1999 FORD EXPLORER Complaints

WAS DRIVING AROUND THE CITY WHEN I REACH INTO MY POCKET TO GET MY PHONE AND HEAR A LOUD THUMP COMING FROM THE SEAT AND THE NEXT THING I NOTICE IS THE SEAT RECLINING ALL THE WAY BACK. I WAS ABLE TO BRING IT BACK UP BY FOLDING THE EXTERIOR PASSENGER SEAT TO PROVIDE SOME SORT OF SUPPORT. WHEN I ARRIVED HOME I TRIED INSPECTING WHAT THE ISSUE WAS AND SAW A LARGE FRACTURE RIGHT NEXT TO THE RECLINING MECHANISM. THIS IS POTENTIALLY A HAZARD THAT CAN ONE DAY CAUSE A SEVERE ACCIDENT. I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE BEEN DRIVING SLOW BUT IF I WERE TO BE IN THE FREEWAY THEN IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN SOMETHING MORE SERIOUS. THIS LARGE FRACTURE SEEMS TO DERIVE FROM A POORLY DESIGNED SEAT THAT WEAK METAL OF SOME SORT. *TR

AFTER MAKING RIGHT TURN, ABS LIGHT CAME ON. INSTRUMENT DIALS STARTED JUMPING. VEHICLE SHUT OFF AND WOULD NOT START AFTERWARDS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD EXPLORER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER'S SEAT RECLINED FARTHER THAN NORMAL. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE RECLINING BOLT WAS SEPARATED FROM THE METAL TRACK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 03V281000 (SEATS). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 159,118.

THE POWER LOCKS WILL NOT UNLOCK ALL THE DOORS. THE ONLY DOOR THAT WILL UNLOCK IS THE FRONT PASSENGER. IF THE DRIVER DOOR SHUTS HARD IT WILL NOT OPEN BY THE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE HANDLE. HAVE TO ENTER FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE. *TR

I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK WHEN I HIT A SLIPPERY SPOT ON THE ROAD AND MY VEHICLE WENT OUT OF CONTROL WITH THE REAR END SLIDING OUT FROM UNDER ME, IT HIT A BANK AND ROLLED OVER 3 OR 4 TIMES. THE AIRBAG ON THE DRIVERS SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE DID NOT DEPLOY WHEN IT SHOULD HAVE. *TR

AIRBAG LIGHT IS LITE CONSTANTLY AND WILL NOT TURN OFF, IF I DO HAVE AN ACCIDENT THE AIRBAGS WILL NOT DEPLOY. *TR

1999 FORD EXPLORER. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO FIRESTONE TIRES (PR.15.75) RECALL ON VEHICLE. *SMD THE WOULD LIKE A LIST OF ALL THE FIRESTONE TIRES THAT WERE RECALLED. THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THE TIRES HE HAD ON HIS VEHICLE WERE DEFECTIVE, WHICH CAUSED HIM TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT IN 2007, IN WHICH THE SUV ROLLED OVER. *JB

THE PASSENGER DOOR WILL NOT UNLOCK, YOU HEAR THE CLICKING AS THE OTHER DOORS UNLOCK, BUT IT WILL NOT UNLOCK. AS WITH THE OTHER COMPLAINTS I HAVE SEEN REGARDING THIS ISSUE, I TOO AM CONCERNED IF THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT AND THE PERSON IN THE PASSENGER SIDE IS UNABLE TO GET OUT OF THE CAR. *TR

MY VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE PARKING LOT AT 8:30 A.M. ON FEBRUARY 7, 2012. APPROXIMATELY 2:30 P.M., THE ENTIRE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES THE PARKING LOT, JUST SITTING THERE BURNING, WITHOUT ANY PRIOR WARNING. *TR

DRIVERS SIDE DOOR LOCK WONT UNLOCK WITH KEY OR WITH HANDLE, CANT UNLOCK DOOR WITH PULL KNOB EITHER,IT'S A DEATH TRAP IF U NEED TO ESCAPE IN THE EVENT OF FIRE OR ACCIDENT, THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BY FORD ASAP!!! *TR