1999 FORD EXPLORER Complaints

DRIVER'S SEAT SUDDENLY RECLINED AND COULD NOT RETURN BACK TO THE UPRIGHT POSITION.*MR DEALER NOTIFIED. *CB

RECALL REPAIRS CANNOT BE PERFORMED UNLESS THE RECLINING SEAT HANDLE CAN BE FIXED. ALTHOUGH THE INITIAL RECALL PROBLEM CAUSED THE HANDLE TO BE BENT, THE DEALER WANTS THE CONSUMER TO PAY FOR IT. CONSUMER FEELS HE IS BEING GIVEN THE RUN AROUND TO GET THE VEHICLE FIXED. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK

THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE FRONT DOORS DO NOT UNLOCK FROM THE OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS. *NLM

SEVERAL TIMES WHEN VEHICLE WAS TURNED ON THERE WAS A STREAM OF SMOKE THAT CAME UP FROM THE GEAR SHIFTER. ALSO, GEAR SHIFT INDICATOR WAS MISALIGNED. WHEN VEHICLE WAS IN REVERSE IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS IN NEUTRAL, AND WHEN IS IN NEUTRAL IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS IN DRIVE. *AK *NLM

WHILE TRAVELING AT 25 MPH, ANOTHER DRIVER MADE AN ILLEGAL PASS OF THE RIGHT SIDE AND CLIPPED THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF THE CONSUMER;S VEHICLE, WHICH CAUSED HER TO LOOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND SUBSEQUENTLY THE CONSUMER HIT THREE PARKED VEHICLE AND LANDED ON TOP OF THE FOURTH VEHICLE. THE SECOND ACCIDENT THE CONSUMER STATED A VEHICLE WAS COMING TOWARD HER, SO SHE SWERVED TO AVOID HITTING THE VEHICLE AND CRASHED IN A WOODEN POLE AT 25 MPH THE VEHICLE BOUNCED OFF THE POLE AND WENT BACK INTO POLE AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONSUMER SUFFERED INJURIES . *AK *JB *NLM

WHILE DRIVING, THE PASSENGER SEAT RECLINED WITHOUT WARNING.*AK. THE CONSUMER STATED THE PASSENGER AND DRIVER SEATS MECHANISM WAS OF POOR QUALITY. FORD HAD A RECALL ON THE DRIVERS SEAT BUT NOT THE PASSENGER SEAT. *JB

PASSENGER SIDE HIGH BACK SEAT BOLT RECLINER MECHANISM BROKE, WHICH CAUSED THE SEAT TO COLLAPSE. RECALL 03V281000 ON HIGH BACK SEAT, HOWEVER THE RECALL DID NOT INCLUDE THE PASSENGER SIDE. CONSUMER SAID " THE MANUFACTURER FELT ONE REPAIR WAS LIABLE". *AK *JB

WHILE DRIVING, PASSANGE SIDE SPINDLE AT THE POINT OF STEERING CONNECTION TO IT, BROKE CAUSING VEHICLE TO POOL AND PUSH ALL OVER THE ROAD OUT OF CONTROL. DEALER SAW NO PRIOR DAMAGE TO IT OR OTHER PART (TIRE, RIM, EXT.) AND STILL REFUSE TO COVER UNDER BUMPER-TO-BUMPER COVERAGE.

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT STAYS ON ALL THE TIME, AND THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKS, MAKING DRIVING IMPOSSIBLE. VEHICLE HAD SEVERAL RECALL REPAIRS DONE, BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTS. DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER HAD BEEN INFORMED OF THE PROBLEM.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE VEHICLE ROLLED OVER. DON'T KNOW IF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION AND POLICE REPORT. *NLM