1993 FORD EXPLORER Complaints

PE00.020; WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 65MPH ON THE INTERSTATE AND THERE WAS A NOISE DUE TO RIGHT REAR TIRE SEPARATING FROM WHEEL. CONSUMER MAINTAINED CONTROL OF VEHICLE. PULLED OVER AND CHANGED THE FIRESTONE #ATX THE ORIGINAL FACTORY BOUGHT TIRES. *AK

PE00-00; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 45MPH ON THE HIGHWAY, WAS ON THE TOP OF STEEP BRIDGE AND HEARD A POPPING NOISE FROM LEFT DRIVER REAR TIRE. TREAD HAD SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE, AND THE VEHICLE STARTED TO FISHTAIL. VEHICLE WAS TURNED THE OPPOSITE WAY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. *AK

EA0012; SPARE TIRE WINCH CABLE: WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 65 MPH SPARE TIRE FELL OFF THE EXPLORER, WHICH CAUSED A CRASH. DEALERSHIP AND FORD WERE CALLED ABOUT THE PROBLEM. CABLE THE HOLDS THE TIRE SNAPPED/ BROKE. REPAIRS WILL BE MADE AT OWNER'S EXPENSE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

THIS IS SECOND SET OF THESE TIRES. FIRST SET HAD SAME PROBLEMS. PURCHASED 2ND SET IN SEPT 1997..TOOK BACK IMMED, WAS TOLD THEY FORGOT TO BALANCE.. PROBLEM OF SHIMMY AT 55 TO 65 MPH REMAINED, RETURNED TO FIRESTONE ON 2/16/98 FOR SAME...RETURNED AGAIN ON 2/17/98...ON 5/6/98 TOOK TO DOWNTOWN FORD AND IN 1999 TOOK TO TIRE AMERICA...HAVE TOLD ALL WE FEEL IT IS A TIRE SEPERATION AND HAVE BEEN TOLD IT WAS BALANCING, TRAIT OF EXPLORERS AND WILL ALWAYS BE THERE. HAVE PAPER WORK TO BACK UP ALL THE TIMES WE HAVE TAKEN THESE TWO SETS OF TIRES IN TO BE CHECKED. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

A FIRESTONE ATX BLEW OUT AT HIGHWAY SPEED ON OUR 1993 EXPLORER. THE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE AND CAUSED OVER $600 DAMAGE TO THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. WE HAD TO REPLACE ALL THE TIRES AND NOW WE HAVE A NEW SET OF FIRESTONE ATX TIRES WHICH WE REALLY DO NOT WANT IF THERE IS A KNOWN SAFETY HAZARD. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 235/75/15 )

THE TIRE BLEW WITH VERY LITTLE WARNING. THE ENTIRE SIDEWALL SEPARATED FROM THE REST OF THE TIRE. I HAD ORIGINALLY THOUGHT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN DUE TO A ROAD HAZARD THAT I HAD NOT SEEN. SINCE THE RECENT REPORTS I DO NOT THINK SO. IT LOOKED EXACTLY LIKE SOME OF THE PICTURES I SAW ON THE NEWS. IN OVER 40 YEARS OF DRIVING I HAVE NEVER SEEN A SIDEWALL SEPERATE LIKE THAT. I DID NOT PAY THAT MUCH ATTENTION TO THE TREAD. THE TIRE HAD 20K+ MILES ON IT BUT WAS NOT IN BAD SHAPE. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 235X15 )

PE00-00; CONSUMER REPLACED FIRESTONE ATX TIRES BECAUSE THE TREAD SEPARATED. THERE WERE KNOTS AND BUMPS ON THE TIRES. TIRE SIZE WAS P23575R15. *AK

MY FORD EXPLORER HAS ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL SEVERAL TIMES. THE LAST TIME, THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS BEING USED AND AFTERWORDS, IT STOPPED WORKING. IT HAPPENS WITHOUT WARNING AND THEN SLOWS DOWN. THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED, I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE CAR ACCELERATED AT FULL ENGINE RPM FOR SEVERAL MINUTES BEFORE IT SLOWED DOWN. I HAVE HEARD THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH FORD BUT THE DEALER SAID HE HAD NEVER HEARD OF IT. HAVE YOU HAD REPORTS OF THIS, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS OR WHAT REPAIR IS NECESSARY. WHY HAS THERE NOT BEEN A RECALL ON THIS, IT IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM. WHAT CAN I DO, I THINK FORD SHOULD FIX IT FREE BUT THEY DON'T EVEN ADMIT IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM. IS IT? *AK

WHILE DRIVING AND USING BRAKES VEHICLE WILL WOBBLE, AND HAS A TENDENCY TO FLIP OVER. CONSUMER HAS BEEN ON TWO WHEELS AND SLAMMED BACK DOWN TO THE GROUND.*AK

WHILE DRIVING, VEHICLE EXPERIENCED BOUNCING, CONSUMER NOTICED 2 REAR FIRESTONE RADIAL ATX TIRES P235/75R15 DOT 233 WERE EXPERIENCING TREAD SEPARATION, FIRESTONE DEALER STATED THAT TIRES WERE NOT PART OF RECALL AND TOLD CONSUMER THAT THE 4 TIRES HAD TO PURCHASED. *SLC