1996 FORD EXPLORER Complaints

EXPERIENCED FAILURE OF HEATER/DEFROSTER IN COLD WEATHER. FORD DEALER IN ATHENS AL WANTED $1000 TO CORRECT FAILURE.*AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A COLLISION IN WHICH VEHICLE ROLLED OVER, AND PASSENGER SEAT BELT BUCKLE RELEASED FROM LOCKING MECHANISM. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 25MPH BRAKES WOULD MAKE A GRINDING NOISE WHEN APPLIED. TOOK TO DEALER TWICE TO BE REPAIRED, BUT PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL LETTER CONCERNING THE FRONT SWAYBAR LINKS, BUT HAD PROBLEMS WITH DEALERSHIP CONCERNING THE ACTUAL IMPLEMENTATION OF SERVICE, CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE AS OF YET AND TO RETURN A LATER TIME. *JG

WHILE DRIVING, BRAKE PEDAL BROKE CAUSING CONSUMER TO HAVE NO BRAKES, CONSUMER USED EMERGENCY BRAKES TO STOP VEHICLE, DEALER REPLACED POWER BRAKE UNIT. *TT

THE PLASTIC BLEND DOOR BREAKS AND YOU HAVE NO CONTROL OF HOT/COLD TEMP ON TRUCK. *AK

THIRD BRAKE LIGHT ON THIS VEHICLE SHORTED OUT WHEN THE BRAKE WAS APPLIED AND STARTED A FIRE (OPEN FLAME) ON THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE.

PRIOR TO RECALL, CONSUMER REPLACED THE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS ATX TIRES DUE TO TREAD SEPARATION, CONSUMER WAS DENIED BY FIRESTONE STATING THE TIRES WERE REPLACED PRIOR TO THE ANNOUNCEMENT.( FIRESTONE TIRES P235/75R15) *YD

VEHICLE WOULD START VIBRATING AT 40 MPH OR LESS. TOOK VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANICTO CHECK. MECHANIC INDICATED ONE BOLT WAS MISSING, AND OTHERS WERE HALFWAY OUT OF SUSPENSION. *AK

WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, NOT A PANIC STOP, ABS SYSTEM ACTIVATES, THIS INCREASES THE STOPPING DISTANCE BY SEVERAL FEET. THIS HAPPENS INTERMITTENTLY AND IS GETTING MORE FREQUENTLY, DEALER INSPECTED VEHICLE, AND DETERMINED THAT FRONT WHEEL SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK