1997 FORD EXPLORER Complaints

MULTI-PURPOSE DIRECTIONAL SWITCH, DOES NOT OPERATE THE WINDSHEILD WIPERS PROPERLY, HOWEVER, THE SIGNALS WORK. CONSUMER HAS REPLACED THE SWITCH ONCE BEFORE, AND THE PROBLEM HAS REOCCURRED. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

CONSUMER WAS AT STOP SIGN WHEN THERE WAS A LOUD POPPING SOUND AND THE ENGINE SHUT DOWN. TIMING CHAIN BROKE. CONSUMER WAS HEARING POPPING NOISE FOR YEARS, TOOK TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY NEVER WERE ABLE TO DUPLICATE NOISE. *AK

THE DESIGN OF PEDALS ARE TO CLOSE, CAUSING ACCELERATION, ALMOST RESULTING IN COLLISION. *YC

UPON TOUCHING GAS PEDAL VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATRED, CAUSING A COLLISION. DRIVER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES, AND VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. MANUFACTURER WILL BE NOTIFIED. *AK

TAIL PIPE SEPARATED FROM THE MUFFLER. CAUSING VEHICLE TO MAKE LOUD NOISES THERE IS SOME METAL UNDER THE VEHICLE THAT IS MAKING ALOT OF NOISE. *AK

TAIL PIPE IS SEPARATING FROM MUFFLER, AND THE VEHICLE IS MAKING A LOUD NOISE. THERE IS METAL TYPE OF NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. *AK

TAIL PIPE SEPARATED FROM THE MUFFLER, CAUSING VEHICLE TO MAKE A VERY LOUD NOISE. THERE IS A NOISE LIKE METAL PIECE OF OBJECT IS HANGING FROM VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE UNDER THE HOOD . VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

HAVE HAD A INTERMITTENT VALVE TAP SINCE A RECALL WAS DONE ,IT'S GETTING PROGRESSLY WORSE. DEALER HAS REPLACED TAPPETS ONCE AND THE TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER THINKING IT WAS THAT .NOW I SEE TWO TSBS' NHTSA #SB051948 AND #SB051128 AND WAS WONDERING IF THEY MIGHT APPLY AND CAN I DO ANYTHING TO GET THE PROBLEM RESOLVED ? THANKYOU FOR ANY HELP ,SHANNON

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION DUE TO FAILURE OF A BROKEN THROTTLE RETURN SPRING. (ATTORNEY FOR CONSUMER). MJS