2000 FORD EXPLORER Complaints

DRIVER'S SEAT BOLT SNAPPED AND CAUSING THE SEAT TO RECLINE WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER TOLD THE CONSUMER THAT THERE WOULD NOT BE ANY PARTS FOR RECALL#03V281000 REPAIRS OF HIGH BACK SEAT. THE DRIVER'S SEAT WAS BOLTED UNTIL MARCH 2004. *AK FORD REFUSED TO FIX THE WARRANTED PARTS. *SCC *NLM

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT WHEELS:RIM PROBLEM. STATED THE PROBLEM WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RIM. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. *AK THE TIRE LEAKED BUT THE LOCATION OF THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE FOUND. THE TIRE WAS REMOVED FROM THE RIM AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE RIM WAS CRACKED. *SCC *NLM

CONSUMER STATES THAT BRAKE ROTORS ARE WEARING, AND WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES, VEHICLE WILL VIBRATE, AND EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. *AK

AS I WAS CLOSING THE BACK DOOR WINDOW OF MY 2000 FORD EXPLORER THE WINDOW EXPLODED SPREADING SHATTERED GLASS INTO THE VEHICLE, OVER AND UNDER THE VEHICLE, OVER AND UNDER MY SECOND CAR PARKED NEXT TO IT, ON ME, THE DRIVEWAY AND THROUGHOUT THE GARAGE. WE HAVE FOUND GLASS PARTICLES AS FAR AS 25-30 FT FROM THE VEHICLE. WE ARE SHOCKED AND STUNNED THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS COULD HAPPEN AND DON'T THINK FORD REALIZES THE SERIOUSNESS OF THIS INCIDENT. THIS ISN'T A WARRANTY ISSUE !! IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE. I COULD HAVE BEEN BLINDED AND IF THIS HAD HAPPENED IN A CROWDED PARKING LOT IT WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN INJURIES TO OTHERS AS WELL. *JB

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE VEHICLE WOULD SHAKE AND JERK. THE DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN CONTACTED. PLEASE ADD ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NLM

WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A SEVERE WHEEL VIBRATION IN THE FRONT END. THE SEVERITY OF THE OF THE VIBRATION ALMOST MADE THE TRUCK UNCONTROLLABLE. *AK THE TRUCK WAS TAKEN TO THE FORD SERVICE DEALER AND THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN STATED THE PROBLEM WAS AIR IN THE RACK & PINION STEERING WHICH WAS CONSIDERED TO BE A DESIGN FLAW. THE AIR APPARENTLY ENTERED THROUGH THE HOUSING SEALS WHEN THE TRUCK WAS BEING SERVICED AFTER THE SERPENTINE BELT TENSIONER FAILED AND THE TRUCK HAD TO BE MANUALLY STEERED. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THE ONLY WAY FOR THE AIR TO BE REMOVED FROM THE HOUSING, WAS TO RUN THE VEHICLE FOR AN UNDETERMINED AMOUNT OF TIME UNTIL THE AIR CIRCULATED WITH THE POWER STEERING FLUID THROUGH THE SYSTEM AND ESCAPED AT THE RESERVOIR. THE MECHANIC ALSO STATED THERE WAS NO WAY TO PREVENT THE PROBLEM FROM HAPPENING AGAIN. *JB

CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITH NO WARNING THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE DEALER STATED IT WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE IDLE AIR CONTROL. *AK. THE CONSUMER STATED EVERYTIME HE TOOK HIS FOOT OFF THE GAS THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE DEALER FOUND THE IDLE AIR CONTROL VALVE STUCK. *JB

EXCESSIVE FORCE HAD TO BE APPLIED TO OPEN DOORS ALTHOUGH THE AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCK WAS IN THE UNLOCK POSITION.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED FRONT END MADE NOISE . DEALER REPLACED THE UPPER BALL JOINTS,AND AN INDEPENDENT SHOP REPLACED THE ROTORS. BUT THE NOISE WAS STILL OCCURRING. *AK

DEALER REPLACED THE SERPENTINE BELT, BUT AN ENGINE NOISE WAS STILL HEARD WHILE DRIVING . ALSO, WINDSHIELD WAS LEAKING WHEN RAINING OR WASHING THE VEHICLE.*AK