1995 FORD EXPLORER Complaints

BOTH THE FRONT LEFT AND FRONT RIGHT SWAY BAR LINKS HAVE FAILED ON THIS VEHICLE. THE LINKS HAVE SIMPLY FALLEN OFF OF THE VEHICLE. I SAW AN ARTICLE IN THE NEWSPAPER THAT NHTSA WAS INVESTIGATING THIS COMPONENT ON THE 1995 EXPLORER AND WISHED TO PROVIDE MY INFORMATION AS WELL. *AK

GOING 70 THUD THUD THUD AND FLAT. STEEL BELT SPLIT. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY SINCE APPROXIMATELY 30,000 MILES. NO CAUSE COULD BE DETERMINED BY SEVERAL FORD DEALERSHIPS. AT 109,000 MILES O/D LIGHT BEGAN FLASHING. DEALER DIAGNOSED TRANSMISSION FAILURE AND RECOMMENDED REPLACEMENT ($2558). 5,000 MILES LATER SAME SYMPTOMS APPEARED (O/D LIGHT FLASHING). DEALER DIAGNOSED TRANSMISSION AND PCM FAILURE - REPLACED TRANSMISSION UNDER WARRANTY AND REPLACED PCM ($264). 5,000 MILES AFTER THAT SAME SYMPTOMS PRESENTED THEMSELVES (O/D LIGHT FLASHING). DEALER DIAGNOSED TRANSMISSION FAILURE AND PCM FAILURE - BOTH REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CONTINUES TO PRESENT ITSELF INTERMITTENTLY (TYPICALLY ON LONG DRIVES). SUMMARY: 3 TRANSMISSIONS AND 2 PCMS FAILED WITHIN 12,000 MILES. *AK

INITIAL FAILURE DUE TO VERY MINOR DIP IN I-80 FROM BRIDGE TO ASPAULT TRANSITION. FAILURE RESULTED IN UNCONTROLLABLE VEHICLE OSCILLATION AND SUBSEQUENT SPIN-OUT INCLUDING TIRE, BUMPER AND MINOR INJURIES FROM SPIN. VEHICLE WAS UNSTABLE AND WOULD START OSCILLATIONS ABOVE 30 MPH. A SECOND SPIN-OUT OCCURRED WHEN TAKING VEHICLE IN FOR INSPECTION AT AROUND 35 MPH - NO DAMAGE FROM ACCIDENT. REPLACEMENT OF FRONT STABILIZER LINK RESOLVED STABILITY PROBLEMS.*AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 16 )

DRIVING ON COOL DAY ON MASS. PIKE EAST OF STURBRIDGE EXIT. TIRE SEPARATION. HEARD THUMPING PRIOR TO SUDDEN FLAT. SIDEWALL BLEW OUT. TREAD CAME OFF IN STREAMS. TIRES WERE NEW WHEN VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 235/75 )

WE PURCHASED NEW FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES (P235/75R15) FROM OUR LOCAL COSTCO TIRE CENTER ON 06-27-99. OUR TIRES DO NOT HAVE THE RECALLED DOT SERIAL NUMBER, BUT WE HAD THEM INSPECTED AT THE COSTCO TIRE CENTER JUST TO BE SAFE. THE TIRE INSTALLER AT COSTCO POINTED OUT THAT BOTH FRONT TIRES HAD STARTED TO CRACK AND SEPARATE WHERE THE TREAD MEETS THE SIDEWALL. WE WERE TOLD TO REPLACE THE TIRES IMMEDIATELY. COSTCO WILL REPLACE THE TIRES, BUT HAS TO PUT ON ANOTHER PAIR OF FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRES. I REPEAT, OUR TIRES ARE NOT CURRENTLY SUBJECT TO RECALL, EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE ALSO DEFECTIVE. AT THE TIME OF THIS E-MAIL, THE TIRES ONLY HAVE 22,329 MILES ON THEM AND THE TREAD IS IN DANGER OF SEPARATING. IT IS MY BELIEF THAT ALL FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRES SHOULD BE RECALLED IMMEDIATELY! IF FIRESTONE KNEW BEFOREHAND ABOUT PROBLEMS WITH THEIR TIRES, THEY SHOULD BE HELD CRIMINALLY LIABLE FOR ANY DEATHS AND INJURIES ASSOCIATED WITH THEIR TIRES. PLEASE ADD MY NAME TO THE LIST OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES.( DOT NUMBER: 8XHLIPY TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

WHILE DRIVING ON 93 SOUTH, A MAJOR MASSACHUSETTS HIGHWAY, AT 55 MILES AN HOUR ON 11-1998, I SWERVED TO AVOID HITTING A CAR THAT WAS GOING TO COME INTO MY LANE.MY SUV FELT LIKE IT WAS GOING TO TIP OVER ON ITS SIDE.IT FELT LIKE I WAS RIDING ON TWO WHEELS.HAD I NOT BEEN CALM AND STEERED CORRECTLY, THE SUV WOULD HAVE TIPPED OVER ON ITS SIDE.THE SECOND TIME, 8-2000 WAS ON 95 SOUTH, IN MASSACHUSETTS.UPON GETTING OFF THE EXIT RAMP, MY SUV AGAIN FELT LIKE IT WOULD TIP OVER. I WAS GOING ABOUT 25 MILES AN HOUR.BOTH TIMES THE SWAY BAR LINKS HAD TO BE REPLACED.I WAS CHARGED FOR THE FIRST REPAIR.I HAVE REPLACED THE FIVE ORIGINAL TIRES WHICH WERE PART OF THE RECENT RECALL, WITH THE SAME TYPE OF TIRE ABOUT A YEAR AGO.THE CID SENSOR IS A PART THAT SHOULD LAST THE LIFE OF THE SUV, ACCORDING TO THE MECHANIC THAT WORKED ON IT.IT HAD TO BE REPLACED ON MY SUV.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/75/15 )

STABILIZER BAR COMPONENT BROKE AND LITERALLY DISINTEGRATED/DISAPPEARED COMPLETELY. NOTHING WAS LEFT BUT THE GAPING HOLE WHERE IT USED TO BE. SHOCK FAILED EITHER BEFORE OR AFTER COMPONENT FAILURE - NOT SURE WHICH OCCURRED FIRST.

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

PE00020; ORIGINAL TIRES ON A FORD, EXPLORER, 1995, 25570/R16, DOTVNCU1PX029. SIDEWALL HAD CRACKS ABOUT INCH LONG, AND DRIVER COULD SEE THE STEEL BELTS. EVERY OTHER INCH HAD A CRACK. ALSO, ALL 4 TIRES HAD CRACKS, CONSUMER REPLACED TIRES WITH WILDERNESS AT, AND AT 18, 000 MILES CONSUMER WAS NOTICING MORE CRACKING. *AK *SLC