1999 FORD EXPLORER Complaints

WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH A SPARK BLEW OUT OF THE CYLINDER HEAD. THERE WAS A LOUD POPPING SOUND FROM WITHIN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, AND THE VEHICLE LOST CONSIDERABLE POWER AT THAT TIME. THE WINDOWS HAD TO BE OPENED DUE TO THE GAS FUMES.*AK

FRONT RIGHT REPLACEMENT TIRE FOR THE FIRESTONE RECALL 01 X 001 000, EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION. THIS OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING AT 56 MPH, WHICH CAUSED LOSS OF CONTROL. THE VEHICLE IMPACTED THE MEDIUM.*AK

DRIVERS SEAT HAS STARTED TO RECLINE. THE LATEST RECALL REPLACES A COUPLE OF BOLTS BUT THE DEALER SAYS THAT WILL NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. THE SEAT LEANS EXTREMELY BACK MAKING IT HARD TO DRIVE. I HAVE TO HANG ON TO THE STEERING WHEEL TO KEEP MYSELF UPRIGHT. THIS HAS CAUSED MY WRIST TO BECOME EXTREMELY PAINFUL NOW. I CAN BARELY HOLD MORE THAN 2 POUNDS BEFORE THE HAND LETS GO.*AK

WHILE DRIVING DRIVER'S SEAT FELL ALL THE WAY BACK AND INJURED THE DRIVERS' BACK. CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE 03V28100 FOR THIS PROBLEM AFTER THE INCIDENT. BUT DEALER REFUSED T0 HONOR RECALL.*AK

WHEN RECLINING FRONT PASSENGER SIDE SEATBACK RECLINING BOLT DISCONNECTED FROM THE SEAT. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

ABOUT 3 WEEKS AGO, AFTER PARKING MY 1999 FORD EXPLORER (VIN [XXX], PURCHASED FROM HALL FORD, NEWPORT NEWS, VA ON DECEMBER 16, 1998), I ACCIDENTALLY DROPPED THE KEYS BETWEEN THE DRIVERS SEAT AND CENTER CONSOLE. THERE IS ADEQUATE ROOM TO SLIP ONES HAND BETWEEN THE TWO, SO I DID SO IN ORDER TO RETRIEVE THE KEYS. AS I WAS PULLING MY HAND BACK UP, I FOUND THAT THE HORIZONTAL PIECE OF PLASTIC ABOUT HALF WAY DOWN THE SIDE OF THE CONSOLE WAS RAZOR-SHARP, AND HAD CAUSED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF INJURY TO MY RIGHT HAND (PHOTO AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST). IN ADDITION TO THE PHYSICAL DISFIGUREMENT, I WAS IN PAIN FOR SEVERAL DAYS, AND HAD TO USE ANTIBIOTICS TO BEAT BACK A RESULTING SECONDARY INFECTION FROM THE WOUND.*AK INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

AIR BAG LIGHT WOULD CONTINUE ILLUMINATING. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE TWICE BUT HAD NO SOLUTION, PROBLEM STILL OCCURRING. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH VEHICLE HIT A DEER HEAD ON, AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, A GRINDING NOISE CAN BE HEARD AND THE BRAKE PEDAL HAS TO DEPRESSED ALMOST DOWN TO THE FLOOR TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER HAS ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR THE BRAKES SIX TIMES; CAUSE OF PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.

03-V-281-000:THE UPPER BOLT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE HIGH BACK SEAT, THAT ATTACHES THE SEAT RECLINER MECHANISM TO THE SEAT BACK FRAME, COULD FRACTURE. IF THE BOLT FRACTURES AND DOES NOT JAM IN THE SEAT BACK FRAME, THE SEAT BACK MAY RECLINE UNTIL IT MAKES CONTACT WITH AN OBJECT BEHIND THE SEAT, SUCH AS THE SECOND ROW SEAT CUSHION. CONSUMER HAS THE SAME PROBLEM.