1997 FORD EXPLORER Complaints

ENGINE SURGING WHEN COLD. I HAVE HAD THE CODES READ AND WILL NOT TELL WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. POOR GAS MILEAGE. VALVES RATTLING WHEN START UP OF ENGINE FOR SEVERAL SECOUNDS AND THEN STOPS RATTLING. BLACK SUTT IN EXHAUST PIPE.*AK

DURING A VEHICLE INSPECTION SEVERAL PROBLEMS WERE FOUND. THE CHILD SAFETY LOCK ON THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR DOOR WAS BROKEN AND THE DRIVER SIDE TAIL LIGHT DOESN'T WORK. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS.

WHILE DRIVING AT A LOW SPEED IN THE DRIVEWAY SPARE TIRE DETACHED FROM VEHICLE. DRIVER FOUND THE CABLE THAT WAS HOLDING THE TIRE, IT LOOKED SHREDDED. *AK

BROKEN FRONT SEAT LATCH ON 1997 EXPLORER SPORT FROD MOTOR CO ACKNOWLEDEGES PART DEFECT (REFER TECHINACAL SERVICE BULLETIN 98-25-15) BUT DOES NOT FEEL THAT THEY SHOULD REPLACE PART BECUSE A RECALL WAS NOT ORDERED.*AK I HAVE SEEN ARTICLES ON THE WEB ABOUT THIS BEING A WARRANTY REPAIR BUT FORD WILL NOT HONOR ON VEHICLE

SEAT BELTS IN BACK SEAT AND SPEED CONTROL WILL NOT CANCEL AFTER BEING SET. A LADY HAD LATCH HER SEAT BELT IN THE RIGHT REAR SEAT,AND IT WOULD NOT RELEASE HAD TO CUT THE BELT TO GET HER OUT.*AK

CONSUMER STATES THAT AFTER DRIVING VEHICLE KEYS CAN BE REMOVED AND VEHICLE WILL STILL OPERATE AS THOUGH KEYS ARE STILL IN IT. ALSO, VEHICLE WILL START UP ON ITS OWN BEFORE THE KEY IS INSERTED.*AK

ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGO AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC LAST MONTH WHICH STATED CLOCKSPRING HAD TO BE REPLACED. *AK

CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE INTO INSPECTION STATION AND DIDN'T PASS INSPECTION BECAUSE OF THE TIMING BELT WAS MAKING NOISE. DEALER STATED IT WOULD COST ABOUT $1500.*AK

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING REAR WINDOW SHATTERED. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

DRIVER'S SEAT BELT BUCKLE FAILED TO UNLATCH. THE CONSUMER HAD TO USE A SCREW DRIVER TO PRY IT OPEN. *AK *SCC *JB