1994 FORD EXPLORER Complaints

REAR DOOR'S LEFT HYDRAULIC SUPPORT -- SPOT WELD FAILED AT TRUCK BODY -- DOOR COLLAPSED ON WIFE'S HEAD BEFORE SLAMMING DOWN ON HYDRAULIC SUPPORT WHICH JAMMED BETWEEN DOOR AND TRUCK BODY, BENDING LEFT SIDE OF DOOR. WIFE SUSTAINED INJURIES TO HEAD AND NECK.

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLS UNEXPECTEDLY AND WITHOUT ANY WARNING WHICH MAY RESULT IN A CRASH. DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE. *AK

HATCHBACK HYDRAULIC CYLINDER SNAPPED, RESULTING IN MINOR INJURIES. A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED ON THE VEHICLE MAKE AND MODEL, HOWEVER THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED DUE TO VIN. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. RECALL 95I-007. *AK

CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALER IN REFERENCE NHTSA RECALL 95I007/MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 95S21, HATCHBACK HYDRAULIC CYLINDER FAILURE. MANUFACTURER STATED THAT RECALL HAS EXPIRED, AND DEALER REFUSED TO TAKE CARE OF RECALL REPAIRS. *AK

THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THE TRANSMISSION HAS HAD TO BE REPLACED SINCE I HAVE OWNED THIS CAR. I WOULD LIKE TO FIND OUT WHY THE TRANSMISSION CONTINUES TO NOT SUPPORT THE SUV. *AK

REAR LIFTGATE GAS ASSIST CYLINDER ATTACHMENT BRACKET PULLED AWAY FROM THE INSIDE OF THE LIFTGATE, CAUSING FAILURE. *YC

ONE OF THE HYDRAULIC CYLINDER SUPPORTS ON THE HATCHBACK REAR DOOR. SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE, CAUSING THE DOOR TO SLAM DOWN ON OWNER'S CHILD. DEALER HAS FIXED VEHICLE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 65MPH WITHOUT CRUISE CONTROL ON, VEHICLE WOULD NOT SLOW DOWN AFTER LETTING OFF THE GAS PEDAL, BUT ACCELERATED. CONSUMER PUT THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL IN ORDER TO SLOW DOWN AND TURNED ENGINE OFF. VEHICLE DID NOT SLOW DOWN, BUT ACCELERATED AND CRASHED. *AK

WHILE OPENING REAR HATCH DOOR HINGES TORE AWAY FROM DOOR CYLINDER, CAUSING DOOR TO HIT CONSUMER IN THE HEAD. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE VEHICLE UNDER A RECALL AND REPAIRS WOULD BE CHARGED TO CONSUMER. SEEKING HELP IN NHTSA THIS MATTER. *AK

REAR HATCH HYDRAULIC CYLINDER SNAPPED OFF THE WELD BRACKET ,INJURING OWNER . A SAFETY IMPROVEMENT HAS BEEN ISSUED ON MAKE AND MODEL. VEHICLE HAS EXCEEDED THE MILEAGE. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.