1998 FORD EXPLORER Complaints

UPPER INTAKE PLENUM HAD BURNT A HOLE IN IT.*MR WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE HESITATED AND THE CONSUMER SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING LIKE RUBBER/PLASTIC. THE HOLE IN THE PLENUM CAUSED TWO VACUUM HOSES TO MELT. *PH *NLM

REAR WINDOW WIPER NOT WORKING WHEN RAINING. *LA THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALER THREE TIMES AND THERE'S NOTHING THEY CAN DO. *PH *JB

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 65 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT WARNING VEHICLE LOST CONTROL AND WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES, AND WAS TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE TO THE HOSPITAL. *AK

VEHICLE FREQUENTLY STALLS AND STARVES FOR FUEL. CONSUMER HAS HAD THIS PROBLEM FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES AND FOUND NOTHING WRONG .*AK

1998 FORD EXPLORER, 4.0SOV HAS A REPEATED ENGINE HESITATION PROBLEM WHEN ENGINE IS WARM AND ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. DEALER SAYS AFTER NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS HE CAN NOT FIND THE PROBLEM. I HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NEW IT NOW HAS 100,000 MILES AND STILL HESITATES ON ACCELERATION. *LA

WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT WARNING DRIVER'S RECLINING SEAT BROKE IN HALF. DRIVER WAS NOT HURT, BUT WAS CONCERNED BECAUSE THE MECHANIC AT THE DEALER WAS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT WOULD NOT FIX IT.*AK

SEAT BELT LOCKED AROUND CHILD'S WAIST, CONSUMER HAD TO CUT CHILD OUT . AS A RESULT, SEAT BELT LEFT A BRUISE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY IN INCLEMENT WEATHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A TREE WITHOUT WARNING. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER DRIVER'S SIDE NOR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED.*AK

THE DRIVER'S DOOR CANNOT BE OPENED FROM THE OUTSIDE WHEN THE DOOR IS LOCKED AND YOU ATTEMPT TO UNLOCK IT USING THE KEYLESS REMOTE OR THE KEYED LOCK. IT ALSO TAKES SEVERAL PULLS FROM THE INSIDE HANDLE TO OPEN THE DOOR WHEN THE DOOR IS LOCKED. WHEN THE DOOR IS UNLOCKED IT WORKS PROPERLY USING EITHER HANDLE. WHEN USING THE KEYLESS REMOTE TO UNLOCK THE DOOR YOU CAN HEAR THE ACTUATOR ATTEMPT TO UNLOCK THE DOOR AND YOU CAN SEE THE LOCK BUTTON MOVE BUT THE DOOR WILL NOT UNLOCK. WHEN USING THE KEY TO UNLOCK THE DOOR THE KEY WILL NOT TURN. IF I COULD NO LONGER OPEN THE DRIVERS DOOR FROM THE INSIDE THEN I WOULD HAVE TROUBLE EXITING THE VEHICLE AS IT IS A BIT CRAMPED INSIDE. *LA

1999 FORD EXPLORER EXPERIENCING HIGH IDLE.*MR VEHICLE EXPERIENCED HIGH IDLE FOR 1 YEAR. *TS *JB