2000 FORD EXPLORER Complaints

CONSUMER STATED THAT PARKED VEHICLE WAS HIT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR BY ANOTHER CAR TRAVELLING APPROXIMATELY 25-30MPH. CONSUMER'S DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. COLLISION CAUSED OVER $3500 WORTH OF DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. TS

CONSUMER STATE WHILE TRAVELING WITH SPEED CONTROL ON SPEED CONTROL WOULD NOT DISENGAGE CAUSE CONSUMER APPLIES FORCE TO BRAKE TO STOP VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

VEHICLE INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION WITH A TREE. BOTH FRONTAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOYED. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED. TS

STEERING KNUCKLE BROKE WHILE DRIVING 25MPH VEHICLE LOSS STEERING CONTROL AND HIT A TREE . DEALER AND MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED TS

REPEATED FAILURE OF BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS, FRONT AND REAR, LEFT AND RIGHT, AFTER NORMAL REPLACEMENT OF ORIGINAL BRAKES AT 35K (FRONT) AND 43K (REAR) MILES. ROTORS ARE WARPING EVERY 3-8000K MILES, RESULTING IN EXTREME VIBRATION AND EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE DURING BRAKING. THIS WITH DISCS WEARING EXCESSIVELY, RESULTING IN BLACKENED RIMS AFTER LESS THAN 1000 MILES OF DRIVING. SINCE DECEMBER 2001 (20K MILES), BRAKES AND ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED 5 TIMES. MY DRIVING HABITS HAVE NOT CHANGED DURING THIS PERIOD. PROBLEMS ONLY BEGAN AFTER REPLACMENT OF ORIGINAL BRAKES. DEALER IS NOW INSISTING I PAY FOR ALL REPAIRS. WHICH WOULD MEAN A COMPLETE BRAKE JOB EVERY 2 MONTHS OTHER COMPLAINTS OF THIS NATURE EXIST. (IE, ODI #'S 766490, 722010, 753303, 8012462, 764972)

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN CHANGING LANES AT 55MPH AND WITHOUT WARNING CONSUMER LOST STEERING CONTROL CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS

WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING WITH CRUISE CONTROL ON AT 63 MPH THE VEHICLE SLOWED DOWN, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE ENGINE STALLED. *YH

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AND NO WARNING THE MOTOR STARTED RACING AND THE CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. DEALER NOTIFIED TS

CONSUMER STATES OF HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION. DEALER WAS CONTACTED. TS

THE BRAKE LIGHTS DO NOT COME ON UNDER LIGHT BRAKING, DEALER SHOWED ME THAT THIS HAPPENS ON OTHER VEHICLES HE HAD ON HIS LOT. DEALER IS UNABLE TO FIX, I CONTACTED FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE, FILE 1495490060, AND FORD REQUESTED THAT I TEST OTHER SIMILAR VEHICLES, I DID, AND ONCE I CONFIRMED TO FORD THAT THE OTHER VEHICLES EXIBITED THE SAME PROBLEM FORD TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY WOULD DO AS THE OPERATION IS NORMAL. SINCE SEEING THE PROBLEM ON MY FORD EXPLORER I HAVE NOTICE THAT MANY FORD EXPLORERS STOPPED AT TRAFIC LIGHTS DO NOT HAVE ANY BRAKE LIGHTS ON. IS THIS THE SAME PROBLEM AS I AM SEEING? FORD DOES NOT APPEAR TO CARE. DT