1995 FORD EXPLORER Complaints

TIRE: BELT SEPARATED ON FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS/AT TIRES, P255/70R16 ON FORD, EXPLORER, 1995. FORD/FIRESTONE HAVE BEEN CONTACTED.*AK DOT # VNCU1PL015, THE TREAD SEPARATION CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. *SLC

CONSUMER HAD AN ACCIDENT WHEN THE FIRESTONE AT TIRE SEPARATED CAUSING SLIGHT DAMAGE TO THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE DOOR, CONSUMER REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT. NLM

WHILE TRAVELING AT APPROX 40MPH I BEGAN TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL TO SLOW DOWN. AT THIS TIME I HAD HIT A POTHOLE IN THE ROAD. AS I DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL IT LOCKED UP AND I COULD FEEL THE ANTI LOCKS ATTEMPTING TO ACTIVE. I COULD NOT CONTROL THE FOWARD MOTION OF THE VEHICLE FOR APPROX 5 SECONDS ALMOST HITTING THE VEHICLES IN FRONT OF ME. THI

WHEN DRIVING AT 40 MPH AND TAKING FOOT OFF ACCELERATOR PEDAL TO SLOWDOWN VEHICLE WILL STALL. CONSUMER MUST SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL TO RESTART VEHICLE.*AK

HATE FIRESTONE, THEY REPLACED RECALL TIRES WITH AT'S. HAD ATX. WE ALSO PAID $200+ TO HAVE THEM PUT ON 4 NEW SHOCKS. SAID IF WE NOT HAPPY THEY WILL REPLACE WITH ANYTHING WE WANTED. WOULD NOT HAVE ACCEPTED THE AT'S IF HE HADN'T SAID WE COULD GET REPLACED IF NOT HAPPY. CONTACTED THEM AND ASKED FOR GOODYEAR OR MICHELLIN'S. THEY HAVE BRUSHED US OFF. HEARD SOME GOT $500 TO REPLACE TIRES ANYWHERE THEY WANTED BUT SINCE OURS HAVE BEEN REPLACED ONCE, AFRAID WE WILL NOT BE REIMBURSED. CURRENT TIRES ARE VERY HARD RIDE AND CAUSE CAR TO DASH LIGHTS TO GO OUT, AND CAR ISN'T AS STEADY ON THE AT'S. THESE 4X4 AT'S SEEM TO WANT TO HUNT AND NOT GOOD IN MUD. LIVE IN COUNTRY AND USE 4 WHEEL DRIVE OFTEN. HATE THESE TIRES. WILL NEVER BUY FIRESTONE TIRES AGAIN! *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P23575R15 )

PRIOR TO ACCIDENT I COULD NOT KEEP THE TIRES BALANCED. I ALSO HAD THE 16 INCH TIRES FAIL ON MY 1998 EXPLORER. I COULD NOT KEEP THEM BALANCED AND THEY WOULD BOUNCE ALL OVER. I REPLACED THEM WITH MICHELIN TIRES. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 16 INCH )

THE DRIVERSIDE SAFETY BELT REPEATEDLY DISENGAGED/BECAME UNFASTENED FOR NO APPEARANT REASON. WE HAD IT REPLACED AT TOM WOOD FORD, AFTER WAITING AT LEAST 1 WEEK!!!! MY HUSBAND IS AN EMERGENCY ROOM DOCTOR; WE NEVER GO ANYWHERE WITHOUT A SAFETY BELT!!! THIS DEFECT IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE AND THE REPLACEMENT TIME WAS OUTRAGEOUS!!!

FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES EXPERIENCED CRACKING ALONG THE TREAD EDGE, CONSUMER WANTS REIMBURSEMENT. *SLC

ONE OF ORIGINALLY INSTALLED 16 " FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES IN FORD EXPLORE BLEW OUT PREMATUARLY WHEN WE WERE DRIVING ON THE SOUTH-BOUND OF I-95 AT CONNETICUT ON MAY 10, 1999. FORTUNATELY, NO ACCIDENT WAS INVOLVED AND NO ONE WAS INJURED. WE JUST REPLACED BROCKEN TIRE TO A NEW ONE AT NEARBY TIRE SHOP. I HAVE NOT REPORTED TO ANYONE THEN. THIS TIRE FAILURE WAS OBVIOUSLY PREMATURE TIRE FAILURE, WHICH IS THE SAME TO THE ONE CURRENTLY RECALLED ON FIRESTONE TIRES. I BROUGHT THE CAR FOR INSPECTION AT A FORD DEALER IN VIRGINIA IN LATE AUGUST, BUT THEY REJECTED TO REPLACE IT SINCE THIS IS 16 INCH TIRE AND ONLY 15 INCH TIRES WERE RECALLED THEN. I AM REPORTING THAT 16 INCH TIRES OF THIS TIYE ARE ALSO IN DANGER AS WE EXPERIENCED AND THOSE SHALL BE RECALLED IMMEDIATELY TO AVOID FUTURE ACCIDENTS. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P255/70R16 )

LAST YEAR MY CAR WOULD SHUT DOWN. GO FROM REGULAR RPM TO ZERO AND DIE. THIS WOULD LOCK MY STEERING COLUMN. I OBSERVED THAT THIS HAPPENED WHEN THE OUTDOOR TEMPERATURE EXCEEDED ABOUT 90 DEGREES F AND THE CAR WAS EXPOSED TO SUN (MORE LIKELY TO SHUT DOWN THAT IF I WAS COMING OUT OF A COVERED GARAGE WHERE THE TEMP WAS LOWER, UNTIL EXPOSED TO THE HIGHER OUTSIDE TEMP READ. THE STEERING COLUMN WOULD LOCK AS THE IGNITION SHUT OFF WHETHER I WAS IDLING IN A DRIVE THRU LANE OR EXISTING A FREEWAY RAMP WHERE I WOULD EXPECT TO GO FROM 55 TO 35 TO ZERO AT THE STOP, I WOULD GO TO ZERO AND BYPASS 34-1 MPH. JUST COMPLETE SYSTEM SHUT DOWN AND COLUMN LOCK. I TOOK THE CARE IN AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE FUEL INJECTORS AND PAID $500 FOR WHO KNOWS WHAT BECAUSE THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. IT'S HOT. THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. IT'S DANGEROUS. AM I PLACING MY FAMILY AT RISK? I ALREADY HAD THE AEROSTAR CATCH FIRE IN THE STEERING COLUMN WHILE I WAS AT FULL FREEWAY SPEED . I AM AFRAID THAT A SIMILAR DEFECT IS AT WORK HERE. THE AERO WAS A MANUAL SO I COULD ALWAYS REV TO KEEP THE RPM UP, THE EXPLORE IS AUTO TRANS AND GOES FROM DRIVE TO LOCK. PLEASE HELP ME. *AK