTING, AND USUALLY WITHIN A FEW MINUTES AFTER BEING RUN, THE ENGINE WILL STALL, SUCH AS WHEN I LEAVE MY HOUSE, DRIVE TWO MILES TO THE COFFEE SHOP,. IT DOES NOT SEEM TO STALL AFTER BEING RUN SAY , FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD OF TIME. ITS THE FIRST 5-10 MINUTES. TOOK TO LOCAL DEALER, HE SAID IT NEEDED A TUNE UP, AND DID A TUNE UP. VEH. STILL HAS PROBLEM. WILL STALL ON WARM, COOL, OR COLD DAYS. TEMP. DOES NOT SEEM TO BE A FACTOR.

WHILE DRIVING AT 50MPH ON THE HIGHWAY ENGINE SHUT COMPLETELY DOWN. DEALER HAS HAD VEHICLE FOR OVER 50 DAYS AND COULD FIND NO SOLUTION. *AK

STABILIZER BAR ATTACHMENT FAILED WHICH CAUSED EXCESSIVE OVER STEERING. NLM

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *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

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

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

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

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

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

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

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

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

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

A KNOWN TRANSMISSION SOLENOID PROBLEM DUE TO EXHAUST PIPE TEMPERATURE *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

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

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

COMPLETE # ON TIRE IS ATX FIRESTONE/BRIDGESTONE P235/T5R151055M+S. NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONE DIN SUMMARY. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/TR15 )

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EEHICLE. *AK

THIS REPORT RELATES TO THE CURRENT TIRE PROBLEMS WITH FORD EXPLORER VEHICLES. MY PREVIOUS LETTER TO NHTSA IS DATED 13 MAY 1997. YOU NEED TO GO BACK AND REREAD THIS LETTER. FORD MOTOR COMPANY IS DELIBERATELY AND FLAGRANTLY PUTTING INCORRECT TIRE PRESSURE LABELS INTO ALL FORD EXPLORER TRUCKS. THE REASON IS THAT THE TRUCK "RIDES BETTER" WITH LOWER TIRE PRESSURE (26 POUNDS). FORDS OWN MECHANICS WILL TELL YOU THAT YOU NEED AT LEAST 35 POUNDS OF AIR PRESSURE TO AVOID PREMATURE TIRE WEAR. THEN WHEN YOU GO BACK TO FORD AND TRY TO GET THEM TO REPLACE YOUR DAMAGED TIRES (IF THEY DON'T FAIL FIRST), THEY "STONEWALL" ALL YOUR LETTERS AND PHONE CALLS. TRUST ME, BECAUSE I WENT THRU THE WHOLE PROCESS AND GOT NO WHERE WITH FORD. THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT PREMATURE TIRE WEAR OR DAMAGED/UNSAFE TIRES, THEY JUST WANT A NICE SOFT RIDE IN ORDER TO KEEP SELLING FORD EXPLORER TRUCKS. IF YOU PUT THE PROPER AIR PRESSURE INTO THE TIRES (35 POUNDS), THE TRUCK RIDES HARD AND ROUGH DUE TO THE SUSPENSION SYSTEM. YOU FOLKS NEED TO CHECK THIS OUT, FORD IS LITERALLY GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER HERE. ARJ

SINCE THESE TIRES WERE OFFICIALLY RECALLED YESTERDAY (8/9/00), WE HAVE CONTACTED THE DEALER WHERE WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. THEY STATED THAT IT WILL PROBABLY TAKE UP TO SIX MONTHS BEFORE WE ARE CONTACTED AND CAN BEGIN TO RECTIFY THE PROBLEM. I FEEL THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. MY WIFE AND CHILDREN USE THIS VEHICLE PRIMARILY AND I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE DANGERS. IS THE INFORMATION FROM THE DEALER CORRECT? I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET THROUGH TO THE FIRESTONE HOTLINE 800#, BUT CANNOT GET THROUGH FOR ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. ANY INFO YOU COULD GIVE ME WOULD BE APPRECIATED. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P175R15 )

NO SUMMARY

CONSUMER DISCOVERED A SLOW LEAK IN ONE OF THE TIRES (FIRESTON ATX RADIALS) UPON INSPECTION OF ALL THE TIRES NOTICED THEY ARE CRACKING ALONG THE OUTSIDE ALTHOUGH THE MILEAGE OF THE VEHICLE IS LOW. NLM

ON 9/18/99, MY FATHER, HUSBAND, SON AND I WERE INVOLVED IN A ROLLOVER ACCIDENT ON I-10 BECAUSE OF THE TREAD SEPARATION ON THE LEFT REAR TIRE. AS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT, MY FATHER WAS TAKEN BY HELICOPTER TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL WHERE HE DIED 2 DAYS LATER AS A RESULT OF HIS INJURIES. MY SON WAS NOT HARMED, MY HUSBAND SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES AND WAS TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE TO THE SAME LOCAL HOSPITAL, AND I HAD VERY MINOR CUTS AND BRUISES.( DOT NUMBER: )

THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED TWICE -- ONCE ON THE ORIGINAL FIRESTONE ATX TIRES AND THEN AGAIN ON THE REPLACEMENT ATX TIRES I BOUGHT TO REPLACE THE ORIGINALS. BOTH TIMES A BLOWOUT OF THE ENTIRE SIDEWALL. I NO LONGER OWN THIS AUTOMOBILE. *AK( DOT NUMBER: )

FRONT DRIVER SIDE FIRESTONE TIRE ROTTED WHICH WAS ODD BECAUSE THE TIRE STILL HAD A LOT OF TREAD, THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE SHREDDED AND SEPERATED, BOTH BACK TIRE NEED REPLACING ALSO

CONSUMER NO LONGER OWNS THIS VEHICLE, BUT VEHICLE WAS EQUIPPED WITH FIRESTONE ATX TIRES. WHILE DRIVING AT 55MPH FRONT RIGHT TIRE BLEWOUT, CAUSING VEHICLE TO ROLLOVER. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN CONTACTED.*AK

CONSUMER SAW A 6-7 INCH CRACK IN THE FRONT LEFT FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRE P255/70R16 DOT VNCU1PL IN THE SIDEWALL, THE OTHER TIRES HAD HAIRLINE CRACKS ON THE EDGE OF THE OUTSIDE TREAD, THESE TIRES DOT # IS ST358J, DEALER STATED THE HAIRLINE CRACKS CAME FROM DRYROT, CONSUMER REPLACED TIRES ON HIS OWN DUE TO NO HELP FROM FIRESTONE AND FORD BECAUSE THESE SPECIFIC TIRES WERE NOT ON RECALL. *SLC

PE00020; TIRE TREAD SEPARATION: TIRE ON THE PASSENGER'S FRONT SIDE WAS SHOWING SIGNS OF TREAD SEPARATION. IT WAS A FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS AT, 16 INCH. PLEASE FILL IN VIN/ AND LIST DOT # AND TIRE SIZE.*AK

RIGHT FRONT FIRESTONE TIRE FAILED CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO LOOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, HIT THE LEFT SHOULDER AND ROLLED OVER 3 TIMES. NLM

IN MY OPINION, THE FORD EXPLORER AND FORD F SERIES PICKUPS HAVE UNUSUAL FRONT END HARMONICS PROBLEMS, WHICH CAUSES PREMATURE AND UNUSUAL TIRE WEAR SYMTOMS. FORD RECOMMENDS TO ROTATE TIRES AT 6000 MILES, ON FORD EXPLORER, IF YOU WAIT TILL 6,000 MILES THE TIRES WILL HAVE UNUSUAL TIRE WEAR TO THE POINT THAT ROTATING THE FRONT TO THE REAR, AND HOPE THE REAR TIRES WILL CORRECT THEMSELVES WITHIN NEXT 6000 ROTATION WILL NOT OCCUR. IN OTHER WORDS, THE FORD EXPLORER WILL WEAR TIRES TO UNUSUAL LIMITS WITHIN 6,000 MILES TO WHERE ROTATION WILL NOT TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM WITHIN THE NEXT 6000MILES. I BOUGHT 4 BRAND NEW GOODYEAR WRANGLER RT'S AT 28,000 MILES, THEY NEEDED ROTATED FAR BEFORE 34,000 MILES, GOODYEAR SAID WAIT UNTIL THE 34,000 MILES WHICH I DID. I ROTATED THE TIRES AGAIN AT 40,000 MILES AND TRADED VEHICLE OFF AT 41,000 MILES. THE TIRES WERE OF GOOD TREAD BUT WORN IN A CRAZY FASHION IN AN IRREGULAR MANNER. 4 NEW SHOCKS DID NOT HELP, THE FORD GARAGE CHECKED THE ALIGNMENT AND STATED THE VEHICLE WAS WITHIN SPECS. I BOUGHT A FORD F-250 WITH GOODYEAR AT'S, AND IT TO SEEMS TO BE WEARING THE TIRES FUNNY. I DO NOT DRIVE ERRATIC AND DO KEEP THE TIRE PRESSURE TO THE RECOMMENDED PSI. FOR YEARS, WHEN FORD HAD THE TWIN I-BEAM FRONT SUSPENSION ON ITS P/U'S, THE TIRES WORE FUNNY AND ALSO WOULD NOT LAST TILL THE 6000 MILE ROTATION POINT. FORD HAS HAD A PROBLEM WITH VERY UNUSUAL TIRE WEAR FOR YEARS, AND IT MUST BE WITH FORD'S SUSPENSION SYSTEM, WEIGHT TO GROUND PRESSURES OR HARMONICS, BUT THEY HAVE A VERY SERIOUS DESIGN FLAW WHICH EFFECTS ITS TIRES TO WEAR UNUSALLY ON THE FORD EXPLORER SERIES AND THE FORD F SERIES, THIS IS A CERTAINTY. THE PROBLEM DOES NOT JUST EFFECT FIRESTONE TIRES!!!!!!!( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235R75-15 )

IN MY OPINION, THE FORD EXPLORER AND FORD F SERIES PICKUPS HAVE UNUSUAL FRONT END HARMONICS PROBLEMS, WHICH CAUSES PREMATURE AND UNUSUAL TIRE WEAR SYMTOMS. FORD RECOMMENDS TO ROTATE TIRES AT 6000 MILES, ON FORD EXPLORER, IF YOU WAIT TILL 6,000 MILES THE TIRES WILL HAVE UNUSUAL TIRE WEAR TO THE POINT THAT ROTATING THE FRONT TO THE REAR, AND HOPE THE REAR TIRES WILL CORRECT THEMSELVES WITHIN NEXT 6000 ROTATION WILL NOT OCCUR. IN OTHER WORDS, THE FORD EXPLORER WILL WEAR TIRES TO UNUSUAL LIMITS WITHIN 6,000 MILES TO WHERE ROTATION WILL NOT TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM WITHIN THE NEXT 6000MILES. I BOUGHT 4 BRAND NEW GOODYEAR WRANGLER RT'S AT 28,000 MILES, THEY NEEDED ROTATED FAR BEFORE 34,000 MILES, GOODYEAR SAID WAIT UNTIL THE 34,000 MILES WHICH I DID. I ROTATED THE TIRES AGAIN AT 40,000 MILES AND TRADED VEHICLE OFF AT 41,000 MILES. THE TIRES WERE OF GOOD TREAD BUT WORN IN A CRAZY FASHION IN AN IRREGULAR MANNER. 4 NEW SHOCKS DID NOT HELP, THE FORD GARAGE CHECKED THE ALIGNMENT AND STATED THE VEHICLE WAS WITHIN SPECS. I BOUGHT A FORD F-250 WITH GOODYEAR AT'S, AND IT TO SEEMS TO BE WEARING THE TIRES FUNNY. I DO NOT DRIVE ERRATIC AND DO KEEP THE TIRE PRESSURE TO THE RECOMMENDED PSI. FOR YEARS, WHEN FORD HAD THE TWIN I-BEAM FRONT SUSPENSION ON ITS P/U'S, THE TIRES WORE FUNNY AND ALSO WOULD NOT LAST TILL THE 6000 MILE ROTATION POINT. FORD HAS HAD A PROBLEM WITH VERY UNUSUAL TIRE WEAR FOR YEARS, AND IT MUST BE WITH FORD'S SUSPENSION SYSTEM, WEIGHT TO GROUND PRESSURES OR HARMONICS, BUT THEY HAVE A VERY SERIOUS DESIGN FLAW WHICH EFFECTS ITS TIRES TO WEAR UNUSALLY ON THE FORD EXPLORER SERIES AND THE FORD F SERIES, THIS IS A CERTAINTY. THE PROBLEM DOES NOT JUST EFFECT FIRESTONE TIRES!!!!!!!( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235R75-15 )

I REPLACED MY TIRES TODAY BECAUSE OF NOTICEABLE CRACKING/TREAD SEPARATION. 2 TIRES WERE VERY BAD. I DID NOT WANT TO PUT MY 2 YEAR OLD CHILD IN JEOPARDY ANY LONGER BY WAITING FOR THE RECALL ON THESE TIRES. WHAT DOCUMENTATION DO I NEED TO KEEP? DO I NEED TO GET THE DEALER TO NOTE ON MY RECEIPT THAT THE OLD TIRES ARE CRACKED? I DID NOT KEEP THE OLD TIRES. THE NEW TIRES WERE PURCHASED AT SAN BENITO TIRE, INC., 246 TRES PINOS RD., HOLLISTER, CA (831) 637-5804( DOT NUMBER: )

I REPLACED MY TIRES TODAY BECAUSE OF NOTICEABLE CRACKING/TREAD SEPARATION. 2 TIRES WERE VERY BAD. I DID NOT WANT TO PUT MY 2 YEAR OLD CHILD IN JEOPARDY ANY LONGER BY WAITING FOR THE RECALL ON THESE TIRES. WHAT DOCUMENTATION DO I NEED TO KEEP? DO I NEED TO GET THE DEALER TO NOTE ON MY RECEIPT THAT THE OLD TIRES ARE CRACKED? I DID NOT KEEP THE OLD TIRES. THE NEW TIRES WERE PURCHASED AT SAN BENITO TIRE, INC., 246 TRES PINOS RD., HOLLISTER, CA (831) 637-5804( DOT NUMBER: )

1 TIRE HAD PEELING TREAD, OTHER3 HAVE CRACKS IN TREADS WHY NOT RECALLED?( DOT NUMBER: W2HL TIRE SIZE: 23575R15 )

WHILE LOWERING SPARE TIRE THE WINCH FAILED TO ALLOW THE CABLE TO ROLL BACK UP INTO THE HOUSING, THE JACK HANDLE/WINCH CRANK ALSO JAMMED IN THE MECHANISM, THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THE WINCH WAS USED, CLERK AT DEALER SAID THE PART WAS POORLY DESIGNED. NLM

ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 1995, EXLORER, P235/75R15 SIZE. SIDEWALL CRACKED ON TWO OF THE FIVE TIRES.*AK SIDEWALL FAILED BY CRACKING AND GOING FLAT. *YH

VEHICLE STALLS FOR NO APPARENT REASON - I THINK THIS WAS THE TFI PROBLEM.

WE DON'T HAVE THE RECALL TIRES OR A PROBLEM ON OUR VEHICLE. BUT, RATHER SUSPECT TREAD SEPARATION BEING CAUSED BY ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM AND DISK BREAKS ON ALL 4 WHEELS. THIS CAN CAUSE MORE BREAKING/SHEAR STRESS ON THE TREAD OVER TIME. RUNNING AT HIGH-SPEED DOESN'T SIMULATE BREAKING, PARTICULARLY IN HEAVY STOP-GO COMMUTING WHICH MANY VEHICLES ARE NOW BEING USED FOR. THEN WHEN THEY ARE TAKEN ON LONG HIGH-SPEED DRIVES, THE WEAKENED TREAD IS SUBJECT TO FAILURE. TESTING SHOULD INCLUDE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SURGING TESTS AND RADIAL BREAK-LOAD SIMULATION.( DOT NUMBER: )

ENGINE STALLS WHEN LETTING OFF GAS IN TRAFFIC OR IDELING WHEN OUTSIDE TEMPERATURES ARE 90 DEGREES OR ABOVE. THE ENGINE IS NOT REGISTERING IT BEING OVERHEATED NOR IS THERE A NEED FOR ADDITIONAL WATER IN THE RADIATOR. ALL OF THESE HAVE BEEN CHECKED.

FIRESTONE: INSUREDS TIRE BLEW OUT, HE LOST CONTROL OF THE VEH, THE VEH FLIPPED OVER SHE HAS THE RECEIPT AT HOME. SHE WILL SEND IT TO US VIA FAX. SHE PURCHASED THE TIRE IN FLA. IT WAS A NEW TIRE AND NOW SHE IS TOLD THAT IT MAY HAVE BEEN A RECAPPED TIRE. INSD STILL HAS TIRE. SHE PURCHASED THE TIRES 2/99. (CLAIM# 11-3354-635) *MW

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 )

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

CONSUMER HAD AN ACCIDENT WHEN THE FIRESTONE AT TIRE SEPARATED CAUSING SLIGHT DAMAGE TO THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE DOOR, CONSUMER REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT. NLM

CONSUMER HAD TIRE COME APART PRIOR TO RECALL 00T-005 AND REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES. NLM

RIGHT REAR TIRE SHOWS DEFINITE SIGNS OF TREAD SEPARATION. SMALL HAIRLINE CRACK RUNNING AROUND OUTSIDE OF TIRE ABOUT AN INCH DOWN FROM TOP OF TREAD. LEFT REAR TIRE NOT AS NOTICEABLE BUT ON CLOSE EXAMINATION SHOWS SIGNS OF BEGINNING TO SEPARATE. ALTHOUGH TIRE SIZE IS NOT ON RECALL LIST WHEN INSPECTED BY FIRESTONE DEALER THEY AGREED TO REPLACE ALL FOUR TIRES.( DOT NUMBER: W2HL TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

I AM CONCERNED THAT MY TIRES SHOULD BE DEFECTIVE DUE TO THE TYPE AND SIZE. AT THIS TIME THEY ARE NOT SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED AS DEFECTIVE BUT THEY ARE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS HT TIRES BUILT IN DECATUR ILLINOIS. *AK (DOT NUMBER: VDHL AWR TIRESIZE: P235/75R15)

FIRESTONE IS REPLACING TIRES WITH CENTENIAL CANYON CLIMBERS. *AK